First impressions

[Mr. Carnelian]

These first impressions are based on the opening sections, and are in order of when I first played them.

FFXII (PS2): Hmm, this opening sequence is quite interesting.
[10 hours later] Good god, will this never end!? I want to get to the main plot, already!

FFX (PS2): Hmm, I am intrigued. What is it all those people are doing at those mysterious-looking ruins? Oooh, flashback! Oh, god, no, please tell me I'm not going to have to sit through a whole underwater-football match. Yay, explosions! Now stuff will happen.

FFX-2 (PS2): This looks like it's going to be a lot more light-hearted than X. I bet that's not actually Yuna, though. Probably a doppelganger, or something. Is Rikku really wearing a scarf with a bikini? Oh, well, that's JRPGs for you, I suppose.

FFXII second playthrough attempt, years after the first (PS2): This opening section IS quite tedious. But, this time I'm determined to get through it.
[10 hours later] So... bored... Vaan, I hate you so much.
Oh, it's the rabbit-lady and the suave pirate guy that Formy's told me so much about. At last, stuff will happen!

FFXIII (PS3): Badass prison-train breakout. Good stuff. I wonder if you'll be able to use that gravity-switching thingy in the game itself?
[Sazh damages the gravity thingy] God damn it, Sazh!

FXIII-2 (PS3): Cool battle sequence in Valhalla. Yay, time-travel! Oh, we're with Serah now. Hopefully she'll get some character development in this one.

Lightning Returns (PS3): So it's the end of the world, is it? Seems like a logical progression. And Lightning's been powered up yet further by another divine entity, I see. I bet it will end up with Lightning becoming the new Etro, or something.