Final Fantasy XIII

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  1. 123456
    Mar 10, 2016
    5
    Picked this up on Steam Sale.

    15 hours in and the story is a strange mix of confusing and blindingly obvious to the player but not the characters. For some reason the characters feel the need to react with a gasp and stare down the camera lens rather than just say "What do you mean?" or "Tell me what you know!" The characters are unnecessarily childish, even the weird old guy who    Picked this up on Steam Sale.

    15 hours in and the story is a strange mix of confusing and blindingly obvious to the player but not the characters. For some reason the characters feel the need to react with a gasp and stare down the camera lens rather than just say "What do you mean?" or "Tell me what you know!"

    The characters are unnecessarily childish, even the weird old guy who happily goes along with it all. Your girlfriend tells you she is breaking up with you without giving a reason. Do you ask why, or fall down on your hands and knees and punch the floor hopelessly? Their outfits never change either, during flashbacks or otherwise, which I found particularly irritating given the game's focus on aesthetics.

    There is no open world, just long corridors. The locations may have looked good in 2010 but they are very repetitive now (this is perhaps a harsh criticism due to the game's age). The whole game thus far has been a series of paths with a few battles and cutscenes on the way to a boss fight. You can't get lost.

    The battles themselves bounce between challenging, tedious, fun, and flat out awesome. You only control one character, and control is a loose term - more of a suggestion of what that character does. The fights are much quicker, which can be fun, and swapping paradigms, or stances - like tank, dps, healer, buffer, debuffer - can be quite fun. However, for 99% of the game so far you only have 2 out of 3 character slots filled as you switch between pairs of characters, sometimes leaving you with a tank and a healer to try and kill an enemy with a large HP pool. Not impossible, but not necessary either. Having Lightning in your team makes things much more fun however, and the stagger system combined with the paradigms can make for some interesting gameplay. 75% of battles though can just be won by mashing one button, but that is just simplifying the repetitive actions from previous FF games of selecting the most effective attack for most of the trash/grind battles.

    Not great at all, but I will try and finish it.    … Expand
  2. MeritCoba
    Apr 12, 2016
    5
    There are few games that make me so sit on the fence as Final Fantasy 13(FF13 for short). On the one hand there are the splendid graphics which bring the characters to life and those are given depth by their own back story that is set against the overall story line. On the other hand is much of the background is simply overdone: everyone has a chip on his or her shoulder, an axe to grindThere are few games that make me so sit on the fence as Final Fantasy 13(FF13 for short). On the one hand there are the splendid graphics which bring the characters to life and those are given depth by their own back story that is set against the overall story line. On the other hand is much of the background is simply overdone: everyone has a chip on his or her shoulder, an axe to grind and a bone to pick. In addition the game play is aggravating by the continuous interruption with cut scenes and the story is a confused mess.

    The best way to explain the game play is to imagine that it is like a movie inter spaced with fights. It is almost choice free too.There is just one path to follow, although sometimes you get to pick an alternative route to get around a group of enemies or use it to attack them from behind. There is nothing else to choose from in the dialog or the story line. It is all given and triggered at various points. You won't be selecting from dialog options, selecting quests, support a specific side over another or even get to choose what to do first.

    The only choices in the game are related to the fights. There is the phase out side of combat, which is to prepare characters for battle by upgrading their equipment, assigning points to improve them and arranging battle tactics. This phase is as important, or even more so, than the tactics used in the fights.

    The battles themselves are all about pressing buttons to execute preconfigured and auto generated stratagems as quickly as possible. The clock is relentless and can only be set to slow, which isn't that much slower than normal. You get rewarded for speed which increases the pressure to yank away at the buttons. Even more so because what you want to achieve is to stagger an opponent which is done with drowning them in magic as quickly as possible, which then allows to do a heap more damage with your normal attacks. This staggering only lasts for a short while so you have to hurry those normal attacks as well.

    Even in relation to the battles most choices have been taken away. It takes a while before you get to choose whom to put in your teams. Up till then your teams are a given based on the story. You do not have much control over their upgrades. All upgrading follows a predefined path. You just add them when you got the experience points. Classes, called roles, are a given as well and only lateron you can assign all classes, which is a useless option as your character only excel in a few.. Trying to farm enemies is useless as you won't progress further until you reached a certain stage in the story.

