Just so people know I actually played and Finished FF3-10 and 12.
So don't come with any BS that i'm a hater, obviously im not  and ofc I will buy FF13 for my 360 and FF13v for my ps3.
But seeing some streams from this game(a couple of hours) they seem to add a lot of the gametime with linear tight corridors and straight roads with just tons of enemies.
Yes, I played previous FF and other JRPG's so dont pretend like I never grinded in a JRPG before (first rpg was Shining in the darkness - crying ... ) but this is not even a jrpg anymore or FF for that matter, this game has tried to reach 40+ hours just by adding 20-30 hours with grinding in tight roads.
Nothing is worth exploring or seeing, not even a city is  intresting (10 hours in) its disgusting how bad this game looks already.
 
Luckily Yakuza3,Mass Effect 2 and other jewels like Bad Company 2 will save 2010.

Try waiting and actually playing the game. Maybe the combat will be so addicting that you will like those corridors of fighting.

FFX, one of my favorite FF games, was mostly a linear experience as well.  I'd wait till March and see how it turns out.

It probably seems boring because you've been watching an internet live feed stream of a videogame for 10 hours, ass.

It looks great for it's style of game, but grinding on videogames just doesn't appeal to me anymore.

" It looks great for it's style of game, but grinding on videogames just doesn't appeal to me anymore. "

" @ParanoidFreak said:

" It looks great for it's style of game, but grinding on videogames just doesn't appeal to me anymore. "

oh no, you played 10/10 games like Mass Effect? ;)  "

You could be right.  There is no guarantee that just because it is a Final Fantasy game that it will be everything to everyone.  FF XII was very divisive when it came out, so there's no reason that FF XIII won't be as well.  We'll see in a few months anyway.

You've only seen small portions on the game. As you said these games are long and I think there may be some more variety along the way. Also Yakuza 3 is da bomb!

The game got my attention at E3 due to it coming out for the 360 I thought maybe it would be, well honestly a little less Square just doing what Square does, the game looks like a complete rehash which would be fine if they had done something new but it looks like it has the same problems as many other JRPGs this past year or so.

The game is fantastic and splits the FF fanbase even more than XII. Some people will like the radical departure, and some won't. It's RE4 all over again. The linear nature of the game helps the narrative and the characters, music, and beautiful graphics keep you playing. Don't forget the battle system which is super fun. Just wait until March and stop watching live streams. That kills hype for any game.

Wait until you actually play the game.  Before Modern Warfare 2 came out, people were complaining that nukes would be soo easy to get during matches.  Granted, there are other problems with the game, but the nukes turned out to not be one of them.

I was quite excited when Final Fantasy XIII was announced for the 360 but the more I see it the more I release how much I really dont want it. From what Ive seen and it seems almost as linear as FFX (which was pretty much, go forward and dont stop). They may say that they have a new battle system but its still under that outdated jrpg formula. I think Ill skip this one.  Personally I dislike the art style too :)

Final Fantasy has always looked boring too me, I've never really understood what all the fuss was about.

" The game is fantastic and splits the FF fanbase even more than XII. Some people will like the radical departure, and some won't. It's RE4 all over again. The linear nature of the game helps the narrative and the characters, music, and beautiful graphics keep you playing. Don't forget the battle system which is super fun. Just wait until March and stop watching live streams. That kills hype for any game. "

I don't understand how you can know anything about the game, unless you're playing the Japanese version or something...  Is the Japanese version even out yet? 
 
I don't think it will be a bad game at all, if simply because of the pedigree of talent that this game is coming from. 
 
On the other hand, Famitsu, a Japanese magazine, recently gave the game a very poor, mediocre rating.  Here's an article on it from Anime Vice.

