Everyone Forgets That Final Fantasy XIII Had a Really Good Battle System
(N4G Xbox 360)

In hindsight, it`s one of the better battle systems to come out of the franchise`s latter period. Final Fantasy VII was too simple; Final Fantasy VIII was too messy and broken; Final Fantasy XII wasn`t interactive enough. Final Fantasy XIII seemed to strike the balancefast-paced, tactical, complex without being too complex. It evolved the standards of the series without sacrificing the strategic elements that made them special.