Finally it will be upon us. (Final Fantasy XIII (PS3))

Member Name: anaguma_kun

Product:	Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
Date:	11/08/09 (18 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: excellent graphics, nice story, cool attacks

Disadvantages: Was expecting more from the series

This game is brililant. I loved it so far, however the attack system does sometimes seem a bit slow otherwise the game is really good. (Based on a demo playthrough of the first few hours of the game)

Firstly the in game graphics are brilliant totally worth the wait and the game looks and sounds awesome the voice actors have done a good job with giving the character's good voices and then the graphics are splendid. Everything from the backdrops, to the rubble around you on bridges and what not look so lush. This game is going to keep you captivated the whole way through, the attacks look good with some nice animations. The characters themselves are beautifully rendered too.

Now for the gameplay. In this new RPG installment you generally run around and fight enemies as in most other final fantasy games. The enimies are not randomly generated encounters but they appear on the map and you must either initiate or they initiate the battles. Once in battle you have the option of chosing between attacking defending etc. The game system is similar to that of FFX-2. You have a bar with 3 sections which fills up after you use a move, moves can use up 1, 2 or 3 parts of your bar. After the move is done you have to wait till it is full up enough to make your next attack. Some attacks also require you to use up your magic points as well as par tof the bar ie to shoot fire at an enemy.

The system works quite well and you get to run a round a little bit as well dodging the enemies moves while you attack them, so the game is not as static as the older final fantasys.

The game I thought was really good however I am a huge final fantasy so that is to be expected. I was slightly disappointed with the new system I thught it would be more fluid and synamic than it was but it still works with the game well.

Summary: All round good game XD