FINAL FANTASY® XIII

This game is incredible. The combat system is very unique, featuring a turn-based system with the focus on Paradigm Shift which is essentially changing your and your teammates' roles on the fly. The battles get very frantic with you needing to switch very quickly between different roles in order to survive. As someone who hasn't ever been a huge fan of turn-based combat, this game absolutely won me over. The characters are super charming. They're a bit archetypal at first glance, but the way they play off of each other's personalities is stellar. The story is very science-fiction mixed with fantasy, and while I haven't finished it as of this review, it is very well written so far. The dialogue is nothing short of incredible. The visuals are beautiful. The environments are jaw-dropping at times, and the designs of the different enemies are so imaginative. Performance-wise, there is some noticeable stutter at times on the Steam Deck with the FPS dropping randomly, and I am unsure if it's a port issue or a spec issue. But it runs well enough and has never caused any problems during battles. I highly recommend this game if you have even the slightest interest in it. As someone who's never played a Final Fantasy before, I am so happy that I started with this one.

This game is awful trash. Every single part of it. It's by far my least favorite Final Fantasy of 20 or so I've played.

3/5 проходняк. Прокачка персонажа сделана на 1 из 5, все сделано чтобы отнять время у игрока, каждые пять боев надо лазить в кристалл и медленно елозить мышкой, думать тут не надо. Боевка из парадигм такое себе решение, с 11 главы начинается дроч из прадигм, где надо во всем резко начать разбираться потому что игра подсовывает автоматом неработающие связки. Так же дают менять персонажей, но это нехчоется делать потому что связки парадигм сбрасываются. Сам сюжет не плох, даже вспомнилось что-то из старой фантастики. Но персонажи, их истории, диалоги хромают, слишком все тупо. Добавил балл за неплохую графику относительно прошлых частей и кайфовый саундтрек.

Its hard to give this game a recommendation because the story itself is worth the money ... but playing through the game isn't worth your time. Pro's: - HD mod makes the game look amazing even in 2026. - Characters personalities and voice acting are solid even in english. - The story itself is interesting and would even make a decent enough movie (which is what the game feels like) Cons: - The game is built with small maps that you just walk through hordes of enemies that take forever to kill. - Paradign shifting just means you switch to different combat roles with similar moves to try to reduce the "wait period" between attacks. You don't actually do anything cool or strategic and it still feels horribly slow. - The gear you get isn't even really that customizable - you just pick between phys or mag atk and then build the weapon that has the most of it. - The sphere system isn't really special, you just upgrade the paths in the role you play the most and fill in the rest once your done. You get pretty much a specific set of points since there's no grinding. I ended up stopping as soon as I hit chapter 9 which my in game playtime was something like ~15 hours. I would rather watch the story then play the game so rather then play for another 20 hours ... I can watch a 2 hour youtube video.

I'm actually really disappointed in this game. In my opinion, this shouldn't have been a mainline Final Fantasy game. I really don't think it holds up. The game feels really empty and hollow, the story is so simple and doesn't evolve at all throughout the game, the characters are not developed and are so inconsistent in their choices and opinions. Moreover, they don't really feel close to each other and don't really have any chemistry. Now about the gameplay... this game is so boring. I don't think the linearity of the game is the problem here, its the fact that the only thing you can do in this game is combat. This game is so lifeless, you're just crossing endless sections, battling 20 times the same monster over and over again for hours without having anything to break the repetitiveness of those combats. There is no NPC, no side quest, no mini game... the only interaction that you can have is with the same terminal from which you can buy items and upgrade them. You are supposed to try to save Cocoon, but you never really get a chance to see what you are supposed to save... I feel like this game was trying to express interesting ideas and dilemmas, but this just feels so rushed. It really just feels like they just had a vague idea of a scenario and tried to extend the lifetime of this game as much as possible by adding as much combat as they could.

Purtroppo FF13 è uno dei giochi che mi ha colpito meno dell'intera saga non perché abbia in se qualcosa di rovinosamente brutto, ma semplicemente l'estrema linearità Niente in generale la trama è così tanto lineare a livello di gameplay che va a perdere totalmente l'anima esplorativa dei final fantasy, e qui vado a parlare di veri e propri corridoi dall'inizio alla fine. Una delle cose che ho odiato di più, ma semplicemente come principio è stato i nomi dei vari stati dal fal cie al cie'th e tutta quella merda, che odio che odio, però va bene. In generale non è un titolo che mi è dispiaciuto, ma non mi ha lasciato neanche niente, non lo consiglierei se non a qualcuno che ha giocato i 12 capitoli precedenti.

Este Final Fantasy quiere ser clásico y, al mismo tiempo, modernizar la saga, aunque en el proceso solo consigue convertir su jugabilidad en algo demasiado automático y fácil. Quiso ser un portento gráfico para su época, y lo fue, hasta el punto de que, a día de hoy, sigue viéndose espectacular. El problema es que ese despliegue visual llega a costa de ofrecer durante unas 10-15 horas el juego más lineal que te vas a encontrar en tu vida. También quiere contarte una gran historia con personajes llenos de matices, pero el precio es que prácticamente todo el lore está escondido en textos y que el grupo principal resulta de lo más genérico y aburrido... al menos hasta que llegan los giros y los momentos de desarrollo. No es el bodrio que muchos dicen que es, pero sí me parece un juego mediocre tirando a malo. Por cada buena idea o aspecto rescatable, encuentras dos decisiones que juegan en su contra. Encima, la tasa de FPS está bloqueada y el rendimiento en algunas zonas deja bastante que desear. En fin, no lo recomiendo demasiado.

Um jogo médio, ele peca em muitas coisas importantes, disparado a melhor coisa do jogo é o desenvolvimento dos personagens, são personagens fáceis de gostar, carismáticos, designs bonitos e boa dublagem (exceto a Vanille, tadinha), ver eles se desenvolverem é bem satisfatório e me fez gostar muito deles. A narrativa é bem escrita, mas previsível e as vezes meio chata, pra mim 100% do jogo foram os personagens, seus backstories e desenvolvimento. Agora, quando pensamos na gameplay, o jogo perde muitos pontos, o level design não existe, você anda e interage em ações scriptadas e luta, o jogo todo é isso, o combate é okay, tem seus pontos positivos, depois que passa ali do começo fica bem legalzinho até, mas a falta autonomia nas lutas é EXTREMAMENTE frustrante, não poder nem posicionar os personagens aonde voce quer é muito limitante, além de que demora MUITO tempo pra voce poder escolher quem voce quer na party( oque é estranho). No geral é um jogo que cumpre bem o que ele se propõe a ser, uma narrativa de descoberta dos personagens com um enredo meio anime shounen que tenta ser mais complicado do que precisa.