FINAL FANTASY® XIII-2

better than ff13, horrible pc port for some reason it runs better when used with proton

Even after all the lengths I went to to get this game to work, all the modding and testing, I ran into a hardlock ten hours in, and I don't know if I'll ever want to try it again.

kept crashing but i fixed it by disabling cloud save. been fun and nostalgic :)

Crashes all the time and because of this unplayable on steam deck. There is a 4GB github patch but you have to really sweat to patch it on Linux... PC also have to be patched with this patch to stop crashes... Really bad port

Much better than the first title in every way except story. Serah is a likeable character that steers away from Lightning's edginess for a nice change of pace, and Noel feels like he was ripped straight out of FFX. Mog on the other hand is an annoying little ♥♥♥♥ who I'd gladly throw across the map repeatedly if that didn't make him even more annoying. I GET IT, YOU'RE A MOOGLE! SHUT UP! Random encounters are largely optional which is a huge improvement over the first title, and I never felt like I had to grind levels to progress through the game smoothly (*cough* FFXIII Chapter 11). There was definitely less focus on equipment this time around as you can obtain the ultimate weapon for both characters fairly early if you wanted to, and there isn't much need to upgrade weapons since you can find a direct upgrade to what you have before damage becomes an issue. The story is as cheesy as it gets but to give credit where it's due they managed to make a time travel/alternate timeline story understandable throughout most of it. The main antagonist, Caius, has a solid motivation, yet falls for the trope of choosing the worst possible solution to his problems. Overall it's a hu…

what the hell man sure give us a sequel no one asked for