Final Fantasy XIII-2 sales not looking so good

Just because sales are poor doesn't mean it's a bad game, just ask Psychonauts and BGAE. :)
 
MOnk said:
Just because sales are poor doesn't mean it's a bad game, just ask Psychonauts and BGAE. :)
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Yeah but lack of sales is also the reason we haven't gotten Beyond Good and Evil 2. Doesn't matter how good a game is if nobody plays it.
 
MOnk said:
Just because sales are poor doesn't mean it's a bad game, just ask Psychonauts and BGAE. :)
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It's a fair point - but the Final Fantasy brand is pretty huge; poor sales kind of do indicate something is not right. BG&E and Psychonauts weren't established, popular brands, so their poor sales weren't really indicative of their content, more the fact that most consumers don't take risks on trying new things.
 
qornea said:
It's a fair point - but the Final Fantasy brand is pretty huge; poor sales kind of do indicate something is not right. BG&E and Psychonauts weren't established, popular brands, so their poor sales weren't really indicative of their content, more the fact that most consumers don't take risks on trying new things.
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Because FF IS an established series combined with these sales figures, this is worrying. But then again, perhaps this is a wake up call to SquareEnix that something should be done to the formula that they are applying to the current generation of FF games.

I liked FFXIII, but it took a few hours to get into the game and appreciate the mechanics and battle mechanics of the game. The older games in the series obviously did something right, as there was never anything wrong with their sales (note that I am talking about VII to X). Perhaps there is something that they are missing, which gamers are now demanding.

I would like to play this one (as soon as I finish FFXIII) just to see what it is like.
 
TheAvenged87 said:
Because FF IS an established series combined with these sales figures, this is worrying. But then again, perhaps this is a wake up call to SquareEnix that something should be done to the formula that they are applying to the current generation of FF games.

I liked FFXIII, but it took a few hours to get into the game and appreciate the mechanics and battle mechanics of the game. The older games in the series obviously did something right, as there was never anything wrong with their sales (note that I am talking about VII to X). Perhaps there is something that they are missing, which gamers are now demanding.

I would like to play this one (as soon as I finish FFXIII) just to see what it is like.
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30 hours is not a little time, its too fucking long. I was 38 hours in when my will to live exceeded my will to continue playing. I actually fell asleep during one of the boss battles...
 
OmegaFenix said:
30 hours is not a little time, its too fucking long. I was 38 hours in when my will to live exceeded my will to continue playing. I actually fell asleep during one of the boss battles...
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That's the biggest problem I'm having with the game at the moment is that is extremely long winded. Dungeons go on for hours more than they should and their bland linear design doesn't exactly help.

A couple of days ago I finally reached the open plains area. I'm planning to power level there so that I can just bulldoze my way through dungeon enemy encounters and boss fights. I'm mostly interested in finishing the story at this point, but it looks like I'm only about 1/3 through the game.

I was hoping to finish it before XIII-2 since it at least looked like the were fixing a lot of the faults of XIII.
 
Isengard said:
That's the biggest problem I'm having with the game at the moment is that is extremely long winded. Dungeons go on for hours more than they should and their bland linear design doesn't exactly help.

A couple of days ago I finally reached the open plains area. I'm planning to power level there so that I can just bulldoze my way through dungeon enemy encounters and boss fights. I'm mostly interested in finishing the story at this point, but it looks like I'm only about 1/3 through the game.

I was hoping to finish it before XIII-2 since it at least looked like the were fixing a lot of the faults of XIII.
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Yep I had that same problem, story was interesting but it just seemed to take forever to get going. The linear, and forever repeating, levels & monsters bored me to tears and when I finally did make it out into a semi-open space every monster there owned me even though I had leveled my characters responsibly. In the end I just gave up, the story's conclusion just stopped bothering me. I wasn't joking when I said I fell asleep battling a boss.
 
I think FFXIII-2's problem is FFXIII. So it might have improved every aspect of FF13 but people will still liken it to FF13 and hence might be wary to purchase.
 
MOnk said:
I think FFXIII-2's problem is FFXIII. So it might have improved every aspect of FF13 but people will still liken it to FF13 and hence might be wary to purchase.
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You could be right there.

Also, has anyone noticed that XIII had a surge in popularity about 6 months after it was released and everyone stopped complaining about it? I checked out numerous communities, and most people were playing that game at that time. Might have been that the price was just right for them to shell out bucks for it.
 
I thought FFXIII wasn't bad but I think its just the expectation of the brand and its past titles that made so many people disappointed. I mean it was a solid game but certainly wasn't exceptional at anything, maybe besides the graphics.

Saying that though, I've preordered the game.
 
saeros said:
I thought FFXIII wasn't bad but I think its just the expectation of the brand and its past titles that made so many people disappointed. I mean it was a solid game but certainly wasn't exceptional at anything, maybe besides the graphics.

Saying that though, I've preordered the game.
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I tend to agree.... past success creates unrealistic expectations.
imo over the past 2-3 years developers has been milking franchises way to much and thus created bland and watered down titles. Think about Duke Nukem Failever, Command and Plonquer 4 to name only two. I just hope the same is not true for Prey 2 and The Darkness 2, really looking forward to those.

I actually enjoyed FFXIII but I played around 15+ hours and lost my save game due to my PS3 that gave out, so Im really not in the mood to replay FFXIII just to be able to play FFXIII2..... but then again, I know myself.... I will.
 
The Fabula Nova Crystallis series combat system is absolute horse shit compared to previous games. That's the reason I can't do anything in that game after 40 hours.

Yet on FF 8 during my exams I clocked 60 hours. FF X had over 200 hours played back in the day.
 
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