The FFXIII trilogy is a series of RPGs that means the absolute world to me. For me these were the games that got me into FF and helped me through a rough point in my life. Will always have fond memories
I played FF 5-7 as a kid and FF13 and 13-2 in my high school years and absolutely loved it, I just got them on steam and connected my ps4 controller to PC and started replaying this amazing series all over again
I’m just dream of playing ff13 on ps5 since it wasn’t put on ps4 which ps4 had all the ps1 and ps2 ff games so ps5 should get ff13 All I can do is pray that they bring it to ps5 😭
Having every single mainline final fantasy on playstation 4-5 except for the 13 trilogy is so insulting especially because I love this trilogy so much.
Hop on modern Xbox Consoles esp. Series X... The whole FF13 Trilogy feels like a Remaster with better visuals(4K+HDR) AND Framerate Boost(60fps)! FF13 in particular feels like a MODERN Game 👀
That is legit the reason I didn't play it at first. Now Xiii is one of my favorites. Jontron just wanted it to be something it wasn't and the combat system went over his head. lol
I still play FF 13 and 13-2 on my PS3 every once in a while. It would be nice if I could play them on the PS4 or PS5. I can only imagine how wonderful Lightning would look on a remastered version.
Well as a fan of all 3 there are certainly things I'd like them to tweak but their very minor things and I'm sure they'd want to hook back in the people who were turned off by it too.
They gave FF10 AND FF12 (both PS2 games) a PS4 port. 2 generations up! They should definitely give the FFXIII Saga a PS5 port. A bundle of all 3 games and they don't even have to do much to give it a very nice upgrade and touch up.
The 13 trilogy was my first Final Fantasy since the PS1 era of 7 through 9. And honestly, I love it. I even have the light novels of 13. I've played the entire trilogy multiple times on my old PS3 (which I still have), and am wrapping up the trilogy once again on my Xbox One. It totally needs a PS5 remaster, considering they passed it over on PS4. I would buy it in a heartbeat if they do.
Excellent game. There isn't much I would change if I had the chance to help remaster this game, and most changes I will propose here are not a must, just ideas I would put on the table. •I would have the characters have all three of their main roles from the moment they are branded just to allow for more variety earlier on, then allow the rest of the roles to be developed once they reach the Fifth Ark, as they already do in the game. I don't think this would hurt the narrative, so I propose it. Unlocking the Crystarium completely certainly would, though. Keep it locked. Unlock it in stages like we already do now. •Another thing I would change is the Eidolons. I love them, and they have been very useful, but I would really wish for them to be more powerful. They are only really powerful when an enemy is staggered, but even then it does not always feel like enough. I would increase their damage significantly, but balance that out by making them a bit harder to summon. I would also like a little more variety in how you could interact with them respectively and more uniquely like we have with Sazh and Brynhildr. The games do show us that the characters and the Eidolons are close, so I feel like my changes to them would enhance this aspect of the narrative. Instead of having them feeling more like a crutch, I would rather have them feel more like a valuable, irreplaceable party member. Also, Square Enix once had the idea of having Snow riding the Shiva motorcycle through Achylte Steppe in XIII-2. Maybe something like that could be introduced here, bringing the characters and their Eidolons closer. But to be honest, that is just asking way too much from a remaster. Ignore it. •A few of the tweaks from XIII-2 like having a Sentinel immediately stop guarding after paradigm shifting into another role, making the battle system even more buttery smooth, would be a great addition. What could work so well in XIII would be XIII-2's further Paradigm customizations which allowed us to better control our party's actions by letting us choose whether they could strictly target multiple enemies/allies at once by only using larger abilities (Thundaga, Cura, Protectga, and so on), strictly target the same enemy/ally at a time by using more focused abilities (Thunder, Cure, Protect, and so on), or the default where it varies depending on the situation. That was probably my favourite addition to the battle system by Square Enix. By adding it to XIII, I think it would compliment the first change I mentioned by giving the player a bit more to play with early on, and it would greatly compliment the following change simply by giving the player more room for potential strategies to use in a difficult battle. I wish for many things which include having my two babes, Lightning and Fang, be able to attack the same enemy when they are both Commandos, or having all my girls, Lightning, Fang and Vanille, attack the same enemy despite there being two Commandos and a Ravager at that moment. •Especially for hardcore fans like myself, having a very difficult mode would be awesome. I can see the wide diversity this battle system and equipment have where introducing a hard mode would unlock so much more. With this addition, I would first suggest not having our party's health fully restored, maybe just partially after fighting typical enemies and fully before and after fighting bosses. This world further immerse me into this scary setting just like it did in Lightning Returns. Status Ailments from enemies could have a much higher chance of sticking, and for longer. Enemy hits could cause more damage. A more on-your-toes battle system would be something I welcome. XIII does already have that to a good extent, but I would take it to an extreme. I would have enemies buffing themselves more and