" @Aljosa15 said:

" The game is fantastic and splits the FF fanbase even more than XII. Some people will like the radical departure, and some won't. It's RE4 all over again. The linear nature of the game helps the narrative and the characters, music, and beautiful graphics keep you playing. Don't forget the battle system which is super fun. Just wait until March and stop watching live streams. That kills hype for any game. "

I dont follow what you are saying here. What exactly is the radical departure? Final Fantasy X was really linear but I let that fly since it was made 9 years ago. I can understand how it can help the narrative however I dont see how music factors into it? Also whats wrong with killing hype? "

" Final Fantasy has always looked boring too me, I've never really understood what all the fuss was about. "

" @FlamingHobo said:

" Final Fantasy has always looked boring too me, I've never really understood what all the fuss was about. "

It's about exploring new worlds, meeting new characters, and becoming strong enough to beat everything in the land. As well as to listen to the soundtracks. "

Have you seen that corridor level someone posted online? It's just like one long line of rooms.

" @Willy105 said:

" @FlamingHobo said:

" Final Fantasy has always looked boring too me, I've never really understood what all the fuss was about. "

It's about exploring new worlds, meeting new characters, and becoming strong enough to beat everything in the land. As well as to listen to the soundtracks. "

That doesn't exactly sound unique. Bare in mind that I've never played a Final Fantasy game properly, 15 minutes at most. "

" @FlamingHobo said:

" @Willy105 said:

" @FlamingHobo said:

" Final Fantasy has always looked boring too me, I've never really understood what all the fuss was about. "

It's about exploring new worlds, meeting new characters, and becoming strong enough to beat everything in the land. As well as to listen to the soundtracks. "

That doesn't exactly sound unique. Bare in mind that I've never played a Final Fantasy game properly, 15 minutes at most. "

It's not unique because it was the Final Fantasy series that invented that. As you play longer, you start to like the characters, you get involved in your stats, and want to know what happens next,  Then again, I am talking about the ones I played, the 2D games and FF7. I don't know what the later ones are like (except FF13), and I heard they are soap operas. "

I still have a lot of jrpgs to attend to, so i'm not interested right now on FFXIII. 
 
Seems nice, but nothing truly special. Also it is 70$. 
 
So i think i'll finish before the Lost Odyssey, Persona 3 FES, Persona 4, Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XII, Valkyrie Profile II, Disgaea and Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga before getting it. 
  
It will probably be on promotions bin by then... lol 

Also if i get one new, it will be possibly SMT: Nocturne.

" Just so people know I actually played and Finished FF3-10 and 12. So don't come with any BS that i'm a hater, obviously im not  and ofc I will buy FF13 for my 360 and FF13v for my ps3. But seeing some streams from this game(a couple of hours) they seem to add a lot of the gametime with linear tight corridors and straight roads with just tons of enemies. Yes, I played previous FF and other JRPG's so dont pretend like I never grinded in a JRPG before (first rpg was Shining in the darkness - crying ... ) but this is not even a jrpg anymore or FF for that matter, this game has tried to reach 40+ hours just by adding 20-30 hours with grinding in tight roads. Nothing is worth exploring or seeing, not even a city is  intresting (10 hours in) its disgusting how bad this game looks already.  Luckily Yakuza3,Mass Effect 2 and other jewels like Bad Company 2 will save 2010. "

And your avatar (from persona? ) tells me you MUST be a girl.

"Is the Japanese version even out yet?. "

" Final Fantasy has always looked boring too me, I've never really understood what all the fuss was about. "

" Just so people know I actually played and Finished FF3-10 and 12. So don't come with any BS that i'm a hater, obviously im not  and ofc I will buy FF13 for my 360 and FF13v for my ps3. But seeing some streams from this game(a couple of hours) they seem to add a lot of the gametime with linear tight corridors and straight roads with just tons of enemies. Yes, I played previous FF and other JRPG's so dont pretend like I never grinded in a JRPG before (first rpg was Shining in the darkness - crying ... ) but this is not even a jrpg anymore or FF for that matter, this game has tried to reach 40+ hours just by adding 20-30 hours with grinding in tight roads. Nothing is worth exploring or seeing, not even a city is  intresting (10 hours in) its disgusting how bad this game looks already.  Luckily Yakuza3,Mass Effect 2 and other jewels like Bad Company 2 will save 2010. "

I think they took away random battles and the only way to get the player to face enemies is to making such narrow spaces for you to fight in which makes things more linear than it needs to be.

