Well, to be fair, I didn't say the game was perfect, nor that you had to like it. I was just pointing out that it broke up the pattern, and the lack of mention made me think you hadn't played it. :)
In response to your opinion, well. I agree FF13 had its disappointments, but I thought it had better characterization than, say, Final Fantasy X, which is my personal pet peeve and I keep stopping about 40% of the way in from dislike of its characters (Tidus and Wakka, mostly--I thought the females were just rehashes of previous FF incarnations, personally). I also had problems with Final Fantasy XII and its rather poor character development (and so many stock fantasy tropes, too), though I did at least enjoy that game and some of its wonderful ideas, so I did finish it. I thought FF13 was a step up in character development, at least to a certain level, but I do agree that it stunted itself and hit more than a few tropes. I had more problem with its lack of NPC development, or that characters (particularly Snow) never break out of their archetypal box. Yet, I still personally liked it better than FF10 or FF12. Then again, I've been playing FF games since FF4 came out, so there is much about the newer FF games (pretty much FF8 on for an oldbie like) that is rehashed to me, and FF13 breaking type likely appealed to me more than the same tired patterns repeated unto death. We all have opinions, so I don't mind your rant. Hope you don't mind my counter.
But regardless of whether you like it, the pattern of female archetypes was broken in FF13, and I do think it's fair to praise the game for that. It's also fair to mention you may hate the game, but I do think it's unfair to wish that the FF series would break archetypal patterns while ignoring the FF game that did.
ETA: I did weant to point out that FF13's flaws prevent it from being my favorite. My favorites tend to include the older games: FF Tactics, FF7, FF4, etc. For me, FF13 was more like FF8 and FF12. Flawed in execution, but has some really great ideas.
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In response to your opinion, well. I agree FF13 had its disappointments, but I thought it had better characterization than, say, Final Fantasy X, which is my personal pet peeve and I keep stopping about 40% of the way in from dislike of its characters (Tidus and Wakka, mostly--I thought the females were just rehashes of previous FF incarnations, personally). I also had problems with Final Fantasy XII and its rather poor character development (and so many stock fantasy tropes, too), though I did at least enjoy that game and some of its wonderful ideas, so I did finish it. I thought FF13 was a step up in character development, at least to a certain level, but I do agree that it stunted itself and hit more than a few tropes. I had more problem with its lack of NPC development, or that characters (particularly Snow) never break out of their archetypal box. Yet, I still personally liked it better than FF10 or FF12. Then again, I've been playing FF games since FF4 came out, so there is much about the newer FF games (pretty much FF8 on for an oldbie like) that is rehashed to me, and FF13 breaking type likely appealed to me more than the same tired patterns repeated unto death. We all have opinions, so I don't mind your rant. Hope you don't mind my counter.
But regardless of whether you like it, the pattern of female archetypes was broken in FF13, and I do think it's fair to praise the game for that. It's also fair to mention you may hate the game, but I do think it's unfair to wish that the FF series would break archetypal patterns while ignoring the FF game that did.
ETA: I did weant to point out that FF13's flaws prevent it from being my favorite. My favorites tend to include the older games: FF Tactics, FF7, FF4, etc. For me, FF13 was more like FF8 and FF12. Flawed in execution, but has some really great ideas.