    With each switch to another group, forced upon by the story, you have to reconfigure your battle tactics, even if you get control over the same group of characters. And the storyline switches a lot and even changes the teams. At one time I got a team of two characters for a handful of fights(most fights taking around a minute) then the story switched to another group, and then yet another again after a few fights. Each sets of fights separated by several cut scenes running for up to five minutes each sometimes.

    The biggest flaw in the narrative is the lack of focus. The story has six main characters each with different backgrounds and their own demons to fight and their skeletons in the closet. But those are just the playable ones. Next them there are various others who cannot be played but are also given time.
    Add to this that the story is told in bits and pieces.And with a world that is totally new, which is also revealed in bit and pieces, a lot of information is released piecemeal. After a while the tendency to just skip a tale and get on with the game is almost overwhelming.

    At this point I actually have become so disinterested in the story that I am almost on the point of stopping with the game. But somehow it keeps me hoping that there will be something more just around the corner. And it seems to cultivate that feeling by offering new things at various times This is almost only related to combat, and by now I seriously doubt that the game will anything else than a wholly linear button smashing experience.

    Nice.. but in the end boring as well.    … Expand
  3. minix2poo
    May 30, 2016
    6
    The game is way to linear, and repetitive in fighting same enemies again and again. The battle system is almost like watching automated fights all the way long. It also takes some time to understand whats going on in the story.

    I think unless you are not a hardcore fan of the FF series, there is no need to play it, since there are enough better JRPGs out there. Besides of that, I    The game is way to linear, and repetitive in fighting same enemies again and again. The battle system is almost like watching automated fights all the way long. It also takes some time to understand whats going on in the story.

    I think unless you are not a hardcore fan of the FF series, there is no need to play it, since there are enough better JRPGs out there.

    Besides of that, I also had some issues with my Xbox One and PS4 Controllers on the PC.    … Expand
  4. Novam4a1
    Dec 17, 2016
    5
    I'll start by saying that I love the world and combat mechanics. Absolutely hate the never ending quest lines (why are we still making games with these tedious quests...). Just to confirm I am not one of the kiddies that say "oh, it's so pretty, blah blah blah" I like story, but unfortunetly FF15 absolutely did NOT deliver on this! This story is so damn confusing I just never knowI'll start by saying that I love the world and combat mechanics. Absolutely hate the never ending quest lines (why are we still making games with these tedious quests...). Just to confirm I am not one of the kiddies that say "oh, it's so pretty, blah blah blah" I like story, but unfortunetly FF15 absolutely did NOT deliver on this! This story is so damn confusing I just never know what's going on! I am just really disappointed with it. It seems like they only focused on making the game pretty and make combat fun but the story sucks! How can you have such cool looking characters and not elaborate on them whatsoever (unlike basically every other FF game). That should be a GIVEN to the story line, it's freaking free to elaborate on the characters! A complicated story like FF15 wouldn't be so complicated if they explained things more often or built more foundation on what the hell is happening. I'm just getting pissed off writing this. I was looking so forward to this game for FF to make a come back but it's joined the "mindless, quest doing, pretty graphics, action packed dumb game" genre that the younger generation goes for. What a waste...… Expand
  5. Kulkuri
    Oct 12, 2014
    6
    FFXIII is ok game that tries to break certain traditional JRPG gameplay conventions but fails miserably. Reasons for that are so obvious that it makes you wonder if the game developers playtested the game at all before releasing it. As a person who had never played FFXIII or read reviews of it before it was released at Steam I was surprised to see how low the series has fallen.

    I'll try    FFXIII is ok game that tries to break certain traditional JRPG gameplay conventions but fails miserably. Reasons for that are so obvious that it makes you wonder if the game developers playtested the game at all before releasing it. As a person who had never played FFXIII or read reviews of it before it was released at Steam I was surprised to see how low the series has fallen.

    I'll try to keep this review short and I won't go into specifics of why most of the role-playing aspects of the game are flawed beyond any measure. FFXIII isn't an RPG game (although that's pretty subjective thing). The reason I say that is because the core design of the RPG elements is a broken mess. There are also broken features that should have been removed from the game before the release (such as the inventory management which is useless in a game such as this one). There also are no towns or any kind of hubs in this game (they were apparently redeemed useless feature and removed from the game).