de-buffing us more. More dangerous and special elemental attacks from enemies could go a long way in giving us more incentive to upgrade and use the amazing accessories like "Ice Charm", and such when spells like Barfrost aren't enough. The need for accessories in order to survive would only increase. Imagine having to dedicate to upgrading many different weapons and accessories to help you survive in regions of Gran Pulse because the monsters are so diverse. XIII gives a taste of this, but does not really go through with it entirely mainly because there isn't an extremely difficult mode. With that being said, the games in the XIII trilogy are the only ones in the entire Final Fantasy franchise to actually challenge me when playing, all others were mostly a breeze no matter what. Genuine stress and changes in tactics came often to me from XIII, especially when fighting on Gran Pulse, and I love that. This helps the narrative, too, because one of the many misfortunes that dwindled the population of Gran Pulse was the ferocious monsters that challenged even l'Cie, many of them were afraid. That is why there are so many Cie'th. Many Cie'th stones heavily elude to this horror. This also helps to elevate Barthandelus's smear campaign against Gran Pulse, giving the people of Cocoon even less reason to leave and more reason for the people of Gran Pulse to come up and stay there hundreds of years ago. A lot of people complained about XIII's difficulty compared to other games in the franchise, I just scoff at their complaints and enjoy the game. I love a challenge. If others don't struggling, they should just get good at the game. •I would also like to add another aspect from XIII-2; the dropping of Gil after a battle. This would give players more incentive to do battle before being branded, especially when replaying. If there is anything I would criticize XIII for it would be that, or lack thereof. You have no reason to fight other than for item drops. I think adding money in there would help. A higher star rating should offer more money since it already offers rarer item drops. I think the money drops should just be on Cocoon, not Gran Pulse, since you fight mostly people on Cocoon. This could give us, the player, more reason hop between Gran Pulse and Eden when grinding at the end of the game. Fight on Gran Pulse for more rare items and accessories, but little to no money, fight on Cocoon for more money and items, but less rare items and accessories. The game already has this to an extent. Typically, items on Cocoon sell for so much more than ones from Gran Pulse, giving me some incentive to farm on Cocoon sometimes. Gran Pulse has the best items for upgrading, not so much for selling. You can also notice that certain types of items are found only in some places on Gran Pulse, nut not others. You would often find me hopping between Gran Pulse and Cocoon quite a bit, so it would be great if Square Enix took this further. I also think a higher difficulty would encourage more people to do this. •This change kind of ties into the previous one. I think the Crystogen Points, Techniques Points, and Gil you get should vary depending on how well you do in battle. I have noticed that you could gain the same amount of points and Gil regardless of how well you do, but that is not the case with items, because lower rated battles don't yield rare drops as much as higher ratings do. I think having the rating affect these other rewards from battle as well would encourage more players to strive for a higher rating. The score should also be more meaningful by determining your likely spoils. •Square Enix did have some DLC planned for XIII which included the Seventh Ark. I believe that we would have accessed it from Orphan's Cradle. Once inside the ark, were suppose to have more I'Cie powers unlocked...just like what happened in the Fifth Ark. I would like to have that added in. It also had a Pulse Fal'Cie in there as a boss, but that Fal'Cie boss was moved to XIII-2. •And, of course, polish up the graphics. They are still absolutely beautiful today, but some remasters do refine the graphics. A few bits from XIII have a been outdated, so a remaster would help freshen them up. I did not play XIII on any later generation console or a PC, but I did see some in-game screenshots from fellow players who have. Absolutely incredible. Looking at this beautiful, richly realized setting in such high quality would definitely enhance the experience. The beauty of this game leaves me speechless. It is so easy for me to dive into the game and never come out, especially since its propped up by an excellent story complimented by incredible visuals and beautiful music. That's all, really. The game and its sequels are absolutely amazing, so I would not go about changing them very much. The changes I propose, except for the Eidolons, are not really a *must* for me, just suggestions. I think they would add more to an already-perfect game. But...some of these changes may instead cause some issues in the game, making it unbalanced, but they may be worth a try. The vision Square Enix had for XIII needs to stay intact when making changes, and I think I kept them so with mine. I don't want to change the game, especially at its core, since this is Square Enix's game, not mine. I hope the changes don't make the game feel very different from the original. I do think changes could persuade fans into buying XIII again instead of just sticking with their current copy, and would also draw open-minded people to the game. But I will be honest, I would buy this game and its sequels again if Square Enix ever ports them. I do hope we get them ported onto the PlayStation 5 and beyond. These game, especially the first one, emotionally touched me like no other game before or since. I will never forget such a beautiful experience. A special place in my heart is reserved just for Final Fantasy XIII.
