and that's precisely why i hate it. it's like a MMO. i f**king HATE IT. i read that FFXIII's battle engine will be similar to XII and i'm PISSED. the story and graphics better be f**king phenomenal or i'm giving up final fantasy after XIII.
anf, there is no love story, period. none. i think this is the first FF to be lacking in that department.
i just hated it. everything about it. i couldn't even finish it. they tried to make it an ensemble deal instead of having a main hero and heroine, and they FAILED MISERABLY. vaan is dumb, balthier is the coolest f**ker in that game, and he gets like... no story. of course, NONE of them have a story. the WHOLE GAME lacks a story! ooooh, princess in disguise leads a rebellion to get her kingdom returned to her. HOW f**king CLICHE.
this was the WORST follow up to the awesome complexity of X and X-2, seriously. i don't care if X-2 was girly, those two games combined were about the most epic final fantasies ever. you were awarded in totally kickass ways for going through the sidequests (like having yuna's summons hit 99,999 oh YES), and it was, imo, the best and most complex romance of the series to date.
the gambits are dumb. talk about taking all skill out of the game. i want real RPGs back. i don't want to even have the option to have the game run a battle, i want to choose what i want and have a bit more strategy to it, and i want my true turn based system back, god dammit. XII was still turn based, they just let you run around while your s**t was charging. DUMB DUMB DUMB.
i get a lot of s**t from one of my efriends... because i don't want RPGs to basically become action games. there's nothing wrong with an adventure RPG like mass effect, i loved that game, but to f**k with the things that make final fantasy a final fantasy... it's just WRONG. they're taking away what's always been a great turn based system, and a final fantasy without romance is just blasphemy. it doesn't even feel like a FF!
i'm clearly angered at the way gaming is going these days.