Final Fantasy XIII-2

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  1. Nivhu
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    Worst sequel ever for the worst Final Fantasy game
    If you are looking for a copy and paste cheap and sad sequel... Well there it is
  2. Jesol
    Jun 3, 2023
    0
    When the sequel of a game menage to be worse than an already horrendous first game, you obtain this sh!t
  3. Vocox
    Feb 4, 2023
    1
    The plot is nonsense trash, the gameplay sucks, and the characters are just badly written.
    Avoid this boring mess
  4. Riplyco
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    Boring piece of trash.
    A ridiculous copy and paste game, that manage to have an even worse plot than the first game.
    One of the most disappointing sequel ever made
  5. Yased
    Jan 15, 2023
    0
    Worst "sequel" ever made for a mainline game of the franchise.
    If you think of how many recyclable elements they have used to even think to produce this sh*t, you can see that this xiii-2 is just a 90% copy and pasted xiii.
    So, the monsters design is still trash, the ost is still forgettable, and with the gameplay they have done another pitiful copy and paste failure, and the plot is even worse.
  6. Vhofa
    Dec 31, 2022
    0
    A bad game, and literally the worst Final Fantasy sequel game ever made.
    Yes, this garbage is able to be even worse than FFX-2, especially in the plot aspect.
    Forgettable, bland and boring.
  7. Sequn
    Aug 2, 2022
    1
    Retarded garbage game, that try hard to copy pokémon and fail miserably.
    This sh#t game was created with a terrible and aggressive copy and paste from all the assets of the first game.
    The only thing changed was the gameplay, unfortunately it's still sh#t. And they menage to make the already trash story even more trash, with time travel sh#t and multiple useless endings. (since the only    Retarded garbage game, that try hard to copy pokémon and fail miserably.
    This sh#t game was created with a terrible and aggressive copy and paste from all the assets of the first game.
    The only thing changed was the gameplay, unfortunately it's still sh#t. And they menage to make the already trash story even more trash, with time travel sh#t and multiple useless endings.
    (since the only true ending was selled as pay DLC)    … Expand
  8. Gamepro3093
    May 9, 2022
    0
    Awful game. Somehow, Square Enix managed to make a game more excruciatingly awful than 13 with it’s confounding and incomprehensible time travel plot, dialogue that is even more boring to listen to where characters stand around and mostly babble about nonsense like paradoxes and other nonsense that’s difficult to understand, cutscenes that are even more dull and interminable to sitAwful game. Somehow, Square Enix managed to make a game more excruciatingly awful than 13 with it’s confounding and incomprehensible time travel plot, dialogue that is even more boring to listen to where characters stand around and mostly babble about nonsense like paradoxes and other nonsense that’s difficult to understand, cutscenes that are even more dull and interminable to sit through, annoying puzzles that will often waste your time as they’re badly designed and often are based on luck than skill, the soundtrack is even worse than 13’s and mostly just recycles 13’s soundtrack when it doesn’t use it’s own soundtrack, the level design is even worse in 13-2 with locations often just recycled from 13 and multiple variations of the same location exist with different weather effects and lighting, the characters are even more annoying, the battle system is improved but you’re only given 2 actual characters to play as and have a pokemon style monster assisting you for the 3rd member. Square Enix should feel ashamed they ever let their flagship series sink as low as it did with the 13 games. Do yourself a favor and skip all 3 13 games.… Expand
  9. Vanta77
    May 8, 2020
    0
    I was actually super hyped for a sequel of XIII because i actually kinda liked that game, it wasnt a great FF but it was a fun Square game that should've been called Fabula Nova Crystalis or something, anyway i was ready for the sequel because i was hoping for more of the same characters but nope.

    13-2 was probably the worst script/story/game ive ever played, since it takes FF to a low    I was actually super hyped for a sequel of XIII because i actually kinda liked that game, it wasnt a great FF but it was a fun Square game that should've been called Fabula Nova Crystalis or something, anyway i was ready for the sequel because i was hoping for more of the same characters but nope.

    13-2 was probably the worst script/story/game ive ever played, since it takes FF to a low place of crap magnitude of nonsense. And its insanely boring cutscenes, 2 characters, time travel and you have to use math to know whats going on.