Thank you for that post! Honestly if we got missing DLC that would be so cool! A random thing I think that would be kinda cool in XIII-2 is if we got like an alternate ending where Caius is spared by Noel. XIII-2 is one of my all time fav games but I always wished we got two endings! 'Especially for hardcore fans like myself, having a very difficult mode would be awesome' absolutely agree with this as well! Honestly even a Easy - Normal - Hard would be amazing in the first game. Having more characters to pick from in the early game where storywise it makes sense is a great idea. Thanks again for the post about this!!
that first bulletpoint I really don't mind though however...what would sweeten the deal is if you had access to your crystarium progress so far when booting up for a NG+ run my main gripe with FFXIII aside from the persona syndrome of the combat is the lack of NG+ alot of other FF titles had it so why not 13?
I would absolutely LOVE a PS5 port of the FF13 trilogy! Make it a bundle on one disc like with the Kingdom Hearts games! I have all three FF13 games and they're honestly the only reason I still have my PS3 XD As far as changes/updates I want them to put the english/US version of Serah's original theme from FF13 into FF13-2. It never made sense to me why they'd use the japanese version of her theme during the flashbacks and such for the US versions of the game. And personally I prefer the english version of it over the japanese version even though they're both sung in english XD
Yes. There are increasing rumors that Square will finally give us that Final Fantasy 13 remaster. Which it honestly doesn't need much graphically. The Xbox version did get One X enhanced, and they'll probably give us that version on PS5. Really, they only need to give us the features of the International version, like Easy difficulty, Japanese voices, and a theater mode in addition to all the DLC.
@@joshuariddensdale2126 Oh yeah, can't believe I forgot the dlc! 🤣 Yes, the dlc included in the remaster like how the Horizon Zero Dawn Complete edition works
agreed. XIII-2 is my fave of the Lightning saga and is perfect from a gameplay standpoint. some of the QoL that introduced in it could go a long way in XIII. I'd also be happy if they decided to do a rebalancing of XIII in the sense that stagger buildup isnt so strict, or status accessories arent so useless. a chapter select and hard mode ala FF7Remake would be awesome too.. but i cant be too greedy right
Couldnt agree more with everything said in this video, FF13 was the first game in the series i played and to this day remains my favorite. Its a shame that every other mainline FF (obviously excluding 16) has had some sort of rerelease except the 13 trilogy even 15 got rereleased wirh the royal edition
I would prefer a PS4 release. It would still be playable on PS5. I have FF1 through FF9 on my Vita. I have FF10/10-2, FF12, and FF15 on PS4. For personal OCD induced reasons it would put every mainline FF on two systems and give me less anxiety than if there was a PS5 release.
I can fully understand that. I repurchased the entire Shantae series via Limited Run on PS5 since I only had 2 of them on PS4. Could have just bought the rest on PS5. But, I gotta have them matching. haha
I think 13 and Lightning returns could stand to have a few more new features added on for people who did'nt get into the games as someone who loved both games. For example I think that you should be able to start earning cp as early as chapter 1, and then once you get the crystarium all of the points you got will be stacked up ready for use. I also agree with having roles availiable at the start although I do get the logic of locking them until a certain segment to create a sense of progression. New cutscenes to help clarify plot points some found confusing would be good and then maybe each map has a secret area that can be explored in a non linear fashion. Lightning Returns for starters a party system as opposed to just Lightning being playable, with each main quest you do ending with a classic charachter joining your party and perhaps an added main quest to help fill out the 13 days. Battles would also give you experience points again but you can still increase stats through the npc sidequests. And all that's just off the top of my head hehe. Also personal beef but have Mog STAY WITH SERAH at the end that made no sense to me even as someone who loves Lightning Returns.
We need it remastered for PS4 and PS5. I loved XIII and XIII-2. Lightning Returns? Garbage lol. It's just a pity that the game is so linear. Not much room for exploration. They should at least let us replay old chapters again once you beat the game
No. It doesn't. It need the improvement from 13-2 when switching roles and leader death. 13 trilogy is the only final fantasy games that is way harder than most final fantasy games.
