My very early impressions of Final Fantasy XIII.
I have only about a little over an hour in gameplay time, so I am not very far. But in this post I am not really going into the story, maybe just a tiny bit.

Battle System:

The battle system is extremely easy to use so far, and I really haven't had a challenge so far at all in the hour of gameplay that I have had. I've fought probably over 20+ battles, and the only time I came close to dying was one of the boss fights, which still seemed easy. I am usually eating with one hand while just tapping X/A button. So far, very easy, I am sure it will get a little more complicated. I also like the "stagger" feature.

The characters:

Lightning - She's very strong willed, and has a troubled past.

Snow - Is tough and confident, and wants to help people. And wants to find his lover (Sarah)

Hope - He's not confident at all, shy.

Vanille - She is soooo hot! lol, but apart from that she's very upbeat and sincere/nice. She also has an accent. Her personality is very similar to Rikku.

Sazh - He gets stuck with Lightning and tags along, hes the funniest character and I love the fact he has a chocobo in his afro.

So far it seems like there is no leveling system in this game. You also fully heal after every battle, which some will like and some will dislike.

It's been good so far, not great, but its early so I am sure it will pick up.

From what I've heard, the battles don't get any tougher for a long time yet. I've heard from many people who have played the game that the first two discs (360, obviously) are pretty lame, but the game really kicks off after. This pretty much mirrors was Garamond said when he said the first half is slow/boring/whatever. So yeah.

Personally, I cannot stand Vanille's accent and Lightning's character has been done many, many times (Squall comes to mind).

Anyway, have fun !_! I'll probably pick it up when it's a little cheaper. Maybe rent it.

I've heard from many people who have played the game that the first two discs (360, obviously) are pretty lame, but the game really kicks off after.

Wouldn't be a Final Fantasy game without the good old 'Disc Swap'.

Personally, I cannot stand Vanille's accent...



Its like an American Australian accent. She will probably yell out "Shrimp on the Barbie" soon.

Whatever, she is sooooo hot hahaha

She sounds like a posh americsn version of claire from lost.

I'm not finding it boring at all really.

She sounds like a posh americsn version of claire from lost.

I'm not finding it boring at all really.

Claire IS hot as balls