Title: Couldn't Get Past the Beginning
Product review: I was really looking forward to playing Final Fantasy XIII when I first got my PS3 but almost immediately I realized this game was not going to provide the experience I was hoping for. The battle system starts off as beyond simplistic, the "world" is just one long corridor and the characters alternate between being either bland or annoying. I hear the game gets better eventually, a friend of mine swears things really pick up after about 30 hours of game-play. I don't have the time or energy to slog through 30 hours of unenjoyable game-play to get to the good part. I can say, however, that the game is absolutely beautiful to look at. The non-corridor areas you see are spectacular and the character models are fantastic. As pure eye candy the game succeeds, but I'm more interested in games that don't take so long to open up.
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