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Probably one of the worst chapters in the history of Final Fantasy.
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*cough*CHAPTER10FFXIII*cough* Sorry it's the cold and flu season.

Overall, my only real beef was that is was way too long. The samey corridors, "stealth" sections, and jump-scares would have worked better if the sections had been more tightly designed and shorter. After awhile it went from"Oh gawd it caught me!!" to "not again...". I didn't mind having the combat shifted around, I felt it really gave the Ring of Lucis a chance to shine and I enjoyed using its powers. It also wouldn't have helped for me cause I need the other party members and access to their Tech skills to keep combat enjoyable, otherwise spamming attacks and dodge/counters would have gotten just as old. Even when I finally got a sword, I rarely used it until the whole party was back together.

My bigger beefs with the Chapter was the huge letdown that was storming the Empire and learning that they pretty much destroyed themselves before you even got there. I was looking forward to the Emperor and Ravus to finally get some screen time and they pulled a Jihl Nabaat on me instead. Prompto's plot twist was also kind of dumb and came out of nowhere.
Considering Final Fantasy XIII is one of my favorite games ever, I thought chapter 10 from that game was incredible.

Not only is the theme that plays (Will to Fight) one of my absolute favorite songs from the entire game, but the chapter itself has so much variety.

First of all, it has a really unique vibe to it. Fresh off of chapter 9 (which is one of the best chapters in the game) where you escaped the Palamecia and fought Dysley, the group has crashed into the Fifth Ark. It has a pretty somber atmosphere at the start, as the party decides whether to complete their Focus and destroy Cocoon, or follow Serah's wish and save it. Chapter 10 also includes the "conclusion" of Cid Raines' story in the game more or less, which I thought was pretty well done.

Not only is the story and the music for this chapter really good, but the setting and enemies are interesting. Fifth Ark actually originates from Gran Pulse, and is full of subways and skyscrapers. The setting actually feels pretty large. There are so many different enemies you encounter: Flans, Behemoths, Pulsework enemies, Frag Leeches, Zwerg droids, Bombs etc.

I think this chapter actually includes pretty much everything I like about XIII.