7/5/2023 0 Comments Final fantasy battle snakeWho knows? Anyway, off goes this absurd story. What is Valhalla, you ask? Good fucking question! There’s a goddess there, apparently not a Fal’cie. During the entire course of FF13-2, did you really give a shit what happened to Noel and Serah? The Fal’cie have been thwarted and the game starts off with everyone randomly disappearing and Lightning ending up in Valhalla. Piss and moan that it isn’t FF7, 8, 9, 10 – fine. For it’s faults, FF13 had a good story and it developed the characters fairly well. The whole first game spent the entire time telling about Fal’cie and where they come from, what they want, etc. First, the entire story starts off with nonsense. We’ll ignore the shit ending for a few minutes. Now, let me really get into what pisses me off. I got a Platinum Trophy like 20 days after I got the game. Those were harder than any of the story line bosses. Even Raspatil! It took longer, but I beat it with practically full health at the end. To my surprise, I easily defeated it using auto-battle. I entered that battle expecting to get massacred. Remember Vercingetorix from Final Fantasy XIII? That absurdly difficult Mark Mission? He’s back in FFXIII-2, just under a new name. Even the side missions where you’re killing the big optional bosses were a joke. I like a moderate challenge and enjoyable playthrough. I’m one of those people that doesn’t like it to be impossibly hard (Think Gran Turismo license testing), but not too easy either. This game was so absurdly easy, it bordered on insulting. It was the very last battle and I got hit with a Tetraflare and had no idea it was going to completely wipe me out. I played the game on Normal setting and I died one time. Was it supposed to make the game harder? More on that in a minute. I’d have preferred to just have more party members rather than this just so I had more options for Paradigms. I honestly didn’t care much for monster taming, though. I actually thought Academia was annoying as shit because I’d always get lost. Sure, it’s cheating a little when it’s the same map in different time periods. Those same critics showered Final Fantasy XIII-2 with praise because it wasn’t as bad. One of Final Fantasy XIII’s biggest complaints was about the linear story line and ‘corridor’ levels. What are we up to now? $125 or so? That’ll be important later. I also picked up the nice hardcover strategy guide to match my Final Fantasy XIII one. A fancy case, 4-CD soundtrack, and special artwork book. The last time was when Final Fantasy XIII-2 was actually announced! That being said, since I’m a loser fanboy, I purchased the Collector’s Edition. It’s been a long time since I updated this blog.
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