Final Fantasy XIII-2 Discussion Thread

[Kim]

So after playing this game far more than is healthy, I have beaten it with 100% completion.

Thoughts are as follows:

Caius is probably the third best villain the main Final Fantasy series has seen.

The combat is still really good, and I love the pokemon-styled changes, but neither Noel nor Serah feel as powerful as the cast of XIII, for a number of reasons. They're better at filling a wider variety of roles with ease, though.

The plot has some weak moments, as almost all FF plots do, but on the whole I really enjoyed it and it has some really, really well done parts.

The music is pretty good in spite of (or perhaps because of) the screamo chocobo song.

Lots and lots and lots of sidequest stuff in this game. Absolutely fantastic in that respect. Only shitty ones are the quizzes and the one that makes you complete your bestiary.

I liked pretty much the entire cast.

They did some cool things with QTEs.

And now I must ultimately come to... the ending. THAT ENDING. When I saw it, I was like, "Holy shit. That's awesome. Now to unlock the secret/true/complete ending." And then I did that and oh my God I can't stop fucking laughing. I can't believe they let Toriyama get away with this.

Either we're stuck waiting for DLC to find out how the story ends, or we're waiting on them to announce XIII-3. The only problem is if XIII-3 was their plan, I'm worried they'll cancel it because, at least in Japan, the sales weren't that good for a Final Fantasy game released on console.

Even with THAT ENDING, and in fairness I gotta say it's got some really memorable stuff going for it too, this is probably one of the better FF games that have come out and I really enjoyed it.