@@toaster4975 I'm old school so I came up with FF1 and beyond my favorite battle system is either Turn base, Tactics and free foam. I can enjoy 13-2 and Lightening Returns. I hate 12 and 13 battle system. But to each their own.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure our preference in battle systems has a lot to due with which game we were introduced to first. 12 is still my favorite by far. 13 is a close second. Then ATB. Then straight turn-based. FF16 will probably be my favorite since it is a straight up character action game and I love DMC and Bayonetta.
We need a remaster collection. Id pre order that one. I only pre order classics like that, i wont preorder any new game... But something like this, yep
The very same for me: i would love to play the three FFXIII games on my PS5!! Played it through several times. So ... make it happen Square Enix! My PS3 is getting .. old :D
If FFXIII makes to PS5, I would love to see improvements. 1. Faster CP growth (one by one is SO SLOW!), something comparable to FFVII Remake/Rebirth would be nice. 2. Easier access to Gils. There grind for platinum ingots or anything of high value is too hard to come by. Now as an employed adult, I don't time to grind/farm 4-8 hour every day! 3. Need MAJOR improvement to drop rates for Traps...I had to kill 10-20 of those damn turtles before I get one, IF I'm LUCKY!!! I for one would love to upgrade ALL Ultimate weapons for all characters. Other that, I do appreciate FF13 more in hindsight.
I still love FF XIII to this day and it's pretty much perfect the way it currently is. if there is 1 thing I would want them to improve it would be to add a function to SLOW DOWN time progression in Lightning returns. much like how Majora's mask had the song of time. Lightning Returns would GREATLY benefit from an option to SIGNIFICANTLY slow down the march of time. as the game currently is. you'd only get like less then 5 minutes of actual gameplay to go through a single day. which is like a FULL 3-4 DAYS out of the 13 days you have. I also find it pretty obnoxious that you actually have to find all individual numbers to even get that password. just looking it up and giving the correct code is not enough to get through that game during Noel's chapter. so much time lost on that.
Although I think changing up the battle system in the beginning of the game would be good, story wise it wouldn't make sense as the main characters don't get these abilities until they become L'Cie. Honestly i think that section should just be cut down in length somehow.
I keep checking at least once a month to see if they will stop hating on FF13 and release it for the PS5. It is way better than so many of the other games in the series. It deserves a PS5 release.
Ok, but if Square ever does that I want them to also re-release the XIII trilogy on PC, remove the older versions because they are atrocious, make Lightning Returns actually look good and give back all of the outerworld features. Frankly, I would prefer to play LR on PS3 just because I can rename my schematas there! D:
How so? Final Fantasy 16 looks fucking amazing. Stranger of Paradise is underrated as well. You have to go into the story with a DMC: Devil May Cry mindset and not a Devil May Cry 3 mindset. Combat is a 10/10 easy. Unless you mean Dragon Quest. In which case...who cares?
@@Ghostlynotme445 it's really horrible, i wouldn't recommend it. it'll force close the game at certain times. then you just have to launch it back game for it to do the same thing
While I want XIII I disagree with that XIII-2 is my favorite game in the trilogy by a mile and would love all three :) especially if square charges 60 bucks for the port
@@UltraCasualPenguin How the hell did you get that out of what I said? I clearly love JRPGs if I liked the games. I just don't like the narrative of the sequels. Lightning's lame-ass sister and the Sora-wannabe are whole new levels of cringe. I really want to know your logic there.
No it doesn't, ff13 is the worst rpg by Square I've ever played. Cheesy uninteresting characters, weak char design, bad story, linear for half the game without other aspects making up for it, no cities and side chars to enjoy, no rivals or an interesting antagonist (I don't even recall who the antagonist even was, was there one?), and combat was meh. It was just very bland. ffxii had bland chars (though not cheesy) and story too but had great combat and side content going for it at least, as well as good art direction. FF series hasn't been truly good since X tbh. I don't know if SE has made a good rpg since Kingdom Hearts 1 in 2002 or w/e (never played 2 so maybe that was the last good rpg from them). Even FF X-2 is better than 12 and 13 and it wasn't even a serious entry (but is piggy backing off a great game)
Why? It is a racist games only good looking races like the elves and humans and those weird thicc looking guys and this game treats orcs like mindless beasts
@@americasteam2112 its the classic trope that only if you are cute or hot, you can only be good, and everything around you is evil, and you want them dead.
