FF13 seems so CHILDISH, embarrassing to play

Like others have said, it's probably the audience that the FF games cater to. If you want more mature stories, you have to look elsewhere. Don't expect FF to change its tune.

King9999

Not in my opinion, the previous games I played from FF6-9 all had mature stories, quite obscure stories/plotsin some ways, and the character presentations, while anime,was nothing like glossy japanesebarbie and ken look we see here.

FF7, 8 and 9 were life changing games, brilliant, loved them.

Now that that's out of the way...

Looking at a few walkthroughs on youtube, FF13 seems so utterly juvenile, maybe to the point of total idiocy. Okay it's in Japanese, but the way they look, the excessive emo emotions in the cutscenes.... this 30 yrld guy can't take it.

What is this horrible trend in j-rpgs.....is there something wrong with a mature story aimed at adults and characters that look the part (ie not adrogenous little boys or pixie-like girls)? It's much, much worse than in FF12. Earlier FF's felt like they were made for adults story wise, gameplay wise... but this.

BoredGames

Shin Megami Tensei bro. Look it up.

I honestly don't see how they're doing anything more childish in 13. 7 had it's share of cutesy stuff, in 8 yeah squall was emo, 9's main character was a cute little rodent thing with a tail. If the characters and story seem more "emotional" it's probably because the earlier FF games didn't have voice acting, facial expressions, high character detail.Archendrus

[QUOTE="Archendrus"]I honestly don't see how they're doing anything more childish in 13. 7 had it's share of cutesy stuff, in 8 yeah squall was emo, 9's main character was a cute little rodent thing with a tail. If the characters and story seem more "emotional" it's probably because the earlier FF games didn't have voice acting, facial expressions, high character detail.Articuno76

[QUOTE="Archendrus"]I honestly don't see how they're doing anything more childish in 13. 7 had it's share of cutesy stuff, in 8 yeah squall was emo, 9's main character was a cute little rodent thing with a tail. If the characters and story seem more "emotional" it's probably because the earlier FF games didn't have voice acting, facial expressions, high character detail.Articuno76

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They didn't actually become Shigai; it was an illusion created by the pope man.

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Dude, it's a JRPG...what were you expecting? I mean, do you think anime is an exception in Japan when it comes to ridiculous story lines and characters? Hell no, that's typical Japanese pop-culture story writing.

Also, I balk at the idea that FF7 was more mature. It was quite possibly the most anime-like FF of them all. If you think it was mature or somehow less cliche/ridiculous than any other FF story, you're viewing it through nostalgia goggles.

[QUOTE="Articuno76"][QUOTE="Archendrus"]I honestly don't see how they're doing anything more childish in 13. 7 had it's share of cutesy stuff, in 8 yeah squall was emo, 9's main character was a cute little rodent thing with a tail. If the characters and story seem more "emotional" it's probably because the earlier FF games didn't have voice acting, facial expressions, high character detail.hakanakumono

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They are playing to a different crowd. The original fan base of JRPGs may not love it but people who like teen angst. Its also in an effort to attract more girls to the series.Diablo-B

Having played through the game, I simply do not agree. It is no more childish than most Role Playing Games in it's intended humor. The overall story and direction of the game may fall to some cliche manga lines, but the overall product isn't tarnished because of it. The story (and heavy back story found in the auto clip) have a fairly deep meaning and mature tone, I honestly wouldn't worry much if you enjoyed the listed titles in your OP.

nostalgia vs. obsolete.

This reminds me of one episode of Jon Stewart, in which John Oliver is talking about some news organization wants American to return to the "good old days". But they never seem to find that good old days feeling again. People wonder why. The reason is, that good old days left a long time ago along with your childhood. That whimsical feeling is a period piece, something can be relished but never recaptured. But that really has nothing to do whether what we have at hand is good or bad, so comparing that distance feeling to what is now is pretty... unremarkable.

hangeer

Cutscenes cheesy and childish?? I don't know if we're talking about the same game here but FF is always the best in the business when it comes to cut scenes. If you have so many problems with this game don't play it. I on the other hand will be enjoying this game March 9th while you guys cry that the lead character is a female or any other lame excuse you can come up with. Seriously who cares if a guy has a baby chocobo in his hair. I didn't hear anything when FFVII had a giant Cat like thing with another Cat on top of it (Cait Sith), or when FFVIII had guns and blades in one, or when FFIX had a weird chef who ate frogs. The worst I've heard before was "I'm not playing this game because the main characters name is Lightning" I mean are you serious??? That's not even her real name and who plays a game based on what the characters names are. Some people make me so angry trying to dig deep for tiny little faults (if you can call them that). Ok i've said enough....

