Rage Dump!!! Final Fantasy XIII

Alright, alright. I'm sick an tired of people ranting on about how different and new FFXIII is. I personally didn't like it that much, but I actually had the gall to try playing it first BEFORE bitching about it! If only the rest of the internet had the same courtesy. I've taken a few minutes to compile a short list of good and bad things about my favourite feature in the game, the Summoning System.

Good 1: Odin.

Odin's new design isn't so much of a new design as it is taking the old design we all love, shining it up a little bit, and tossing him back in. Very well done, not ruffling any feathers. I find it highly unlikely that Lightning could weild Zansetsuken, however, hot chick with massive weapon? C'mon, it's Japan we're talking about.

Bad 1: Bahamut.

While Odin's new design was fantastic, Bahamut's was not. Not even close. Bahamut was loved and widely accepted as a dragon, not 3rd place in a Megatron cosplay contest. While he was fun to fight and is fun to use, I just can't get past the look of him. That, and the new Megaflare look, is terrible. His Gestalt mode is, as mentioned before, fun to play as, but is too much like a Transformer. And yes, I know, all of the summons are like this, but still, Bahamut really hits home, being my favourite Edinolion since Final Fantasy, before he even became a summon.

Good 2: The Summoning System

The Summoning system was well done. It was cool to use, albeit not very useful. It added a unique quality of gameplay, while at the same time keeping the feel of Final Fantasy X's summon system, which was fantastic. If only they kept the look of Bahamut similar...

The Summoning System in Final Fantasy X.

Bad 2: The Summons

While the system was really well done, I can't help but thinkD about how similar the Edinolions look to a Hasbro wet dream. Turing into cars, motorbikes, bigass guns, mechanical dragons, all stuff that's happened before in the on-going war for Cybertron. Another thing that I found disappointing is that XIII replaced the token Fire summon, Ifrit, with something not even close to Ifrit's level of badassery. Seriously. Brynhildr? How the hell do you even pronounce that? Well, as badass as this Autobot rip-off may be, it doesn't fill the hole Ifrit left behind.

That's all I've got for now. Overall, I guess the pros of the summon system outweigh the cons by about a gram. Other than, of course, the summon system is practically useless in the game. Oh well. At least it's pretty.