The Complete Story of Final Fantasy XIII

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Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the complete story of Final Fantasy XIII, a game perhaps best known for its reputation as being bad. However, even though some things regarding the game's design might be up for debate, the game’s cast, world, and story, all deserve their rightful place in the pantheon of the Final Fantasy series.
So if you haven’t played it, or if your first impressions weren’t all that good, I recommend giving the game a go. But anyway, I'm Pétur from Birds of Play and in this video I hope you’ll join me as we revisit the complete story of Final Fantasy XIII.
It's going to take a while to fulfil our Focus, but I hope you'll be with us every step of the way.
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@davidlejenkins Жыл бұрын

I love you guys and your content. Please do a long form lore video for 13-2 and Lightning Returns one of these days. I understand they're not the most popular games but I would be so stoked to watch them. CAAAWW!!

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for all the love and support! When you say long form lore video, are you talking about giving them the Complete Story treatment? Just want to make sure since we want to answer your kindness in kind!

@davidlejenkins Жыл бұрын

@@BirdsOfPlay Exactly like you did with this one. Please and thank you.

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

We're on it! It might not be our next video but we've pushed it to the top of the list! Finally the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy will get the love it deserves!

@JustaBigMan Жыл бұрын

@@BirdsOfPlayI'm a new viewer but if you guys are actually doing that, I'm gonna be so excited for it

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

@@JustaBigMan Already hard at work on the script and recording footage from the game. Stay tuned!

@EverythingIsNothing4 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: as they were writing the game, vanille was written/intended to be the main character, but since lightning had already been revealed to be the main in promotional material, they had to keep it that way. This is why vanille is the game’s narrator and why the last part of the game seems to be more so about vanille/fang’s story

@hajde8128 Жыл бұрын

Another fun fact: Fang was originally written as male and to be Vanille's romantic partner

@EverythingIsNothing4 Жыл бұрын

@@hajde8128 yup!!! which is why I consider vanille & fang lovers like all the content is there in game still

@hajde8128 Жыл бұрын

@@EverythingIsNothing4 I mean, I guess, even though their dynamic seems more sisterly.

@djonesdavid 9 ай бұрын

Say whaaaa? I mean the fang x vanille was fine but im glad vanille wasn't the MC of this story. No offense to her character. Still one of my core party members tho.

@Dzzy123 9 ай бұрын

Had Vanille been kept the main character, a lot of the game's narrative issues might have been fixed. Since Vanille was lying about her amnesia, the game would have had the excuse to explain things to the player like they did in X with Tidus. That would have been better than having to go through datalogs for lore.

@hajde8128 Жыл бұрын

Kinda wild how this game is more than a decade old and still looks like it could be a fairly recent release.

@Tarmax94 5 ай бұрын

I'm playing it for the first time in 2024 and I'm loving it, already finished the story, but I'm doing the end game/post game stuff to get all achievements.

@epiclight858 15 күн бұрын

@@Tarmax94doing another playthrough right now!

@Kuriatis Жыл бұрын

This made me actually want to give FF13 another go. I think the big issue with 13 is it really started the new trend of telling the story through the glossary and data entries rather than showing.

@off-meta-michael Жыл бұрын

Like you said, it's a big issue.

@americasteam2112 Жыл бұрын

You’re confusing story with lore. The game takes it’s time to tell the story. People just jumped on the bandwagon that the game is told threw data points.

@Kuriatis Жыл бұрын

@@americasteam2112 I disagree. A large chunk of the story with Vanille and Fang was off screen. Understanding the L'Cie and Fal'Cie and how that worked was all off screen. A lot of times it was reading the journal/glossary ending of the scene I've just sat through was needed to understand what just happened. It's better than FF15 where the majority of the story was in other mediums or glossary entries but it was still way to disjointed. Even after finishing the game twice watching this video had a fair few things that I did not know because the game was so vague and ambiguous. It was extremely poor story telling and FF15 is another example of this.

@americasteam2112 Жыл бұрын

@@Kuriatis the game’s dialogue tells you what happened. I played the game not that long ago I didn’t even read the data points until after I beat the game. I knew pretty much everything in the data points because they games explains it through out the game. Like I said m, people jumped on the bandwagon of hate and didn’t pay attention to the game.

