Final Fantasy XIII

Final Fantasy. Again? Really? Another one? Well, yes. And for one of those RPG-ers like me, it’s great! Just like the rest of the series, the storyline is completely different than the others, but you can still use summons and some of those great items like Phoenix Downs (Because you know that you won’t get anywhere without them)!
The storyline, again continuing the Final Fantasy tradition of being original, is set on a floating land called Cocoon, which is completely cut off from the world below, Pulse. The citizens of Cocoon are taught to fear and despise Pulse. When a fal’Cie called Anima, a entity of Pulse, is found in Cocoon, the corrupt government initiates a military Purge of the people who had been in the vicinity of the fal’Cie. They claim to be moving the Purgees to Pulse, but their real intentions are more deadly than they appear.
First up, I’ll talk about the gameplay. I won’t lie, it’s not that impressive. It’s very linear; you won’t be able to go just anywhere and there aren’t any side paths. The battle system is very challenging, and you’d better read up and work on your strategy if you want to win. As always, the regular battles are not that bad, but gods help you in boss battles. Final Fantasy has a habit of making you work for your victories, and this is no exception. In battle, it’s a fixed arena and you have an Active Time Battle meter that has sections for each attack you issue. You can queue up commands while the meter fills. The older Cure, Fire, Blizzard, etcetera return to aid you as well. A new function called the Paradigm Shift also is being used in the battle system. When you change your Paradigm, each party member (up to three characters are in your party at any given time) changes a ‘class’ of sorts, the classes being Ravager, Medic, Commando, Saboteur, Synergist, and Sentinel.
To sum this all up, Final Fantasy XIII in a visually stunning game with an interesting concept that still fails to break free of certain restraining traditions of the Final Fantasy line. I would suggest that you should play it if you like RPGs, love pretty cutscenes (like me), or are one of those people that have owned every Final Fantasy game ever and absolutely must have it will spontaneously explode… whew, I ran out of breath just writing that. So, before I get brains all over my keyboard, I’d like all you kiddies out there to know that Final Fantasy XIII is rated T for trees and- oh, wait. Darn it! I got it wrong again (We apologise for your inconvienience. The author has been sacked, even though she was supposedly sacked a while ago. Final Fantasy XIII is rated T for Teen.)!