FFXIII ISN'T really the best starting point in my opinion for Final Fantasy. It's a good game and all but it doesn't really feel like a proper Final fantasy to me. It does look pretty though.
In my experience Final fantasy is about a huge story with a big world. Lack of world map or any social interaction really makes me feel like its lacking, I also may be missing something but I'm on disc 2 and it still feels like the prologue to me. and lack of fanfare definitely doesn't help. It better be in a video or ending credits.

Kingdom Hearts is a pretty good series too. I find it funny how they put the two series together I think it kinda works out though. Still waiting on KH3 however no chance it'll come out for 360 so I'm gonna need a Ps3 between now and then.

There are a lot of FF games to get though. Especially if you go for the unnumbered ones(Like Mystic battle and tactics) and the spin offs (Like chocobo dungeon).

I've always liked the Kingdom. I have all 4 of the games but only finished one lol I can't really wait for the next one.....oh this was kinda off topic lol

Yea FFXIII is a lot different than what I'm used to for it but it's not that bad from what I've seen....yes still have yet to play any more of it >> The Boyfriend is such a hog

You could always distract him with something else, and then take over the system. Or crush a sleeping pill into his ice cream?

But yeah, everyone definatly needs to play it, if nothing more than for the environments. They are just simply AMAZING. Even on Disc 3, Chapter 12 Im still stunned by the environments. Though, Im thinking I need to go to an older save file, and grind more than I did. It takes me 15-20 fights to get 3 nodes on the Crystarium.

There isn't much I could distract him with other than maybe his Garry's Mod but I think he ran out of stuff to build and I don't think it would be a good idea to put sleeping pills in his ice cream he'd never wake up lol

You beat the final boss? Dang...I need to get back to that game, but of course, with the amount of CP needed just for one thing, Im going to have to grind for hours and hours to max out all the stuff before I make it to the final boss.

I agree Howdy, that guy would be fun to fight. Even if it would take HOURS to kill him. xD

One thing I have to complain about the paradigm system is this:
Why the hell do you have to preset groups of three?
It'd make more sense if you could choose which to change to. I find myself always needing the one combination I don't have.

Well, you can make up to 6 Paradigm. But I agree, there never is enough room to make the ones you need. Last boss battle, I wish I had a Double Comando and Medic Paradigm. But I couldnt fit it in with my others that I use all the time.

Ya. FINALLY I CAN CHANGE MY TEAM >< What was the point of giving me five characters and only 3 available in my party if I couldn't choose who was with me?
FFIV did it great. You went the whole game without more then you could use in your party (til the end).
Never changing my team now that I can decide whose in it. Though I lack a sentinel so might need to switch Snow in.

Hmm...that sounds wrong. When you get to choose your party, you should have all 6 people.

If Im right, you just finished the Theme Park area, and are on the ship. If Im wrong...you're exploring a part of the game I havent seen yet. And Im on disc 3. xD

Booyeah, finally gonna play XIII. It's been pretty awwwright so far, although I don't feel very strongly about, well, any of the characters. All the dramatic cutscenes in chapters 1 and 2 were meh.
And wth, I can only directly control the party leader? U:< Am I doing it wrong?

Nope, you're doing it right. The developers and designers did it wrong. The thing I hate the most is if your party leader falls, even if the others are able to resurect, you still fail the battle. But if any of the others fall, you can bring them back. Thats what I hate most about the game. That, and the fact I cant use my summons for the other characters in the party. It would make some of the battles I need to do oh so much easier.

The new fighting system is nice, but it has flaws, like Draciolus said
A great and easy (Or I think?) addition would be ability to switch leader mid battle. Like if your themes
Lightning, Snow, and Sazn (Three basic characters I figure no spoilers there, only one character is really a spoiler anyways the last one but if you've seen trailers you know the characters already).
Simply hit the right joystick down or something and you switch from Lightning to Snow. Especially with unique skills and shit and no way to control other people.

Medic had Raise. But I was controlling a ravager. and third party member died.
What does Medic do? Continue using one heal on the almost full health ravager... I was all like "Lame!"

and I agree about party leader dying thing. Like what the hells with you dying being a game over >> My previous scenario works there too. Ravager dies so why can't medic raise?

I miss the old days. When you had like six party members... Actually think it was four to five. But still. Six would totally work here.

Well, the Medic later on can remove negative status ailments. And it always heals whichever one has lower health, at least for me it does.

I have FXIII and yes the graphics are very cool, but i hate the battle system, i just hate that choose what you will do next thing: attack,potion,spell and wait for it to charge!!! UGH it's so annoying!!I was hoping for a battle system like Kingdom Hearts or something you could move around freely idk..i just want something like AVATAR game with lots of stuff but with the cool chars and the cool weapons!! hehe..so i was excited about it but now i wasted my money!!!!! D:

Sorry but if you wanted Kingdom Hearts gameplay Final Fantasy was a bad choice.
Although. Some guy told me (This is simply what I was told and I've yet to search for any proof) that FFXIII Versus (PS3 Exclusive) is going to be like Kingdom Hearts Meets Dirge of Cerberus.

@Draciolous: I think I have that spell for removing aliments but my point was it was healing the full health (Besides the little bit of damage it got between last heal) opposed to reviving my Downed character. And the medic did have Raise. Which I've used to revive dead people so I know it works.

Then Im going to say your game is messed up. Either that, or it was glitching. I dont think Ive ever actually seen the NPC use Raise itself. I know whenever a character drops for me, I switch to Combat Clinic(double Medic with a Sentinel). Though, I use Lightning, Hope and Spear Lady. And as far as Ive been able to see, Hope has never used Raise when he is a medic.

Oh. Well that was my complaint he WASN'T using Raise. Huh. Lame that they wouldn't... I still think a quick switch between three current party members would be a good idea in the game. Or ability to use all characters at the same time. Not that hard to fit six people in a party. Especially in a game like that where you don't even control them.

NPCs will use raise. They just prioritize keeping you alive way higher than raising fallen characters. Just control whoever your medic is. Or use Pheonix downs.
I keep looking online for good ways to make money post-game and they are all crap. 300k per hour sounds like a lot, but when you figure you need 5,000,000+, thats a LONG time.

Ah fun. Thanks for the fact.
And ya. That games money doesn't make sense. I haven't bought a thing in the store and I only have 310 gil. And I'm on the second disc o.o

The ultimate weapons are SO worth it! I finally finished one for Hope that boosts his magic by over 900. Its amazing watching him cast Fire, Blizzara, then Thundaga and watching the damage go 20,000 - 45,000 - 99,999. Its like the rest of the group can go on vacation.

I really should get back to working on this game. But in order to move forward....I need to load one from WAY back and grind my way to fully completed Crystariums. Eh, that can wait until AFTER I get back from my job site...unless I get so bored I decide to go for it soon. >.>