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FFXIII worth buying without prior knowledge?

Hey,

 

Is it worth me buying FFXIII despite never playing a FF game before?

 

I've seen a few snippets and it looks pretty good, I know that the story dosn't continue throughout

the series, and i know the genre and style of gameplay. 

 

I know there is allot of FF fans out their, so what do ya think?

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honestly? no I dont think you should till you have played atleast number 10, even thought the stories of each game arn't linked they follow the same structures. Basically its a game to play if you have 60hrs to waste.
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i'll tell you on the 9th when i get it unless somebodies played the jap version then none of us know if it's any good ff games can vary so much.
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Yes you will be fine buy it play it and enjoy it its a unique story completely unrelated to any other final fantasy.  

 

There are lots of other final fantasies for you to go play after but I dont think you will go wrong with starting at XIII.



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I pre ordered it and I have never play a FF :smileyvery-happy:

Why not? :smileytongue:

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Thanks for the advice people

 

hmmmmmm i think i'll give it a go, might as well see what all the fuss is about!

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Good choice you will enjoy it a lot more than most Long term FF Fans..  

 

You dont have all the aspects from previous games that you love and want to see in this one. 



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Its only the best gaming series ever!

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You'll have no problems with playing it. But if your not sure about a Final Fantasy, I would suggest buying one of the old PS1 games that are on the store. They are only 7 or 8 quid so its not much and that way as they all play in a fairly similar way you can see if you like the gameplay of the series.

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TheNomadic1 wrote:

Good choice you will enjoy it a lot more than most Long term FF Fans..  

 

You dont have all the aspects from previous games that you love and want to see in this one. 


 

^ This... you have in some ways the luxury of not having your expectations shattered because FF has moved on from a different place to where it was back in the FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX era..

 

Just be aware of a few things

 

- The game will be very cutscene intensive... MGS4 has nothing on the cutscene content that this game will have

- At first the game will seem like in between cutscenes all it is is battles, and at first it will seem like all you do is press the X button to advance them without having to read what you are doing.

- You'll probably either really get into it or not... I can't imagine the game having much middle ground with people.

 

But hey, we all walked into Heavy Rain with an element of  "what am I getting into?" , so on that basis I think it is worth a look..

 

Check out some vids on youtube of FFX... that'll give you some idea of what you are in for... It's probably the closest game to date to what we'll get..


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