xD I found the story of FF XIII-2 to be far more challenging than that of the first part this time not because of the huge amount of lore, more because the story is very intricate but I didn't have "eh?" moments or at least none that I can remember right now. (also it's actually not as nonlinear as everyone seems to think, the map is just confusing XD)JWRosser said:I quite enjoyed playing FFXIII, although it certainly was no where near as good as the older Final Fantasy games, and once I completed it I got rid of it, which is a rarity for me in a Final Fantasy games (I've played 6 - 10 countless times). FFXIII-2 was unnecessary, I thought. It was an alright game, but, again, as soon as I completed it I got rid of it.
Though non-linear (to an almost ridiculous extent...) the story wasn't as good as FFXIII's. Yes, often Final Fantasy stories are quite confusing, and "this happens because it does", but XIII-2, for me, had a lot of "eh?" moments. I still don't fully understand what was happening, or what the bad guy's motives were (I can't even remember his name now...), but maybe that's because I wasn't really paying 100% attention. To be honest, I was more concerned with naming and dressing up the monsters I had captured (ah, Solomon the Cactaur...).
I think that it's worth playing, if you enjoyed XIII or Final Fantasy in general, but...it's nothing to write home about.
I love the series, thoroughly enjoyed 6 - 10. Even 12, which receives a lot of hate, was pretty good, I thought. 10-2 was decent as well. Personally, I'm still wanting remakes. The Final Fantasy games are those games where the graphics don't matter - I can still play FF6/7/8/9 and have a great time, but it would be nice to see some current gen graphics and voice acting, I think. As long as they get the voice acting right. I didn't agree with Kuja and Zidane's voices in Dissidea, but the others (like the ones featured in Kingdom Hearts) are all alright.
I never liked FF XII very much but that is because I found the story to VERY boring to me I still don't understand why... maybe because vaan is not the real main character... but it's one of the most fun fighting systems to date.
I can still play all except FF XII because aforementioned reasons and FF VII for largely the same reasons but there it's actually the butt ugly graphics, the, to me, very boring character Aerith and clouds , to me, very stupid and annoying infatuation with her.
I still replay every else Final Fantasy after 5 about yearly just because I like them