Thank you Yoshi P

[VanilleFang]

Because complacency has helped us so much in the past with this company? They literally only change when the news/sales are so bad they have no choice. How did we end up with 1.0 and 13?

I LIKE 13. Some people liked the game, and from what I've seen the complaints have been either exaggerations or misunderstands on how FF has ever been.

Can someone please explain to me in detail what exactly is bad about FFXIII?

[MomomiMomi]

I LIKE 13. Some people liked the game, and from what I've seen the complaints have been either exaggerations or misunderstands on how FF has ever been.

Can someone please explain to me in detail what exactly is bad about FFXIII?

I like it, too, but it does have its faults. The game is horribly linear up until you get to Gran Pulse, and by then you're pretty much at the end of the game. Exploration is one of the things people like in RPGs, and until Gran Pulse, it's non-existent. A lack of towns is part of this also. Plus, you can't go back to previous levels.

It also forces party composition on you until late into the game.

I like the level cap system, as it guarantees a certain level of difficulty, but a lot of people don't.

There's also the "it plays itself" complaint, which I can kind of see, but I don't agree with it. There's quite a bit of management to be done during battle.

[SenorPatty]

I LIKE 13. Some people liked the game, and from what I've seen the complaints have been either exaggerations or misunderstands on how FF has ever been.

Can someone please explain to me in detail what exactly is bad about FFXIII?

-Despite the atb roles having some use at the beginning, unless you were hunting big game on Pulse, you could pretty much kill anything with one setup, hence the "all you gotta do is press X" to clear the game.

-While Lightning is very popular in Japan, there are some mixed reception everywhere else

-The extreme linearity at the beginning and mid part of the game did not sit well for a fanbase that has been used (and like) to a style of adventuring for a long time.

-Many would agree FF13 should have been a standalone title. It was not the best of the FF series but on its own, it was actually ok overall. Sequels did not help it at all.

-Hope

-The lack of a persistent villainous nemesis. The FF13-2 fixed this by giving you Caius but FFLR went back into " short-lived villains being part of a greater villain that reveals itself at the very end"

There are more but those were my issues, which I would see repeated by others.