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Final Fantasy XIII - 2 - Xbox 360

Publisher: Square Enix  |   SKU: 3519923
Release Date: 1/31/2012  |  
ESRB Rating: RP (Rating Pending)
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It's been three years since Lightning and the rest of the crew saved Cocoon in Final Fantasy XIII. Survivors have started rebuilding — but Lightning has gone missing and is presumed dead. However, Serah is sure her friend is alive, so when the town is invaded by monsters and a mysterious man named Noel comes to Serah's rescue, together they embark on a transcendental journey to find Lightning. Get ready for the newest installment of the Final Fantasy franchise, Final Fantasy XIII - 2.

Final Fantasy XIII - 2 continues the story of Final Fantasy XIII. After Serah happens to meet a mysterious man named Noel, the two embark on a thrilling journey in search of Lightning. Join the search party and immerse yourself deeper than ever in the adventure as the latest installment of the Final Fantasy series takes player-driven gameplay to new levels. Discover a rich world that's full of fascinating NPCs — and teeming with more than 150 monsters that can help you on your journey. Recruit iconic creatures, such as cactuars, tonberries and behemoths, and train them to become valuable assets on the battlefield. Develop elaborate strategies and take greater command over the paradigms than in the past using the new tuning feature of the Active Time Battle system. In a world where every decision you make has rippling effects on the story and the fate of the quest, choose your actions wisely — and discover endless replayability. This time, the Fantasy becomes your own.

Features

  • Continues the adventure of the Final Fantasy franchise, three years after the events of Final Fantasy XIII
  • Encounter a mysterious man named Noel and set off on an adventure to save Lightning
  • Join Serah and Noel as they scour the land in search of Lightning, and determine the outcome of the story in multipath, player-driven gameplay
  • Recruit, tame and develop more than 150 different monsters as party members, including iconic monsters like cactuars, tonberries and behemoths
  • Hone your strategy, and take greater command of the paradigms than ever before thanks to the new tuning feature in the Active Time Battle system
  • Immerse yourself in the adventure as cinematic action sequences blur the line between battles and cutscenes
  • Explore richly developed, living environments teeming with NPCs and opportunities to embark on side missions

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Final Fantasy XIII - 2 - Xbox 360 (11 out of 11)
One of the best Final Fantasy
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Posted by: from Detroit on 04/13/2013Final Fantasy XIII two is one of the best in the series. It's fast pace and give you everything that you love.
  • Age : 25-34
  • Gender : Male

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Excellent addition to the Final Fantasy series
5
Posted by: from on 02/18/2013Final Fantasy is back on track! I was worried about this franchise for awhile, but that passed as soon as I started playing this game. The graphics are phenominal (I've played this on PS3 and XBOX 360 and the HD graphics are of equally high quality) and the music is great as well. Different from most of this game's illustrious predecessors, but still outstanding and a great complement to the game. The story is well thought out and the characters are engaging. Unlike a lot of RPGs, your decisions can have an effect on how the story progresses. Lots of interaction and this adds to the game's replay value. Combat is fast paced and fun. Square-Enix revamped the ATB system from FF XII and made it into a much better combat system, the flow from exploration to combat is near seamless and does not slow the action down at all. There's also lots more chances for exploration than in FF XIII, it's not quite as linear. The story has always been the main focus in the FF series, but this game gives you much more interaction and action than in many RPGs. You can even customize how your characters develop in terms of combat style as the game progresses. FF XIII-2 is one of the best games in the FF series and shows that this is still one of the best franchises in gaming. Square-Enix is back on track and will continue to hold it's place as one of the premiere developers in the industry. Great news for longtime FF fans!

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Much Improved from XIII
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Posted by: from Dublin, CA on 08/30/2012Improved all the right areas over XIII. I like the first but this one is better. Wish all the DLC was just included, however.

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Very good game
5
Posted by: from WA on 08/29/2012Very nice game, greate view, great audio. very very good

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Good game but byfar not the best
3
Posted by: from on 08/27/2012Ive played final fantasy 7 8 10 and now xiii. The graphis in this game were awesome, and i really liked the movie clips but its characters were dull and had extremely cheesy lines. But the game play was great and a completly new challenge for me. Plus i LOVE the music in the backround it sucks you in especially if you've got a bose sound system

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Continues the story in an interesting way.
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Posted by: from on 07/25/2012If you have played Final Fantasy XIII, go ahead and continue the story. If you haven't, go play the XIII first.

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Good game.
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Posted by: from on 05/09/2012I liked the game. It was a good continuation of the Final Fantasy series.

