FF XIII Thoughts!
Woo!
I finally borrowed my friend's xbox and have just completed the first disc. Time to share my opinions.
Overall it's a fun game even though I have to pay way too much attention to what is going on to even vaguely figure out the storyline and the battle system while not my favorite ever is engaging enough and I do like how the characters talk to each other during fights. (Hope: "Is this okay, Light?" Me: "Of course it is, baby!" More on that later.) And maybe I should actually try to figure out the summons this time instead of ignoring them like I did in X and XII. But is looks like Snow has Shiva (my favorite) and I think I may have to hate him. At first I was afraid I wasn't going to have anyone to hate on, but things are looking up so to speak.
So with that, character assessments!!!!
Lightening. I highly approve. She's the best fighter and punches people in the face in cut scenes. How can I not approve of this? She is like a female Squall but possibly better because so far there doesn't appear to be a Rinoa counterpart around to ruin her.
Snow. Okay. First he was ridiculous, but he punched hard so okay. But then he just became more and more of a dumbass. And then he subjected me to horrible video game love scenes in which he is so gigantic compared to his girlfriend he ends up looking like a pedo. I'm starting to get annoyed when he has a scene. Pretty sure he thinks he's way cooler and smarter than he is. He is definitely off the team.
Pigtails. I like Pigtails. She's pretty good in battle and she's spunky. Sometimes a little too spunky and her voice can grate on me a bit when the accent gets out of control but the scene usually ends before she gets too annoying. I'll probably keep her off the team though as I fear overexposure could make me not like her and then I'd be sad.
Sazh. Sazh is a cool, cool guy. Not much else to say there.
The girl I know will eventually be on my team but isn't yet. She seems cool. I think in my post game story I'm just going to say her and Lightening go off and be awesome together kicking ass and taking names.
And last but certainly not least, we have Hope. My brother hates him and I thought I would, too. Who names a boy Hope after all? People with cool sweaters, that's who. And he is a bit emo and whines and is scared and gets tired, but he's just a baby! I don't know, somehow he grew on me. I think him taking issue with Snow helped. That, and his girl-pants and too-short-shirt and stereotypical emo neckerchief and little cape thing on his jacket and boomerang. He also royally sucks when he first starts. But I leveled him up to make him better. I see it as sort of a challenge to have him on my team. I'll make him good.
That being said, I am slightly worried about what this game is doing to me. I've called Hope 'sweetheart' and 'angel-face' (don't ask) more than once and I refer to Sazh as 'Papa Bear' and when I make Lightening heal Hope (he's too slow to do it himself) I call her 'Doctor Mommy' and I consider Pigtails his nanny. I have no idea how this game became all about taking care of Hope. I'm afraid it stirred up deep-seated maternal instincts. Don't tell anyone.
I finally borrowed my friend's xbox and have just completed the first disc. Time to share my opinions.
Overall it's a fun game even though I have to pay way too much attention to what is going on to even vaguely figure out the storyline and the battle system while not my favorite ever is engaging enough and I do like how the characters talk to each other during fights. (Hope: "Is this okay, Light?" Me: "Of course it is, baby!" More on that later.) And maybe I should actually try to figure out the summons this time instead of ignoring them like I did in X and XII. But is looks like Snow has Shiva (my favorite) and I think I may have to hate him. At first I was afraid I wasn't going to have anyone to hate on, but things are looking up so to speak.
So with that, character assessments!!!!
Lightening. I highly approve. She's the best fighter and punches people in the face in cut scenes. How can I not approve of this? She is like a female Squall but possibly better because so far there doesn't appear to be a Rinoa counterpart around to ruin her.
Snow. Okay. First he was ridiculous, but he punched hard so okay. But then he just became more and more of a dumbass. And then he subjected me to horrible video game love scenes in which he is so gigantic compared to his girlfriend he ends up looking like a pedo. I'm starting to get annoyed when he has a scene. Pretty sure he thinks he's way cooler and smarter than he is. He is definitely off the team.
Pigtails. I like Pigtails. She's pretty good in battle and she's spunky. Sometimes a little too spunky and her voice can grate on me a bit when the accent gets out of control but the scene usually ends before she gets too annoying. I'll probably keep her off the team though as I fear overexposure could make me not like her and then I'd be sad.
Sazh. Sazh is a cool, cool guy. Not much else to say there.
The girl I know will eventually be on my team but isn't yet. She seems cool. I think in my post game story I'm just going to say her and Lightening go off and be awesome together kicking ass and taking names.
And last but certainly not least, we have Hope. My brother hates him and I thought I would, too. Who names a boy Hope after all? People with cool sweaters, that's who. And he is a bit emo and whines and is scared and gets tired, but he's just a baby! I don't know, somehow he grew on me. I think him taking issue with Snow helped. That, and his girl-pants and too-short-shirt and stereotypical emo neckerchief and little cape thing on his jacket and boomerang. He also royally sucks when he first starts. But I leveled him up to make him better. I see it as sort of a challenge to have him on my team. I'll make him good.
That being said, I am slightly worried about what this game is doing to me. I've called Hope 'sweetheart' and 'angel-face' (don't ask) more than once and I refer to Sazh as 'Papa Bear' and when I make Lightening heal Hope (he's too slow to do it himself) I call her 'Doctor Mommy' and I consider Pigtails his nanny. I have no idea how this game became all about taking care of Hope. I'm afraid it stirred up deep-seated maternal instincts. Don't tell anyone.