FF 13 or FF TYPE-0, Which do you think is better and why?

[M3gadeuce]

Topic is self explanatory. We will be looking at the games themselves, not counting the quality of the ports.

Personally, I like TYPE-0 more, mainly because of the more mature theme, world maps, more action involved gameplay, controllable summons and soundtrack. What do you guys think?

[N7-SPECTRE]

They are really different games
I think to prefer the gameplay of type 0 that is more action involved as you said
And you have many different characters to play which is an heavy plus

Action Rpg>>>Turn based Gameplay

[Monterossa]

Type-0 is better in general but I also like XIII trilogy though.

[Izanagi Sato]

I think Type-0 is better in almost every way, except the plot and, arguably, the soundtrack. Don't get me wrong, I think Takeharu Ishimoto is amazing, it's just that I prefer the more orchestral and classic approach of XIII's soundtrack.

In fact, if I could alter history, I'd make it so that Type-0 was the main entry and not a spin-off, with XIII being the spin-off. LOL. I just think Type-0 could have been a HUGE success if it had the same kind of quality as XIII. By quality, I'm pertaining to the development budget. And of course, make it a then current-gen game, and not a handheld console game, just to fully realize the project's potential.

[🦄 lainverse]

They are indeed two different games, but I think Type-0 is better that FF 13 and on par with FF 13-2 or a bit better. I wouldn't say that Action RPG is better that turn-based, but FF 13 actually is both and neither of them at the same time since you barely have any control of your party there and even your character most of the time fights on auto. There are about 3-5 enemies in the game where you will have to press something besides auto-attack and that is really sad. Combine that with absolutely linear gameplay and lack of sidequests (only at the very end and almost all boring) and you will get the picture. In Type-0 you can precisely control your active character and switch between the rest on the fly, but you have very limited set of active skill in the battle (primary attack, two attacking and one defensive skill).

[Kratoswar]

Type 0 is better

[Taktloss]

Easy answer FF13, almost everything after FF10 wasn´t anyway that good anymore. And both games are basically Action-RPG´s FF13 isnt really turn-based (btw. it´s a strange mix) since the enemy doesn´t wait for you if dont attack, you mainly control one character and so on ;)

So at the end they have pretty similar systems you just dont see the Timebar in FF-0 ;)

[HellYeah]

Originally posted by x lainverse:

They are indeed two different games, but I think Type-0 is better that FF 13 and on par with FF 13-2 or a bit better. I wouldn't say that Action RPG is better that turn-based, but FF 13 actually is both and neither of them at the same time since you barely have any control of your party there and even your character most of the time fights on auto. There are about 3-5 enemies in the game where you will have to press something besides auto-attack and that is really sad. Combine that with absolutely linear gameplay and lack of sidequests (only at the very end and almost all boring) and you will get the picture. In Type-0 you can precisely control your active character and switch between the rest on the fly, but you have very limited set of active skill in the battle (primary attack, two attacking and one defensive skill).

This. However, for me, Type-0 is by far the better game than any of those 13 games. I would say after Type-0 comes Lightning Returns, which feels like a mix of FF13 and Type-0 (Paradigmen shifts, or rather Cosplay shift paired with kinda responsive battle and skill customization which head towards Type-0)

[cANe]

FF13 is most likely the worst JRPG ever made so naturally Type 0 has to be better.
That people can even enjoy any of the FF13 games is mind boggling to me unless it's their first JRPG or they are absolutely insane fanboys

[Xaelath]

Type 0. obv
1.Better Story
2.Replayablity
3.Fast Paced RPG
4.Better Soundtrack
5.Less cutscenes more gameplay

13 = ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hall simulator and too much cutscenes
13 - 2 = ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ plot ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sake? Seriously? too short no replayablity same like the 1st
13 - 3 = Franchiese milking ,using arpg , dead after few months released.

[Taktloss]

I honestly cant understand why anyone think FF-0 is better (do people even really played the other games !?). It´s such a limited game because it obviously was a handheld game. Just one "small" room after another and even the same rooms, endless grinding if you want to advance (no wonder that so many people here are cheating ;) ), this game does have many many cutscenes too, we cann be happy they added the fast forward button so at least it doesnt take so much time on the map, and so on.

FF13 definitly isn´t as bad as people do and it doesnt have new game+ but you can just play more after the story ended and fight even stronger enemys (if you really want).

[ikki5]

This would be like comparing COD to Sim City. Which is better?

[ChaosFred]

Hmmm tbh I enjoyed both. If you asked which better, I would say both can not be compared for gameplay reasons which both games have really different stuffs, one is more action RPG oriented parasite-eve / kingdom heart / legend of mana stuffs while the other is turn-oriented like previous FF installments. However, seeing the current market seems more enjoying faster paced gameplay = FF Type-0

What can be truly compared probably are graphics and sound aspects. Perhaps due to FF XIII much more futuristic graphic theme and since type-0 by the very root is from PSP port (even PSP to PS4), I would say that part got FF XIII in better position.

For musics, Type-0 has more varied BGM compared to the monotone FF XIII battle BGM -which better at the start but seriously gets boring after awhile-. VA stuffs, I enjoyed FF XIII a little tad better.

in short: Like post above and I said in my first line. These two ain't to be compared.

[Phantom Lancer Spammer]

Type 0 for me

Type 0's gameplay is more like Crisis Core and Kingdom Hearts wherein you need to block, dodge some enemy's attacks to be able to defeat them. The story is dark compared to FFXIII as more plot twists will be revealed as you start over a new game. The soundtrack of this game is good as it is common to all FF games.

FFXIII series (though I haven't played LR yet) gameplay is very unique to other JRPG's. The gameplay requires strategy and timing as you will need to change paradigms frequently. I enjoyed the story in XIII-2 more than in XIII as they introduced a character with a good background. XIII-2 soundtrack is also good. I think that the only thing that will push you to play FFXIII is the story.

I've chosen Type 0 because of its great replay value and the gameplay. Type 0 also brings back the 'Overworld' or 'World Map' feels which is present in FF 1-9. But when comparing the game soundtracks I think I would choose XIII series as the better one (specially XIII-2's soundtracks). Both are great but for me Type 0 is the winner here.

[Mochasky]

(Going against the world)

XIII. Because XIII is the best FF to me. I just generally prefer XIII's battle system to Type-0 because it feels "fresher" than Type-0. Type-0's ARPG is certainly nice and fun to play, but I prefer hatching strategies, queue-ing the weirdest attacks and whatnot in XIII to fight out the most bizarre of fights. That isn't to say that Type-0 is void of strategy too, as it certainly has it's share. I would argue that knowing when Kill sights occur are more or less equivalent to knowing attack patterns etc in a turn based game.

However, I'm an odd ball, and I have a reverse list from almost every FF player over here on which FF's they like the most. The XIII trilogy are the entries that I like the most in all of Final Fantasy, and while I greatly enjoyed Type-0 before (and will finish the HD version really soon as I just finished my exams yesterday), it can't ever match up to the XIII trilogy to me.

[Mugs]

I like Type-0 a lot better than 13.... 13 seemed boring to me story wise.. this is much more suited to my tastes... although I do not prefer combat in both of those.. If I had to pick I would say 13's combat was slightly better.