@xuto2693 Жыл бұрын

I never quite get this. Yeah there's an awful lot in the log but pretty much everything you need to know is learned naturally through gameplay. I think people miss it because they assume it's all tucked away without realizing what they need to know is already presented.

@KyngD469 Жыл бұрын

3 small corrections. It was etro who reverted Fang back from the incomplete Ragnarok form. As she did during the War of Transgression. It was also her who dod the same for the partt so it was a combination of their force of will and Etro's pity. Lastly, Etro sent water from the Surface of Gran Pulse to help cool the lava and ultimately aiding in the crystal pillar holding up Cuccoon. I dont think Ragnarok in its complete form had the ability to summon Water from Gran Pulse.

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

All hail the mighty Etro!

@nunuonroad9969 7 ай бұрын

The art direction in this game was nuts.

@BirdsOfPlay 7 ай бұрын

Bonkers! 🔥

@epiclight858 15 күн бұрын

Its such a beautiful game

@CouchtrollPodcastDS Жыл бұрын

13 is an underrated series. Loved 13-1 and 13-3. 13-2 was ok but a bit too confusing. Also these games look better than most games released in the last 5+ years

@Ihateganondorf 8 ай бұрын

LR was the most confusing to me I want to play it so bad but I need help

@kevin360sk 4 ай бұрын

@@Ihateganondorf Honestly Lightning Returns time system is what ruined it for me FF13 and FF13-2 are my favorites in that series.

@epiclight858 15 күн бұрын

@@kevin360ski think it puts a unique spin on things, in how it tries to tie itself into the story, but yeah it wasnt for everyone.

@davidlejenkins Жыл бұрын

This was a pleasure to listen to and I appreciate it immensely. 13 was my favorite Final Fantasy game but I could never really put the lore pieces together. Also, the narrator sounds like the voice of the narrator from FF 12 and I love it.

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

We get so many comments about sounding like Marquis Ondore that we might be starting to believe it!

@alexandrostype-2211 Жыл бұрын

@@BirdsOfPlay"Don't believe Ondore's lies" 😅

@davidlejenkins Жыл бұрын

@@alexandrostype-2211 Apparently Basch still lives despite Ondore's lies. The narration throws me off

@Not_So_Fireproof Жыл бұрын

I lost track of the story very quickly because i couldnt remember what the hell Fal'cie, L'cie, Cie'th or Pulse was... They were all such similar names that were all introduced so close to eachother. I feel like this game would have kept my attention if the naming convention was easier to remember...

@phantom-X2086 2 ай бұрын

All I remember is that the Fal'cie are gods, L'cie are humans that the gods granted power, and Cie'th being L'cie that failed their focus and wander the world(s) without free will. Pulse and Cocoon I understand are two different worlds, but I keep losing track of Pulse L'cie and Cocoon L'cie cause of how often they're used. I just can't for the life of me keep up who is who and what is what 😭😭

@epiclight858 15 күн бұрын

Pretty easy to understand. Fal'cie are deity or trditional FF "Crystals." L'cie are cursed by Fal'cie and if they dont complete their given task, they are turned into monsters called C'eith. Pretty easy to me..

@snogard106 Жыл бұрын

I've never watched any of your videos before but dude you sound just like the narrator of Final Fantasy 12 lol. The fact that you play some music from 12 in the background of this video just adds to it. Great job man!

@flohohneh94 6 ай бұрын

That was my very first thought. It must be the guy I have no other explanation 🤯

@joshramirez1335 Жыл бұрын

You all are, and by quite a margin I may add, the two best birds I’ve ever encountered.

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Caw-caw!

@darren_mcgarvey Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate deep dives delivered with a calm thoughtful tone. Thank you

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Thanks watching! Glad we could make something that appeals to you!

@thismesswecall... 7 ай бұрын

Fang is a "roommate" with Vanille.

@AeonianBloom 4 ай бұрын

wombmate

@smeepUCA Жыл бұрын

This video is great. I'm currently playing through FFXIII and it's kinda confusing so coming back to this video to recap every chapter is great.

