double post, ffxiii, 30 hours in.
fuck dude, this game, i have mixed feelings on it. chapters 1-10, gay, i do not recommend this game, go away.
chapter 11 is when the game turns into a different better game. it even feels like starting a new file in a way because you start out fresh out of chapter 10 as a weak pussy. you are introduced to this whole mission thing, and even just being at crystarium level 8, there's a good difference between a person just starting, and a person some 500kcp into it. like the juggernaut mech faggot in the caves, he raped me hard, some 7 hours later i bent that metal ass over and J-J-J-JAMMED it in.
seriously though, if you don't mind spending 20-25 hours to get to the "good" part of a game, don't bother. if you do, and you enjoy the final fantasy games, im fucking loving it. i don't even give a damn about the story/world/characters now, cutscenes are kind of just "hey, i am very tempted into hitting the skip button right now" because they get in the way of me doing what i want to do which is building up my dudes. just kind of like running around exploring the scenery. like this game rewards you for trying enemies you aren't sure you can fight, just because if you can't tango with whomever you went to tussle with, hit the retry button, and run away, no need to reload that save or even waste much time.
i mean, save for ff8, i haven't bothered much with the meta game in a final fantasy. this game however, im going to max out everything and kill everything, because it's just damn fun.
AND I AM USING HOPE FOR SOME REASON WHAT THE FUCK (SINCE HE HAS LOW HP HE IS THE ONLY PERSON IN MY PARTY TO KEEL OVER AND DIE FROM ENEMIES THUS I GET OFF FROM HIS DEMISE)
fang/hope/sazh
fang for commando/sab
hope for having the highest magic stat being good at med/rav (if i wasn't lazy i would upgrade one of millie's weapons and replace hope right now, but until i farm some 99 bomb cores again, hope will stay ;_;)
sazh for being almost as beefy as snow in terms of hp, only a better ravager and provider of my favorite buff, haste.
there's a tldr for you, chapter 11 and the game gets good. good not much in a final fantasy feeling kind of way, but in a diablo kind of way(though not quite with loot). being i fucking love diablo to death, this is good.