    The director of FFXIII probably took drugs while doing this game because the camera always follows events in a such a way (esp. in action scenes) that player cannot track the scene and understand what's happening. And that's a bad thing because most of the time spent with the game is spent watching lengthy pre-rendered cutscenes filled with action player never gets to experience during the actual gameplay.

    The game is one lengthy tutorial of various things. FFXIII will keep constantly introducing player new stuff. The game also heavily underestimates intelligence of its own audience. When I broke five hour mark the game was still introducing new gameplay stuff to me in forms of new battle mechanics. Soon after it added simple level up system that's nothing more than glorified "use points to buy character development" but it's presented as a really complicated semi-linear 3D tree of things that makes it seem more complicated than what it in reality is.

    The level designers were obviously on drugs since everything is a linear path forward (well, mostly). But they're one of the better looking pipes ever. The writing of the game is horrible and the characters are mostly horrible personalities that player has trouble in relating to. Lightning especially. She's not this "mysterious older sister" who wants to protect her little sister. Character development portion of the game is just fail. I don't want to analyse it deeply here. Let me just say that I'm willing to bet that Lightning is the reason why FFXIII-2 and LR:FFXIII failed. You cannot build a game trilogy that uses such a personality lacking character as its keystone.

    The best things about the FFXIII are the visual design of the game and the sounds. Visual design is just marvellous although it lacks some central point where you'd aim your interest at. It's full of small details and things that make it really beautiful but it makes the big picture really difficult to see. Soundscape is interesting and well designed. Most of the music is nothing special but there's nothing particularly bad about it.

    However the Windows-PC port kind of ruins some of these aspects. It's based on Xbox 360 version which apparently had audio and visual issues. Things such as shadows are being drawn wrong or are missing entirely. Hair of the characters looks awful providing stark contrast to the cutscenes. Or some sounds being lower quality (to make it fit into DVD format Xbox 360 uses) than in PS3 version. All of those issues are present in Windows-PC version not to mention that the port introduces few issues on its own.

    Unlike what Square-Enix wrote about the game, it is not optimised for PCs. Usually PC games support multiple resolutions, FFXIII supports only one. That resolution being 720p. That's probably the worst issue with the port. Another issue is that keyboard and mouse cannot be fully binded to keys of your own choosing outside few limited keys. I didn't have issues with the size of the game. There are 25GBs of prerendered videos with the game. And since the game comes with the Japanese audio that size is doubled.

    English voice acting in FFXIII was better than usually in these games but the Japanese voice acting is so much better that I ended up playing with the Japanese audio and English subtitles. It felt more natural.

    Overall the FFXIII for Steam is fairly standard port of Xbox 360 game. It has all the standard faults and then some. But it's fully playable game that works and you will not encounter many bugs. It's a decently good port. I'm giving it neutral 6/10 because of the game itself and not because of the port. Overall I wouldn't probably recommend this unless player is keen Final Fantasy fan or interested in new Final Fantasy games. Average player probably doesn't have what it takes to sit through this game. This just isn't very good game and can be boring at times. However it's entertaining most of the time.    … Expand
  6. MixedFeelings
    Oct 14, 2014
    7
    I am glad they actually took the time to port this console exclusive over to PC. I did not mind it being 720p because the game looks great even on my 2560x1440 monitor. That doesn't mean devs should neglect putting more options for a PC port.

    If you do not have a controller plugged into a USB port on your computer your game will stutter making it nearly unplayable. I had all the    I am glad they actually took the time to port this console exclusive over to PC. I did not mind it being 720p because the game looks great even on my 2560x1440 monitor. That doesn't mean devs should neglect putting more options for a PC port.

    If you do not have a controller plugged into a USB port on your computer your game will stutter making it nearly unplayable. I had all the settings in the nVidia control panel turned up for this game and it fixes the unstable fps. Still have the frame rate drop in between battles but not as bad.