" @quezen said:

" Just so people know I actually played and Finished FF3-10 and 12. So don't come with any BS that i'm a hater, obviously im not  and ofc I will buy FF13 for my 360 and FF13v for my ps3. But seeing some streams from this game(a couple of hours) they seem to add a lot of the gametime with linear tight corridors and straight roads with just tons of enemies. Yes, I played previous FF and other JRPG's so dont pretend like I never grinded in a JRPG before (first rpg was Shining in the darkness - crying ... ) but this is not even a jrpg anymore or FF for that matter, this game has tried to reach 40+ hours just by adding 20-30 hours with grinding in tight roads. Nothing is worth exploring or seeing, not even a city is  intresting (10 hours in) its disgusting how bad this game looks already.  Luckily Yakuza3,Mass Effect 2 and other jewels like Bad Company 2 will save 2010. "

When someone spends half a post trying to convince people he is somehow not ill suited to form an opinion on something while offering little to actually backup said opinion, his credibility goes down, not up. "

OMG all the hate! *flame shield on* 
 
 srsly though, I have no idea how this game plays but the reviews that are out agrees with this dude. I have no problem with the linear progression of the game, at that point it becomes an interactive movie. some of my favorite games have been EXTREMELY linear, though that helps me since i don't want to be fumbling around for hours before finding what i was looking for. (this does not apply to adventure games, I love them but they involve a lot of fumbling) 
 
I have not seen an JRPG try this format before, or I have not played one. I might end up like FFVI or end up like The last remnant. success or failure.

" @Turambar said:

" @quezen said:

" Just so people know I actually played and Finished FF3-10 and 12. So don't come with any BS that i'm a hater, obviously im not  and ofc I will buy FF13 for my 360 and FF13v for my ps3. But seeing some streams from this game(a couple of hours) they seem to add a lot of the gametime with linear tight corridors and straight roads with just tons of enemies. Yes, I played previous FF and other JRPG's so dont pretend like I never grinded in a JRPG before (first rpg was Shining in the darkness - crying ... ) but this is not even a jrpg anymore or FF for that matter, this game has tried to reach 40+ hours just by adding 20-30 hours with grinding in tight roads. Nothing is worth exploring or seeing, not even a city is  intresting (10 hours in) its disgusting how bad this game looks already.  Luckily Yakuza3,Mass Effect 2 and other jewels like Bad Company 2 will save 2010. "

When someone spends half a post trying to convince people he is somehow not ill suited to form an opinion on something while offering little to actually backup said opinion, his credibility goes down, not up. "

That's because 99.9% on Giantbomb gets offended and wanna close every thread whenever you find any flaws. Funny thing about GB, their staff arnt that serious, but their users cant even take a joke or critic about anything before bitching about closing threads. "

" Just so people know I actually played and Finished FF3-10 and 12. So don't come with any BS that i'm a hater, obviously im not  and ofc I will buy FF13 for my 360 and FF13v for my ps3. But seeing some streams from this game(a couple of hours) they seem to add a lot of the gametime with linear tight corridors and straight roads with just tons of enemies. Yes, I played previous FF and other JRPG's so dont pretend like I never grinded in a JRPG before (first rpg was Shining in the darkness - crying ... ) but this is not even a jrpg anymore or FF for that matter, this game has tried to reach 40+ hours just by adding 20-30 hours with grinding in tight roads. Nothing is worth exploring or seeing, not even a city is  intresting (10 hours in) its disgusting how bad this game looks already.  Luckily Yakuza3,Mass Effect 2 and other jewels like Bad Company 2 will save 2010. "

" @quezen said:

" Just so people know I actually played and Finished FF3-10 and 12. So don't come with any BS that i'm a hater, obviously im not  and ofc I will buy FF13 for my 360 and FF13v for my ps3. But seeing some streams from this game(a couple of hours) they seem to add a lot of the gametime with linear tight corridors and straight roads with just tons of enemies. Yes, I played previous FF and other JRPG's so dont pretend like I never grinded in a JRPG before (first rpg was Shining in the darkness - crying ... ) but this is not even a jrpg anymore or FF for that matter, this game has tried to reach 40+ hours just by adding 20-30 hours with grinding in tight roads. Nothing is worth exploring or seeing, not even a city is  intresting (10 hours in) its disgusting how bad this game looks already.  Luckily Yakuza3,Mass Effect 2 and other jewels like Bad Company 2 will save 2010. "

