Impressions of FFXIII (Spoilers somewhat)

[Silvercry]

Battle System:

The battle system is extremely easy to use so far, and I really haven't had a challenge so far at all in the hour of gameplay that I have had. I've fought probably over 20+ battles, and the only time I came close to dying was one of the boss fights, which still seemed easy. I am usually eating with one hand while just tapping X/A button. So far, very easy, I am sure it will get a little more complicated. I also like the "stagger" feature.

Yeah, the developers said they made the fights early on easy and they gradually get more difficult, to let players get used to the battle system.

Wow, a video game that starts of easy and slowly adds complexity and/or challenge as it goes on. REVOLUTIONARY!

Are they seriously taking credit for this as some kind of unique idea? Games have been doing that since Space Invaders.

Have you ever played an FF game?

I've played them all, and finished them all save for 2, which i couldn't stand, and three, which I just got on DS a month ago. And you know what? They all start of with easy fights in the beginning and ramp up the difficulty as they go along like every other game in existence. Except for maybe 2, cause the leveling system was f-ed up, and 8, as the enemies leveled with you and clever Junctioning could make you a god before the end of disc one.

VIII was my second favorite for that exact reason.