i think ff 13-2 is my favorite mainline (close enough) ff ive played. it's a strictly better 13 to me, in that it's much stronger in what It is trying to do with some of the common threads.
13 was a constant push forward where everything was your enemy. every possible encounter was a fight and the game had basically no detours from this. it thematically worked, but it was really not very great to play all the way through. i think i liked 13 more than most people but i can say it was around 40 hours of playing with a battle system that didn't have too much going on in the first place. it was heavily carried by the lovable cast and its fantastic soundtrack i m o.
13-2 is all about the small detours and exploring what could and should be. its a budgeted sequel where it'd obviously be on a smaller scale, but this game was perfectly designed around the limitations. like they took the assets and experience from 13 and had a perfect idea of what they wanted out of it next. theres much more to Do in this game's world, and its much easier to hang out in. they added Level Design (joke)!!!!! even though 13-2 has about a third of the main party size and about half of the story length, this game feels more meaningful and expansive than 13 ever could.
13-2's tone pulls everything together and makes it shine. where 13 says "damn the world kinda sucks but we're gonna try and stumble and charge forward until things are maybe ok again" 13-2 is more like "the future is uncertain and we don't know what exactly we should do but damn it we are Going to search every nook and cranny of this weird world until everything works again". 13-2's optimistic core gives the whole game such a confidence and everything about it is so pleasant to experience. it plays nice, the gameplay is 13 but faster and funner. this game's has one of my favorite soundtracks of all time now, the song "Full Speed Ahead" or "Run" encapsulates the experience of the whole game so well. its the first song you hear as soon as it gives you control and i dont think any rpg has made me want to immediately run around its world more than this game.
the Soul is immense. the Heart is bigger. play 13 if you want but you should really play 13-2.
13 was a constant push forward where everything was your enemy. every possible encounter was a fight and the game had basically no detours from this. it thematically worked, but it was really not very great to play all the way through. i think i liked 13 more than most people but i can say it was around 40 hours of playing with a battle system that didn't have too much going on in the first place. it was heavily carried by the lovable cast and its fantastic soundtrack i m o.
13-2 is all about the small detours and exploring what could and should be. its a budgeted sequel where it'd obviously be on a smaller scale, but this game was perfectly designed around the limitations. like they took the assets and experience from 13 and had a perfect idea of what they wanted out of it next. theres much more to Do in this game's world, and its much easier to hang out in. they added Level Design (joke)!!!!! even though 13-2 has about a third of the main party size and about half of the story length, this game feels more meaningful and expansive than 13 ever could.
13-2's tone pulls everything together and makes it shine. where 13 says "damn the world kinda sucks but we're gonna try and stumble and charge forward until things are maybe ok again" 13-2 is more like "the future is uncertain and we don't know what exactly we should do but damn it we are Going to search every nook and cranny of this weird world until everything works again". 13-2's optimistic core gives the whole game such a confidence and everything about it is so pleasant to experience. it plays nice, the gameplay is 13 but faster and funner. this game's has one of my favorite soundtracks of all time now, the song "Full Speed Ahead" or "Run" encapsulates the experience of the whole game so well. its the first song you hear as soon as it gives you control and i dont think any rpg has made me want to immediately run around its world more than this game.
the Soul is immense. the Heart is bigger. play 13 if you want but you should really play 13-2.
blomil
1 year ago