Lightning Returns Review Thread
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VeryGooster
Banned
Trying to make a second attempt to play XIII-2 currently, and I honestly mute the scenes a lot of the time. The tone of some of the performances don't even sync up well with the goofy animation.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Pretty sure a big complaint with XIII-2 was also the story.
I expected nothing higher than a 7, and to see the metacritic down somewhere in the 50s. Knowing that it's a love it or hate it game, and not just an all around shitty game, makes me much less hesitant to buy it considering I enjoy the previous 13 games.
RE6 helped me realize that I can really enjoy games that a lot of people don't like and get poor review scores.
Come to think of it, the only game that I really haven't liked at all was KZ Shadowfall.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Fuck it, for some reason that GT video actually convinced me to try it.
YOLO
YOLO
Impeccable
Member
Honestly seems like the perfect game for me in this moment.
I stopped caring about Xillia's story half-way through and just wanted to have a fun jRPG with fun combat.
Sounds like LR is a great next step for me.
I stopped caring about Xillia's story half-way through and just wanted to have a fun jRPG with fun combat.
Sounds like LR is a great next step for me.
Glass Rebel
Member
The unweighted average of the reviews in the OP is at 6.49/10
6.49 out of 10
6.49 out of 10
TC McQueen
Member
From what I understand, most entertainment related media (games, anime, whatever) is in the pockets of the publishers in Japan. They're not going to publish bad reviews ever.
Uh... and how is that different than selecting "Attack" 4 times mashing X during fights in classic FF?
Red Mage
Member
C'mon now, no need for a persecution complex. You're allowed to enjoy a game, any game, just don't try to tell people it's actually a good game when it obviously isn't. I enjoyed Dragon Age 2, but I've never gotten crap about it on here because I admit that it's really flawed and had genuine issues. Heck, I think part of the reason I enjoyed it as much as I did was because I went into the game knowing it had problems.
If you like the trilogy, good for you. Just don't try and say the rest of us are too dense to get the plot or just hate it irrationally.
Well X was cancel, so I'd imagine that wouldn't get you very far.
Haha the defenders spin in this thread is hilarious. You may enjoy the game but for critics and majority of people this game is average. Just accept that.
On a side note maybe they should get the memo that instead of copying other games maybe they should understand that stories and characters matter in RPGs and that in their recent flagship game series both of those are shit, for both critics and majority of people. Oh and work on a better direction if you want to make sequels to RPG's there not action games like AC.
On a side note maybe they should get the memo that instead of copying other games maybe they should understand that stories and characters matter in RPGs and that in their recent flagship game series both of those are shit, for both critics and majority of people. Oh and work on a better direction if you want to make sequels to RPG's there not action games like AC.
Green Yoshi
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GamersGlobal.de 8.5
http://www.gamersglobal.de/test/lightning-returns-final-fantasy-13
http://www.gamersglobal.de/test/lightning-returns-final-fantasy-13
Yeah it's poor, but Jessica DiCicco's god tier voice salvages it... somewhat
Vincent Alexander
Member
Depending on how you define fun, it might not be. I've seen the word brutal used a few times in reviews in reference to the combat.
Caffeine
Gold Member
i know me and a few people are getting it off psn so i don't know if those numbers will be counted in npd
Dark_castle
Junior Member
I have a feeling Noctis will have a Delita-like character development from a Prince to a King.
Dragon1893
Member
Surprisingly positive review from Eurogamer. They say it's the best in the trilogy and only single out the plot as a negative aspect.
AgentLampshade
Member
Seems relatively inoffensive. I'll probably pick it up for some closure.
plutoknight
Member
Seems to be about where I imagined it would be. I will definitely pick it up on down the line, but I bought Bravely Default last week and next week is DKC so Final Fantasy will have to wait.
It's the first time I've passed on a FF Day 1 since.....ever. I even picked up XIII-2 release day (granted, I took advantage of trade-in programs to get that one cheap)....
It's the first time I've passed on a FF Day 1 since.....ever. I even picked up XIII-2 release day (granted, I took advantage of trade-in programs to get that one cheap)....
SolidSnakeUS
Member
I have a feeling my friend will still say this is better than FF7...
Glass Rebel
Member
Jessica DiCicco looks like my cousin, no kidding.
