SQUARE ENIX LOSES ALL SANITY, ANNOUNCES FINAL FANTASY 13-2

You're saying 13 tried to be non-linear by making everything 100% linear? I'm not sure I understand.

author=Feldschlacht IV
You can argue that FFXIII tried a lot of things, but I can't see how it's even close in style, gameplay or otherwise, to any WRPG. FFXII? Sure. FFXIII? Hell no.

Maybe I'm mixing my games up. Let me look at some screen shots.

Yeah, I forgot 13 was also for the Xbox. I played that, I was thinking of 12. Oopsie dasies.

This is no reflection on how I feel about what you said, but your post is pretty funny coming from the person with the Lightning avatar. If it wasn't for what you said I would have pegged you as a fan of the game (or at least the character)

I had problems with FF13, sure, but none of them were the linearity. I don't really understand the draw of being able to get lost in a game because you headed in the wrong direction, like, at all. Some of the characters were annoying, but what "modern" Final Fantasy game hasn't? Even the most annoying character, Vanille(oh god kill her and her voice actor), had an interesting back-story. The end of the game was a mess, story-wise, but then again it was a lot less linear as well.

To be perfectly honest I absolutely loved FF13's battle system, especially the way it handles roles(someone mentioned earlier that White Mages in 10-2 can't attack - in FF13, only the two main damaging roles have actual attacks, and only one of those has an actual attack command. Technically the debuffer also deals light damage with each attack, but that is still an important part of their overall role.).

I honestly don't know if people are seriously this opposed to linearity or if they are mis-directing their hate. Personally, I like linearity and I think as far as battle strategies and item/money/equipment management goes you are given enough free-reign to keep things interesting - exploration isn't the only way you can have a certain amount of non-linearity.

I'm not opposed to linearity. Just because a game is sandbox doesn't mean it's good (having played Bethesda's two current generation efforts, I can't say I'm eager for Skyrim).

However, FFXIII was too linear. It's not that it was linear, it was just too extreme in its linearity, just like some games are too extreme in their aimlessness. Plus, the storyline and voice acting weren't all too great, so combining that with extreme linearity made for an almost unpleasant (not bad) experience. It was too much like an on-rails Shooter in that regard.

I have no problems with linearity as long as the content is interesting, but FFXIII was incredibly mediocre in content.

I haven't played it since I was not satisfied at all with Fallout 3. I really have no plans to continue perusing through Bethesda's vision of the Fallout franchise (I know New Vegas was developed by Obsidian, which opens up a new can of worms). Plays too much like Oblivion, which was broken in so many respects. The only reason I'm not writing Skyrim off is because it has an entirely new engine and looks very much improved. The Gamebryo engine used for Oblivion and Fallout was just a gigantic piece of crap, and Bethesda's use of it made the games unbearable for me.

New can of worms? You don't like Obsidian? I can thoughly say that the improved writing alone makes NV a superior game to F3.

author=Feldschlacht IV
This is no reflection on how I feel about what you said, but your post is pretty funny coming from the person with the Lightning avatar. If it wasn't for what you said I would have pegged you as a fan of the game (or at least the character)

I loath the FF series. And a lot of the characters from it. Including Lightning. However, I did this peculiar RPGVX version of Lightning for community involvement on another site, and nothing else seem better at the time for an avatar.

WHEN WILL THE FINAL FANTASY BE REALLY FINAL!

I wish they can kick up their old titles up, just like how they made their Final Fantasies, specifically the Parasite Eve series.