Dragon Age or FFXIII?
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The story for most every JRPG is linear. In fact you'd probably be hard pressed to find many JRPGs not linear in story.Terry576 said:
As for 'only able to find extra equipment'....duh? What else do you expect it to do, drop out of the sky?
The story made plenty of sense if you paid attention.
No, I expect it to drop from monsters.
Didn't pay attention? 14 hours of playtime, halfway through Disc 2, and I STILL don't understand half the plot.
Ah, but in most JRPGS I can't feel the linearity closing on me. Crisis Core is a pretty damned good example of what I feel a JRPG should feel like. I don't care if the story is linear as hell, as long as you give me a decent amount of sidequests.
Didn't pay attention? 14 hours of playtime, halfway through Disc 2, and I STILL don't understand half the plot.
Ah, but in most JRPGS I can't feel the linearity closing on me. Crisis Core is a pretty damned good example of what I feel a JRPG should feel like. I don't care if the story is linear as hell, as long as you give me a decent amount of sidequests.
tough call. I'd stick with Dragon Age unless you're a jrpg fanatic. graphically FFXIII crushes Dragon Age but the fun factor and the typical Bioware morality(kill him!) makes it more enjoyable on second and even third playthroughs. I like Final fantasy but the things I don't like about it I REALLY don't like about it.
I'd get FFXIII just because I'd highly recommend Dragon Age for the PC, the way God (Bioware) intended it to be. I played the console version and my roomie had the PC version... very different beasts.
Personally, I found Dragon Age to be a much deeper experience. FFXIII is a tad shallow, though that's a generous statement really. In DA:O I was often caught up in dialogue trees, disecting my options and strategically placing people and issuing orders in battle, even on the console. In FFXIII, I frequently press the Auto-Battle button while sometimes pressing L1.
Not to sound like a hater or anything. The game's not terrible, I mean I was expecting it to fall flat on it's face. It's just that I can only play it for an hour or two before getting bored. Pretty graphics, but less of an RPG than ever before.
Personally, I found Dragon Age to be a much deeper experience. FFXIII is a tad shallow, though that's a generous statement really. In DA:O I was often caught up in dialogue trees, disecting my options and strategically placing people and issuing orders in battle, even on the console. In FFXIII, I frequently press the Auto-Battle button while sometimes pressing L1.
Not to sound like a hater or anything. The game's not terrible, I mean I was expecting it to fall flat on it's face. It's just that I can only play it for an hour or two before getting bored. Pretty graphics, but less of an RPG than ever before.
If you like games where your character fights like he is too weak to properly hold his sword and swings it like a kid swinging a sledge hammer and games where the big selling point is talking to people in engaging conversations and games where you level up but the enemies are always a level above you so levelling feels like there is no difference being made to character progression then go for dragon age.
Or if you don't like any of that but like sex sounds then still, go for dragon age.
I haven't tried the new final fantasy yet though, I would go for it because iv'e never played a final fantasy game and want something new to test with my rumble pad.
Or if you don't like any of that but like sex sounds then still, go for dragon age.
I haven't tried the new final fantasy yet though, I would go for it because iv'e never played a final fantasy game and want something new to test with my rumble pad.
Your dad is blind. I haven't player any FFs, but after one DA playthrough, I'd had enough.Terry576 said:
I'm not a fan of JRPGs due to their (usually) strict linearity and from what i understand FF XIII is quite an offender in that regard, by not allowing you to go anywhere the story doesn't dictate.
that said i will probably play it eventually, but for my money "western" RPGs and Dragon Age in particular, is the way to go.
that said i will probably play it eventually, but for my money "western" RPGs and Dragon Age in particular, is the way to go.
I'm definitely enjoying Dragon Age more than I'm enjoying FFXIII, despite being biased against the former. FFXIII just doesn't seem to hold my interest. The storytelling is rather shoddily executed and the characters are generally unlikeable.
