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A resounding meh. The story's a mess and the protagonists are blah, but the combat system is still fantastic (albeit with unnecessary additions) and the structure of the game is genuinely really, really cool for the most part. It's a competent game but not a lot else. Definitely the worst of the trilogy by a large margin.

Plusy: muzyka, modele postaci, niezła końcowa scena, dubbing
Minusy: nuda, brzydka grafika, brak nowości, fatalna jakość portu

Une bonne suite avec une bonne histoire, une bande son toujours aussi cool et un boss final bien épique. Pas fan du système de progression avec des niveaux séparés par contre.

My time with this game is closely reflected by one of my favorite Zoolander quotes, "Do I know what product I'm selling? No. Do I know what I'm doing today? No. But I'm here, and I'm gonna give it my best shot." I don't really know what happened in this game. There was time travel and monster catching. I had fun though.


Story falls off after the first game and I just became disinterested.

Pues superando todas mis expectativas y rompiendo con todo lo que el primero me llegó a hacer odiar... Sí, lo recomiendo mucho. No sólo porque arregla LITERALMENTE todo lo que hace mal el primero, sino que hay una cantidad de guiños y referencias a la saga maravillosos. Se nota que es un juego hecho para los fans que tanto se cabrearon y criticaron FFXIII. Te explican mucho mejor la historia, no sólo la que añaden en este juego, sino que también la que no te dejaron clara del anterior. Se tratan todos y cada uno de los puntos de la trama, de los personajes y no se deja absolutamente nada sin explicar, excepto, obviamente, lo que se quiere dejar para la tercera parte.

Serah se gana el amor de todos por su carisma y por ser una Vanille bien ejecutada, dado que no es extremadamente optimista, infantil, no. El personaje mantiene un equilibrio entre la seriedad que debe de tener ante el movidón en el que se ha metido y su personalidad dulce, cariñosa y dicharachera. Noel es un gran complemento para Serah, se complementan bastante bien por lo mucho que distan sus personalidades y formas de actuar, al principio parece un Squal, pero poco a poco vamos viendo lo muy traumado que está el pobre y las ganas que tiene de arreglar todo y, sobretodo, de proteger a Serah a diferencia de su nefasto esposo Snow. Además de que la presencia de Caius está muy bien llevada, haciendo apariciones estelares o dejándonos ver todo lo que está trastocando las cosas. Me recuerda bastante a cómo llevaron las cosas con Golbez en FFIV, lo resuelven de una manera muy eficiente. Y personajes como Hope, que en el primer juego era insoportable, en este lo transforman en un verdadero crack, dirigiendo la Academia y ayudando constantemente a salvar el mundo. No quiero olvidarme de Yeul, que con tan sólo su mero diseño ya nos deja claro que es fantástica, pero que desarrollan de manera muy discreta y es un personaje muy fresco y que le viene genial a la trama.

El sistema de combate es el mismo pero llevado un paso más allá. Los personajes pueden avanzar desde el principio por el rol que quieras y es a raíz de ir avanzando por el Cristarium cuando es más caro subir de nivel y no por acercarnos al final de la ruta del rol. Por ejemplo, en mi partida, Noel desde muy temprano en el juego fue nivel 99 de Castigador y Serah 99 de Fulminador, y poco a poco fui subiendo el resto de oficios. Es una reinterpretación muy acertada, porque da muchísima más libertad al jugador sin necesidad de hacerle farmear como un verdadero animal. Sin mencionar la inclusión de la Mesnada, de los tres puestos de combate uno será cedido a los monstruos que vayamos capturando a lo largo de la aventura, cada uno con su rol específico, y les haremos crecer con nosotros mejorando también sus propios cristarium.

La banda sonora le da mil vueltas a la del original, que ya era buena de por sí, creando temas diferentes más dinámicos, con mezcla de géneros, usando los antiguos en situaciones específicas... Diría que es lo que más me ha sorprendido del título, pero es que Final Fantasy SIEMPRE ha tenido buena música, no es ninguna sorpresa.

¡El mundo es un mundo! ¡Se acabaron los pasillos! Obviamente hay alguna sección o mapa muy pasillero pero, independientemente de ello, se sienten extremadamente vivos y activos. La exploración es muy importante, no sólo para conseguir los cofres repartidos, sino que las mecánicas introducidas con el moguri nos incitan a buscar aún más tesoros y los dichosos fragmentos maestros para poder activar los portales temporales. Además, hay una gran cantidad de misiones y contenido secundario que nos ofrecerán un final secreto y unas cuantas horas más de diversión, como en Xanadú, donde puedes volverte ludópata en las tragaperras o en las carreras de Chocobos.

Es un juego bastante bien ejecutado en todos los sentidos, si le tengo que sacar una pega, es que la versión de steam tiene serios problemas de rendimiento y que tuve que meterle un archivo para que directamente no se me cerrase el juego sin venir a cuento. También le critico el salto ingente de dificultad JUSTO ANTES del Jefe Final. He ido todo el juego sin ningún tipo de dificultad, superando casi todos los bosses y enemigos, y fue llegar a esa zona y PAM EN TU CARA, TIRA A DARTE UNAS VUELTAS Y CONSEGUIR MÁS COSAS. Pero he de decir que, debido a ello, descubrí unas cosillas que me había dejado sin hacer e hicieron que el juego me gustase muchísimo más. No tenía intención de jugar Lightning Returns pero... Tras la buena impresión de XIII-2 es muy probable que lo haga

16/11/2023: Pls, remaster this so I can 100% this shit in 120fps

Melhor do que o 1º em praticamente tudo,com um vilao muito bom,eu acho o Caius fantastico.
A Serah é uma boa protagonista e o Noel é um cara legal,incrivel q os 2 nesse jogo tem mais quimica entre si,do q a Serah com o Snow no primeiro jogo inteiro.
Tem um dos melhores finais,pq te pega desprevenido e da um gancho muito bom pro ultimo jogo da trilogia.

