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Final Fantasy XIII - PlayStation 3
Final Fantasy XIII - PlayStation 3
Embark on a journey through the cityworld of Cocoon and the outerworld of Pulse. Along the path to discovering your destiny, you will encounter diverse allies who will fight beside you. You will have to summon all of your expertise with weapons and magic, as well as all your courage, to determine your fate in the latest action-packed installment in the renowned Final Fantasy video game series.Face your destiny as you travel through the worlds of Cocoon and Pulse in Final Fantasy XIII. Discover diverse allies who will join you in your fight, and execute punishing attacks with powerful weapons and magic. Summon the enigmatic Eidolons with the evolved Active Time Battle system. With seamless transitions between real-time gameplay and in-game cinematics, Final Fantasy XIII draws you into the mystery and the magic of the series like never before.
 
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Lackluster story saved by innovative battle system
on July 20, 2017
Posted by: BenKii
Gameplay: In traditional FF games, you input commands to your party members, but in XIII you don't have direct control except for the party leader. Instead you'll act more as a general on a battlefield telling your soldiers when to change up their strategy. This is the new Paradigm system. The game lets you assign 6 different jobs to your 3 current party members allowing you to change strategy on the fly. The jobs are: Commando (strength damage), Ravager (magic damage), Medic (party healer), Synergist (party buffing), Saboteur (enemy debuffing) , and Sentinel (party tank). The new Paradigm system has drawn criticism for being too much of nontraditional battle system but I liked how Square-Enix tried to do something different with this entry. It's what keeps me coming back to this series.
Story: Unfortunately, this Final Fantasy is plagued with an incoherent story that is made worse with an unlikable cast (except for Lightning). And it only gets worse with XIII-2 and Lightning Returns (a.k.a. XIII-3)
PS3 vs. Xbox 360 vs. PC: Game content for all 3 are the same. The only difference is with the graphics. Native game resolution for the X360 is only 576p while PS3 is 720p. PC version has additional graphics options and resolutions to choose from up to 1080p.
Bottom Line: If you're a traditional FF player, you may not like the changes from past entries, but if you're open minded about changes to the series, then you'll find a JRPG with very deep battle mechanics that'll keep you busy for weeks. Just try not to think too hard about the story.
My Best Buy number: 4349142858
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I would recommend this to a friend!
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