Quote Originally Posted by ANGRYWOLF View Post
He can watch youtube videos.Some sites have players playing the game and posting long episodes of their gameplay that you can watch.
Which he has already admitted to not really doing either. :V

And the reason I'm posting in this thread is that, unlike our friend seifer, I'm willing to admit that this game, like every other, has its ups and downs. FFXIII has its flaws, sure. But don't think that doesn't mean I'm not going to defend it when someone is just spouting nonsense about it.

Yes, Final Fantasy XIII is VERY limited and restrictive, I never argued that it wasn't. But honestly, the gameplay was fun. I enjoyed playing the game. To say that FFXIII has "almost eliminated" gameplay is a completely laughable notion and not a very good standing ground for criticizing the game. If the argument is that you only control one character, I point you to Kingdom Hearts, or Crisis Core, or, hell, most non-RPGs.

And yeah, the hunts in FFXII are, by definition, sidequests, though I'm definitely with you on them not having any real value other than elongating the game. Not gonna get into Gambits since that's another issue entirely, but I'll just say you can turn them off if it irks you that much, and that part of the gameplay comes from managing the Gambits, as you can't just set them up and walk away for most bosses.