    Aside from the bad port, the game was great. I had a lot of fun playing it on my PC. Wish future ports will be better.    … Expand
  7. xKindred
    Oct 11, 2014
    5
    Yes, the port is bad, but the graphics are easily fixed by the GeDoSaTo mod (1mb download), and the game controls perfectly with an Xbox 360 Controller. Don't let these minor issues dishearten you from buying this unbelievable game.
  8. Cinnamoan
    Oct 18, 2014
    6
    i dont know, but the entire game is like running on hallways. yes, there are different surroundings, but the boring feeling of running and running is just there. it's linear compared from the previous parts. no more leveling system. no more ff-standard loots. no more exploration. you just need to follow the target location. keep running on long, wide space hallways. story is fine.i dont know, but the entire game is like running on hallways. yes, there are different surroundings, but the boring feeling of running and running is just there. it's linear compared from the previous parts. no more leveling system. no more ff-standard loots. no more exploration. you just need to follow the target location. keep running on long, wide space hallways. story is fine. character dramas still there. but, the over all gameplay, what happen? ff12 is better. still, i keep playing just to finish the game. good thing i like vanille. lol!… Expand
  9. macstat
    Jan 1, 2015
    7
    With release of FF XIII-2 squenix also patched FF XIII and earlier graphical problems are mostly gone. Its now playable in higher resolution so earlier port problems are mostly gone.
    Game itself is ... well its not great but it kinda grows on you. I started from anger to actually looking forward to seeing what next location brings. That said, game is linear as hell, basically locked in    With release of FF XIII-2 squenix also patched FF XIII and earlier graphical problems are mostly gone. Its now playable in higher resolution so earlier port problems are mostly gone.
    Game itself is ... well its not great but it kinda grows on you. I started from anger to actually looking forward to seeing what next location brings. That said, game is linear as hell, basically locked in corridors so if you like more open gameplay (like in FF 7 or 8) you're going to be dissapointed. Combat on the other hand is much more enjoyable and it really helped me getting through first hours of game.
    Solid 7/10 considering very low price is really good deal.    … Expand
  10. otmiyo
    Jun 18, 2022
    6
    Awesome hallway simulator with a regular battle system and endearing characters
  11. NN010
    Feb 16, 2023
    5
    The story is actually pretty good. The characters get a decent amount of development & their dynamic is interesting for a JRPG. Villain is a bit lacklustre though. He ain't no Emet-Selch, Sephiroth or Ardyn.

    Too bad the gameplay is terrible and ruined by a combat system that feels like it's trying to please turn-based purists & people who mostly play action games & utterly fails in the    The story is actually pretty good. The characters get a decent amount of development & their dynamic is interesting for a JRPG. Villain is a bit lacklustre though. He ain't no Emet-Selch, Sephiroth or Ardyn.

    Too bad the gameplay is terrible and ruined by a combat system that feels like it's trying to please turn-based purists & people who mostly play action games & utterly fails in the process. The inability to control the party leader's movement in combat proved particularly frustrating for me to the point where I gave up and watched the rest of the story on YouTube instead. Paradigms have some potential, but feel utterly wasted in this disaster of a battle system.

    In short: My recommendation is to enjoy the story, but skip the game itself. By far the worst Final Fantasy I've played so far (although I've only finished XIV + all its expansions, XV + all its DLC & VII Remake). Damn shame that this was the one I tried first all those years ago on the 360 (even though I had a PS3 and could have easily just bought the X/X-2 HD Remaster or downloaded a trial for XIV instead).
    Here's a mini-series edit I can personally recommend: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlMscAdJiuKqJxQ98OSU-GpVR0zVneVOe

    Ratings:

    Story: 7.5/10
    Gameplay: 2/10
    Overall Score: 5/10    … Expand
  12. Wagrum
    Nov 27, 2014
    7
    Not a great port, but Square is updating those issues with a few patches. December they will patch the game to support 1080p and graphics settings.

    Game now runs fine for me after the first patch so I have no performance issues. In regards to how FFXIII fares itself, it can be hit and miss. The story is mediocre, but the battle system and the endgame on Gran Pulse is great fun. I've    Not a great port, but Square is updating those issues with a few patches. December they will patch the game to support 1080p and graphics settings.

    Game now runs fine for me after the first patch so I have no performance issues.

