As you know I'm a big fan of Final Fantasy games. When I played this game, I was blown away by the CGI motion capture animation with it being realistically detailed. I also liked the Chocobo ostrich bird like creatures.
Now anyways, You start off in the game as the female main character Lightning which I use alot who is a fugitive from the Psicom army on the run. The other characters are a little boy named Hope who I don't like using much, a young teenage girl Vanille with her instant Death spell, Sazh an African American man with puffy hairdo which is useful. A man named Snow who's a biker gang I like using alot and a young woman Fang who I also like using.
The story is Lightning and her 5 companion are on the constant run from Cocoons army who is trying to capture them. They run in a straight path for 10 chapters straight without rest. When they finally arrive in Chapter 11, they can do sidequest missions before continuing on with Chapter 12 and 13.
Now the good things I liked.
The CGI motion Capture Animation which I think was the best Square Enix has ever filmed for their Playstation 3, Xbox 360 game. The music was amazing with Jazz music playing and yoga type music playing and Pop songs were the best songs I've heard in this game. I also liked the Jaw Harp playing in the Tower dungeon level in Chapter 11. I liked Vanille only for her instant Death spell though it has a small percent chance of killing the enemy especially the giant elephant like creature. I also liked using high strength and HP characters including Lightning, Snow, Fang and Sazh. You can upgrade your weapons and accessory. I also like the CP growth egg which made level grinding a little easier. I liked that you can ride a chocobo in chapter 11 in the open world field and dig for treasure. You can skip cutscenes that you've already seen and get to the boss fights, thank god for that. I liked the online shopping that's featured in every save point, kind of reminds me of Final Fantasy 8 online shopping feature.
The bad stuff I didn't like.
Oh where to begin, first of all I do not like using the little boy Hope, he's very weak in strength and has low HPs. I only use him only if I have to quickly heal my party's HPs. Vanille is okay but her strength and HPs are weak. I don't like that I'm forced to hike in Chapters 1-10 non-stop which is very long and tedious. Can we just skip to Chapter 11 please? The battle system is automatic but why can I only control one character and not the other 2. Also some of the boss fights is extremely hard to beat and I get bashed to death very easily. You have to setup your 3 combo boxes whether it's fighting, spell casting, defending, healing, status attack, status boost. Better setup the combo you like because you can't change it during battle. Speaking of which you can't run away from battle unless you win or lose which I don't like. You can't earn gil money at all unless you collect items for money, Dude seriously, what the heck is Square Enix thinking, in past Final Fantasy games you could always earn money after every battle, even in Final Fantasy 8 when you can still collect money as you travel. Some boss battles your party gets the count down doom sentence which makes some boss battles harder to beat. There's still level grinding but in Crystal Sphere points. With thousands upon thousands of CP points to grind. Uggh. This level grinding in Final Fantasy is more ridiculous than ever and it's painful and boring to watch on grinding. The final battle was a pain in the butt to win with the first 2 phases against Orphan but the 3rd fight wasn't so bad.
My best Characters I used in the game
Lightning- I like using Lightning because she's very strong and has high HPs and high strength which I like very much about her and you can use magic spells and some limited healing spells. If I have to deal with tough boss fights, I can always count on Lightning to deal serious damage to the boss.
Snow- I also like using Snow because of his high HPs, and high strength, he can use guard very well to protect my party. I also use him in hard boss fights. I don't know why people complain about Snow but he's a very useful fighter in battle.
Fang- She is one of my favorite characters to use because of her high HPs, strength. However she doesn't have good cure spells and you have to level grind the sphere grid system to get good cure spells. I also use her in hard boss fights in the game.
Sazh- He has good Strength combined with long range attacks, he has average HPs, he has good status boost spells, good healing spells and good magic spells. I use him in most battles. I also like the little chocobo chick in his hair.
My worst Characters I don't like using in the game
Vanille- While she's a weak fighter, I did like using her cure spells, magic spells, I did like that her death spell can take down a gigantic elephant type creature with massive HPs, but it has a small percentage chance of working, otherwise I mostly leave her out of battle.
Hope- I hate using the little boy character in this game, his HPs are low, his strength is very low. The only reason I would ever use him is to heal my party quickly or get status boosts, otherwise I leave him out of battle.
Overall I have very mixed feelings for this action RPG game. If there was one thing I would change, it would be to have the option to skip directly over to Chapter 11 so I wouldn't have to do the hiking traveling for a long time. That would've made this game better. This game is at a low price but be warned, this game takes a very long time to beat probably 50 hours, even longer than Final Fantasy 6, 7, 8, 9 so it will take a long time to win which I'm not happy about. Also be aware there's some profanity used in the game including the usual Damn, Hell, Ass, Snow uses the Son of a B word only once. It could've been the greatest RPG game had it not been so tedious to play through.
