With its release date looms. Final Fantasy XIII has been one of the anticipated games of 2010; coming along the the plethora of AAA titles like, God of War, Heavy Rain, Splinter Cell Convictions and more.  Released earlier in Japan as an exclusive PS3 only title. The western nations have heard horror stories of its massively revamped style of transparent linearity, that many hardcore fans, whom shaped their entire video game persona shows their disappointment.

After the release date in japan. The magic of Final Fantasy, which shows the rapid sensation of its fandom, by selling millions of copies during its first week sales, dwindles to a surplus of return copies of the game. As stated in the first paragraph; many points toward is simplistic and overly to the top linearity. Gamers stated that the world opens up after 15 hours of gameplay, which is something unforgiving to most. Since a lot of games can be finished over the a lotted span.

Anyway reasons aside. I also find that this game deserve the flack for what it has become. For someone who grew up with FFVIII, and had played all the offline FF from then on onwards. It certainly feels like it has become less of a what it has used to be. But as technology progresses, more and more changes are being done to make the game more appealing. One of the biggest changes i wish they never changed the turn base elements of the game. This is not only evident in FF but this has escalated on to other games. (Or maybe I’m playing mostly SquareEnix games). On a positive note, random battles has become a norm of the past. Enemies are now shown physically. It’s your decision to either fight them or avoid them. The choice is yours.

In the end of the day. I can’t seem to find that FFXIII is an overall bad game. It may not be the same experience, as our childhood games were. It is certainly a decent game worth playing. Is being a Cinematic overly linear story a bad game? I don’t think so. If that was the case, Heavy Rain would be a bad game if it was the case.