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User Score
1.8

Presentation - 8.0
Gameplay - 1.0
Value - 1.0

I think ill start with a NO then the YES checklist and then go into details.


Exploration....................... NO
Overdrives/Limits................. NO
Towns............................. NO
Mistical weapons...................NO
Cool spell.........................NO
Hidden Characters..................NO
Mini games ........................NO
Armor..............................NO
Control Over your party............NO


now with the yes

LOTS OF CGI........................YES
Lolitas............................YES
Emos...............................YES
Anime cliches......................YES


If you have been reading about this game you must have heard people saying it
gets good after 20+ hours, well here is my log.

Hour 0:30 : a CGI and the main characters are presented, the texture have a
 very high resolution and the animetion is very fluid, music is classic Final fantasy.

Hour 1:  party members have been picked for me, i cant use magic yet, i havent been
 able to updgrade weapons or lvl up.

hour 5: i am, finally allowed to lvl up, and "use" magic, i can change the abilities
available for the characters during battle, but i can make no other choice about my party,
 i can only buy at save spots. i cant really decide what should happen in battles i only
  change the general strategy and if leader dies is game over, but , you can restart the
  battle without needing to reload the latest save after you die.

hour 10: My party have been splited several times since hour 5 time is two teams of 2 and
 a lone character, the teams of were paired with one strong character and a weak one, i
 never see the lone character until hour 20 or so, they are taking two path to reach the
  same place and i havent been able to use more than two characters in my party most of
   the time, this is the reason this game is long and the fact that there are no vehicles
    and characters walk slow.

hour 14: i have arrive to my first town but i cant talk to people really, even here there
 is only one path to take, i cant go into building.

hour 16: i entered another town with the other members of the party the whent the other way,
 this is more like a classic jrpg town, i have played a mini game, the first in the entire
 game it lasted a couple of minutes but i cant repeat it.

hour 16:30: am out of the town, and never see another again

hour 18: until now i have allways reached the lvl cap, will grind a little

hour 18:40: reached lvl cap

hour 20: most party members are together but i still cant pick party members to fight. new
character added and the lone character i lost at hour 5 is back.

 hour 26: finally the nemesis of this game is revealed, but i still dont have any idea what his motives are.

hour 28: all roles have oppened to all characters, this means it will take very long to cap
levels again i can chaenge party member and can pick who will figth, finally.

hour 30: i have reached a place that is open, like world of warcraft, until now the game had a long path.

hour 31: a few side missions available,i grind a little and reached original lvl cap.

hour 32: back to linear path, i haven been able to get more than 20,000 gil yet i need around 500,000
to take my  current weapon to its max lvl, that is for 1 character.

hour 33: played a mini game and just got 550,000 gils and xp to max 2 waepons, this game cant be repeated yet.

 ********** from now on is a matter of opinion*********************

hour 34: something must be wrong with this game so i search the internet for info on side quest etc.

hour 34:30:  found out there is only 1 available, monters hunt with many missions (64 i think) after
 that the 14 mission you can use chocobos that let you do more mission and that am 1 or 2 hours away
  from ending the game.

hour 35: i sold the game.


If you like FF stay away from this game, it has nothing to do with what final fantasy is about.
Kitase says it shouldn't even be considered an RPG anymore because it defies too many of the genre's conventions.

It is impossible to talk about Final Fantasy XIII in any detail without describing its extreme linearity.
Remember back when this particular criticism was most often directed towards Final Fantasy X?  Nine years
later, Final Fantasy XIII makes X look like Elder Scrolls by comparison.

Here is what you will do for 50 hours or so

run through The Tube ---> mash button ---> Paradigm Shift ---> mash buttons ---> run through The Tube
---> mash button ---> Paradigm Shift ---> mash button ---> run through The Tube ---> mash button --->
 Paradigm Shift ---> mash button ---> Paradigm Shift ---> mash button ---> run through The Tube --->
  watch cutscene ---> run through The Tube ---> mash button ---> Paradigm Shift ---> mash button --->
   run through The Tube ---> mash button ---> Paradigm Shift ---> mash button ---> run through The Tube --->
    watch cutscene
    
    
    Enjoy