Why would you buy FF13 for your 360 when it is confirmed that the PS3 version is 38 GB and the 360 version is limited to 25 GB because of 3 discs? That is 13 GB of content you will be missing. Or, they are going to do one hell of a compression, which is going to kill the quality. "

" Compression isnt always a bad thing, sometimes it makes files load faster, and sometimes people just "fill out" space. Look at Heavenly Sword, lasted like 5 hours and took 16gb of space ???  nah, I rather get my achievements for the xbox360-version (have already 58k something). "

" Compression isnt always a bad thing, sometimes it makes files load faster, and sometimes people just "fill out" space. Look at Heavenly Sword, lasted like 5 hours and took 16gb of space ???  nah, I rather get my achievements for the xbox360-version (have already 58k something). "

" - There are no towns, no world map, and no leveling. Old-school fans won't like that. FFX was linear but XIII takes it to a new level. X atleast let you go off the path once in a while so you can see what else is there, while XIII is just a straight line until you unlock quests which are literally set in one big, open field.

- Music is a big factor of every Final Fantasy, this is a no-brainer. Only this time it's not Uematsu composing, but Mashashi Hamauzu who did the scores for XII. There's some really great piano pieces and fast-paced music in XIII's soundtrack."

Not necessarily... The ps3 is known to have it's assets decompressed, as also it is know to make various copies of each one for each level, so depending on the way the content is arranged on the dvds, you can lose little to no quality with the transition. Or even gain quality since it is easier to work with the xbox hardware, than with the ps3.  So it is best to wait for more conclusive data.  "

"

Not necessarily... The ps3 is known to have it's assets decompressed, as also it is know to make various copies of each one for each level, so depending on the way the content is arranged on the dvds, you can lose little to no quality with the transition. Or even gain quality since it is easier to work with the xbox hardware, than with the ps3.  So it is best to wait for more conclusive data.  "

Keep in mind the game is made for PS3 and ported to 360, in addition to the developers being more familiar with the PS3. I highly doubt the quality is going to increase during the compressing process, but as you said, we'll have to wait. When it comes to NA/EU I'm going for the PS3 version myself, since seems like the safer option.  "

well well well ok i can see we actually children on this post im not bashing just stating facts, anyway dont hate on FF im sure most of us here including me have very little knowledge on what to expect from this game, beyond that let it be known that Square will do what they know fans want 1. a decent fighting engine  (which looks rad by the way) 2. character development (which there masters of) and 3. having the game be fun. I for one really like a standard JRPG......wait fuck that terminology its just an RPG i dont wanna have my head up my ass trying to seem like im elitist, i like the challenge of harder bosses or fights that i have to work though even if that mean i have to level up my characters while grinding and god forbid be invested in them, so please Quezen dont post judgment because of a game mechanic that you and most other RPGers are used to and frankly enjoy when FFXIII comes and your drooling over it ill be happy for.

" @Jeust: Yes, and most of them were technical nightmares. In addition, they've been working on this since long before they started releasing 360 games. I'm not looking to get into a console debate, but suffice to say PS3 was the lead platform, and I will place my faith accordingly. The few multi-platform games that were developed on the PS3 have all ran slightly better on it's native platform (Mirror's Edge, Burnout Paradise). Of course, the opposite is most definitely true as well.  "

" @Magresda said:

" @Jeust: Yes, and most of them were technical nightmares. In addition, they've been working on this since long before they started releasing 360 games. I'm not looking to get into a console debate, but suffice to say PS3 was the lead platform, and I will place my faith accordingly. The few multi-platform games that were developed on the PS3 have all ran slightly better on it's native platform (Mirror's Edge, Burnout Paradise). Of course, the opposite is most definitely true as well.  "

no, 360 run better when the game has been developed with a pc in mind and then ported over to consoles. Thats why for ex Bayonetta runs at 60 frames while ps3 at 30 at some spots.360=more like a pc. "