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Not the best Final Fantasy
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Posted by: from on 03/26/2012Final Fantasy XIII was the most devisive, and in my opinion the worst main entry in the venerated JRPG series to date, so when Square Enix announced a direct sequel in the style of X-2 I was apprehensive to say the least. I found XIII to be a relentless barrage of linearity and awful story telling, but with some interesting attempts to evolve the combat formula of the franchise. Final Fantasy XIII-2 has a lot of things to put right while still needing to appeal to fans of its predecessor, and in many ways it has succeeded, but it also slips in many crucial areas. The story picks up 3 years after the events of XIII, with an apparent mystery: only Serah, sister of protagonist Lightning, can remember the events of the conclusion of XIII the way they unfolded. In all other characters memories Lightning disappeared and is presumed dead. Serah finds herself having strange dreams of her sister, lost in a dark world and stuck fighting against an unknown warrior for eternity. Suddenly a meteor crashes from the sky, bringing with it monsters and the games co-hero Noel. Noel tells Serah that he is from the future and knows where Lightning is, and so a quest begins to find our lost heroine. The story is certainly contextualised far better than in XIII, and the game benefits from being a sequel with already established characters, but Square have failed to learn their lessons and have again produced a miserable narrative. The entire game is centred on finding Lightning, with far too much angst and pretentious philosophy about time travel and changing events. Time Paradox's are brought up constantly and are used to explain anything that the writers wanted to put into the game. The script is again poor, and the amount of cutscenes only serve to highlight this fact, with plenty of conversations that feel completely unnatural and out of place. The ease with which characters accept the possibility and ease of time travel is hilarious, and it goes to show that the way games like Soul Reaver handled time travel based stories was incredibly careful when contrasted with this clumsy mess. Thankfully the characters are not as despicable this time round, with the blessed absence of Vanille and Snow being a much less painful character. Lightning is reduced to the role of narrator, but Serah and Noel are a reasonable lead, despite being uninteresting. Caius is the best character in the game, showing what a decent villain character can do for a story driven experience, but unfortunately Square decided to plague us with the inclusion of an awfully voiced Moogle and a character named Chocolina, both of whom are despicable. Its a story line that had potential but unfortunately is poorly written and told, and is completely uninteresting by the half way point thanks to its poor pacing. Graphically FFXIII-2 is a really good looking game, filled with color and lovely backdrops to its impressive level visuals. Great looking character models, albiet with some iffy art design choices, and incredible particle effects really so show the effort that went into making the game look great. I played XIII on the PS3, and by contrast the 360 version of XIII-2 looks much worse, at least in terms of clarity and textures. I do not know if the game looks worse or if it is just the platform, but is is extremely noticeable, as are the awfully compressed FMV scenes. In a game with a really creative visual design these blemishes are all the more noticeable. The audio is a very different story, and this is the first time that I actively dislike the music of a Final Fantasy game. Gone are the fantastical tracks and works of Uematsu, replaced with the worst and most grating kind of pop tracks that I could have imagined in the game Lyrics are about things like never giving up hope and counting on yourself and other generic stuff that makes my complaints about the music of XIII completely irrelevant. It is a terrible music track that never really lets up and actively damaged the game by failing to portray any semblance of a fantastical or magical setting. Voice acting is solid but the delivery of dialogue often feels unnatural and false, not coming close to actually resembling conversation between real people. Combat is at its core the same as XIII, with some subtle refinements that go a long way to making it fun. It is still a fast and furious system that encourages on the fly tactical decisions courtesy of the paradigm shift, and despite the continuation of the auto battle system I enjoyed it a lot more this time. The game opens up much earlier than XIII, taking the tutorial wheels off after an hour and allowing you to alter and customise your own party to your liking. You can create your own paradigms and determine your own party leader, and the game does not end when your party leader is knocked out, instead changing leader. The game also allows you to capture and use monsters, and the crystarium has been improved and made much more customisable. There is also a jump button now, providing a hilariously bad animation but a welcome addition to the game. XIII-2 is a much less linear game that its predecessor, not that that is a difficult task. Levels are more open now, allowing limited exploration and a disguise of choice. There are some towns and npc's to speak with, and even extremely limited conversation wheels to play around with. These are cosmetic additions, but at least the developers took heed of the criticisms that XIII received. Combat works well and the way you progress through levels is very interesting, and resulted in me going to areas before I was meant to be in them in terms of the story. It is a but of a mess, but is far more interesting than the relentless corridor crawl of XIII. Unfortunately the game suffers from some really long load times every time you use the historium crux, which you need to do in order to change level. Nothing like that was present in XIII and it was definitely a bit jarring, but not a major issue. The game has plenty of side missions and activities, and even alternate endings, adding replay value to its already considerable length. Final Fantasy XIII-2 is a full length game that undoubtedly improves upon its disappointing predecessor. It harkens much more to traditional Final Fantasy games than XIII did while maintaining the many changes to gameplay in an attempt to evolve the structure of JPRG's. The story is still a miserable affair, but it is bearable this time and the villain is an interesting character. The graphics remain lovely despite the decline from XIII, though the music is truly wretched. It is a game with little true substance and left me with a feeling that the developers don't really know what to do with this series, and the ending is truly annoying, but it is definitely a step in the right direction. This is a mixed bag if ever there was one, but FFXIII-2 does enough right to leave me with some hope that the series has the potential to recover, but there definitely needs to be a change in direction, both artistically and narratively. Fans of Final Fantasy XIII will love this game and people who actively disliked it will probably hate this as well. For the rest I would say it is a solid play though.

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This is great sequel to FF Xiii
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Posted by: from Los Angeles, CA on 03/04/2012This game improves the battle system by letting you catch monsters and level them up the way you want so you can fully customize your paradigms. This game also improves many of the cutscenes by adding cinematic actions and choices. Overall, a great sequel.

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Square Enix left nothing out
5
Posted by: from Virginia on 02/10/2012This is the best FF game I have ever played since the beginning.

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