Funny, I was talking about this very subject the other day... my game of choice... Final Fantasy. Don't get me wrong, I'm not just one of these "FF7 is the best FF ever, no matter what comes along", I really enjoyed pretty much 7 through X-2 and 12, so when they finally announced 13 on PS3, I had to have it. Graphically, I love it, I can't really fault it aesthetically. Problem for me, is that, as other people have said, developers seem to be trying to cater to the widest area possible, which makes sense from a business viewpoint, but to do that, they seem to be dumbing down. FFXIII was a prime example of that for me... getting yourself killed in any other FF I've played results in going back to your last save point. This one, you go back to the start of the fight. I don't feel there was any need to make it -that- easy, tbh. I remember pouring weeks and months into the latest FF release back in the day, making it really good value for money, but this one was done inside a month :| platinum and all. So now there's no incentive to go back to it.
I wish there'd been a difficulty option in FF, so that we can choose how tough we wanted to make things, but no such luck. Maybe next time the developers will do a better job on not making the game just feel like a giant tutorial :| Here's hoping for FFXIII Vs.
jaxx1980
I don't see that part as being absolutely terrible though. I remember nothing pissed me off more when I would be playing FFX and the Great Malbaro would ambush you in the Omega Ruins, which would pretty much kill you every time unless you had a guy who had Initiative or a bunch of status immunities. But I do know what you mean, FFXIII seemed a lot easier than previous FFs, which at times for me is ok because I don't have the time to full immerse myself into games anymore, but it does disappoint me as well when I can blow through a game in 10 hours.
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