The Love Thread

[finaloblivion]

I wish this thread was a little larger. the hate thread is so large because there's so many people throwing arguments back and forth. instead of arguing, why don't people who truly love the game post here and ignore the people who will not be swayed no matter what you say, and people who dislike the game (and some who haven't even played it?...) can stay in the hate thread.

i think the fact of the matter about this game is that many people hate the game for the same reasons people love the game. in a few years, once a few more FF titles have come out, this game will probably be remembered well, as most FFs that come into fire when they first come out do. it's different, yes. but most FFs are. that's the point on the series. these are not direct sequels of each other, they're individual entities that retain similar qualities of the other games. and does this game have many similar qualities? absolutely. but apparently they weren't the right qualities for every FF fan to embrace it. if this game didn't have FFXIII as the title and was called Cocoon Saga or something and it didn't have all these sweeping expectations to be the savior of final fantasy and RPGs in general (which is just ridiculous anyways, because no game could do that), and every one just accepted it for what it is and tried to enjoy it with no predispositions, i think a lot of the hate would be dimmed down. true, people just straight up don't like the systems or the story or whatever, but that's every single game in history.

short in short, i love it. probably always will. and ive taken the path of not letting anyone else' negative opinion on the game affect me, since ive also read many positive reviews (professional and non) and that's that. GI gave it a 9.25, and really...when it comes down to the only professional opinion that i truly respect, that's just dandy. but on the same token, they said the weakest link of the game is the story and dialogue. and i love both the story and the character's interactions, though typical of a JRPG or FF as they may be. although i daresay the character growth and relationships are anything that you could call the same as FFs from even a few years ago. fact is, they worked hard on making this aspect of the game mature from the rest of the series, and i appreciate it. and love it.

SO IN SUMMARY, everyone should just stop the arguing...and just accept that not all of us are going to agree and its really pointless to try and force our opinions on other people. so people who like it come here, and people who hate it go to the threads dedicated as such. woot.