Final Fantasy XIII

This is has some of the most melodramatic scenes what i see, feels like something from Nomura. Could be better

agree with the general shoutbox consensus. hated this when it came out. has aged incredibly well and am finding it a joy to play in 2024. relaxing like a bubble bath.

Played and beat it for the first time in 2024. Vanille is a fantastic character, but god the game is boring to play. There's nothing to interact with in the corridors you run down for 10+ chapters, you don't make any meaningful choices with the crystarium since you probably max out your available stages before the boss fights anyway, and the combat sucks because the stagger mechanic is wildly overemphasized in your damage output and you never do anything strategic other than swapping paradigms. This game made me want to rewatch The Spirits Within because it gives me just as much agency.

this game is worse than superman 64

this one's really not that bad. it's kind of strange how much people were upset by the level of linearity and hokey ass cast considering FFX is either the same or worse in both regards depending on who you ask

Could not care less about the linearity, just give me a good story, and good gameplay, and this achieves that perfectly

strikes a very fine balance of "weird but fun" jrpg combat that i've seen many other games completely fail at