    In regards to how FFXIII fares itself, it can be hit and miss. The story is mediocre, but the battle system and the endgame on Gran Pulse is great fun. I've spent 40 hours on the initial story and 20+ hours on the endgame and counting.

    It is basically a grind though for the most part as you'll basically go from battle to battle with very little to distract you. As a recent JRPG, it's a good game, but as a Final Fantasy it's quite disappointing.    … Expand
  13. braindamage
    Jun 5, 2015
    6
    the story of this game sucks and is hard to follow, the gameplay is pretty good despite being a crapp wireframed ps3 , a lot of the bosses in the game are stupid (orpahn) voice acting is cheesy, but some of the fights can be exciting
  14. jelikey
    Aug 12, 2016
    6
    The game is way to linear, and repetitive in fighting same enemies again and again. The battle system is almost like watching automated fights all the way long. It also takes some time to understand whats going on in the story.

    I think unless you are not a hardcore fan of the FF series, there is no need to play it, since there are enough better JRPGs out there.
  15. dislexicpotato
    Jun 18, 2020
    6
    I really wanted to like Final Fantasy XIII and tried my best to go in with an open mind despite the numerous negative opinions I had heard about this game, but man does this game have problems especially the PC version.

    Visually the game is stunning, and holds up well in 2020 over 10 years after the game's initial release. The character designs are great and the art direction is    I really wanted to like Final Fantasy XIII and tried my best to go in with an open mind despite the numerous negative opinions I had heard about this game, but man does this game have problems especially the PC version.

    Visually the game is stunning, and holds up well in 2020 over 10 years after the game's initial release. The character designs are great and the art direction is excellent, with gorgeous CGI cutscenes too.

    The audio in the game is also great, with some incredible music such as 'Atonement' among other memorable songs that can sometimes be 'too good' that they actually overpower what is happening on screen. The audio in general is great and helps make the combat more satisfying.

    When it comes to the actual gameplay, Final Fantasy XIII is perfectly 'fine'. The combat is pretty fun, but the games level design is incredibly linear making the game feel a little tedious/repetitive and will definitely break the game for many people.

    The story, is where Final Fantasy XIII really ruins the experience for me personally, with a narrative that is so disjointed and melodramatic that it feels like I am watching a cringey mediocre anime. The protagonist Lightning, isn't very likeable and the cast in general are a mixed bag. The plot is also a little nonsensical, difficult to follow and has plot holes. Half the time I didn't even know what my objective was.

    Overall, Final Fantasy XIII is mediocre plain and simple. Its not necessarily a bad game, but its not a good game either. I should also mention that the PC version of this game sucks, like it really sucks. It suffers from multiple issues like stutter, frame rate issues, controller problems and many bugs.    … Expand
  16. kalas5119
    Feb 19, 2019
    7
    Me gustó:
    Mecanicas del juego. Combates, muy dinamicos y divertidos.
    Muy buenos gráficos para la epoca. A dia de hoy se pueden disfrutar bastante bien. Largo, pero no en exceso. No me gustó: Los personajes, ridiculos, sin verdadero carisma. La historia, no llega a la altura del resto de FF. SI tengo que sacar una conclusión, es que como juego me gustó mucho, pero para mi, no    Me gustó:
    Mecanicas del juego. Combates, muy dinamicos y divertidos.
    Muy buenos gráficos para la epoca. A dia de hoy se pueden disfrutar bastante bien.
    Largo, pero no en exceso.

    No me gustó:
    Los personajes, ridiculos, sin verdadero carisma.
    La historia, no llega a la altura del resto de FF.

    SI tengo que sacar una conclusión, es que como juego me gustó mucho, pero para mi, no llega a sus FF predecesores.

