There are things that I felt XIII did really well, I actually liked the battle system, switching between Paradigms, getting that flow down. Â My issue wasn't so much with its linearity (the game opens up once you get to Gran Pulse) as it was with the story/characters. Trying to 5-star the monster hunts was great fun.
I thought XIII-2 made a lot of improvements. The game opened up early on, allowing you to choose the order in which you do things to some extent. Instant shift for Paradigms was a godsend.
At any rate, Lightning as a character seems to have a lot of haters among the FF community. I can't disagree with the notion that she lacks personality, but I felt the same about Cloud for most of VII and Squall for pretty much all of VIII.
I agree with this. I'm not sure what can be done about it, though. People are using FATEs for easy exp because there simply aren't enough quests once you go through the content with your first class. I suppose one solution might be an overall buff to leves, giving more allowances per day, along with increasing exp rewards from Battlecraft leves.
I thought XIII-2 made a lot of improvements. The game opened up early on, allowing you to choose the order in which you do things to some extent. Instant shift for Paradigms was a godsend.
At any rate, Lightning as a character seems to have a lot of haters among the FF community. I can't disagree with the notion that she lacks personality, but I felt the same about Cloud for most of VII and Squall for pretty much all of VIII.
Theodric Ironheart Wrote:As for the F.A.T.E system, I feel it suffers from similar issues to the dynamic event system in GW2. Too many players show up, the events either take too long to complete or are over far too quickly and if you're not in a party it's near impossible to earn a high rating unless you're a tank or healer.
I agree with this. I'm not sure what can be done about it, though. People are using FATEs for easy exp because there simply aren't enough quests once you go through the content with your first class. I suppose one solution might be an overall buff to leves, giving more allowances per day, along with increasing exp rewards from Battlecraft leves.
