21 out of 21(100%)reviewers recommend this product.
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Overall rating
4/ 5
Gameplay
4/ 5
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5/ 5
Sound
5/ 5
Lasting Appeal
4/ 5
japena473
frombaldwin park, CA
Great edition to the Final Fantasy series!!!
PostedMarch 12, 2012
I have finally completed this game on the Play Station 3 and i really enjoyed the overall gameplay. It improved the free roaming problem that its prequal had, my only complain was the ending of the game. The DLC is also really fun and entertaining. if you haven't bought this game i would highly recommend you to do so.
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Overall rating
4/ 5
Gameplay
4/ 5
Graphics
5/ 5
Sound
4/ 5
Lasting Appeal
4/ 5
SilverDiamond18
fromTampa, FL
This game is perfect for:hardcore gamers
Improvements But Still Have Some Flaws
PostedMarch 6, 2012
I just finish playing the main story line for this game and I have to say there is some pros and cons. The three new characters Caius, Noel, and Yuel are great additional characters for the final fantasy 13 world. I love Noel clam, relax, and determined personality to change the future. Yuel was very melodramatic but she gave you a insight of Caius personality. Cauis was a great villain. He had a plan and he accomplish it no matter what in a sense he wasn't evil but thought what he was doing was right to save Yuel, and his theme was the best track in the soundtrack better than Winged Angel Sephiroth theme from Final Fantasy 7, but I couldn't really get to know these characters until the end of the game. I miss Lighting as the main character but her sister Sarah is still a great character, and Hope had a major character development. The story was good not great it had its twist and turns and its dramatic emotional moments, but to have a great story you must have great character development throughout the whole game so you can feel that emotional impact for example Bioware does great job with this progress. I believe because they focus on the open world they lack on the story an characters. The game play haven't change that much there was only to major changes instead of summons and a third character you can capture a monster and use it during your battles. You can control three monster and arrange them into you paragims for a tactful battling stargeies. Another different the paragims changes quickly for more faster pace in the battle. The sound is great the soundtrack is mere perfection all of the soundtracks fit well with the game and my personal favorite is Caius theme it has a strong chorus section and switches through different sounds that intertwine very well. the voice acting is well done but sometime the lip syncing is off sometime, but my favorite part of the sound is that I don't have hear Snow saying " I am hero", "Heroes never back down" or "Let's save Sarah." The graphics are perfect like all other Final Fantasy games. Square-Enix haven't lost it's graphics and music it is still the best out there.Overall, this is a good game with some improvements but lacks in other departments but being open world there is much more things to do ,and the funny thing is that this game makes me want to play FF13 again.
(For those who have not beat the main storyline yet, do not read the bottom part... SPOILER ALERT!!!) Ok, I wrote a review on the product awaiting it's release, and here is the post completion review. I simply love this game, but instead of the tradition 3+ characters, you get 2 main characters and you can use 1 of any moster than you obtain throught battle. I honestly reccommend this game for those who can be dedicated to a game (mostly hardcore gamers) because this game is highly addictive. I put MW3 back in the case for over a month just to beat this game. The Graphics are Amazing! The storyline (based on time travel) is somewhat confusing but that's what make this game completely worth it. The original FF XIII was slit up into 3 discs for XBOX 360, but XIII-2 they managed to cram all of it on one disk (so the gaming graphics took a little step down, but cinematic graphics are as amazing as ever). The gameplay awesome! They also introduced what is called "Live Trigger" which at certain points in the game can determine how the entire storyline goes (somewhat of a Fable kinda thing but at the same time not really). The Crystalarium is still here and easier than ever! They have Chocobo Races (where you can race any Chocobo that you manage to defeat and capture is crystal). The Stragety Guide is mandatory if trying to reach 100% completion, and it comes in handy on any circumstance that may pop up in the game. The soundtrack is very enjoyable (for me anyway), calm and relaxing. I highly recommend this game to anybody who wants to buy 1 game and have it last a long time. This game is/was just so much fun! - *SPOILER ALERT!* But nonetheless, this game was totally worth it, and I can't wait for the 3rd part! Yes the 3rd one, still no release date but I'll keep my ears open.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 - The Complete Official Guide - Collector's Edition
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Anonymous
fromNew Milford, CT
This game is perfect for:casual gamers
Great Game for those who didnt like the first one
PostedFebruary 11, 2012
Well let me start off by saying that im a HUGE final fantasy fan and this game was great but with that said I'm having some issues. The first game was better by far in terms of looks, gameplay and soundtrack....espeacially soundtrack. Square Enix you had it right the first time except for the stupid Eidolons that were pretty much useless. On to the sequel FFXIII-2...Square you downgraded the graphics took away an entire spell set Water spells, and brought back randomized enemy encounters involving an extremely annoying moogle, and made it really easy to get premptive strikes, i can literally kill everything in the game by using one paradigim Relenless Assault. In the first one it actually took more than one paradigim to win. The medics synergists and sabs have virtually no use whats so ever i dont think ive used those roles even once, and rather than making an additional character to fill out the party you have us tame monsters instead....why? You could of had characters from the first game play as guest characters to fill out the party. That would have been cool. With all that said the battle system does have its strong suits. You no longer get a game over when your party leader dies and they took away the annoying paradigims switch animations. They also gave you further options in customizing the paradigims aswell which was good too. The new upgraded crystarium system was good in the way that you can level as far as you want without being stopped (like you were in the first game), but the roles arent upgraded seperately instead they are all upgraded on a linear path which was a bit confusing to me glad i bought the guide for the game or i would have been lost. Oh and they put a wierd weight limit on what kind of accessories you can ware which was extremely irritatating. I mean seriously you can carry around countless inventory items but you cant equip an accessory that exceeds your weight capacity what kind of nonsense is that. The soundtrack is really annoying worst one ive heard yet...granted alot of the music was carried over from the first game but the new stuff drives me nuts...i had to play certain parts of the game with the tv set on mute. Square did however bring back free roam gameplay but you can't enjoy it with the constant moogle clock interruptions. Oh and the puzzles epspeacially those clock ones are throw you controller at the screen frustrating. In conclusion square enix you took a good game, made the battles too easy and turned it into a convoluted mess with some great redeeming qualities the made up for it. Thats all ive got to say.
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Posted byMikeyBlueEyez
Los Angeles, CA
Final Fantasy is fading fast
onFebruary 19, 2012
You sounded like me after XIII came out. Still keeping up hope. Here is the sad thing my friend, ever since SquareSoft merged with Enix everything has gone downhill completely. We will continue to buy these games in hopes that one will come out that we don't just grit our teeth to get through, or make excuses for how we can enjoy them! Do what I do Deal with the graphics being less and play your old favorites over again, even FF XII is more enjoyable on a ps3 than XIII or XII-2 lol. I have played FF X at least ten times due to this lack of good games. XIV is an MMO so more garbage to come... didn't they learn with XI?
