Why is this game so BAAAAAD!!!!!

[ScottyRedXIII]

im up to the part with all the side quests (were you have to kill a certian monster) and the game has been SOOOOOO boring i dont think i can bring myself to complete it , anyone else feel the same???

[|-THE redmage-|]

I have to say that I thought the hunts/quests were a little overwhelming, some of them are pretty tough, and i really got fed up with the enemies on the final level, they were really irritating.

[Jessweeee♪]

It's my favorite in the series. If you're into sidequests though, then yeah this is not the game for you. The only sidequests in the game are the 63 Ci'eth Stone hunts and gathering a few parts for Vanille's pet robot. I just finished the last of the hunts a couple of days ago, and they were pretty tough. Especially Gigantuar. There were some quests where I just did the Death trick (the most boring way to do anything ever), but since some of them are immune, I had to get crafty.

I do like how there is actually a point in super leveling your party post-game. Even if you max out the entire Crystarium for everyone you'll never be so strong that not a single enemy in the game will give you trouble.

[AntagonistGB]

It sucks because Square Enix's gigantic ego has swelled to the point where their heads have become firmly lodged in their own asses, causing them to reach pretension levels previously unheard of, believing themselves to *snicker* be competent game-makers without regarding fan input based on previous games in the series. It's sad, really.

[Flying Arrow]

I don't think the game is bad, per se. It's just... really, really thin as if it vomited out its content in a public restroom stall before showing up to the party.

[|-THE redmage-|]

I'll admit, I really enjoyed the game, don't get me wrong, but it was very straightforward as far as exploration and maps go.

[Mirage]

It's bad because it doesn't flesh out the world you are in properly, and because the characters are... unrealistic and stupid .

[Rodney]

Wanting realistic characters is a tall order in a game with the word "Fantasy" in the title.

[AntagonistGB]

Wanting realistic characters is a tall order in a game with the word "Fantasy" in the title.

Wrong. There's nothing saying a fantastical setting can't house identifiable and realistic characters, or at the very least, interesting and three-dimensional.

[Jessweeee♪]

Sometimes I feel like I bought one of ten copies of a good solid game called FFXIII, and everyone else got a different sucky version

[Mirage]

Wanting realistic characters is a tall order in a game with the word "Fantasy" in the title.

Wrong. There's nothing saying a fantastical setting can't house identifiable and realistic characters, or at the very least, interesting and three-dimensional.

Yeah, there are plenty of characters who are way more realistic and/or likable in other FF games (not to mention other works in the "fantasy" genre of fiction) even though those games also sport a fantasy world.

[BG-57]

I actually like the sidequests. When I finally got to (SPOILER)Gran Pulse, it felt like a different game in some ways, FFXIII.2 if you will. The linearity gets a lot of hate, which I don't mind but it will take away a lot of the replay value (unless they've added a New Game+ option). What bothers me is the way the game restricts options until it thinks you're ready for them. Not being able to change party members or Roles was a major pain.

It's very pretty looking but I wish more effort had been made in the script and less on glossy exteriors. That being said, the game is addictive and generally fun to play, once it lets you play the way you want to.

[AntagonistGB]

It's very pretty looking but I wish more effort had been made in the script and less on glossy exteriors. That being said, the game is addictive and generally fun to play, once it lets you play the way you want to.

This is actually a good summation of my feelings towards the game. I just hate the unforgivably long time between the start and actually being able to play it completely. That and the linearity, which just about killed the game for me.

This is the first FF that I felt was too long for its own good. For the first 30 or so hours, I was enjoying it, but there was so little to do besides walking from point A to B, that by the time I got to Pulse, even if the "sidequests" (and I use the term loosely) had been worth my time (they weren't) I'd become so bored and jaded to the extreme repetitiveness of the game outside of battle that I would still have wished the game would be over.

Had the story been more engaging, I may have been able to forgiven this game, but as it stands, the story is a confusing jumbled mess that falls apart if you really try to think about it. The only plus to come out of the story is that Vanille, Hope, Snow, and Sazh are some of the best characters to come out of the series since Final Fantasy IX. And I know I'm going to get flack for liking Hope and Vanille, but whatever. I thought their character arcs worked REALLY well. Lighting and Fang on the other hand...

[Rostum]

im up to the part with all the side quests (were you have to kill a certian monster) and the game has been SOOOOOO boring i dont think i can bring myself to complete it , anyone else feel the same???

I certainly felt that way at that point in the game, but I kept going through it and it does not get much better. If you're really determined to finish it then by all means battle through it, but if not then I may suggest to just let it go.

...and because the characters are... unrealistic and stupid .

While I'll agree some characters I did not particularly like, their reactions to their situations were more realistic than anything previously in the series. Especially Sazh, who quite frankly is pretty awesome. At least until you get to the last set of bosses, then it becomes cheesy and childish dialogue that's typical of previous Final Fantasy's.

[Mirage]

I'll agree that Sazh was the most believable character in the game. I actually don't dislike him.