Overall 8.5 Graphics 10 Sound 10 Addictive 9 Story 8 Depth 10 Difficulty 10
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Final Fantasy XIII Review DestinyHeroDC
Ok. I am going to go ahead and do my second review. This time I am doing a review on Final Fantasy XIII. Be careful or look away if you do not want to see any spoilers. Ok let us get started. The rating may be higher than your opinion, but that is all that matters. It is just my opinion.
Graphics-10: When this game came out I took a look at it and saw how beautiful it was. I thought by seeing the gameplay, "Man, I can not wait to play this." I got the game and loved every single second of it. The game engine is actually something I have never heard of until just recently. Crystal Tools. With that said, this is one of the best looking games I have ever played on the PC and Xbox 360.
Sound-10: The sound in this game is amazing and I love the soundtrack. It has the best battle music and sounds I have ever heard in a game. Every single time I hear the battle music I get goose bumps.
Addictiveness-9: This game is very addicting. It slows down at chapter 13 where the game becomes a grind fest. Now if you like grinding, this game is for you. I like grinding to a certain extent but when it takes hours to get a few upgrades it becomes more time consuming than addicting. Now I will tell you how to put in less hours. Kill Neochu. He or she contains the growth egg which lets you level up faster. Only problem, he or she is way too hard. Try spamming death. But anyway, I digress. All in all, this game is pretty addicting.
Story-8: Now do not get me wrong. The story is phenomenal! I mean it is probably the biggest story I have witnessed in a video game. Only problem though is that it makes no sense half to most of the time. Unless you pay attention and play the game over and over again watching every cutscene and gathering every tiny detail to put it all together.
Depth-10: This game has a lot and I mean a lot to do. There are a whole bunch of side quests/hunts in chapter 13, item collecting, weapon collecting, killing every monster, and a very long story.
Gameplay-9: Even though this category is not up there, I would like to add this. The gameplay is much different than any other final fantasy. For example, your characters move around while they fight, there is no mana system, and the leveling system consists of CP. This stands for crystogen points, which let you upgrade your characters stats a little at a time. Lets say you get 200 CP from a battle. Go to your upgrades,
select what upgrade you want, in your
selected role, and hold down the button. There will be times where the upgrade will cost 600 CP so that 200 turns it into 400 CP left. And about the roles, they pretty much
replace jobs from the older Final Fantasy games. And you can change your roles by
selecting a different paradigm in battle. You can also
select what roles you want in your paradigms, or auto suggest them.
Difficulty-10: This game is actually really difficult. You can make this game easier by grinding and or using a strategy guide. Other than that, it is a pretty difficult game even for pros.
Overall, I rated this game a 10/10 because it is hands down one of my favorite rpg's.
Graphics 10 Sound 10 Addictive 9 Story 8 Depth 10 Difficulty 10
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 04-20-15
Updated: 04-21-15
Review Replies: 9