@wadeyyy Жыл бұрын

I always thought this game was so brilliant, including the story. I don’t understand how people shit on XIII while praising XV. It was one of my favorite games in the franchise and I have such fond memories from playing it.

@Gremiyuns Ай бұрын

Alot of ppl 💩💩 over xv just as much if not more than they did for xiii

@MakuraZalis 10 күн бұрын

This is the game that stopped my interest in the franchise.

@snazzydrew Жыл бұрын

The Snow and Hope scene made me sit up in my chair. Such a good scene!

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Powerful!

@epiclight858 15 күн бұрын

One of the best we have seen in any FF

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

We hereby bestow a focus upon you! Subscribe to the channel and like the video to fulfil it! We believe in you!

@emeros8631 Жыл бұрын

Praise be our benevolent content creators

@GQDStar Жыл бұрын

I knew BoP was a fal-cie!!!

@RanTurniphead Жыл бұрын

**crystalises**

@Truekingr6 Жыл бұрын

Cocoon is such an amazing setting, I love it's futuristic feel and honestly I wish we had a giant city to explore, which is what made me excited for versus 13 and ff15 but ff15 cut the city and in still pissed, at least ff16 had some cities but it's set in Old times so ehh

@AmanTheDisciple 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video, story well told, you deserve millions of subscribers.

@neilcunningham4634 Жыл бұрын

Excellent work. I super appreciate the recap. Well done

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! More recaps incoming!

@tetsuo311ontwitch5 4 ай бұрын

Awesome complete story and thank you so much for the hard work. 😊 Absolutely thought this game was amazing when it came out on the PlayStation 3. Took me awhile to get used to it though to be honest but ended up falling in love. Going to Play it again considering games in 2023 have kind of been up and down. Looking forward to go back down memory lane and playing this looking forward to go back down memory lane.

@ChesireWaltz 7 ай бұрын

Goodness I played the game and needed this. Lovely work! And great narration, your tone is so easy to listen to.

@iiAchilles Жыл бұрын

Wow it was so good to watch a recap my friend. You put a lot of work into it i can tell, so take a sub and like! :)

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for acknowledging our hard work! We appreciate both your sub and your like, not to mention your comment!

@nickfromohio6032 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff!

@whitenoise8619 Жыл бұрын

new sub! love the channel

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated! Welcome aboard!

@ruinerdown1614 Жыл бұрын

Great work as always

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! This took a while.

@jupiter22thunder 8 сағат бұрын

This was great. You mad me cry😊

@NekoDavid Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I beat this game back when it was new. I didn't like it. The story just feels like it's trying too hard to be cool or meaningful...while being neither😢 Was good to revisit it again after so many years

@jared2243 Жыл бұрын

This is a great video. But what it shows is that the game's creators went WAYY to far with the made up words like "fal'Cie" and all that crap, making it incredibly difficult to follow along. Should've just stuck to "aeons" or "summons" to keep it simple

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

I know that it bothers at lot of people but personally I always loved the fal'cie, l'cie and cie'th dynamic. The mythos in 13 is really interesting, although the game doesn't do the best job of showcasing it. Glad you liked the video! Thanks for watching!

@epiclight858 15 күн бұрын

I disagree. You try reading fictional books and they use made up words ALL THE TIME. At least FF13 they reiterated a lot of the same meanings so by the time you get several hours in you very well know whats going on... this is what happens when you write a good story. It doesnt get really good until you take the time to understand the novel's logic and terminology.

@nickando1734 Жыл бұрын

please do 13-2 and lightning returns!! my favorite trilogy of all time 🥺

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Working on it. Will finish the script for 13-2 today!

@royaltoon6590 Жыл бұрын

I love that I started this game just as you finished this video. I'm only on chapter 10 so I'm not done yet, but this is so far one of my favorite final fantasy games. The soundtrack just hits so hard 😫

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Hope you are loving the game!

@mariosmith2314 Жыл бұрын

When I had my ps3 I replayed the story over 6 times. I loved the game so much especially the 1st of the trilogy. To me part two is the weakest of the trilogy while the final part gave ff13 series a satisfying wrap up

@shadowsonic2912 Жыл бұрын

I loved this game. i played it for about a year ago. and i was so amaized by the theme of the game and the music is so amazing. FFX and FFVIII is still my favorites, but this game is close.

