As a deepening crisis threatens to plunge the floating world of Cocoon into chaos, a band of unsuspecting strangers find themselves branded enemies of the state. With the panicking population baying for their blood, and the military all too happy to oblige, they have no choice but to run for their lives. Join them on a desperate quest to challenge the forces controlling their fate, and prevent untold destruction. Featuring an unforgettable storyline, a battle system blending action and strategy, cutting-edge visuals and awe-inspiring cinematic sequences, FINAL FANTASY XIII delivers the next step in the evolution of gaming.


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I loved this as a kid but now Im quickly remembering all my fondest memories with it are specifically in the endgame and its absolute melatonin with a side of teen drama for 20+ hours until then . wouldnt recommend to anyone with a job

not that bad. story is a mess and the datalogs being the thing that they are is inexcusable but it's otherwise gorgeous and at least one of the characters (sazh) has a strong arc to him. gameplay is decent and has the player take a slightly more active role than standard ATB.

Quizá el videojuego más frustrante que jamás llegaré a jugar con todo lo que eso conlleva. Es insufrible, creo que nunca sufrí por completar un videojuego tanto como con este, lo que es curioso pues en general tengo una opinión contraría a las críticas generales del juego sobre su historia y personajes, que en lo personal me resultaron bastantes buenos, especialmente Lightning, ni tampoco por su diseño pasillero que ciertamente no es algo que me resulte algo más allá de anécdotico, si no de su jugabilidad sencillamente horrible, aderezada a una IA de compañero extremadamente incomprentente, un diseño de enemigos francamente desalentador y unos combates contra jefes tan frustrantes, cansinos, desgradables, tortuosos y en general los peores de la saga. La banda sonora es brillante y especialmente única, jamás en otro JRPG llegué a escuchar algunas pistas similares. Me resulta imposible recomendarlo aparte de su historia y personajes, resultando más cómodos solo ver las cinemáticas, siendo en general lo único que me alegra de haberlo terminado es jamás tener que jugarlo de nuevo. Horrible.

Severely underrated, and a nostalgia bomb for me.

Playing it on Steam Deck as that is my preferred platform. Unlocked framerate, glorious 720p.

The Paradigm system is an amazing adaption of the traditional JRPG system. Where I thought FFXII become to finicky with it's real time program system in the later half, FXIII is smooth, frictionless and modern system that still upholds traditional JRPG systems. In later entries we see Final Fantasy combat becoming even more restricted on your control over your party and here a nice balance is kept.

The story similarly flows seamlessly, alternating between gameplay and story cutscenes. Playing in Japanese probably enhances the voice acting significantly (even though there are no proper subtitles available). The story still feels contemporary, reflecting current conflicts in our world.

Coming from FFXII, I didn't miss the semi-open world slogs and preferred the concentrated main quest. Even in FFXV, I skipped most open world parts and focused on the main storyline. Being in Chapter 7, I'm still a ways off from the open world part, having never reached it in my playthrough upon release. I'm excited for what is to come and wouldn't actually mind having some time to grind now.

We can see a bunch of Western influences like Star Wars and Halo. Does this make it a lesser entry? Future entries will likely continue this trend, yet here I still feel a reverence to the old Final Fantasy entries.

This much-maligned entry might have spelled doom for traditional JRPG design, but in hindsight, there is a real gem here, and nothing in this era beats this level of production design.

when i made the commitment to myself to play through all the final fantasy games (excluding the mmos and any non-mainline spinoffs... for now?!) i knew i'd have ff13 ahead of me

i also knew i'd have ff8 ahead of me but i loved that one so moving on

i try to find the good in any games i play, especially near-universally hated ones because i'm a contrarian piece of shit, but i can't

the problem with ff13 is that everything feels half-assed, and i know i'm not saying anything new here

the story's kinda good but all the details suck cause they don't explain most shit except through the datalogs

the gameplay's almost good but it's like they did a prototype and never bothered to expand it into anything interesting, and it also lacks the charm of other ff game mechanics? like they took all the fun stuff out of the job system and just made it generic tank healer dps, although they get bonus for the separate buff and debuff roles... or like they wanted to make the gambit system from 12 more accessible, but in doing so ripped out any reason to really dig deep... not that there is much depth!

the environments are (mostly) nice looking but obviously everyone knows HALLWAYS so you just end up running in a semi-straight line seeing the same shit over and over instead of being allowed to explore and find cool hidden corners like in most rpgs

but then to counter that! when the game finally does open up it's with some of the ugliest environments! i mean i'm spoiled by modern games doing big open plains better, to be fair, but still, even fi i give it leeway for being old, it's still not INTERESTING (except the giant titan, that's cool)

stagger is a nice mechanic i'll give it that (and they know it cause it's carried through to other games at this point)

the one thing i did really like was the characters, and their arcs, both individually and as a group - although the PLOT got in the way sometimes, their emotional growth throughout as they respond to the shit they're dealing with is genuinely good i think

ahhh whatever i've written enough it's a bad game

onto the sequel

I thought it was good, I know it's not a favourite in the final fantasy series but it's still worth playing. The story is confusing as hell at the start and it is a hallway simulator.