I feel really bad for Final Fantasy XIII

I was totally anticipating this game. It was #1 on my wishlist for 2 years. And then I read some player reviews(from Japan). From what I heard, it sucks. They say it's way to linear, shallow, easy, and there's no XP. Yeah, thats effing dumb. Why Squeenix? Why totally ruin a FF game? Hopefully it's not as bad as everyone's making it out to be.

I wrote a really detailed review on this game a little while back. I absolutely cannot agree that the game is either easy or shallow. You can read that review here:

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I just looked up some more reviews and all of them scored it in the high 9's, with Famitsu in particular giving it 39/40! :o It was probably just the review you read has a lower than average score.

I think you are taking it too hard. Just my opinion, but if you love this series I would just stay away from the reviews and play it when it comes out. If nothing else, 1 point off of perfect from Famitsu is a damn good score - it's just probably quite disapponting for the developers that Bayonetta bested them and got a 40. But I think people seem to not put reviews in perpective, along with expectations. I have a feeling you will really enjoy it if you stop reading reviews and let what is left of a surprise, be a surprise.

I was totally anticipating this game. It was #1 on my wishlist for 2 years. And then I read some player reviews(from Japan). From what I heard, it sucks. They say it's way to linear, shallow, easy, and there's no XP. Yeah, thats effing dumb. Why Squeenix? Why totally ruin a FF game? Hopefully it's not as bad as everyone's making it out to be.

DeadSarow

My biggest concern is that it seems the area its most hurting is the storyline, and thats what was always what sold me on FF. Even the trailers make me cringe a bit at what seems like some terribly cheesy characters with questionable voice acting.

No, we will not have to wait and see. Its a pretty universal 'opinion' now that FFXIII is an 'extremely' linear game. There's almost no sidequests to speak of apart from some monster hunts, most of which dont open up until after you've beaten the game. And there's no towns or anything, either, which is lame.

My hype for this game has gone from 10/10 to maybe 6/10. Definitely nota first-day purchase for me, and a sharp blow to how I feel about where they're going with the franchise in general.

Boo, I say. BOOOOOO!!