    7/10    … Expand
  17. mugsy
    May 9, 2020
    6
    This game is the worst of the XIII trilogy IMO and a mediocre Final Fantasy game

    Pros: - Nice graphics that look good even today - Good soundtrack - I liked the design of some locations (Lake Bresha, Orphan's Cradle) - I actually quite liked the battle system and the whole paradigm shift and stagger mechanics, even though a lot of the time the only thing you need to do is mash one    This game is the worst of the XIII trilogy IMO and a mediocre Final Fantasy game

    Pros:

    - Nice graphics that look good even today
    - Good soundtrack
    - I liked the design of some locations (Lake Bresha, Orphan's Cradle)
    - I actually quite liked the battle system and the whole paradigm shift and stagger mechanics, even though a lot of the time the only thing you need to do is mash one button
    - No more annoying random encounters, you can choose when you want to fight
    - Barthandelus boss design is badass

    Cons:

    - Confusing and not that interesting plot
    - Dumb, boring characters with cringy names (Lightning, Snow, Hope, Vanille, Fang...really?)
    - Extremely linear and repetitive gameplay    … Expand
  18. wagaylagay
    Apr 16, 2019
    6
    Released in 2010 under PS3 platform, this so-called blockbuster has probably disappointed a huge number of players who have been dedicatedly loyal to the great Final Fantasy series. The game's been desperately considered as an enormous let-down so far for what it lacks to be a players-satisfying RPG PC game.

    Getting started with a convoluted inception, an extremely long beginning and    Released in 2010 under PS3 platform, this so-called blockbuster has probably disappointed a huge number of players who have been dedicatedly loyal to the great Final Fantasy series. The game's been desperately considered as an enormous let-down so far for what it lacks to be a players-satisfying RPG PC game.

    Getting started with a convoluted inception, an extremely long beginning and lacking characters introduction, Final Fantasy XIII put itself in an dead end of causing players to keep going on their virtual journey in the very first place. The game not only hopelessly fails to establish its characters' drama scenes but also drastically ruins the players' emotion plus the story line with illogical narratives and cringeworthy characters' reactions. Besides, the camera system is sometimes too obnoxious for players to execute characters' paths because of the game's sudden camera angle changes. Also, non-sense checkpoints distribution frustrates numbers of players for unnecessary waste of time looking for one of the checkpoints while they're in need of it.

    Still, there're three factors that mostly save the game out of its own pitch black hole. Despite the disappointing characters' reactions, it can be barely said that the game possesses the best eye-catching costumes designs among the members of RPG category in 21st century. Another up-vote for this game is its console quality graphic which requires a very low system requirement but offer players thrilling and striking graphic. The final savior of Final Fantasy XIII is a deeply emotional ending that comes along with stunning music theme, salvaging the whole franchise from being a huge disappointment and leading its players to a temporary expect for the upcoming sequel.

    Long story short, this game obviously happens to be the worst among the Final Fantasy series. Nevertheless, Final Fantasy XIII requires more than what it takes and what it is now to earn a chance of winning many players' hearts.    … Expand
  19. Aclea
    Apr 11, 2019
    6
    FF XIII is perhaps the most controversial game, next to the XV, of the franchise but not because of its narrative or combat system, but rather to those first impersions that were born in the past and last, in the form of legends, until the present .
    It does not have the best history of the saga, that is clear, but it is not a "garbage" as some say. The secondary stories come to surprise    FF XIII is perhaps the most controversial game, next to the XV, of the franchise but not because of its narrative or combat system, but rather to those first impersions that were born in the past and last, in the form of legends, until the present .
    It does not have the best history of the saga, that is clear, but it is not a "garbage" as some say. The secondary stories come to surprise how well narrated and elaborate you are ... do you remember the story between Snow and Hope?
    The only thing I want to say is that although there are changes in this title that did not please the players at the time, many other FFs also did at the time and they were and are a marvel, therefore you must play it and thus give your true opinion. As for mine, it is not the best Final Fantasy but it is a game, which at the time and to this day attracts thanks to those changes that were implemented.    … Expand
  20. VigilanteOito
    Sep 2, 2021
    5
    joguin chato pra carai.
    FF acabou no 12, no 13 em diante é so lixo mano.
    sem condição.
  21. RayTeamStrategy
    Feb 2, 2020
    7
    Really nice RPG, much better than FFX although it let go of more of the FF traditions than FFX did. The story is great and if you keep a save file in chapter 10, you can get a lot of replay value out of various challenge runs. However, a lot of information the players will need is hidden and they'll have to go look for guides to answer questions and sometimes the answers won't make sense.Really nice RPG, much better than FFX although it let go of more of the FF traditions than FFX did. The story is great and if you keep a save file in chapter 10, you can get a lot of replay value out of various challenge runs. However, a lot of information the players will need is hidden and they'll have to go look for guides to answer questions and sometimes the answers won't make sense. Clearing the game isn't really tough though, it's the post game content where things start to get tricky.