Now anyways, You start off in the game as the female main character Lightning which I use alot who is a fugitive from the Psicom army on the run. The other characters are a little boy named Hope who I don't like using much, a young teenage girl Vanille with her instant Death spell, Sazh an African American man with puffy hairdo which is useful. A man named Snow who's a biker gang I like using alot and a young woman Fang who I also like using.
The story is Lightning and her 5 companion are on the constant run from Cocoons army who is trying to capture them. They run in a straight path for 10 chapters straight without rest. When they finally arrive in Chapter 11, they can do sidequest missions before continuing on with Chapter 12 and 13.
Now the good things I liked.
The CGI motion Capture Animation which I think was the best Square Enix has ever filmed for their Playstation 3, Xbox 360 game. The music was amazing with Jazz music playing and yoga type music playing and Pop songs were the best songs I've heard in this game. I also liked the Jaw Harp playing in the Tower dungeon level in Chapter 11. I liked Vanille only for her instant Death spell though it has a small percent chance of killing the enemy especially the giant elephant like creature. I also liked using high strength and HP characters including Lightning, Snow, Fang and Sazh. You can upgrade your weapons and accessory. I also like the CP growth egg which made level grinding a little easier. I liked that you can ride a chocobo in chapter 11 in the open world field and dig for treasure. You can skip cutscenes that you've already seen and get to the boss fights, thank god for that. I liked the online shopping that's featured in every save point, kind of reminds me of Final Fantasy 8 online shopping feature.
The bad stuff I didn't like.
Oh where to begin, first of all I do not like using the little boy Hope, he's very weak in strength and has low HPs. I only use him only if I have to quickly heal my party's HPs. Vanille is okay but her strength and HPs are weak. I don't like that I'm forced to hike in Chapters 1-10 non-stop which is very long and tedious. Can we just skip to Chapter 11 please? The battle system is automatic but why can I only control one character and not the other 2. Also some of the boss fights is extremely hard to beat and I get bashed to death very easily. You have to setup your 3 combo boxes whether it's fighting, spell casting, defending, healing, status attack, status boost. Better setup the combo you like because you can't change it during battle. Speaking of which you can't run away from battle unless you win or lose which I don't like. You can't earn gil money at all unless you collect items for money, Dude seriously, what the heck is Square Enix thinking, in past Final Fantasy games you could always earn money after every battle, even in Final Fantasy 8 when you can still collect money as you travel. Some boss battles your party gets the count down doom sentence which makes some boss battles harder to beat. There's still level grinding but in Crystal Sphere points. With thousands upon thousands of CP points to grind. Uggh. This level grinding in Final Fantasy is more ridiculous than ever and it's painful and boring to watch on grinding. The final battle was a pain in the butt to win with the first 2 phases against Orphan but the 3rd fight wasn't so bad.
My best Characters I used in the game
Lightning- I like using Lightning because she's very strong and has high HPs and high strength which I like very much about her and you can use magic spells and some limited healing spells. If I have to deal with tough boss fights, I can always count on Lightning to deal serious damage to the boss.
Snow- I also like using Snow because of his high HPs, and high strength, he can use guard very well to protect my party. I also use him in hard boss fights. I don't know why people complain about Snow but he's a very useful fighter in battle.
Fang- She is one of my favorite characters to use because of her high HPs, strength. However she doesn't have good cure spells and you have to level grind the sphere grid system to get good cure spells. I also use her in hard boss fights in the game.
Sazh- He has good Strength combined with long range attacks, he has average HPs, he has good status boost spells, good healing spells and good magic spells. I use him in most battles. I also like the little chocobo chick in his hair.
My worst Characters I don't like using in the game
Vanille- While she's a weak fighter, I did like using her cure spells, magic spells, I did like that her death spell can take down a gigantic elephant type creature with massive HPs, but it has a small percentage chance of working, otherwise I mostly leave her out of battle.
Hope- I hate using the little boy character in this game, his HPs are low, his strength is very low. The only reason I would ever use him is to heal my party quickly or get status boosts, otherwise I leave him out of battle.
Overall I have very mixed feelings for this action RPG game. If there was one thing I would change, it would be to have the option to skip directly over to Chapter 11 so I wouldn't have to do the hiking traveling for a long time. That would've made this game better. This game is at a low price but be warned, this game takes a very long time to beat probably 50 hours, even longer than Final Fantasy 6, 7, 8, 9 so it will take a long time to win which I'm not happy about. Also be aware there's some profanity used in the game including the usual Damn, Hell, Ass, Snow uses the Son of a B word only once. It could've been the greatest RPG game had it not been so tedious to play through.