This review contains spoilers
My guilty pleasure and personal favorite of the Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy XIII gets a lot of complaints, many rightly so. Most gameplay before reaching Gran Pulse is walking around cramped corridors. The characters can be grating and whiny at times.
The redeeming factor amidst the plethora of complaints is the combat system. The Paradigm system is perhaps my favorite way to engage in ATB-style combat. It's tactical, quick-paced, and allows for a surprising amount of depth.
The game also looks fantastic and features amazing setpieces and locations. It might not be the Final Fantasy game for everyone, but give this game a chance and it can really shine.
100%: Some of the later Cie'th Stone missions can prove rather difficult, especially the final one. The most time-consuming achievement bar none is the Treasure Hunt achievement. Farming Adamantortoises for ingots and trapezohedrons comprised almost 50% of my completion time for this game - certainly not for the faint of heart.
The redeeming factor amidst the plethora of complaints is the combat system. The Paradigm system is perhaps my favorite way to engage in ATB-style combat. It's tactical, quick-paced, and allows for a surprising amount of depth.
The game also looks fantastic and features amazing setpieces and locations. It might not be the Final Fantasy game for everyone, but give this game a chance and it can really shine.
100%: Some of the later Cie'th Stone missions can prove rather difficult, especially the final one. The most time-consuming achievement bar none is the Treasure Hunt achievement. Farming Adamantortoises for ingots and trapezohedrons comprised almost 50% of my completion time for this game - certainly not for the faint of heart.