    Cool boss though but its probably the only FF i regret playing, both XIII sequels were the boring spray in the bathroom you read the info on, when you have nothing else to read and you ask yourself what the heck you are doing.    … Expand
  10. Bulbotrax
    Jul 27, 2019
    0
    maybe one of the worst game i ever played.

    everything is so bad in this game... graphics, music, gameplay, script.... it's a waste of time, and a huge pile of craps.
  11. Empyrea
    Jul 27, 2018
    3
    I'm at the end of this game and the final boss is so so difficult that I've given up. Plus, you can't save before this battle so you have to fight other final bosses before if you want to level up more your team. I didn't have any troubles in FFX, FXII or FXIII but with this..., it's insane even in easy mode. And I leveled my team for 1-2 hours when I got stuck in the middle of the game soI'm at the end of this game and the final boss is so so difficult that I've given up. Plus, you can't save before this battle so you have to fight other final bosses before if you want to level up more your team. I didn't have any troubles in FFX, FXII or FXIII but with this..., it's insane even in easy mode. And I leveled my team for 1-2 hours when I got stuck in the middle of the game so yes, I quite hate this game because of the final boss. Well done Square Enix! A part from this, this game is more dynamic than the last one and I think it's the first FF where you can jump, although they need to improve the jumping because it looks odd trying to jump from one place to another and see that you can't go in some places and that you have to turn around. About the plot is very different than in FFXIII but you can't expect to play the same game. This game would deserve a 7 but I can't forgive what they have done in the ending. The best of this game like the rest of the FF is its graphics and soundrack and in this case the dynamic gameplay, although sometimes the soundtrack is too loud and you can't hear well the voices. It took me almost 30 hours. I've watch the end on youtube and it's like: ok, why don't you do one game instead of 2. I mean, I knew there was a third game but I didn't expect to see a "to be continued" with such open ending without any explanation.… Expand
  12. Broyax
    Apr 17, 2017
    1
    Ah Final Fantasy ! ses chocobos (prière de ne pas pouffer de rire), ses familiers pokémons, sa Chocolina et sa turbine à chocolat, ses dialogues niais et enfin sa musique d'ascenseur (qu'on ne peut ni couper ni baisser) qu'on utilise comme instrument de torture à Guantanamo. Ce FF XIII-2 est un vrai FF pur jus et perpétue tout ce que la japoniaiserie peut faire de pire en jeu de rôleAh Final Fantasy ! ses chocobos (prière de ne pas pouffer de rire), ses familiers pokémons, sa Chocolina et sa turbine à chocolat, ses dialogues niais et enfin sa musique d'ascenseur (qu'on ne peut ni couper ni baisser) qu'on utilise comme instrument de torture à Guantanamo. Ce FF XIII-2 est un vrai FF pur jus et perpétue tout ce que la japoniaiserie peut faire de pire en jeu de rôle depuis plus de 15 ans.

    La tradition est aussi respectée graphiquement : les FF ont toujours été très beaux, une touche particulière et dépaysante, très agréable à l'oeil à dire vrai, si, si. Le système de combat est resté fidèle à lui-même : un bordel ambulant très confus et qu'on finit par connaître par coeur tant le nombre de combats est ahurissant et la majorité d'entre eux est tout simplement inzappable ! en termes d'abrutissement le MMO coréen n'est pas loin.

    On espérait un mieux sensible grâce à l'intrigue inédite des voyages dans le temps et autres retours vers le futur mais c'est sans compter sur les fragments que l'on doit récupérer pour activer ces satanés portails. Au bout d'un certain temps, impossible de trouver les bons fragments qui ouvrent les bons portails : ce FF vous oblige donc à fouiller et refouiller de long en large, en travers et en diagonale tous les mondes déjà précédemment visités et lorsqu'on ne peut pas avancer de plus d'1,50 m sans tomber sur un combat, on se lasse rapidement (euphémisme).

