As Lightning, it is your mission to save souls so they may be brought to a new world. However, with only thirteen days remaining, not everyone can be saved. Armed with all-new weapons, player customization and battle abilities, you are in a race against time to fully understand your destiny. It all ends here.
Five hundred years after the events of Final Fantasy XIII-2, the world of Nova Chrysalia is slowly dying and stands only thirteen days from its end, its people rendered ageless and childless by the chaos unleashed long ago. Lightning, the warrior heroine of the earlier games, is awoken from crystal stasis by the god Bhunivelze and named the Savior, tasked with freeing humanity's souls from their emotional burdens and guiding them to a new world before time runs out. Traveling across four distinct regions and reuniting with old friends and adversaries who each carry deep sorrow, Lightning races against the doomsday clock while uncovering the truth behind the world's fate and the god's true intentions.
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[Please note that I'm posting this review for all 3 games of this complex bcause it applies to them all and contains no technical nor spoiler-kind of information] So here's my recommendation for everybody who things about getting this game and heard negative comments regarding story line and characters. Content based comments. I'll not refer to the technical side of the game, since I'm not gamer enough to comment on it. If you consider buying this game, get them all. All 3 of them. FINAL FANTASY® XIII, FINAL FANTASY® XIII-2 and LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII. And play through them all in this order before you judge the storyline. This set of games has a complicated storyline with lots of details and temporary endings that won't be resolved until the very end. THat's what I really like about this series. I've heard a lot of people saying the main character Lightning is cold. Not
Most of the reviews out there touch upon technical details of the PC port, leaving the substance of the game alone. I aim to fix that. First off, let me confirm everything you heard so far about the quality of the port itself - it's really the best one by far by Square Enix. It's smooth, it looks better than on consoles, there is a higher variety of visual options. The port includes all DLC and both English and Japanese audio. Now, let's move on to the reason I even decided to write this in the first place: the game itself. Is it good? In short: Very. At this point, I've spent a little more than 6 hours in it, and I already feel like it managed to justify the price. The story is pretty good so far, that said, it is very important that you play FF XIII and XIII-2 first, otherwise many many things will be lost on you. The combat system is probably the most dynamic and player-inclusive
The basic rundown : You play as Lightning, who has been tasked to save souls from the dying world, and has been given a few godly powers to help. You start the game with 7 days to go until the end of the world, and have to extend the world's remaining lifetime by saving souls. You save souls by completing quests, which convieniently also rewards you with money, stats, and cosmetic items. The world is divided up into four major areas, and there are 5 main questlines you need to complete in order to buy the world the time it needs. There are also around 60 sidequests and 80 "MMO-type quests" (basically bringing items back to a billboard) to help you get stronger. It is worth noting that the only way to get stronger is through completing quests. You do not level up, and do not earn experience or stats from fighting enemies. Let's address the elephant in the room now : The doomsday timer.
Much like Final Fantasy XIII-2 before it, Lightning Returns is a product of Square Enix’s early 2010s financial struggles. An effort to bring in as much money as possible by reusing many assets from Final Fantasy XIII whilst Final Fantasy Versus XIII (which eventually became FFXV) continued languishing in development hell & Final Fantasy XIV was gearing up for its big relaunch as A Realm Reborn. The interesting thing about Lightning Returns is that, whereas XIII-2 felt like a game built around its accelerated development cycle, Lightning Returns is a game that feels too ambitious for its own good. Whilst XIII-2 reused as much from XIII as possible & used the time-travel premise as an excuse to reskin both old environments from XIII & most of the few new ones multiple times & made minimal changes to the gameplay; Lightning Returns completely overhauls the combat to more closely resemble
Almost 500 hours. I'd say money well spent. Lightning Returns finishes the FF 13 trilogy with a bang in the form of a race against the clock to save as many souls as you can before the chaos that was unleashed in FFXIII-2 destroys the world completely. But don't worry, it's not nearly as stressful as it sounds. If you can't do it, you get to go back to the beginning and try again, with any items and gear and stats you may have earned previously. It's a pretty neat mechanic - not my favourite, but that doesn't mean it's not worth your time. You start out with a few days to go before the end of the world, but as you progress through main quests, and even side quests, you can extend the life of the world and give yourself more time. Considering I could get most all quests done in 4 days in my speedrun videos, leaving 9 days free to do whatever you want, it's quite forgiving. Some quests
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