    A lot of what this game did wrong I was able to get over because the music was so amazing. It's unfortunate that the story progression locks away battle progression, but it's the same thing that happened to us in FFX, so I don't get why people hate on this game so much but not FFX. Not every game can be as awesome as the old FFVII.    … Expand
  22. Jrson
    May 5, 2020
    7
    The game runs like ass on PC. Otherwise, the game is pretty good. The story is fine. Nothing exactly special. In my opinion, if you enjoyed this game, I recommend not playing the next two games. The combat in this game deviates from the older Final Fantasy battle systems. And the soundtrack for the game is great.
  23. danr3355
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    I really wanted to like this game but I just couldn't. The characters did not interest me in the slightest and I found the ost extremely repetitive. The characters were also very annoying. The gameplay was quite repetitive too.
  24. Hobomold
    Jul 23, 2020
    7
    Overall:
    For its time the game looks absolutely stunning, the music fits very well with the game and it creates a very enjoyable experience to play with the real-time combat and storytelling.
    Story: The story is for the most part good and keeps you interested, some characters are not that great but it doesn't hurt the game itself too much because of the other characters that are    Overall:
    For its time the game looks absolutely stunning, the music fits very well with the game and it creates a very enjoyable experience to play with the real-time combat and storytelling.

    Story:
    The story is for the most part good and keeps you interested, some characters are not that great but it doesn't hurt the game itself too much because of the other characters that are interesting.

    Gameplay:
    The gameplay mechanics are fantastic, even though it's mostly linear in its storytelling there are open areas as well and plenty of end-game content to keep the player busy after finishing the story. I also very much enjoy the real-time combat that this game has and it feels very natural and engaging.    … Expand
  25. gamingtime
    Jul 31, 2020
    7
    The new battle system is pretty good and satisfying; the music is as great as ever. I dislike the plot though, which is bland and even a bit awkward for some scenes. A bit grinding, as is common for JRPGs, is also required, which I dislike as well.
  26. dotrem
    Jan 29, 2022
    7
    Can't say that it's a my favorite part of franchise, but i like it. I know that every fan blame this game couse linear storyline, but it's excactly what i want, take a controller and enjoy a story. First the most "linear" part of the game is my favorite, so many good CGI, no need to farm anything, you get a new weappoon every couple of hours. Great! but after what you enter a semi-openCan't say that it's a my favorite part of franchise, but i like it. I know that every fan blame this game couse linear storyline, but it's excactly what i want, take a controller and enjoy a story. First the most "linear" part of the game is my favorite, so many good CGI, no need to farm anything, you get a new weappoon every couple of hours. Great! but after what you enter a semi-open area story get a kind of break couse tons of sidequests activity. Hunting strong monsters, farm components for ultimate weapoons etc. Yeah it's a common RPG components but honestly it's takes too much time. After i finished all these things and was ready to move next by the rails of plot i realise that i forget what we do. I forget a whole story. So i finish the game without any clue that is going on. Sadge.

    Also i don't like Fabula Nova Crystallis design, every enemy looks like a freaking peacock.

    What i like:
    -Music
    -CGI
    -Semi-dynamic fighting system

    But cmon people playing FFXXII just becouse Ligthing.    … Expand
  27. kinsang
    Sep 10, 2022
    6
    เนื้อเรื่อง : เปิดเนื้อเรื่องมาได้ค่อนข้างน่าสนใจ ถึงแม้จะงงตอนแรกๆ ตัวละครหลักมีที่น่าสนใจเพียงไม่กี่ตัว บางตัวก็ดูไม่อินแถมยังน่ารำคาญ เนื้อเรื่องช่วงกลางค่อนข้างจะอืด แถมช่วงจบยังจบง่ายๆดื้อๆ