    La mièvrerie générale du titre finit de vous achever. Un jeu qui pourrait plaire aux enfants et à quelques adolescents attardés ou autres **** mais sans plus.    … Expand
  13. sefrabu
    Mar 30, 2016
    4
    I have every reason to believe that initially Square wanted to make a Chrono Trigger - Pokemon crossover and after the script was written, they decided to put Final Fantasy XIII characters in it. The whole thing is disjointed, infantile, unispired. At my 4th (sic) go at this game over the past few years nothing has changed - it is still the only Final Fantasy to date that I haven't finished.
  14. ThecriticGoD
    Mar 15, 2016
    3
    When you think Square-enix couldn't do any worse with their Final Fantasy saga they make this game... FFXIII was very average, probably even bad, but this just surpases any limit.
  15. kausb
    Dec 16, 2015
    4
    This game was so outrageously terrible I felt the obligation to make an account just to warn unsuspecting gamers. This game is a grindfest, where the only thing you have to do is push X. If you don't want to fight mobs you don't have to, but be prepared for the hyperleveled bosses which are placed in the game to make sure you were grinding enough. If you like pretty cutscenes with no plotThis game was so outrageously terrible I felt the obligation to make an account just to warn unsuspecting gamers. This game is a grindfest, where the only thing you have to do is push X. If you don't want to fight mobs you don't have to, but be prepared for the hyperleveled bosses which are placed in the game to make sure you were grinding enough. If you like pretty cutscenes with no plot substance and pushing X a lot in an active-time turn based system, this is the game for you. Otherwise, stay far away from this pretty turd.… Expand
  16. SicSeph
    Dec 15, 2015
    0
    CONS - Hardly ever challenging, hideous protagonist, low number of bosses, finally jumping would be amazing if it was not actually useless outside the scripted circles, battle system sucks as much as the previous game, story really not that catching.

    PROS - Co-protagonist is a kinda good considering the whole game standards.
  17. bigboss1964
    Nov 22, 2015
    4
    Final Fantasy XIII-2

    Game-Play:The formula is the same with the FF-XIII with some little changes that thankfully made the game-play better but still was a poor effort from Square Enix.The game-play should be change but to traditional turn based or change to and action combat system because i think that Square Enix is not good at trying to mix them. Story:The story is still boring    Final Fantasy XIII-2

    Game-Play:The formula is the same with the FF-XIII with some little changes that thankfully made the game-play better but still was a poor effort from Square Enix.The game-play should be change but to traditional turn based or change to and action combat system because i think that Square Enix is not good at trying to mix them.

    Story:The story is still boring fill with uninteresting characters and plot.But at leas this time they made it shorter than the first game but still long it will take you to finish the games story about 25 to 30 hours.

    Graphics:The graphics are a little better than the first game and still impressive.

    Notes:The Final Fantasy XIII-2 is an eyecandy just like the Final Fantasy XIII I do not Like the way Square Enix have turn the game.This is a below average game that i recommend to buy at a huge price drop or just rent it if you want to play that much but really thing that there is no reason to spent your time in this game .    … Expand
  18. mingi_nuss
    Mar 2, 2015
    0
    An awful game, never buy it, steal it if you must. never thought that i would see final fantasy turning into a pokemon game, starring mog as pikatchu. other monsters that you catch just stay in your pocket.
  19. Mr_Smith
    Mar 2, 2015
    0
    When first comparing it to its prequel, there seemed to be some nice little add-ons, BUT after actually playing it, the whole thing was actually even worse experience than harry potter games on playstation 1. Final fantasy XIII-2 is actually a good example of a lousy game director, trying to do his own, too deep thing and ruining the series for good without even realizing it. Man behindWhen first comparing it to its prequel, there seemed to be some nice little add-ons, BUT after actually playing it, the whole thing was actually even worse experience than harry potter games on playstation 1. Final fantasy XIII-2 is actually a good example of a lousy game director, trying to do his own, too deep thing and ruining the series for good without even realizing it. Man behind this game ows all the customers an apology AND a refund. This game seems to have been made in a hurry, missing half of its content. NEVER buy it, instead, go and play final fantasy VI, it has way more stuff to do and offers more challenging gameplay AND is actually interesting. Thank you for reading this.… Expand
  20. verun
    Jan 14, 2015
    0
    It's better than FF 13 in many ways, but when you are a perfectionist and want to play a game to it's max capabilities, then you're in for some MMO-style farming, taking not hours but many days of mindless, funless mechanic grinding until you just give up and see the recent games of Square Enix for what they really are: soulless cash cows.

