 greets from the office. To end our day of new car and tax person visits yesterday, I came back home and grabbed FFXIII on the way. I got about 2 hours of play in before succumbing to the gods.
First off, the cutscenes look amazing. Full of crazy adventure and colors, blasting my grill in HD. Next off is the actual interface and gameplay. After a battle and jumping in the menu, I was instantly seeing how this game uses some of the menu systems found in Star Ocean TLH. Battle is a breeze and does not start off all daunting and raw. Another welcome addition to the menu, is Objectives. No more needing to read a FAQ to figure out where you left off, there is a nice quest log, so you can take a quick look @ what you were up to, and what you have done.
Also, Cutscenes are skippable. Very handy for replaying a fight you may have lost, or like I did, replaying a new game, as you spent the first 20 minutes logged in on Kat's PSN.  I then started a game on my login, skipped mad cutscenes and was back up to par in about 5 minutes. 
So far, very good for me. I'm digging the ability for this game to borrow functionality from other good games. I hope to keep the  as I work through this game. 
FYI - You should have a registration code included with the PS3 game that you can register on the Square Enix site. This code will give you a chance to be in the PS3 FFXIII Beta. |
Final Fantasy XIII 