@travismorse5050 Жыл бұрын

Such a great game! Thanks for the great video!

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Always nice to hear from someone who appreciates XIII. Not to mention if that person also likes this video!

@MrAgilla Жыл бұрын

These types pf videos are always squaking good. Keep them flying in please

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

We also appreciate all bird related puns,🦆

@maddux1188 Жыл бұрын

Love this channel

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

We love the love!

@jf4156 Жыл бұрын

I haven’t played this one yet but it’s next on my list, can’t wait to watch this after!

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Wish you all the best for your playthrough!

@adeadphish7931 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for giving this game a fair shake. I personally love this game, have since its launch almost 15 years ago and have called it the bottom of my top 5, below 6,9,7 and 4 and have always lamented how written off it goes by people who dismiss it outright. There are great characters, a great story and a good game in there, but it requires players to meet it with patience, which not everyone is willing to give it

@dehuelp83 Жыл бұрын

I’m still confused but this story are rewinding it many times

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Watch as many times as you like! 😁

@Nosirrah2112 Ай бұрын

Bro were you the Marquis Ondore? Your voice is amazing

@Kurasai56 Жыл бұрын

I am currently replaying this right now, my second playthrough since I got it on release day. It's more difficult than I remember xD. But it's gorgeous and I would daresay quite a fun ride.

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you're enjoying it! And I agree!

@pouks 2 ай бұрын

The game gets really hard starting chapter 10 I had to do some christarium farming to do some bosses

@michaelkami6866 Жыл бұрын

i am currently playing it finally after having it in my steam library for a few years. Well, i would say i'm playing it, but it plays itself. Cutscene- walks a few steps, cutscene. Fights a few mobs, cutscene, walks a few steps, cutscene- bossfight, cutscene. WTF? lol Fang is best waifu.

@ooooswain Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's why so many people hated it. You can literally tape down the X button and put a rubber band around the joystick pointing up and it will beat everything for you except boss fights lol. I heard 13-2 and lightning returns improve quite a bit from the on rails garbage that 13 is... which is why I'm watching this video as I'm about to give 13-2 a try after ignoring it for over a decade.

@Elysian-III 4 ай бұрын

This was my first ff game. You did it good justice. This'll forever be my #1 favorite ff game despite everyone shit talking it. Thank you

@supersnow17 Жыл бұрын

I always loved FF13 but found the story way too "complicated" for its own good. It's not super complicated on a baseline level, evil bad guy we gotta stop, but everything in between and the way the story just jumps around like it's a Tarantino movie drives me a bit crazy at times. But holy hell if it doesn't look, sound, and just feel amazing to play at times. Not all the time, but enough to make me love this game.

@Charles-mz7rm Ай бұрын

I found it odd that Vanille was the only starting character to have 3 ATB gauges. She is also the only starting character to not gain an ATB gauge after the Anima fight. It's like the developers were trying to give us a hint about her.

@blakekatuin9679 10 ай бұрын

I just got out my old ps3 and started on ff13 again brilliant video tnx

@hazelcrisp Жыл бұрын

I played XIII for the first time this last year around this time. I absolutely loved it. Came to watche this to revive that feeling of playing it the first time. Totally love my gals Lightning, Fang and Vanille.

@Ginny.galaxy 10 ай бұрын

hahhaa

@twinacid1 Жыл бұрын

Are you considering a complete story of XIII-2 and Lightning Returns as well? Love your narration style btw

@ADAMAGAYAN Жыл бұрын

I can't believe KZfaq didn't recommend me your channel earlier >.< Really love the voice and the way you deliver the info! definitely a like and a sub from me ❤

@BJLegacy74 6 ай бұрын

My favorite character from Final Fantasy XIII is Lightning, because she reminds me of Blossom from the Powerpuff Girls.

