Well... for the majority of FFXIII, you're on the run from people who want to kill you because they believe you're servants of dark, evil gods. Also, there's some pretty significant conflicts among the characters, some of whom are a bit... how shall we say... off-putting. So, yeah, it's not like most of the other Final Fantasy games. 
I like to say that it works a lot better if you view it as the introduction story to a group of Abyssal Exalted.
I wouldn't say XIV is the darkest of the Final Fantasy games, but it does starkly display a lot of its darker elements. Little Ala Mhigo has some rather disturbing quests, for instance, and the city-states are definitely not unambiguously good. In fact, most of them engage in some pretty ugly realpolitik.
I like to say that it works a lot better if you view it as the introduction story to a group of Abyssal Exalted.I wouldn't say XIV is the darkest of the Final Fantasy games, but it does starkly display a lot of its darker elements. Little Ala Mhigo has some rather disturbing quests, for instance, and the city-states are definitely not unambiguously good. In fact, most of them engage in some pretty ugly realpolitik.
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