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Final Fantasy XIII-2: Everything You Should Know


that time was lost yet time continued
onward this is the direct sequel to the
story that unfolded in 2009’s final
fantasy 13 welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re filling you in on everything
you should know about final fantasy 13-2
yeah save it for later developed by
Square Enix as well as development
division one and try ace 13 2 picks up
where 13 left off as the title indicates
this adventure uses the world and
characters from the previous installment
making it a straight-up sequel which is
unusual but not unheard of for this
franchise 13 2 takes place three years
after the events of the previous
adventure after lightning its heroine
disappeared into an unknown world while
the original game revolved around
lightnings battles against fate to save
her younger sister Sarah their roles
have now been reversed starting her
journey Sarah joins forces with Knoll
Christ a mysterious young time traveler
from 700 years into the future who is
pledged to help her save lightning as
well as his own race from extinction
together they recruit others to help
including a familiar creature named mog
some new faces and some old friends from
the previous game facing many obstacles
in phos their biggest threat comes from
Knowles former friend and mentor KS
ballad an immortal guardian from the
timeline he pursues knoll seeking
all-out war against those who would
tamper with the space-time continuum
beyond being a simple search and rescue
mission the story expands on the crystal
theme and belongs to the fabula Nova
crystallis collective the universe here
separates the visible world of the
living with the invisible world of the
Dead otherwise known as Valhalla these
are controlled by beings with godlike
powers such as the goddess etro yes the
world of grand pulse and cocoon return
however players will not only be able to
visit old areas in addition to new ones
but will also be able to visit various
time periods these separate time periods
allow the player to see the evolution of
familiar cities and places in terms of
gameplay 13-2 doesn’t suffer from the
same mistakes that plagued 13 namely its
linearity hear the story changes
depending on where you choose to go in
your time travelling journey the game
also adds dialogue trees when talking to
characters you meet allowing you to
better enjoy your conversations these
selections will also change every time
the game is played in terms of
exploration find
new locations is a matter of unlocking
gates by collecting artifacts you will
also be rewarded for collecting 160
fragments throughout the game these are
gained by taking on side quests puzzles
and story events these reward you with
fragment skills such as the ability to
tweak aspects of the game for example
you can turn up or down the enemy
encounter rate there are also many
temporal rifts which present puzzle like
problems and avoid between dimensions
solving these resolves paradox is
happening in the real world of course
many of your choices throughout the game
contribute to the ending that you will
find for battles 13 2 uses a variation
of active Time battle system called the
command synergy battle system this makes
use of the paradigm shift structure
players will also be able to adjust the
difficulty of the battles and take on
quick time events called cinematic
action which deal higher damage to foes
to gain the upper hand you can even tame
monsters and use them as team members in
battle speaking of monsters they no
longer roam the map instead enemies are
randomly generated like classic games in
the series 13 2 also features two
difficulty modes normal and easy which
can be changed at any time there is also
the option to save the game at any point
throughout the story from the main menu
final fantasy 13-2 is available for both
the ps3 and xbox 360 don’t let its
awkward title fool you this isn’t a mere
expansion it is already being compared
to the legendary games like Chrono
Trigger for being a first-rate
role-playing game and for its fantastic
use of time travel
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