Further Thoughts on FF13 (post-tutorial)

[sharkcowsheep]

Woo-hoo! The tutorial is over! The magical opening-up and excellenting of FFXII has occurred! The game is great now!

(spoiler: well, not so much)

I have become deeply, deeply tired of the following character scenario:

Character A: *soul-searchy epiphany regarding their motivation*
Character A: "Earnest speech about why we should all do X thing because

Comments

[kasra_c]

So... 28 hours, huh? Fuck, man, I think we're only halfway to Pulse. Maybe it's just as well we got distracted with Beautiful Katamari after all.

[sharkcowsheep]

Good call. I felt more personal investment in Beyond than I do for the entire FF13 cast.

EDIT: correction, that's not really fair. Loathing does count as personal investment.

[freeptop]

I'd complain about the lack of spoiler warnings except that it was blindingly obvious from, oh, the first 5-10 minutes of the game that they would end up going to Pulse at some point... which, really, isn't exactly a ringing endorsement for a game which comes from a series renowned for its storytelling.

[sharkcowsheep]

I suppose the fact that Hope's Mom dies is also a spoiler. But hey, at least one parent of the Youngster With A Mission is required to die, so.

You're right: 13's story is just really conventional with extra 'cie'.