The Love Thread

[demondude]

Because I hate negative nancies! Post the things you love most about FFXIII here, and share the joy.

--Minor Spoilers--

I love the way the games opens up in Chapter 11. I spent ages this morning exploring the ins and outs of a couple of places, and discovered locations I didn't even think you could get to! I also love the way you can change party members freely now, and they make their comments at things randomly. I was walking to a mission when Sazh got worried about a high drop, and Snow comforted him. Whether the two lines were supposed to go together or it was coincidence, it was still great and immersive.

I also love the characters. Lightning is the first protagonist I actually liked more than the companions. Fang is simply badass, and Vanille has depth. Hope develops more than anyone, Snow is badass (sometimes) and Sazh is basically awesome and has a really sad story for such a cool dude. On top of that I love the battle system and how it is extremely fast paced yet still very tactical.

What do you guys love?

[Rad Bromance]

I love the battle system. It's like they took the best aspects of X-2 and XII's systems and meshed them together.

[Crowseye]

Because I hate negative nancies!

Wow, you make a love thread and choose to start it off with this (emphasis mine).

Anyway, Lightning has some of the best voice-acting ever IMO, and her animations are wicked.

Sazh is an awesome "sidekick" type of character.

The graphics in general are gorgeous.

I like how they threw you into the middle of a rebellion/war/battle at the beginning of the game. Many games take awhile to get going with a mild and light-hearted introduction, so it was nice to hit the ground running so to speak (even though the "tutorial phase" was overlong IMO).

This game, for a while anyway, dared to be something more than a heroes vs. villain thing, striving to be a commentary on society's need for order vs personal free will. While it eventually evolved away from that, it still deserves credit for the effort.

[demondude]

I apologise if I hurt your feelings.

[VeloZer0]

- The voice acting all fits very well.

- I am so happy to have a protagonist back that I enjoy playing as

and they make their comments at things randomly.

Yes, this definitely livens the treks across the map.

[Shlup]

chapter 11When you first get to the Great Expanse in Gran Pulse, and it's open and huge and there are beasts running across the plain and fighting each other and flying through the sky... wow. Amazed.

Yeah, everything that most people complain about, I like. I like having an interactive movie.

[G13]

Yeah that reminded me of Jurassic Park a bit.

I love absolutely everything about this game. The linearity sucked at first but after a few hours of playing I didn't even notice it.

[VeloZer0]

New one:
I had a RAV learn all the -aga spells, and damn do they look awesome. I haven't yet gotten tired of being focused on my COM slashing it up, and then all of a sudden the entire battlefield explodes.

[Miriel]

I love not having to heal after battles.

I love the color of Lightning's lips. I've been trying to find a lipgloss color like that for weeks.

I love the random things the people in your party say while you're running about, or overhearing NPC conversations.

The game is so SO pretty!

[arcanedude34]

Love the characters' one-liners as you run around.
Love the graphics.
Love any scene with Sazh.
Love the confrontation scenes (Hope/Snow, Vanille/Sazh)
Loved the boss Tiamat Eliminator (one of the few that forced me to play strategically instead of brute forcing it)
Love the name Palumpolum.
Love all the puns that can be made with the main characters' names.
Love the battle system (at least for the first 3/4 of the game)
Love the Frocobo

[Loony BoB]

I echo pretty much everything Miriel said. I also echo the 'Jurassic Park' comment from G13. And the mention of Sazh's chocobo from arcane.

I also love the friendship that develops between Sahz and Vanille. I think it's adorable. It seems like such a lovely, genuine friendship that you simply don't see much of in other FF games, at least not in my experience.

[finaloblivion]

Yeah, everything that most people complain about, I like. I like having an interactive movie.

same here. im in love with this game, and everything about it. if there's one thing ive noticed, you either love em or hate em. proud to be in the love side of things. not being able to (SPOILER)revisit the cocoon locations is a bit of a downer, but by no means does that turn me off in any way. SE didn't make any mistakes in development - they worked hard and for a long time to ensure that every part of the game and how you traverse through it is perfectly tuned and paced the way it should be. cocoon is very story driven and plays much like the interactive movie; gran pulse is wide open and throws you more freedom of choice. "two worlds, one game". they worked hard, and like i said you can either enjoy it for what it is, or you can't. it's not the end all RPG/FF savior, it's just a great game.

i just started getting into the true strategic development of my characters and the upgrade system here during ch10. picking and upgrading jobs and weapons for each character that suits the way i play and maximizes their abilities and strengths is a lot of fun.

and also choosing party members/corresponding paradigms?
im actually writing down different combinations that i like in different situations with different sets of characters. no FF game has ever made me calculate and strategize this much, and i love it. immersive as hell.

this thread needs to be full of more posts.

[NeoCracker]

I actually think Fang and Lightning are the weakest members of the story, character wise that is.


Sahz and Snow, however, completely steal the show. Vanille is pretty awesome too.

The story has great build up and character building, all until the 'big reveal' after chapter 11, though the Characters themselves are really amazing.

And I don't really see what all this 'open world' is about. Really it just 'hey, instead of the story, go kill this smurfer for a diversion instead'. Nothing really that great to be honest.

Though most of the areas are amazing, the cast and VA's are top notch, and the battle system is solid and engaging.

[finaloblivion]

And I don't really see what all this 'open world' is about. Really it just 'hey, instead of the story, go kill this smurfer for a diversion instead'. Nothing really that great to be honest.

honestly, XII was the most "open" of the FFs, and i would get so sidetracked from the story by walking around and not knowing what corner of the desert i was in, i didn't even care anymore. not that XII had a good or decent story anyways, so whatevs. But that's the point - XIII is designed to keep you glued and paced through the story, not get detached and distracted from it.

[NeoCracker]

And I don't really see what all this 'open world' is about. Really it just 'hey, instead of the story, go kill this smurfer for a diversion instead'. Nothing really that great to be honest.

honestly, XII was the most "open" of the FFs, and i would get so sidetracked from the story by walking around and not knowing what corner of the desert i was in, i didn't even care anymore. not that XII had a good or decent story anyways, so whatevs. But that's the point - XIII is designed to keep you glued and paced through the story, not get detached and distracted from it.

I get that's the point, and rather appreciated the game for doing that.

I'm just saying it's not really much of an open world, where as people were making it sound epic or something.