Snow was rad. His Big Damn Heroes return mid game is the moment I felt the game got off its ass and finally got interesting, not to mention being one of my favorite CG scenes in the series. Sazh was a close second. Fang was pretty cool too.
Everyone else I didn't like for various reasons. Hope annoyed the piss out of me just about every step of the way. Lightning wasn't far behind - the moment I started disliking her was when she knocked the hell out of Snow for next to no reason at all - even if she improved later. Vanille I'm iffy on; I didn't like her for most of the game until it became very apparent it was all a shield to hide her pain behind.
I could go on for hours about the things that really bugged me about XIII, but I'll just say that I hope XV does not make the same mistakes.
And I can give people credit for saying they dislike certain things. It was by no means a perfect game, and yes, it got off to a slow start. I remember I bought it back in 2011 and didn't get past Chapter 2 until 2012. But then I did and things got interesting.
Hope was an annoying character to me, for the longest time. But then I thought about it. I'm not sure what else a 14 year old kid would do in that type of situation but act really annoying. I mean, he's not a soldier. He's an adolescent. Someone...who has hormones and a bunch of terrible things happening to him. I can forgive him for his early game. He got his act together. Snow was awesome. I love Snow to death...(it's not because I love Troy Baker, I swear)
I just don't understand how people call it a terrible game. It's not. I find that FF fanboys like to be dramatic when it comes to downing XIII, and while FFXIII-2's story was something to be desired. The combat was much, much, MUCH more enjoyable.
Edit: However, I realize that this isn't an FFXIII thread.
OT: I do think FF XV looks incredible and is the main reason I'm getting a PS4.
Edited by Greed-Sama, 12 June 2013 - 08:01 AM.