    This is not Final Fantasy anymore. FF died when    It's better than FF 13 in many ways, but when you are a perfectionist and want to play a game to it's max capabilities, then you're in for some MMO-style farming, taking not hours but many days of mindless, funless mechanic grinding until you just give up and see the recent games of Square Enix for what they really are: soulless cash cows.

    This is not Final Fantasy anymore. FF died when Hironobu Sakaguchi left Squaresoft. Took me 13 years to finally accept that.    … Expand
  21. Noin007
    Jan 4, 2015
    4
    It's a **** game for a second time with some minor alterations. Not really much else to say. Did you think all XIII needed was Pokemon collecting and moogles? If not, skip this and don't look back.
  22. rAMZA
    Dec 18, 2014
    0
    this isnt even near classic Final Fantasys.
    If you didnt like FFXIII then dont buy this
    If you like Final Fantasy saga this isnt it
    they made this a linear game so its in class with cod just movies popping in the way of the linear gameplay
  23. Genelegasse
    Sep 21, 2014
    0
    If you're a final fantasy fan and enjoy the classic series... STAY AWAY FROM THIS GAME! this destroys everything you loved about final fantasy with poor storyline and disgustingly over-bloated drama that make you wonder why you're even playing. Seriously... this is painful to play. played and beat every final fantasy that ever released before this one... I couldnt find it in myself to playIf you're a final fantasy fan and enjoy the classic series... STAY AWAY FROM THIS GAME! this destroys everything you loved about final fantasy with poor storyline and disgustingly over-bloated drama that make you wonder why you're even playing. Seriously... this is painful to play. played and beat every final fantasy that ever released before this one... I couldnt find it in myself to play another second of this solid crap. Sorry SE you've lost your touch.… Expand
  24. Dynel
    Mar 27, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. FF 13 ended perfectly without any hole left to fill. So... why is there a sequel?

    because squeenix wants more money and lightning was popular, that's why.

    Lengthy intro, story is filler upon filler and the ending of the first game was out the window at the start... so... AVOID.    … Expand
  25. Ecks33
    Mar 10, 2014
    1
    like to point out on CincyJosh review and this game is not worthy of the FF game number since it is a poorly made game with nice graphics that is just about it with it really, the battle system they made is very laughable almost made me wonder what was going on in the minds over at Square Enix but hey i hope they dont screw up on 15 like they did with this one
  26. Revoltz
    Nov 1, 2013
    1
    It's the second worse FF games, losing only to the X-2.
    Noah and Caius are the only thing who save the game.
    Serah sux a lot, she's one of the worse characters of all time.
  27. gyigyo2
    Aug 24, 2013
    4
    Pros:Caius,Tragedy,sad scenes,Noel,Places,Musics (Caius battle theme the best),Snow..
    Cons:Pokemon game,A little time with snow!?,Alyssa, adult Hope,new coccoon looks ugly.
    Its a Pokemon game,I hate adult Hope its a f**king genius he is the perfect man in fabula novula crystallis world, kid hope was better not to mention the cloth, kid hope cloth was perfect! Story is ruined and the    Pros:Caius,Tragedy,sad scenes,Noel,Places,Musics (Caius battle theme the best),Snow..
    Cons:Pokemon game,A little time with snow!?,Alyssa, adult Hope,new coccoon looks ugly.