@eurolex2446 4 ай бұрын

I wonder what the game would have been like if Vanille was the main character of this first FF13 game as intended… I love Lightning’s growth throughout the game, but she’s so monotonous in this first game…

@enjolraslechimiste Жыл бұрын

Candidly, does the last chapter make sense to you? If this question is received as invective, please disregard. I nonetheless pose the question because I very much struggle with finding a way to like this game. I personally do not feel like the character's motivations/actions ever make sense, and the final chapter feels the worst. I genuinely do not understand what their plan was, going into the final chapter, for how they would kill Barty/Orphan AND not kill Barty/Orphan because that would destroy the world. Does it make sense to you?

@thealexfiles303 Жыл бұрын

It's truly the worst. It makes no sense at all. "We'll stop Orphan from killing himself and destroying Cocoon by killing him and destroying Cocoon! Our plan is flawless!" It's the main reason I never bothered with the rest of the trilogy, even though at least one of my friends loves it.

@enjolraslechimiste Жыл бұрын

@@thealexfiles303 Really interesting to hear your thoughts. I have struggled with feeling like I am quite alone in finding this plot incomprehensible. I am astounded more people do not have a problem with this game's story, independent of the problems in storytelling.

@thatjeff6102 Жыл бұрын

Thing is, as far as I understand, they knew they had no choice at the end and accepted it. The outcome would be the same whether they destroyed Orphan or not, because the sacrifice would be made anyways. Barthandelous would just kill everyone in Caccoon as a sacrifice. What motivated the party was seeing their friend being tortured and from there, they had to improvise. They didn't particularly have a plan even though they make it seem like they did. That's so true that most of the time everyone is going separate ways trying to find a way of ~not fullfilling~ their focus just to get frustrated afterwards. The whole story is about destiny x free will. They spent the whole game trying to fight their destiny just to get to the end and realise they couldn't. Turns out Vanille and Fang took the power they had that was supposed to destroy the world and used it to save it instead. It was not planned at all. If they didn't do anything, world would die anyways but so would Cacoon's Fal'cie. No one would win the battle. Ofc, all that is just my interpretation.

@Dzzy123 4 ай бұрын

In XIII-2 you learn that the party's victory in XIII was partially a deus ex machina. They should have lost when fighting Orphan once they became Cieth. Etro took favour on them and this distorts the time line.

@enjolraslechimiste 4 ай бұрын

Isn't this terribly problematic from a story--telling perspective? i.e., the ending makes no sense without reading/playing/learning stuff from later games?@@Dzzy123

@Speak4Yourself2 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! Means a lot!

@ziegfeld4131 Жыл бұрын

Wish they would put the 13 games on Switch

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

The more people that can play them the better!

@betaraybill3548 Жыл бұрын

Agree agree agree! I think switch can handle the graphic demands.

@TimeIsMine93 Жыл бұрын

The game started handing terms from a dictionary I didn’t know, and it said “what ever move it or lose it” by the time I started understanding things I was over process of being given questions and getting the ability to answer them hours later

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

I really appreciated the in media res approach. When I first played the game there were definitely some things that bothered me but that wasn't one of them.

@nastyplot_-2960 11 ай бұрын

I might be the only one but it be nice if they port all ff 13 games to ps5

@BirdsOfPlay 11 ай бұрын

That would be fantastic!

@TrineofFire Жыл бұрын

I can see why a good chunk of people didn't like this game or story, Lightning doesn't exactly come off as a likeable or relatable character. However, I appreciate the summary, now, I won't play this game, but it was fun to watch and listen to.

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Glad you got some value out of it!

@xuto2693 Жыл бұрын

A lot of the cast seems to designed to turn some tropes on it's head. Everyone isn't a charismatic, likeable hero. Everyone isn't a battle ready paragon of justice. They're just people. And I rather enjoy it for that.

@IlMemetor72 Жыл бұрын

Guess every final fantasy protagonist has to be the same to be likeable huh.

@TrineofFire Жыл бұрын

@@IlMemetor72 It'd be nice if the protagonist was relatable and wasn't a total jerk most of the time. Of course no one protagonist is the same. I personally just don't like Lightning's overall attitude.

@xuto2693 Жыл бұрын

@@TrineofFire They're all relatable, but for different reasons. I think they expose the humanity in a lot of us, and that's what makes it a good story.