    เกมเพลย์ : เป็นระบบเทิร์นเบสแบบเรียลไทม์ ซึ่งถือว่าไม่เคยเล่นมาก่อน และก็คงจะไม่เล่นอีก เพราะการเล่นเทิร์นเบสแบบควบคุมเอไอฝ่ายเราไม่ได้มันโง่มาก ประสิทธิภาพ : พอร์ทมาลงพีซีได้ห่วยสุดๆ    เนื้อเรื่อง : เปิดเนื้อเรื่องมาได้ค่อนข้างน่าสนใจ ถึงแม้จะงงตอนแรกๆ ตัวละครหลักมีที่น่าสนใจเพียงไม่กี่ตัว บางตัวก็ดูไม่อินแถมยังน่ารำคาญ เนื้อเรื่องช่วงกลางค่อนข้างจะอืด แถมช่วงจบยังจบง่ายๆดื้อๆ

    เกมเพลย์ : เป็นระบบเทิร์นเบสแบบเรียลไทม์ ซึ่งถือว่าไม่เคยเล่นมาก่อน และก็คงจะไม่เล่นอีก เพราะการเล่นเทิร์นเบสแบบควบคุมเอไอฝ่ายเราไม่ได้มันโง่มาก

    ประสิทธิภาพ : พอร์ทมาลงพีซีได้ห่วยสุดๆ คุณภาพเสียงมันแย่ซะจนแสบหู แถมยังปรับตั้งค่าเสียงแยกไม่ได้อีกต่างหาก    … Expand
  28. aecsuter
    Aug 18, 2022
    7
    For those who are a fan of the series, it is worth playing, but I believe that this is not the best game to start playing the series.

    Pros: - Flawless graphics, both in-game and in cutscenes. - Weapon upgrade system Cons: - Story a little tiring - long hours needed to completely beat the game - Unexciting extras Well, in my opinion, compared to the great titles of the series,    For those who are a fan of the series, it is worth playing, but I believe that this is not the best game to start playing the series.

    Pros:
    - Flawless graphics, both in-game and in cutscenes.
    - Weapon upgrade system

    Cons:
    - Story a little tiring
    - long hours needed to completely beat the game
    - Unexciting extras

    Well, in my opinion, compared to the great titles of the series, FFXIII was below, but it's worth playing.

    79 out of 100    … Expand
  29. KaduBR
    Jun 26, 2023
    7
    well, what I say about that game.... i think it exploration very good, same if are linear. the graphic is definitly amazing, i don't believe when i see if was of xbox/ps3. he is long, I finished on 59hours (!), but this is not negative point, I honest, I like long games. but same with all this, he is... Boring? various part in this game is very slow, without action or dynamic... itswell, what I say about that game.... i think it exploration very good, same if are linear. the graphic is definitly amazing, i don't believe when i see if was of xbox/ps3. he is long, I finished on 59hours (!), but this is not negative point, I honest, I like long games. but same with all this, he is... Boring? various part in this game is very slow, without action or dynamic... its boring, only. :/… Expand
  30. imalynxcat
    Aug 4, 2023
    6
    Optimizasyonu çok kötü. Yarım saatte bir oyun çöküyor. Hikayesi ilgi çekici ama teknik sorunlar yüzünden oyunu bitse de kurtulsam diye oynadım resmen.
  31. Tintler
    Jun 25, 2023
    6
    PC portu keşke daha güzel olsaydı diyorsunuz. Topluluk patchleri olmadan sanırım oynanabilir değildi. Oyunun içine girmek ve hikayesini anlamak biraz zor Fal'Cie, l'Cie gibi kavramlar yüzünden, fakat oyunun içinde ansiklopedi oyuncuyu bilgilendirmeye çalışıyor. Yıllar önce oynamama rağmen hikaye ve partiyi bugün bile hatırlayabiliyorum.

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65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. RPG Fan
    Dec 23, 2014
    68
    The mystery of what FFXIII holds is far more pleasing than the experience itself.
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  2. Ragequit.gr
    Nov 30, 2014
    89
    With a story that would be considered nothing special, FFXII shines with its fast-paced combat and challenging difficulty. Although it introduces many changes to the series, it provides a good amount of things to explore providing hours of fun.
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  3. PC Gamer
    Oct 30, 2014
    48
    Parts of Final Fantasy XIII are worth the absurd amount of time it takes to properly open up, but this port is a big letdown.
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