[Typhoid]

I think the disappointing thing with final Fantasy 13 is the disconnect that happened between the creators and the people who wanted to play it.

The creators wanted to write and tell a beautiful story, in a beautiful world that fully utilizes the PS3's visual capabilities. They wanted to tell a story. They didn't want to create a Final Fantasy game the way most people wanted one. We heard of the game and thought "I can't wait to explore an awesome world that they create. I wonder what sweet technology gimmick will be there this time.", and they thought "I can't wait to let all of the fans watch this world and story unfold. It's going to be beautiful and blow their minds."


I saw that disconnect again when they made the sequel. The reason they thought of making a sequel was because fans of the game wanted another game to 'expand on the character of Lightning.' Essentially saying "We like this chick, she reminds us of Cloud with some boobs. Let us play as her in a new, better game, with more freedom."

So the creators heard "Expand Lightning's character" and thought "Great, now we can tell an even deeper story about this character!"


Or maybe they had all just recently played MGS4 and thought "let's do that."