You're not getting it, the older games weren't childish, they had charm. This one actually feels like it's aimed at a young audience.

You're not getting it, the older games weren't childish, they had charm. This one actually feels like it's aimed at a young audience.

BoredGames

LOL ...

Cutscenes cheesy and childish?? I don't know if we're talking about the same game here but FF is always the best in the business when it comes to cut scenes. If you have so many problems with this game don't play it. I on the other hand will be enjoying this game March 9th while you guys cry that the lead character is a female or any other lame excuse you can come up with. Seriously who cares if a guy has a baby chocobo in his hair. I didn't hear anything when FFVII had a giant Cat like thing with another Cat on top of it (Cait Sith), or when FFVIII had guns and blades in one, or when FFIX had a weird chef who ate frogs. The worst I've heard before was "I'm not playing this game because the main characters name is Lightning" I mean are you serious??? That's not even her real name and who plays a game based on what the characters names are. Some people make me so angry trying to dig deep for tiny little faults (if you can call them that). Ok i've said enough....

Soko77788

And to add to the bad names of Dagger in FF IX

Game looks fantastic and this will be my first to probably be completed since IX . So I am a bit excited. Wish EOE would get a realease date

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MmG41Tllxo&NR=1

Lol!! I don't understand why a baby chicken is living in that guys afro.

I don't like how Japanese are so focused on the small fraction of life which is your teens. I have never been into that, but I do like some of the art direction to their games.

I want the look and style of a Japanese game combined with the play-style of a good Western Bethesda or Bioware RPG. Or perhaps even a GTA with anime influences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MmG41Tllxo&NR=1

Lol!! I don't understand why a baby chicken is living in that guys afro.

Krystyan68

Is there really 8-10 hours of cut scenes and CG movies? That's waaaaaaay too much. It's a movie! ASK_Story

That doesn't bother me at all. I love watching quality CGI work myself.

Final Fantasy lost It's way after FFX, I played FF XII and that was god aweful, so I have no hope in this game.

andalore

As a serie, this game has tried so many things with this genre. It constantly made sure to revamp this series and the genre as a whole by not being afraid to do things differently. I think it is admirable. FFX was my first FF game and FF8 is the second. Since FFX, we got FFX-2, FFXII on the console. Only two games out of its main franchise that is consisted of 12 in total, did not fit your style of playing, all of sudden it is hopeless, lost its way, blah blah blah. This is just passive aggressive fanboy, i mean really, the worst kind.

On a similar note, I am playing Dante's Inferno and it is really a superb game. I like how the reviewer bashed it just because it didn't copy God of War 100%. I don't know why people just bash against things that are simply out of their expectations.

Is there really 8-10 hours of cut scenes and CG movies? That's waaaaaaay too much. It's a movie! ASK_Story

No. There's actually not very much CG at all in this game ... It has less CG movies than the 1st disc of FFVIII.

You're not getting it, the older games weren't childish, they had charm. This one actually feels like it's aimed at a young audience.

BoredGames

RPGs in general aren't even aimed at young audiences...

This obviously excludes Pokemon.

@ASK Story: They actually cut the battle scene with the big robot scorpion-thing out for that particular video. I've been watching clips of FFXIII, trying to generate some enthusiasm for this game, and they ARE beautifully rendered and animated scenes, but the shallow 2-D characters(stern,humuorless warrior; goofy sidekick), awful voice-acting, and that voice-over dude,

" ... FINAL ... FANTASY ... X ... I ... I ... I ... "!!

I just want to punch him!!

[QUOTE="Articuno76"][QUOTE="Archendrus"]I honestly don't see how they're doing anything more childish in 13. 7 had it's share of cutesy stuff, in 8 yeah squall was emo, 9's main character was a cute little rodent thing with a tail. If the characters and story seem more "emotional" it's probably because the earlier FF games didn't have voice acting, facial expressions, high character detail.hakanakumono

Hey, I thought you might want to know

SPOILERS

...

...

They didn't actually become Shigai; it was an illusion created by the pope man.

END SPOILERS