Final Fantasy XIII

[IronMexican]

Leaked about 3 hours ago.

[redzero]

The Japanese complained about it being too linear, which I find disappointing, because XII was so open to exploration.

[Mister Sinister]

The Japanese complained about it being too linear, which I find disappointing, because XII was so open to exploration.

XII bugged the out of me, for reasons I can't entirely explain. It wasn't the battle system, but it might have been too open for my liking. At least it wasn't as open as FF2j was.

[Stringer_Bell]

I REALLY don't like RPGs on rails, I like to explore and I was first disappointed with that aspect in FFX until the ending made it worth it. FF13 doesn't look all that great to me since I haven't seen world map exploration...I kind of feel that's what makes a good RPG great.

As for the leak, I have no idea how to manage stuff like that or even get a hold of it. Those pirate guyz r rly smart.

[phyzik]

ALL Final Fantasy games are linear. How anyone could complain about it must have NEVER played a previous Final Fantasy game. Sure there might be a side quest here and there but it has ALWAYS been linear. The most non-linear Final Fantasy has been FF7 and even that would be considered a stretch comparing to the likes of The Elder Scrolls series.

Final Fantasy has ALWAYS been about the story, and I am fine with that.

[symple19]

final fantasy has always been about the story, and i am fine with that.

+1

[duhoh]

you don't play a jRPG expecting open-endness. you play those for stories.

[z0sa]

Here's one RPG where I won't be disappointed they stuck with the formula.

[Xevious]

Have they gone back to a turn-based system? The last FF I finished was FF X, which I really liked. X-2 was a huge piece of IMO, mostly because I hated the combat system.

[Mister Sinister]

Have they gone back to a turn-based system? The last FF I finished was FF X, which I really liked. X-2 was a huge piece of IMO, mostly because I hated the combat system.

I'm surprised. Most people's issue was that they were "paying 50 bucks to play pretty princess dress-up." Didn't mind X-2, personally, but my biggest issue was the change to Blitzball.

[TDMVPDPOY]

dont m ind the quests, but i hate the battle system, gets repe ive

[xellos88330]

Yet another long game to beat.

[Stringer_Bell]

ALL Final Fantasy games are linear. How anyone could complain about it must have NEVER played a previous Final Fantasy game. Sure there might be a side quest here and there but it has ALWAYS been linear. The most non-linear Final Fantasy has been FF7 and even that would be considered a stretch comparing to the likes of The Elder Scrolls series.

Final Fantasy has ALWAYS been about the story, and I am fine with that.

With that definition, every RPG I've played is linear. I'm referring to the world map aspect, where a player can walk/sail/fly around. FF13's story looks weak, and as someone that's played Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Lunar, and Grandia...I like to think I can judge a book by its cover. Even though the cover is nice and shiny, I hate the book feeling like it's on rails with no chance to branch out even for a bit

The other FF13 looks cooler, with the swords and .

[Shaolin-Style]

I think this one looks the worst of what I've seen them s out in recent years.

I'll wait for them to release Versus to hopefully redeem the series.

[redzero]

Looks like an RPG on rails to me.

[blkroadrunners]

Have they gone back to a turn-based system? The last FF I finished was FF X, which I really liked. X-2 was a huge piece of IMO, mostly because I hated the combat system.

I hated that too, and I gave up on FFXII as well b/c of that.

[sabar]

Nice, props to allstars on the release

And of course a jrpg is on rails, its a tradition. More of presenting a story in a book or movie-like format as opposed to western rpgs that generally let you do whatever you want.