gotta say the packaging on the Xbox version leaves alot to be desired. instead of having those flip type things that hold the discs, this is literally 3 discs just stacked on top of each other on one spindle.

you do get a code for 2 different armors, though, which is cool. i take that back. they aren't armor for in game stuff. it's armor for your xbox live avatar. lame.

My PS3 is almost exclusively a Blu-Ray player with the exception of the Final Fantasy series. I just finished XII and despite the notalgia for the 16-bit era, I'm looking forward to see how XIII plays.

The linearity and lack of towns was disconcerting to hear about, but I'll withhold judgment until I get into the game.

Yep. While I did enjoy IX because it felt more like the games I played on the NES and SNES, none of the FF games released since VI have been able to top it.

I guess I must be in the minority, I loved FFX, only FF I had played to that point. Then played the first few originals. Will be buying this though seeing as I've been drooling over screencaps for years now.

I think Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, and Star Ocean all used the same packaging. They just stacked the discs on the spindle.

i hadn't played any of those, so i can't comment. i just think it's lame to cheap out and just stack discs on top of each other. they could spend an extra 50 cents to upgrade the case. cheap bastich companies.

This makes me sad. Why do you hate mother earth?

Because she beats her children. Although, the abuse is mutual.

On this you and I are in agreement. Though IX was a pleasant throwback to the pre-VII era games.

It'll be nice to see people's initial reactions in two weeks when they get through the tutorial part of the game

so far my initial impressions are:

graphics on xbox are pretty damn good. don't see room for much improvement. i like the combat system so far. the voice acting is pretty corny, as are most jrpgs. the linearity isn't all that bad because it jumps back and forth between characters. tracking your character is sometimes a pita, b/c the control scheme is sort of floaty and not terribly responsive. as for the plot, i have absolutely no fucking clue what is going on.

IIRC, Lost Odyessy actually had a fourth disc in a paper sleeve.

http://www.lensoftruth.com/?p=18555

Got my copy for the PS3. Looks absolutely amazing. I'm only at the first level, so I have no clue what's going on or what's happening, but so far so good.

I will second every word of this. There is a lot of reading involved too.

Maybe I should wait til tomorrow for my guide to get here before I play

Good god some of the dialogue is awful. "I told you--moms are tough!" Ugh.

Thanks for that -- a very telling comparison.

For example, here's a screenshot from the 360 version of the game (spoilered for size):



Now, here's that same spot in the game on the PS3:

OMG SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's by far not the worst dialogue, either. Some of it is downright embarrassing.

Would it be better to listen to the Japanese and just read the subtitles? Or is that even an option?

There's no option for Japanese dialogue.

while i agree the dialogue is bad, i think it's more the voice acting than anything. the "black guy" voice is so stereotypical.

Looking forward to some bad writing.