@user-we5xb8kv4k 2 ай бұрын

i happen to completely agree that it deserves a spot next to other FF stories as for understanding it, i was lucky that i was the only one that wanted to play the game when it released, no one else wanted to borrow the game in my friend group so i got to just play it through in one go and honestly the game play opens up ALOT at chapter 9 if you can make it then, you got it

@MrOmega565 Жыл бұрын

I can't wait to see the videos on the sequels

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

We can't wait to make them!

@rinas6550 4 ай бұрын

I love love love the story of this game. I cried at the end and I still tear up when I hear that song sometimes 😢 People hate on this game way too much.

@yeon8834 13 күн бұрын

Somewhat confusing to keep up with all the terminology, especially with no premade subtitles, but overall an interesting and engaging recap of FF13. Keep up the good work!

@troubiemakie Жыл бұрын

i love these

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

More on the way!

@Jo_Jenk 3 ай бұрын

15:05 is my favorite version of this song final fantasy 13 had the best music hands down besides crisis core

@Omniterra88 2 ай бұрын

I didn’t know it had a reputation for being bad lol. I remember feeling it was initially painfully linear, until it wasn’t, but still overall enjoyable.

@SharkRoach1 Жыл бұрын

@29:17. Could you please spell that for me?

@justinm21103 4 ай бұрын

whats the song at 16:00 ?

@BirdsOfPlay 4 ай бұрын

The theme for the Sunlith waterscape, if I'm not mistaken. 🎶

@annikamyren3026 Жыл бұрын

So nice to hear Ragnarök correct 🇸🇪

@betaraybill3548 Жыл бұрын

Loved the narration but suggest to lower down the BGM just a bit. Can you do 13-2 next and maybe Lightning Returns. Thanks you

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

We're planning on doing XIII-2 and Lightning Returns this year!

@betaraybill3548 Жыл бұрын

@@BirdsOfPlay Super!

@iamthereddemon20 3 ай бұрын

I really hope we get a 13 remaster, it's not loved nearly enough for a 7 style remake but a remaster would be great i don't have a console i can play it on anymore 😭

@cad3nce 10 ай бұрын

I love your voice!

@BlindGardener Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I played until chapter 11 but just could not do it anymore. It´s just not for me.

@EG01988 Жыл бұрын

Bad??? I love this game. Didn’t get to play past the first part, though only 13.

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

If you ever get a chance to play XIII-2 I highly recommend it! I'm currently replaying it to record footage for a complete story video!

@EG01988 Жыл бұрын

@@BirdsOfPlay Will do. Thanks for the recommendation.

@maskguyfromsailormoon Жыл бұрын

ive not played thee sequels to 13, but 13 isolated is such a beautiful story when the ending wraps I all up. I did enjoy ff15, but besides not, none of the characters grabbed me the way THESE did for some reason.

@emeros8631 Жыл бұрын

Ooooh my favorite FF

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Great taste!

@kevinbonin6173 Жыл бұрын

An intellectual among the commons.

@HecVD Жыл бұрын

There's dozens like you! (Tbh they released 3 freaking games on the same world, so probably not many people hated it as much as a few of us did)

@minhtao9774 Жыл бұрын

SAAAAAAAAAME!

@Anaklusmos42 Жыл бұрын

That's not something you see often, and I respect that !

@TribeDownSouth 5 ай бұрын

The cocoon name drop in about every cutscene makes me go insane but the story is great. (PC version is a stuttery/buggy mess as well😢)

@BirdsOfPlay 5 ай бұрын

Are you... An "enemy of Cocoon"?

@trimicannabi 3 ай бұрын

Why does this game looks so smooth, was there a remaster or something?

@Maverick.D. 3 ай бұрын

Xbox re-relesed them in 4k, and 60fps.(Except the first game)

@nicosteer3629 Жыл бұрын

I have never heard of ff13 beeing bad and if someone ever had the guts to say this up to my face they wouldnt have theyr guts any longer, i love it that much i got myself the whole trilogy two times, once on ps3 and lately on my pc, i even got the solution book just for fun since it also features the unique alphabet

@sebastianschrader838 Жыл бұрын

I’m saying, I will defend and love this specific series til the end lol

@mathiasgajardo9729 Жыл бұрын

My guy 👏👏🔥🔥🔥

@newlightforgod 5 ай бұрын

Game is properly rated. It wasnt a bad game but a lof of the characters actions didnt make sense. Story wise i get the gist but still pretty lost. I always regreted not playing it but not anymore.

