I don't know why people hate on Final Fantasy XIII so much.

Besides the first Final Fantasy for NES that I dabbled with when I was little, the first Final Fantasy game I ever played was, well, FFXIII.

Okay, I'll wait for the the "WTH is WRONG WITH YOU???"s and "WHY? WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR CHILDREN" rage to stop.

-waits 5 minutes-

You okay? Alright. Anywho, yes. It was my first. After buying a 360 instead of PS3 because I never had a XBOX, I decided to buy another game with the one that came with my early Christmas present to myself. And that game, happened to be on sale for $20 at Sam's Club, and happened to be something that one of my best friends from college have been rabbling about for the past 3 months. So I bought it...and for the last 3 weeks of my Winter Break, I sat and played until I got to Gran Pulse.

I watched every cutscene, didn't complain about the battle system, and was thoroughly enjoying it for what it was worth (except Hope. I agree – he is a little whiny poopnose).

I didn't know until I came back to college that there was so much FF13 hate out there. My friend pulled my aside and said the next time we walk into a Gamestop, I'm buying Final Fantasy X, to see a 'real' Final Fantasy game. A week or so later, we were in a Gamestop and I bought it.

A summer passes and I'm in Zanarkand with FFX. I also thoroughly enjoyed FFX (except *ahem* FUCK BLITZBALL) but other than that, I thought it was a lot of fun! :)

The point I'm trying to make is, being a "late in life" FF Fan (Triple F?) may have changed how I look at these games...but I still love both of them just as much. To me, they are on the same level. I wouldn't be able to choose between them if I was being honest.

I've been wanting to say this for a while, but I guess today just felt right.

Oh, and if you think I just have bad taste in games, well, I don't, generally. My favorites are Dark Cloud (PS2) and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC). So, please, don't hate on my taste. :D