How is FF XIII? Thinking of replaying the first along with the sequels

>no X-2
>no Lightning Returns
What in the god damn? The greatest fan service games to date with the two best battle systems in all of FF.

I love lightning

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I tried playing XIII several times, and every time I stop for a different reason. The mind-numbing story, the cardboard cutouts claiming to be "protagonists", the hallway simulator, the semi-auto battle that just has you sitting there waiting for something to happen on your screen, the GODDAMN hallway simulator and the lack of any challenge whatsoever.
Played about 5~6 hours, and at this point a game SHOULD be good or at least decent.

>user can’t read
Sad. Many such cases

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Ever tried disabling the auto-battle? I don't get how pressing X mindlessly on other final fantasies is any better, but yeah you got the option for that.

Ranking mainline only, if we start talking about spin offs we then get into FF7 collection, Mystery Dungeon, Mystic Quest, etc etc

>hallway simulator
Every single rpg in the known fucking world can be considered a goddamn hallway simulator, you cock sucking faggot.

But user, in the others we can walk five feet to the left to grab a Phoenix Down. That's really really important.

>13
a whiplash inducing void of context or agency, you just get shoved in a direction and go that way because it's a video game, the character motivations and internal logic of the setting remain a fucking mystery until you're like 60 hours in then the game opens up, but that's the point where I went "Yeah I have no attachment to any of these retards or their drama NEXT GAME," and dropped it.

I never bothered with II or Destiny is Destiny because I'm not a gay retard who buys shit just because there's a pink-haired waifu on the box.

In which Final Fantasy you can go any direction you want and progress the game? You got me curious.