Pretty much anything is better than FF7
Vincent Alexander
Member
That's what all the cool kids say.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
I have always been the first person to say FFXIII was a genuinely flawed game. But it is amusing when a game gets actual mixed reviews and this is taken as proof that the game is 100% hot shit rather than, you know: that different people have different opinions.
Reading the body of the reviews and not just the scores, I get the impression that the game is interesting mechanically and can be a lot of fun, but the story is a typical mess. Just in the Japanese sense of typical mess, rather than the western one which at least has expensive voice acting to cover that up.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Except the gameplay, or more specifically the battle system was a plus across the board from pretty much all the reviews.
Corronchilejano
Member
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Worse than Big Rigs Over The Road Racing?
For back story, he'd rather play all the XIII games, X-2 and maybe even Crystal Chronicles over it.
RpgN
Junior Member
It's good to see the majority of the reviews saying how the story sucks and how Toriyama shouldn't be writing anymore. Maybe this will get SE to take those complaints more seriously. I liked the characters and background story about the fal'cie, but it could have been handled much better *guilty pleasure*
That said, I'm glad we have a third game and that it got approved. I remember reading at one point that they didn't want to release it or not as a console game? It would have been a shame to have it on smartphones in a different form. I'm going enjoy this game a lot as a FFXIII and XIII-2 fan, even if it isn't the most polished like how it was promised or it doesn't look great
The game is pre-ordered, I'm dying to play it and conclude the story.
That said, I'm glad we have a third game and that it got approved. I remember reading at one point that they didn't want to release it or not as a console game? It would have been a shame to have it on smartphones in a different form. I'm going enjoy this game a lot as a FFXIII and XIII-2 fan, even if it isn't the most polished like how it was promised or it doesn't look great
The game is pre-ordered, I'm dying to play it and conclude the story.TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Uh,,, that is not what I read regarding western games.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
It's good to see the majority of the reviews saying how the story sucks and how Toriyama shouldn't be writing anymore. Maybe this will get SE to take those complaints more seriously. I liked the characters and background story about the fal'cie, but it could have been handled much better *guilty pleasure*
That said, I'm glad we have a third game and that it got approved. I remember reading at one point that they didn't want to release it or not as a console game? It would have been a shame to have it on smartphones in a different form. I'm going enjoy this game a lot as a FFXIII and XIII-2 fan, even if it isn't the most polished like how it was promised or it doesn't look great
It was gonna be told in DLC installments. The backlash against XIII-2's story DLC up to May was enough to convince them to abandon that idea.
Yep I guess it's time for SE to stop making RPGs they clearly want to make action games.
...I am going to pick this up today and enjoy the hell out of it... 
Glass Rebel
Member
Most reviews I've read seem to indicate that while the battle system is really fun (I knew this already from playing the demo), the game structure with the side-quests is simply repetitive and not fun at all.
Trickster
Member
Time to get a new friend
badcrumble
Member
Man, the arguments saying that X and XIII are the same or that LR and Nier are the same are pretty sad and myopic.
lifa-cobex
Member
Going into sub menus. Limit breaks, Pressing up and down to select Technics, magic, items etc......
SolidSnakeUS
Member
You know, he hasn't beaten the game (got stuck somewhere on the first disk on the PC because of some bug), knows the story and still says it sucks and is one of the worst FF games ever. I have a feeling he'd rather play the original FFXIV before he touched 7 again.
He'd rather play Hyper Dimension Neptunia, Time and Eternity and a few other WTF RPGs before 7.
Final Fantasy Network - 3/5 http://www.finalfantasy.net/lrff13/review-lightning-returns/
In most (non boss) fights you could still get through by mashing "attack" over and over.
I'm not saying FFXIII's battle system is flawless (it's not, not by a long shot), but saying there's no depth at all about it is a straight up lie.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Henry Jones Jr
Member
I've never understood why SE seems to really struggle getting good voice performances (especially with FF games). They need to fire their voice director or something. Much lower budget games (like the Tales series) have much better acting IMO.
ekka4shiki
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Red Mage
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Glass Rebel
Member
Avg is at 6.56, so I assume the metacritic will be around 67.
I'm sure Square-Enix is happy.
