It seems like I have been playing this game forever. My wife picked it up for me when we went to a Pistons game earlier in the year, and I have been picking at Final Fantasy XIII-2 between other games ever since. I was a fan of Final Fantasy XIII, giving it a score of 8.25 in my review.
Still, Final Fantasy XIII was one of the more divisive video game titles in recent history. It was linear, the combat was very different (some would say dumbed-down) and the story a bit difficult to grasp on to. So is Final Fantasy XIII-2 different enough to make people happy? Yes and no - but it depends on your expectations going in I think. The battle system in XIII was better than a lot of people gave it credit for in my opinion, and that has been retained for this sequel. The world has been opened up quite a bit as well, though Square Enix may have taken non-linear a bit too far with their time-traveling storyline.
Still, Final Fantasy XIII was one of the more divisive video game titles in recent history. It was linear, the combat was very different (some would say dumbed-down) and the story a bit difficult to grasp on to. So is Final Fantasy XIII-2 different enough to make people happy? Yes and no - but it depends on your expectations going in I think. The battle system in XIII was better than a lot of people gave it credit for in my opinion, and that has been retained for this sequel. The world has been opened up quite a bit as well, though Square Enix may have taken non-linear a bit too far with their time-traveling storyline.
