XIII: The Flaw thread

[crazybayman]

As I said in a previous thread, it really needs a dude with a sword. So yeah, that would be its main flaw.

It is a team effort, like FFVI. However to me, Lightening is the leader, and her attack style is awesome. For me however, the leader should be a dude with THE GINORMOUS SWORD FTW. Call me shallow, but that's a big reason why I liked Cloud, Squall and Tidus. Though, for me the attack style is tres important, and Lightning's is very cool. She's like a She-Cloud-Jedi

But, I personally do find it hard to identify with Lightning. Actually I find it very hard to identify with any of them. Even though they did make Snow very "real", HE STILL NEEDS A SWORD.

Oh, and there's WAY too much $hit going on screen at once during battle. I'm sure someone will have a seizure one day because of it. I can't follow who's hitting who and for what damage mixed in with which spells. Too many effects at once.

And the battles take long. Though they are fast paced, which is cool, but sometimes too fast-paced, as I can't keep track of what's going on. And yeah, too long. Fighting Bartandeleus seemed like an eternity, for instance. Even fighting the (SPOILER)Behemoth Kings and wolf-things (combined) on the Steppe, takes quite a while.

And it spent WAY too much time in Cocoon. Now that I'm in Chapter 11, I'm finally in the (SPOILER)Steppe, which has the most resemblance of a world map. Which is another its missing. A WORLD MAP!!! I know FFX didn't have one, which was fine. FFXII kind of had one, but not really. This one is similar to FFXII, but with so many restrictions.

And the weapons and accessories - WTF. There's nothing there that turns my crank. It seems, so far, that every weapon I find just has some funny single attribute, with no appeal. Like increasing "raise". Or maybe giving you an extra meter charge in the beginning. AND THEY'RE ALL AT LEVEL 1 WHEN YOU FIND THEM! I'm still using my suped up Gladius, Black belt and Power Wrist (or whatever it is), because I can't be arsed to spend time and money beefing up a new weapon and accessories. Likewise, all my party members are using the first or second weapon I found for them. And they ALL SUCK. Oooooo......this accessory casts protect and shell when your HP is critical.....ONCE! And this one casts....wait for it.....bravery and vigilance....ONCE!! AARRRGGGGG!!!!!

And the upgrade system leaves much to be desired. So you can just chuck random $hit into your weapon, to upgrade it? Why? How? At least in FFVIII, it was just certain things that made you able to upgrade, and there were magazines to tell you what you needed. This system of adding ooze, bones, and some other funny-named crap is just retarded.

Any many of the things others here people touched on are serious flaws such as:
- when the leader dies, that's it, its game over - OH MY GOD THIS IS STUPID
- You can't use anyone else's Eidolon except the leader's.
- Paradigms aren't saved when you switch back to a previous party. You have to spend time setting up the same paradigms, OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

Oh, and the Ark was way too long, and WAY too repetitive. I felt like I was walking endlessly through the train tracks in FFVII all over again. Which goes back to TOO MUCH TIME IN COCOON.

Back to the characters - Hope is a Mega-sissy, Sahz looks like a mega-retard in battle (what is he doing? Dancing?), Fang is too....manly and hard headed. The rest are OK, but there's still no one for me to identify with.

So, yup, there's my vent on the flaws! And there are major ones. Especially after such a long wait for this game.