The fact that Laura Bailey had like 2 lines in the first game is insane

One of the greatest villains the series has ever had.

Following up fucking Barth in the first game with Caius in this is so funny like ok we get it guys you can make an incredible villain when you really want to. Would probably be 5 stars if the PC port wasn't such a fucking pain to play.

this game fixed every issue i had with ff13 gameplay.
the soundtrack is amazing, gameplay style is veeeery enjoyable for what it is and the game is no longer a corridor simulator

very nice
also noel and serah are really cute:3

FFXIII-2 a game that is under FFXIII's shadow and cannot see the sun, excellent cast, good story, not anymore just a corridor interesting time mechanics, this is a good JRPG It is a pity that viewed with bad and prejudices because of her ancestor.

But if you're playing on pc, you'll need a lot of patches and i'll still crash sometimes.

Tão bom quanto o anterior, único problema é que a história peca um pouco, principalmente por terminar em cliffhanger, de resto... é muito bom e até melhor que o primeiro em alguns aspectos

Super good, Caius best villain ever

I love this game!! Caius is an amazing villain, Serah and Noel are great protagonists, and the story is so stupid but a fun ride! The gameplay never got boring and the music is super good! If you didn't like how linear XIII was, then this one is way better for you. XIII may have had a perfect ending and could have ended perfectly fine there, but this game is honestly a great continuation and has an ending that will probably emotionally break you :D

yes they retconned the entire of ff13 to make this but yknow... its fun. i enjoy it and adore noel & serah.


Final Fantasy XIII was a lot of things but it wasn’t uninteresting. XIII-2 technically does a lot of things better as a video game. It’s far less linear, the combat mechanics are available right from the start, you can explore areas without constant combat encounters, talk to NPCs, side quests etc. On paper this is a far better experience. Sometimes it is for sure a better game, but in the end I reflected on my experience and found it to stick with me far less than XIII.

XIII-2 is pretty good. It retains the amazing paradigm system, but rarely did combat encounters require me to problem solve as often as XIII. The level design is more open but the timeline system makes the levels feel completely disconnected. The story is kind of easier to grasp early on, but I miss the high concepts of XIII. XIII was interesting to dissect and learn about the story despite its low focus on world building. Somehow XIII-2 feels less like a cohesive world. The lower budget is also incredibly obvious. It feels more like a filler episode at times than a direct sequel. I do really like Noel as a character though. Despite his loose presence, Caius was a relatively cool villain as well.

Everything here would probably make for a far superior final fantasy game but it’s lower budget and polish really held it back. It’s a texture thing (a general feeling type of texture - not a literal visual textures thing). Stuff like the environments, character models, UI design etc just felt like a massive step down. That’s not a huge problem; I dig the Ps2 vibe this game has. It has the vibe of a lost ps2 gem. It’s not a hidden gem though, it’s a sequel to a massive final fantasy game. I think that association is what holds it back for many. It’s not that it’s a bad game necessarily, it has a lot of aspects that would make a fantastic game. Yet even for me it’s hard to look past what it came from and see it as something fully unique.

I do want to point out the ending chunk of the game though. I loved it. Without spoiling it there’s a point where the story finally clicks with me, but it came after a long period of what felt like meandering around a bunch of levels collecting items. It comes around and wins me over a bit though. The ending is so shockingly dour and upsetting and I love that. Clearly it was that way to lead into Lightning Returns, but I respect that they went that direction. It’s great stuff!

I enjoyed my time with XIII-2. It was an attempt at a new original story with mostly new characters which is really cool. It varied gameplay far more often and strayed from becoming too repetitive. It has the Crazy Chocobo song. It’s fun! It was pretty short too which helped a lot. People always said this game was way better than XIII because it directly addressed the criticisms of XIII and designed a game around that. It was an apology of a game. Personally something about that made it less interesting to me. XIII radiates confidence in what it is even if it’s not always great. I’m not even sure if XIII is a better game overall. XIII-2 felt ashamed of XIII and just wanted to make fans happy. It succeeded in some areas and had a lot of decent original ideas of its own, but my conclusion with these 2 games is that XIII-2 may be a better game on paper, but XIII is the game I end up having more respect and admiration for despite its glaring issues.

Foi o melhor da trilogia do final fantasy xiii

I haven't finished this yet but from what i played it was good. 13-2 fixes the horrible party leader dies = game over mechanic, incorporates some cool systems where you fight alongside monsters, and has a lot of Chrono Triggery time travelling vibes to it.

Loved this game, it's near and dear to my heart.

Best one of the XIII trilogy.

A decent FF game, decent sequel.

What a mess of a game. Runs like shit on PC, Couldn't get into the story, bland characters, didn't enjoy the time travelling, pace killing puzzle sections.

FF13 was linear and overstayed its welcome for me but I didn't feel half as burned out playing it. Out of all the Final Fantasy games I've played/replayed recently this was the worst experience.

We love you our shining star SERAH FARRON!!!


Slightly better than FF 13, better characters and taming monsters is fun.

Best video game OST of all time. I will fight you.