@BirdsOfPlay 4 ай бұрын

Made enough sense to me. I think the biggest issue was the pacing of the game mechanics. They had this new system but they were worried people weren't going to get it so they kept it restricted for way too long. One of the best things about XIII-2 is that it lets you play with it from the start.

@Rose-ve4bf Жыл бұрын

I love it

@AFoxInFlames 3 ай бұрын

I didn't like the battle system but I liked the story, I love Lightning, shes so damn cool.❤

@BirdsOfPlay 3 ай бұрын

The battle system had a lot of potential but it took too long to open up and didn't reach the same heights it would in XIII-2. Would love to see the battle system reworked a bit for a rerelease so that the story can truly shine.

@salieroldan9682 2 ай бұрын

thanks

@BirdsOfPlay 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome 🤗

@ZmQuad Ай бұрын

I tried so hard to get into this game, but it just wasn't for me. I missed the old open world type FF that they seemed to go away from with 10. This game looked beautiful but I just couldn't find a hook to get me into it.

@Ranixo286 Жыл бұрын

Honestly I love Lightning as an FF protagonist, but I feel like her story became not about herself half way through and felt out of character. She doesn't deserve the hate she gets but I desperately wish she was rewritten a bit in those later game sections to be a little more consistent.

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Although not the point of this comment, it servers as a reminder for me to finish Lightning Returns before XVI drops. But yeah, Lightning is a fantastic character!

@annikamyren3026 Жыл бұрын

Lightning was very populair that is why they did "Lightning return " . I love ff13 and ff13-2 , not so much Lightning return. I want a party and not just a guest and I was'nt happy with the battelsystem in Lightning return. Love the battelsystem in ff13 and 13-2!

@joeraich2076 Ай бұрын

Not to sound a certain way, but how many times are they going to re-use the same exact names in different forms? It just seems like there's as many versions of "Cid" as there are games, just to name one.

@BirdsOfPlay Ай бұрын

Probably many more times since it is all very deliberate.

@zayian3 Жыл бұрын

I actually enjoyed the shit out of this one. Definitely felt a little wild at times though haha

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

We all like getting a little wild from time to time! 🐺

@aricente Жыл бұрын

Are you a professional narrator or voice actor? I feel like I'm listening to a dungeons and dragons campaign

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Nah, just a dumb man in a broom closet. Thanks for watching!

@aricente Жыл бұрын

@@BirdsOfPlay you should really consider auditioning for that. Your voice reminded me of the opening narration to the Harry Potter chamber of secrets game or the Divinity original sin 2 narrator. Lovely voice

@jorgerivera5003 Жыл бұрын

This includes 13-2 and lightning returns?

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

No, there is a separate video for XIII-2 and we are working on Lightning Returns! Stay tuned!

@jorgerivera5003 Жыл бұрын

@@BirdsOfPlay Oh great, I'll be waiting for it. Never got the chance to play FFXIII on my PS3 and it's not available for PS4 so I want a full summary

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

We've already finished the script for Lightning Returns and recorded the footage so it shouldn't be too long. Although we're going to be playing Final Fantasy XVI for the next few days.

@austinl7265 6 ай бұрын

I could fall asleep to your voice

@369lalala 6 ай бұрын

Played the game on Xbox, i really liked gampplay and characters, but the whole game felt like an intro. When i finished it i was like.... that's it? I never got the feeling of accomplishment other ff games gives you once you see the credits. It felt incomplete.

@michaelfreeman3189 3 ай бұрын

Any time L'cie and Fal'cie, Pulse or Cacoon is mentioned my brain cuts off and can't follow what is going on.

@BirdsOfPlay 3 ай бұрын

But those are the best bits!

@NeoMoonSevin Жыл бұрын

Eye an currently playing this right now on Xbox

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Hope you have a great time with it!

@NeoMoonSevin Жыл бұрын

@@BirdsOfPlay yeah man 👍

@AntipaladinPedigri Жыл бұрын

Can someone sum up Barthandanus' plan in simple man's terms to me? The parts of his plan were revealed separately with so many twists and turns it became a convoluted mess.

