Allie<p>March 19, 2024 - Day 444 - NewPlay Review<br>Total NewPlays: 479</p><p>Game: Final Fantasy XIII</p><p>Platform: Steam<br>Released: Oct 9, 2014<br>Installed: Jan 1, 2016<br>Unplayed: 3000d (8y2m18d)<br>Playtime: 19m</p><p>Final Fantasy XIII is third-person RPG set in a scifi/fantasy dystopia. I think.</p><p>I have an odd relationship with the Final Fantasy series. I did not come to it via console.</p><p>I came to it via World of Warcraft. Back in the day, when WoW was pretty much the only game in (my) town, I was part of a WoW guild with some workmates. Our east-coast guild merged with a west-coast guild that we raided with regularly, and we now kind of roam from game to game like a band of Ronin-nerds.</p><p>At some point, I got a free thirty days FF XIV game time card in a bundle, and decided to give FF XIV a go. </p><p>I didn't get it. It felt bizarre, a mash of things that didn't really seem to mesh., but I spent a month levelling a character before deciding not to subscribe. Then Square-Enix made it free to play to level 60. Unless you'd previously had a subscription (Allie wept).</p><p>I did end up playing again many years later, and it was this experience that I brought to Final Fantasy XIII.</p><p>FF XIV is a fairly typical third-person (MMO)RPG.</p><p>FF XIII... is not.</p><p>While it IS a third-person RPG, the battle mechanics are unlike anything I've experienced before. It uses an "auto-battle" system with no direct control of the character during fights.</p><p>The other thing that the Final Fantasy games have in common is... almost nothing.</p><p>While there are some games in the series that lead on from the previous game, it seems to be more of a "Part 2" than any direct continuity.</p><p>At least as far as I can work out.</p><p>Final Fantasy XIII is (at least I think... maybe?):</p><p>3: OK</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/FinalFantasyXIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinalFantasyXIII</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ThirdPerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdPerson</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RPG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ProjectONG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectONG</span></a></p>