    Its a Pokemon game,I hate adult Hope its a f**king genius he is the perfect man in fabula novula crystallis world, kid hope was better not to mention the cloth, kid hope cloth was perfect! Story is ruined and the great fantastic FF13 ending was ruined with this too...
    FF13-2 ending was aghhhh great!? its would be a great thing if enemy (Caius) wins in FF title not only good (Lightning) sides. but Its would be better if this game release as FF15 with different heores,world and with Caius antagonist..Square Enix should stop this idiot sequels...    … Expand
  28. GabCan47
    Apr 27, 2013
    2
    I hate this game. It's the last FF title I will buy unless they change the battle system. I got sick of all the bouncing around times. The battle system sucked. You could put it on auto battle and breeze through the game, even on bosses. Very few times did I actually have to take control of my characters in battle. I dream of a day when there are no more of these horrible actionI hate this game. It's the last FF title I will buy unless they change the battle system. I got sick of all the bouncing around times. The battle system sucked. You could put it on auto battle and breeze through the game, even on bosses. Very few times did I actually have to take control of my characters in battle. I dream of a day when there are no more of these horrible action rpg's and we go back to the wonderful, fun and awesome days of turn based rpg's. I fear it will remain a dream though. The story was just like..."who cares?". There was no attachment to these empty characters. Not like with Tidus and Yuna, or Zidane or even Cecil. I gave it a 2 becasue Noel could wear Ezio's outfit as DLC.… Expand
  29. Doctor-J
    Nov 4, 2012
    2
    Sad, just sad... What happened with the old final fantasy style, why can't you make a new final fantasy in classic style? Why squaresoft keep making this crap. What the hell has happened with square? Why can't you produce a single final fantasy to ps3 in old style? Why? It doesn't need to have the best graphics of all, just the classic gameplay we all love! oh my god! WHATS WRONG WITH YOUSad, just sad... What happened with the old final fantasy style, why can't you make a new final fantasy in classic style? Why squaresoft keep making this crap. What the hell has happened with square? Why can't you produce a single final fantasy to ps3 in old style? Why? It doesn't need to have the best graphics of all, just the classic gameplay we all love! oh my god! WHATS WRONG WITH YOU SQUARE??!! I HOPE YOU GO BANKRUPT, SO THEN SOMEONE MAY BUY YOU AND DO BETTER!… Expand
  30. Abstractpurpose
    Oct 30, 2012
    1
    This entry tried to build onto the last game while fixing the larger issues fans had with the first. They provided npcs to there credit however the store while many say its fixed is not and heres why. Last game randomly placed save cubes sold you items. Now a randomly placed annoying girl sells you items. Its just a save cube with a chacter model on it that doesnt let you save. So its aThis entry tried to build onto the last game while fixing the larger issues fans had with the first. They provided npcs to there credit however the store while many say its fixed is not and heres why. Last game randomly placed save cubes sold you items. Now a randomly placed annoying girl sells you items. Its just a save cube with a chacter model on it that doesnt let you save. So its a halfass fix but something. Combat remains overly simple but now for the big thing. The world There is no world technically. Just randomized boxed in locations. Imagin a mw3 map that you had to walk around find an item and teleport to another random map. Thats the entire layout of this game. They designed completely random areas without exits and just bounce you from one to the otherafter finding an item.

    Now for characters. The new guys pretty cool but serrah and her mog bow are not. The train a monster idea is nice but its only hiding the fact that this game seriously lacks a character roster. So in all honesty this game and its lack of story that has nothing to do with 13 mixed with the sensless area to area without any true feeling of travle (like walking from a desert area to a beach area to a slightly wooded area as seen in other games) this ff barely constitutes as a game at all. Any random thing can happen and just be called a time paradox. I really hated the feeling of traveling from 1 shoebox to the next though. That really bugged me.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 53 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 53
  3. Negative: 0 out of 53
  1. Armchair Empire
    May 4, 2012
    75
    All in all, I enjoyed Final Fantasy XIII-2 – it was a fun RPG game to play, looked spectacular and ate up a significant amount of my free time. It didn't give me everything I wanted out of the experience, but I still had fun.
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  2. Worth Playing
    Mar 15, 2012
    88
    FFXIII-2 earns its score with aplomb, and I'd go so far to call it a sleeper hit. It's a genuinely great-playing game with an imperfect story, though to its credit, it eventually engages and justifies the wait. Its greatest battle now is escaping from the shadow and stigma of its big brother, but you should ignore the anti-hype, take a leap of faith and give it a chance.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Mar 4, 2012
    80
    Has made some really solid steps forward in combat but needs a more readily digestible plot to entice newcomers. [March 2012, p68]
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