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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FF13 excells in graphics and of course the music sticks with you. What you may notice about this game however is how linear the play is. There is one way through it and that is it. Not to mention the fact that... despite the captivating mystery surrounding the story in how their lives intertwine, you may easily finish the first 80% of the game by using ur right thumb to press only one button. That's still fine though because the story and mystery draws you in, up until the often frustrating difficulty spikes (not necessarily a bad thing... frustrating as these spikes were, I welcomed the challenge after what seemed like an easy ride through the game pressing one button... paradigms become very fun here). Overall I would recommend this game to any RPG fan (if you were a hardcore ff fan then I assume you would have already beaten it like I have). My favorite is still ff6 (ff3 in USA).
What's great about it: Mesmerizing graphics and mystery. Character development. Music.
What's not so great: Very linear play. Its possible to go through 80% of the game by pressing one button.