I have an inherent dislike for that kind of ...world development, I guess I'll call it. Because the world itself is as much a character in the Final Fantasy series as the characters themselves, and often really shape how I feel about the game.
I personally really value stories where I learn the shape and feel of the world organically, where I uncover its secrets as I explore. I want the information to come from different sources, and I want to feel like what I'm done is somehow connected to that, or that the information I'm getting somehow matters to the characters I'm playing. Games that offer that information in the form of scrolls or text usually don't hit that button for me. (Mostly I just end up being cranky because I'm playing a video game! Not reading a book, dangit! Also because I hate reading longer texts on my TV, it makes my eyes hurt.) But, like. I get that a lot of people do find that really rewarding, and I can understand that. It just doesn't do it for me.
So, uh, yes. I'm absolutely certain that you're right and I would've got a lot more out of FFXIII had I actually bothered to read all the back story, but, uh. I rather crankily ignored it instead and suspect I will do that again on the next playthrough. :(
HAVING SAID THAT, I do vaguely remember thebaconfat reading bits of it out loud to me via the Internet that contained awesome backstory, so I probably did miss out on a lot. SIGH.
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I have an inherent dislike for that kind of ...world development, I guess I'll call it. Because the world itself is as much a character in the Final Fantasy series as the characters themselves, and often really shape how I feel about the game.
I personally really value stories where I learn the shape and feel of the world organically, where I uncover its secrets as I explore. I want the information to come from different sources, and I want to feel like what I'm done is somehow connected to that, or that the information I'm getting somehow matters to the characters I'm playing. Games that offer that information in the form of scrolls or text usually don't hit that button for me. (Mostly I just end up being cranky because I'm playing a video game! Not reading a book, dangit! Also because I hate reading longer texts on my TV, it makes my eyes hurt.) But, like. I get that a lot of people do find that really rewarding, and I can understand that. It just doesn't do it for me.
So, uh, yes. I'm absolutely certain that you're right and I would've got a lot more out of FFXIII had I actually bothered to read all the back story, but, uh. I rather crankily ignored it instead and suspect I will do that again on the next playthrough. :(
HAVING SAID THAT, I do vaguely remember