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thats kewl, n thank you for ignoring my last few posts

you could say some thing.....

its alright, im stuck on this boss right now... he is a a** long story short and so i am trying to gain more points in the spread grid look like a like.... once i do that in 3 class's i hope ill have enough life/strength to kill him... he is giant, lots of life. i am tiny not so much life.

lol not yet. i fought him once b4 n it took me lots of trys of diff chars, skills, class's.and he still kicked my butt. now on this fight, i got my chars main 3 class's done i am going to try n fight him.

Well i got sick of buying a load of games that only last me a little while, so i decided to pick FF13 up. (And i had a 10 day "return if its crap" policy so i had nothing to lose)

I've so far clocked about 15 hours into the game (albeit some was reading the datalog and being AFK) and I'm still kinda undecided if i like the game or not.

(For the purpose of this review, ill be comparing it to final fantasy's 7, and my short experiences with 10 when it first came out)

First off, its like everything that is good about the game, also is annoying.

Gameplay - The game is ALOT more linear than any other final fantasy that Ive played. Which in some ways is a good thing (As i sometimes suffered with "what the ******** do i do now" syndrome) but in other ways, you want to have the freedom to just explore a bit, and through the first part of the game, there's practically none of that. Any towns seem to be just for design purposes and offer no real significance (Like the flashback with Snow in Bodhum) All shopping is done through save points, so it just feels like there's a lack of interaction with the rest of the world. There's also a distinct lack of "puzzle" elements to the game, everything is just a long corridor with a few item balls to open. Its a big difference from previous entries in the series.

The main bulk of the game-play is the combat, which again, has its ups and downs. The combat system uses a class system similar to the older final fantasy games but can be switched at any time with what's known as a paradigm shift. There is also a heavy reliance on chaining attacks to stagger opponents to cause massive damage. This makes the game a lot more about switching roles at the right moments for a balance of recovery and defence with medics and synergists, to offensive chaining with a commando and ravagers. Attacks and commands can be chained up before they are executed, with more actions adding to the spectacle of the attacks as you gain gages for the ATB.

Combat mechanics are introduced throughout the game piece by piece so as not to overcomplicate, and what i've described is only a pinch of the many mechanics you can use in the game.

Sound and music - Awesome.. Nuff said.

Story - This is where the most points should be scored for final fantasy 13, unfortunately it loses a few for the first 4 hours when you have absolutely no ******** idea what is going on. You do tend to figure it out after a little while, and the Datalog helps with this. Some characters have odd moments which ruin the believability of their personality, (I'm looking at you Vanille) But, in terms of wanting to find out what happens next, the story keeps you guessing and wanting to know. There are some.... suggestive.. moments between Sazh and Vanille, which playing the game you might notice.

Graphics - I have the ps3 version, which I've seen has sharper detail than the 360 port. But, overall the graphics are amazing, the cut scenes look spectacular, and the characters look more lifelike than ever before. There are a few instances where the terrain are noticeably flat textures, but overall, its stunning.

Overall, im still undecided as to if its a FF7 beater for me. Its alot simpler as to what you have to do, but so simple in the fact that its just a corridor with enemies in, alot of which you can just walk around. But, the combat and story are solid enough to keep me playing for this long so Squenix must have done something right.

7/10

13 Verses will have combat similar to Kingdom hearts.

(EDIT)

I have decided, that Final fantasy 7 and 13 are incomparable, they are 2 completely different games, and to compare them would be like comparing GTA with GTA4. Same franchise, completely different games.

you obviously have never played kingdom hearts. its an awesome game end of story.