Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
Playing video games you hate is strange, but there are vast ideological chasms between "games I hate" and what Wolf is making FFXIII out to be.
I feel the same way Wolf does about FFXIII, but I made it past some of the early sections of Gran Pulse before my PS3 died and spared me the misery. You may think it's crazy, but there are reasons for it:

1) I have a habit of beating new FF titles when they come out. Even if I'm not overly fond of them, I dislike leaving them unfinished.
2) I was planning to write a review for the site which never really got finished since I never finished the game.
3) People continuously said it gets better, that the battle system really starts to open up after a few hours and is really engaging by the time you get to Gran Pulse (they were wrong).
4) By the time I was at Gran Pulse I just figured smurf it, I'll finish it and have a pretty damn well informed opinion on why this is one of the worst games I've ever played.

For the record, I hate Resident Evil 4 for a variety of reasons as well and I finished that one, in part just so I would never have to listen to people use stupid arguments like "it get's better later." If anyone ever says that, even if they're right, I give everyone my permission to punch them in the jaw and tell them they're an idiot for recommending a game when only half of it is good at best.

And I could definitely buy the fact that WK didn't have much to play at the time. I was in a bit of a rut back then as well with no new titles that really grabbed me and not really being in the mood to play many older titles. I was also unemployed and bored senseless so I usually played something to kill the several hours between when I checked the job ads and when my wife came home.

So i guess you have me there. Playing FFXIII was marginally better than day time TV. One of the few things which is actually worse than the idea of laying my head down behind the wheel of my car and getting someone to back over it. That's not saying much about FFXIII though.

So there you have it. Wolf and I both played an absurd amount of a game we hate. Please don't try and tell us something silly like because we played so much of it we must not really hate it. Because I know that I'm certainly more aware of my thoughts and feelings on the matter than you are.