YES! Love this podcast :D

ahhh, the GI show. a much anticipated part of my thursdays

If FF13-2 is as insane as some of the songs on its soundtrack (I'm looking at you Crazy Chocobo), then I think I might really like it. At some point I stopped hating the FF13 story and just went with the ridiculosity :)

I listen on my ride to work on Fridays.  However I'm sitting in front of SC5, it was waiting for me at work since Tuesday while I've been sick at home.  I might need to listen while watching my Thursday night shows to get my fix.  Trying to wait until 10, but I'm sleepy as sin....

After watching the stream earlier this week, I want to buy both of these games. ^_^

what's so controversial about a horrible game made even more horrible by an equally horrible sequel? The fact that it used to be one of the most awesome games series ever. Times change my friends, times change. now back to Skyrim.

Time travel did work in Final Fantasy VIII, but I think it fit a lot better because it wasn't what the game was based around.

Sweet, new podcast talking about SC V and XIII-2! This is going to a good listen tonight :)

Quick question: is it worth playing FFXIII-2 if you haven't played Final Fantasy XIII? Do they do any sort of intro thing to explain the story of the previous game?

2 more weeks to go baby

From the perspective of a guy who has not really played FF games (I've only played 8,9,and...2 i think? and 13), and someone who tried to jump in with 13, i think it would be nice to have a more...gritty and natural world. Like...Cowboy Bebop style: futuristic but also very modern looking sort of style. PS: I love Cowboy Bebop

Oooh, now THIS should be interesting.

I may be the only one, but i still love my final fantasy with menus

Good podcast, but disappointed with 1 thing. As soon as you mention vampires, Twilight is mentioned. Twilight should not be the go to thing for vampire chatter, the original Dracula or something should be. *puts on hipster glasses* I thought Vampires and Werewolves were cool before Twilight.

Vampire Chocobo...genius

Soulcalibur V is awesome and you need it in your life!

Listening to you guys talk about Final Fantasy really, really depressed me. I completely missed the JRPG boat during the 8-bit to last generation. Only during this generation did I start playing games from ATLUS that really made me love the genre.

I grabbed FFXIII as my first Final Fantasy game. Maybe because I don't have all the context and history, but I didn't think it was awful. I wouldn't say it was very good, though I had fun with the battle system. I am playing through FFXII and FFVII right now for the first time. I'm hoping to move onto FFVI and Chrono Trigger afterwards.

I did grab FFXIII-2 and am enjoying it, but I have to agree that story is bunk. I'm tired to enjoying the latest run ironically--this is a sentiment I have about a lot of games these days.

Knowing that the Final Fantasy name used to really mean something and Square-Enix were once considered true innovators of the genre is just depressing now in its current state. I want to love this series like a lot of my friends do, but it's really hard when the quality of content the company is currently putting out seems to be so disappointing for many people. I want to be floored and genuinely involved with these characters and stories.

I hope Square-Enix can breath some new talent and life into this franchise. But I have to agree, that all the Nova Crystallis properties really needs to just come out soon or scrapped because it is very unlikely they can save the Final Fantasy name this generation.

Final Fantasy has turned into a rent-only series.

Great GI Show, I'm a little somber after hearing your state of the Final Fantasy series. I'd have to agree on the lessened excitement I hold for them now. I loved FF12 but was disappointed with the ending and didn't like most of anything about FF13 other than the combat and graphics. The only other FF I haven't picked up right away was FF9 but I got that eventually and loved it; I have a lot of compunction about picking up FF13-2.

I'd really like to pick up Soul Caliber 5, but at the end of the month I'm picking up Mortal Kombat Komplete. Glad to hear Soul Caliber is doing well as a series though. Thanks again for the Game Informin!

Thanks for your thoughts regarding Final Fantasy guys. I've been pretty disappointed with JRPGs this generation. There are bright spots, but I think overall something needs to change.

*SHAMELESS PLUG* I just wrote about the state of the JRPG in my blog recently, within the limited scope of my opinion. Check it out! www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/breadloser_blog/archive/2012/01/28/do-i-really-want-to-play-another-japanese-rpg.aspx