Find out what makes Final Fantasy XIII-2 a perfect game.
Final Fantasy 13 was first introduced to us back in 2009, almost four years after Final Fantasy 12 was released, and fans had been eagerly anticipating the next installment. But when it finally arrived, there were mixed reactions, including complaints about its linearity, the lack of towns and NPCs, and the limited control over the characters. At the time, Square Enix kept its game production behind closed doors and didn't take in a lot of feedback — especially from Western fans.
The game has been revisited by many different Final Fantasy fans since then, and some, like myself, have come to love it again. Almost all staple entries in the series have found their way to modern consoles, so it's about time that the FF13 trilogy gets a remaster
I've been thinking about this. I agree. While I really disliked it at first I never played it again. After hating ff15 so damn much I just think it can't be worse then 15 and if I'm not mistaken atleast it's turn based. I need more of that in my life.
Recently replayed them and I agree a remaster would be great. The complaints about linearity are fair, but they only really apply to the first half of the first game and while I agree that it would've been nice to have proper towns, minigames and subquests, it didn't detract from the intriguing story, interesting characters, tactical gameplay and amazing soundtrack in my opinion.
XIII-2 fixes a lot of the issues of XIII and expands on the story in interesting ways. The combat and progression builds on top of the systems of XIII and the nonlinearity and discoverability of secrets is a big inprovement over the original game. It's easily the best game of the trilogy.
Lightning Returns was probably a bit too experimental for it's own good. It tried to reinvent the wheel for no reason. The solo party for most of the game and the outfit based combat felt like a downgrade over XIII-2 combat system. It does have a unique vibe, but the plot kinda goes off the rails and many of the story beats didn't land as much for me as they did in the first two games. The race against time aspect was an interesting idea, but it never felt like it mattered, because it wasn't much of a challenge to manage the remaining time even while doing all the subquests.
As we celebrate Final Fantasy’s 35th anniversary, let’s look back at the underrated soundtracks of the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy.
It's alright but I mean with so many other FF games it's not even in the top 10 for me
You just can't beat IX, VII, X and my personal favourite VIII when it comes to music
Even the theme song sucks, instead of just having an English version of the Japanese theme they got X Factors Leona Lewis to do the song which didn't sound like FF theme song.
I agree, regardless of the general consensus of the game itself, FF rarely lets down when it comes to the music at least.
Modder 'MJB' has released an AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack for Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Thought it was from an American review there......phew
It's just Famitsu folks, apparently another japanese magazine Dengeki gave it a perfect score aswell.
I just don't understand how a game which has hardly improved on anything and has more of less the same crappy battle system, characters, story can get a higher mark then the first average game....although they both gave FF13 a high score when that came out
il pass.. waiting versus xiii
I'll never understand the hate for FFXIII-2. First, people bashed FFXIII, then Square FIXED most of the problems with FFXIII-2 and people are STILL pissed? Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Oh well, I let them hate, cause come January 31, I'm going to be in gaming heaven while the haters continue to sip that haterade.
its really hard for me to be open minded on this game. Having played the previous FF games.
I just couldn't take the "cheesyness" of the story. It's so CLICHE. an example? here " i gotta save my sister and save the world" wooo exciting (-,-) ALSO square enix made it even worse by giving out SPOILERS. and now instead giving us Versus this year we get a sequel THAT NOBODY ASKED FOR.
to the people that are new to FF or just ignorant
Square Enix is milking this FRANCHISE, so they can make more profit out of it.
What really baffles me is how many improvements that famitsu seem to point out yet they scored FFXIII a 39/40 which, to me, says that I should take the review with a grain of salt either way. It sounds like a better game but apparently FFXIII was also a great game, worthy of only a point less.