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Final Fantasy 13. The long awaited follow up to the never-ending series that is Final Fantasy. I only got into the FF craze when 10 came out and was so “amazing” and don’t get me wrong, I did like it. I have never gotten into the old ones and doubt I ever will. I know they are great games with epic stories and blah blah blah. I’ve heard it all. Regardless, I love this new one. Final Fantasy 13 is, both graphics and story related, the best yet. Sadly they sold out and sent their game to Microsoft but I suppose you can’t blame Square Enix for wanting to make a shit load more money. The story is very slow at the beginning and takes a few hours (at least 15) to really get into the game and start to enjoy it. The first few hours are nothing but movie quality scenes and pushing X a lot. To me the game is just one 60+ hour movie that costs 60 bucks and you get to interact with it. The bosses are mildly hard at times but if you die and have to retry the game makes the fight a little easier so if you cannot beat it then you probably don’t deserve to ever play a video game. Difficulty wise, all you have to do is just know some basics and know how to not play like an infant. The animation however is the true pinnacle of this game and its hopeful success. The cinema scenes are truly AMAZING. They are animated and it’s obvious with the aliens and magic but regardless it is incredibly detailed and entertaining. The gameplay graphics are a step down obviously but still they are pretty amazing. Sadly they made this new one WAY too linear. Until about 40 hours in, you only get one path to go along. There is no teleporting between areas and going back to redo something you messed up. It is all just running along a preset path and fighting enemies that block your path. Regardless its my favorite one so far and is worth the purchase, if you like that style of RPG. It’s a pretty entertaining game and lives up to the epic saga that is Final Fantasy.