@sebastianschrader838 Жыл бұрын

Bart is a sanctum fal’cie(from cocoon). Bart and the other cocoon fal’cie want massacre everyone on cocoon in order to call back the Maker(god) to the world. But cocoon fal’cie cannot directly damage cocoon. So Bart manipulates the pulse l’cie(our main characters) into doing it for him.

@sebastianschrader838 Жыл бұрын

In the end, Barts plan fails becuase the main characters kill Orphan, rather then destroying cocoon. Killing orphan put the sanctum fal’cie into dormancy or killed them(both i think).

@AntipaladinPedigri Жыл бұрын

@Sebastian Shrader Thanks. Makes sense now.

@sebastianschrader838 Жыл бұрын

@@AntipaladinPedigri Yea! It’s what makes them tragic in a way. They want to die but can’t kill themselves and have to keep preserving cocoon at the command of beings that already their world(Lindzei, Pulse). I think Bart says something in the games along the lines of “we yearn for death but cannot achieve it ourselves bla bla”, it’s been a while lol.

@AntipaladinPedigri Жыл бұрын

@@sebastianschrader838 that already ... their world?

@brieezy. Жыл бұрын

I like how the story is told well, but I am failing to see how you could agree that the game is bad - I guess I can agree that the fact that most of the stories terminology is contained within data logs is pretty cheeky The story and characters are actually good. They all have character at the beginning and they all have character development. Im just failing to agree with the word “bad“ I think it’s actually pretty good, especially if you’re not used to games, if you’re just starting out, it’s a great game with a solid story, message and theme in my opinion

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

We don't agree that the game is bad at all. Final Fantasy XIII is a fantastic game.

@brieezy. Жыл бұрын

@@BirdsOfPlay oh…? I guess I misunderstood then, you were just stating a fact at the beginning, how it is collectively among traditional Final Fantasy gamers, I gotcha.

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was the intention. I'm glad we got to clear that up, since XIII deserves some love!

@kevinpernod9336 Жыл бұрын

Lightning is amazing. Equally beautiful and warrior she's the sole reason I recommend the game.

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

Love Lightning!

@rentstoohigh1587 9 ай бұрын

Imcel

@migoyoung4418 5 ай бұрын

nah i play almost all the series, this one love it since the first play ,10 years ago

@BirdsOfPlay 4 ай бұрын

We love it too!

@bchandruu 8 ай бұрын

To fully understand this story, first you need to understand all game terms like Cocoon, eden and Fal"Sie means. Only FF I have no mood to complete, like no motivation. maybe its because PS3 and complicated data terms

@danaobera4207 Жыл бұрын

Playing it a second time and this time I’m trying to platinum this, but I still don’t get the story.

@BirdsOfPlay Жыл бұрын

I had to give up on the platinum for XIII. The "obtain every item" requirement was too much for me...

@danaobera4207 Жыл бұрын

I have Platinum the game last night. 68 hours of story + 70 hours more of side quests and grinding vs Adamantortoise/Long Gui. I didn't buy FFXIII-2, but I do own Lightning Returns. Should I get FFXIII-2 or skip it?

@Nannada1212 10 ай бұрын

I think the worst part of this game is that you get to the "training ground" for what you are like, 2/3 through the game.

@Toomuchmetal12 7 ай бұрын

I loved this game as a kid, but holy shit the story is so hard to follow especially with similar but different words as well as completely foreign names for things

@Kabodanki 11 ай бұрын

I bought a PS3 at 689e back in 2006, which is 863e in 2023-ish only to play FF13, which came out way after the ps3 release (2010). I really hated the game, pull my way through till I'm was on Gran Pulse (the big planet), and then I gave up the game, in fact I hated it so much that I gave up on gaming altogether... the ps3 slept for years... until a jailbreak was release and I installed RDR, which was the biggest slap I've ever had until that point.

@randy5606 Жыл бұрын

I made it to grand pulse then my friend accidentally deleted my game and I started over but I found the characters and story so boring I couldn't keep going. Lightning and venel are the only characters I liked but it wasn't enough to keep going