Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
Well that is kind of easy to explain, it was the only game I had at the time for my PS3 and I had no internet so I couldn't access PSN. It was also one of those titles where people kept saying it got better the further you got in and I kept playing, waiting for that "a-ha" moment. Honestly, I'm just stubborn about finishing games, and have a high tolerance for crap. I've said before I don't care for Valkyria Chronicles, but it hasn't stopped me from occasionally popping it back in and playing a chapter, waiting for it to finally connect with me.
No. Will not believe you. No way, Wolf. You don't get out of it that easily, the fact that you played forty hours in a game that you would leave us to believe is truly as bad as you think. When the only game I had on PS3 was Motorstorm, which I actually liked, I didn't just play Motorstorm. I plugged in older consoles, I played older games, I rented PS3 titles. Please don't think we're dumb enough to believe you played through the game because it was all you had on a new console and people told you it got better.

People tell me Lost gets better, but that didn't get me to continue watching it. And I thought Lost was decent enough, not "the worst possible thing that could ever potentially happen in any parallel universe" that you seem to think FFXIII is. Sorry.

And I didn't say Dragon Age is overrated!!! It just wasn't for me.
Vivi22 for the most part answered this for me, so I would defer to him. I will answer some nagging questions:

1) Yes, I did play other games than XIII, I had to stop cause I knew I wouldn't be able to bring myself to finish XIII if I stopped playing altogether.
2) I don't rent games, I haven't since I was a kid.
3) I am pretty stubborn about things and I couldn't bring myself not to finish a numbered entry no matter how obnoxious I found it, I'm that much of an FF Fanboy. Granted, the battle system saves it to some degree, but it was later on I realized how boring it was. After I finished the game I tried to do a few trophies cause it wouldn't involve dealing with the plot and I quickly got bored with the battle system, it's just not fun enough to carry the game for so long.
4) I also wanted to give the game every chance to prove itself to me. Didn't want to deal with that nonsense "you didn't like it cause you gave up too soon and didn't see the good part" so I played it to the end, so I could explain to people every nuance of the game's bad writing. I am a troll after all.

If you want a diary log of my only playthrough here it is:
http://home.eyesonff.com/final-fanta...lla-rad-2.html
http://home.eyesonff.com/final-fanta...ell-all-2.html
http://home.eyesonff.com/final-fanta...venture-2.html
http://home.eyesonff.com/final-fanta...ll-yeah-2.html
http://home.eyesonff.com/final-fanta...n-games-2.html
http://home.eyesonff.com/final-fanta...i-swear-3.html
http://home.eyesonff.com/final-fanta...ted-end-2.html

You'll notice I my feelings for the game get progressively worst the further I get into the game and I even mention that I was debating to just give up and not finish it.