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Originally Posted by DarkMaster
Learned their lesson with the sphere grid? What lesson would that be, exactly? That it was fuckin awesome? I am blown away that they have created an evolution of the sphere grid system, I thought it was one of the best changes they ever made with the series when FFX came out. Leveling up is standard now, it's boring, every game has leveling up, it's become completely redundant. Thank god an RPG is trying to do something more with the concept.
You're awfully quick to judge a 40 hour game from a 5 minute video of a demo given to the press.
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Actually more going along the lines of what my friend Chase says. My friend who imported the PS3 version of the game, speaks fluent Japanese, and has been playing RPGs just as long as I have. The five minute video just helped me visualize his words.
The Sphere grid was a clusterfuck of stupid. Farming Lvl. 3 and Lvl. 4 keys... Yeah no thanks, I really don't need that extra 100 hp. The only thing saving face right now is apparently it has a decent story and likable characters. Final Fantasy Versus 13 is actually sounding much better as of right now.
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Originally Posted by TheGame
Agreed.
I loved the sphere grid, though I wish they'd make another FF with FF7's ability system. I just like having a lot of freedom in how I develop my characters. I had Yuna learn a bunch of black mage abilities and she made Lulu seem useless. It was fun!
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This...
There was no individuality in the characters when you could take them through everyone's sphere grid. Basically what makes a final fantasy game sweet was shattered as soon as you got Kimari over to Black spells, which btw didn't take long, and he entered the thing right next to ultima. Which btw is the fastest way to get Ultima for Lulu, just use a friend sphere and take her through the back door of her own part of the grid. However the same argument can be made about 7, 10 and 12. I just don't see the purpose of having all characters being able to do everything if you put enough time into it. I hated 10 with a fiery passion, and 12 wasn't any better.
This isn't just limited to the FF series, it's basically all RPGs these days. Just a useless bunch of shit packed into a story that's been done before, and a bunch of stock characters. :s Guess you can say that about pretty much anything nowadays though.