Actually, FFXIIIs NPD numbers were pretty sad for for a FF game. A week after the debut it was in fourth place behind NSMBW, Spirit Tracks and Tomodachi Collection.Originally Posted by Rad Bromance
Umm, source? It's been experiencing high sales, praise, and placement on "best of" lists in Japan. From what I've read, the only negative reviews seem to be from non-Japanese sources who've partially played the import.
Final Fantasy XIII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oh, and those comments from the handful of people on 2ch/4chan don't count.
From talking to Japanese friends that play FFXI this isn't just a western import thing. A lot of them are overall disgruntled with the direction this title has gone.
Wikipedia isn't necessarily unreliable, but there's nothing requiring people to put in things about bad scores. I doubt every Japanese publication gave it super scores. There's also the issue of hype. Remember when Assassin's Creed got 10/10s? Sorry, it's not a 10/10 game. It's not "perfect" as some had said.
Any main series FF game not only has the hype behind it but also has clout behind it. As a result I'm sure reviewers are more apt to overlook little things and give it a pass for being what it is.... a top end SE product. I'm concerned that people may be being dazzled by the looks and other such things the way people were dazzled by the innovations of AC1 and forgot to notice that it's incredibly repetitive, has a horrible combat system and has almost no replay value.
For me, the jury is still out. I will play FFXIII, though it may have moved off of the release day purchase list. But what I'm feeling in this thread, and in this forum in general is a defensive backlash. No one wants to think that the title they've been drooling over for several years will be less than perfect... but it just might be.
If you want to decide ahead of time that it's perfect then you are no different than the people who decide ahead of time it sucks.
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