Also, the "HD towns are too hard to do" is a terrible excuse. These guys just should be more sincere with their ideas, it's better for their work and it would make the public happier.

...But with the HD console you’re not really able to do that because it takes so long to develop.”

You see what graphics are costing us? Stop focusing on them!

As far as "interacting with real people" yeah, you can, but... interaction in most of these games is limited to a few choice lines:

"STFU n00b"

"Whar kan i find teh stark fist of removal"

"I'm looking for a +15 orc masher. Help plz"

If that's you idea of RP, I feel bad for you, really. There are better RP games out there, and you should probably try them. WRPGs are more role play than even MMOs.

First off, I love Final Fantasy X. I love it to this day. I love it even more than Final Fantasy VII (probably going to piss a lot of fan boys off). I think this game pretty much did everything right, while taking a lot of risks. Sure, the voice acting wasn't to be desired, but think of it these two ways. 1) This was the first time Square Enix tried voice acting, so not a lot of experience there. And 2) When you have RPG voice acting, it's not going to please everyone. Same thing with books becoming movies. People have their own way of picturing their voices. But if you can look past that, and I recommend you should, then you have a great story with very likeable and memorable characters.

Personally I don't understand why you made the example of maturity being having a girl and admit liking her. That's not a sense of maturity, that's a sense of confidence. Poor example. A great example of maturity is the Tidus character in general as the story carries on and concludes itself.

And what the heck do you mean by the protagonist being stupid? How can you say that? He's not stupid by choice at all. For example, how would you feel if I took you on a space ship, arrive at a new planet with life, and leave you there with nothing but the clothes on your back and a swift goodbye? Wouldn't you feel a little confused, unaware of your surroundings, and just all-around ignorant? Tidus was in practically a new world, of course he's not going to know what's going on. And there was a reason for Square Enix choosing to do that. It's called exposition. You learn with the character as the story goes on, giving a sense of reference. Of course there's going to be characters that are going to be, say, "smarter" than him and in a sense, carrying him on his back. But Tidus made the toughest choice of any character I've seen in the Final Fantasy series. At one point in the game (SPOILER ALERT), he finds out that when they kill Yu Yevan, he fades away into nothing. Proof. Gone. But in the event that when he finds out, he decides to keep going and accept his fate that Auron and Jecht made themselves, just to make the world a better place again. AND THAT, my friends, is true bravery and maturity.

So you people can say what you want about the ten installment of the Final Fantasy X series, it will not change or alter my understanding and appreciation of the Tidus character and the game itself. And if you can't appreciate either of those things, that I just don't understand your logic.

MMOs really enhance the role playing aspect of RPGs because of the group interaction with other players. When you go out hunting with a few buddies, that is role playing right there. That is creating your own story. That is what is missing in games like Final Fantasy XIII. When you strip out the so-called non-essential elements like towns and exploration, you lose the ability to control your experience. And in JRPGs, it's all about that experience, and not the static story that gets shoved down your throat.

for WRPG...i don't know?? is there any?? all i know is the evil always got beated up by some dark/neutral/holy warriors.... nothing ever change from the past

not that i hate WRPG, but WRPG also tend to very "short" and sometime the gameplay could be very easy in the long run.. the "feel" of fixed level mostly come from bioware games is a bit annoying for me (i love grind ^^)

It really grew on me, the combat takes a while to get used to its foibles, like any new system does, but overall it was excellent.

No love story though and that is a shame, me being a hopeless romantic

I agree, overall FFXIII has been very enjoyable, to me atleast. Sure, having towns and more to explore would've been a major plus, but you can't have your cake and eat it. (What the fuck does that even mean, awyway?)

I didn't see this much uproar when FFXII came, and it sucked, I didn't even complete it.
But to each his own.

I think Vanille has downs.