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A very nice entry.

I agree with the grades. As for Xbone sales, I don't think they've broken the 3.5M SOLD mark. They've SHIPPED 5M+ and sold-in to retailers, not to customers. March they did 311k and April was 115k and their last official statement gave a 3M sold in Feb.

Holy cow, I'm glad you commented on the issues with the "training" sessions with the new farting skills. I thought I was going out of my mind; the one with Randy in the bathroom had me pissed off enough I put the game down and went to bed. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

Haven't enjoyed a game like this in a while, its amazing. I love the job system and the story. Can't wait for the sequel.

I can relate to someone coming back since the earlier generation (Silver and Gold) and thought this was a great review that hits close to home.

Great job!

Decent review. I can say this is the first game in probably a couple of years that I felt fully lived up to the hype, absolutely the least regrettable $60 purchase I've made in a long time.

Nice read. Not a huge console gamer but saw this game and wanted to dive in. The idea of the game gives me that feeling when I first played Resident Evil. =0

lol I know like 5 people who bought this, all hate zerg including myself. None the less, good game

Completely agree, I wouldn't pay more than 20 bucks for this game. Horrible in almost every aspect

With all the love the naval system has been getting, I have to wonder if Ubisoft will re-purpose it into some kind of pirate or age of sail game.

I have to agree with your assessment; I'd urge newcomers to play the original, then 2, if they wanna see what made the game so badass, and then brotherhood; I'd skip revelations (stupid tower defense) and just youtube that story.

I loved this game so much, I'm sure I put more time into this game than any other this year (200+ hours) I loved the open world, the level 80 mobs just hanging with the with the low level ones. It was extra special when I found my first "secret area" only to eaten by a 76ish bird. The sound track is probably on my top 5 ever.

I also liked that it wasn't an overly complex game, not that I don't like complex games but this you could play without worrying about missables or needing a guide. It was just fun.

Spot on.

Also, given that the WiiU offers the same graphics as the PS3 and 360

lol

meh I might be a fanboy because iv played almost every FF game for over 60 hours(most 100+)

This game is all the same, odd story to say the least but it does start to add up and come together.

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I hate the TBC, I am working my way up to the *true* ending once you get all the fragments and I am fine with DLC for This game. How many of us have paid $15 for CoD Map Packs. If each DLC stays the same price of $5 for the real game play ill pay.

The game is worth it and theres tons of stuff to do and a lot of story to get by doing some of the side quests.

its not the best FF game but still think it is good.

I can forgive Hope getting so much presence, because he did kind of deserve something better than how he was written in XIII.

And yes, the number of areas is very limited in the game, though in this case I'm guessing it's because they limited it to one disc for the 360 version this time. But the new areas ARE better than the ones in XIII. You can spend a good chunk of a day waking around Acadamia and just looking at all the gorgeous.

But, tied to the number of areas, the game is also short as hell, even with the sidequests.
Seriously, spoiler stuff, you've been warned.

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And the conclusion, well, Mass Effect 3 wasn't the only ending fuckup this year. I'm half hoping the TBC is a DLC and not XIII-3, because my god it'd be like selling XIII for 360 one disc at a time, for full price each disc.

The music is ok, though a lot of the tracks are recycled from XIII too. Of the new material, there are some... questionable inclusions.
Voice acting is solid, but Mog and Chocolina are ANNOYING AS FUCK.

The battle system, well, we can argue that all day long, so skip that.

In the end I agree, it's worth playing.
I'd say it's not worth buying however. Borrow it from a friend, or rent it through gamefly, or wait for it to hit a $15 sale if you must posses a copy.

Hope's inclusion was actually the one I had the biggest problem with. Spoilered for those who haven't played the game:

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When he's initially encountered 10 years in the future was fine, but when he's still alive 400 years later (thanks to the gimicky one-way-time travel or whatever) was where I felt it was too much.

Good review, and I generally agree. However I'll have to disagree with the XIII crew being too relevant. Hope's inclusion made complete sense and even Snow's. I'd say the only one which was complete nonsense was Sazh's, but even he was hinted to be traveling through time when you do the Vile Peak sidequest.

Though reading the review I'm not sure of your opinion on Serah herself. I personally like Noel, who felt like just another Tidus in the beginning, but the further the plot goes, the stronger Noel became as a character. In contrast, I saw Serah as a bland protagonist.

Thank goodness they did away with the midi.

Nice blog post. I started ico again, and on my 55 3d TV, I am as excited to play through again, and force my wife to watch as I am to play skryim.

These games are beautiful and are great previews of what to expect from the last guardian