Thanks Marcio.

@arcturus i had the exact problem with ff13 and 10 hours in i gave up as it wernt the ff i no and loved and was just tedious, i congratulate people who have platinumed it.

Just got 2 of the drum trainer trophies in RB2. If I can get the other 2 the platinum will almost be within reach. I'm definitely not looking forward to Bladder of Steel though.

@mattbfg and arcturus

IMO, FFXIII didn't really get good until about 30 hours in when you reach Gran Pulse at Chapter 11 where you finally get the freedom to explore a huge area instead of just running down straight paths. That's the same point when monster hunter marks become available which I enjoyed trying to defeat and 5 star them all. The battle system does contain a lot of strategy once you get the hang of it.

@postofficebuddy

You really like to go for the difficult platinums!

@mattbfg and HideoK:

30 hours into the game is a long way to go from where I'm currently at. I just started Chapter Two and I think I'm about 2 hours into the game. So far the story has been okay. The dialog and voice acting is cringe worthy at times. I think I ran down the same hallway about 4 times before reaching a more 'open' area to explore a bit. The battles have consisted of just selecting auto-battle and using the odd potion when needed. I really hope it progressively gets better the further I get into the game. I don't want to be doing this for 30 hours just to get to the good stuff.

A couple of questions if someone doesn't mind answering:
1. I noticed that weapons and accessories have EXP, but I haven't been gaining any from battles. How do these items gain EXP? Do you have to get to a certain point in the game before the items start gaining EXP?

2. Like the first question, I'm guessing the same goes for character leveling? This starts happening after a certain point?

3. I've been getting items like Fangs after some of the battles. Are these items just sold to acquire GIL, or can they be used for other things later in the game like crafting, etc ?

Thanks!

I've been a few trophies short of the Rock Band two platinum for a while. I don't think I'll ever get it though. I need one more drum trainer trophy, and the Endless Setlist trophies. I rarely have a period of free time where I can sit down for six hours and complete the endless setlist. I attempted it once on Expert and failed about 85% of the way through. My strategy at the time was to complete it doing both bass guitar and vocals at the same time. I knew I could play bass for most songs, and I thought for the songs that I couldn't, I could save myself with the overdrive from vocals. This worked great for a bunch of songs, but I eventually reached a song where I sucked on both vocals and bass. :(

When you reach the chapter when you have to change your paradigms that's where the battle gets interesting and hard. A lot strategy involved (there are enemies that might kill with just one attack and that's not the boss). You should always have to pay attention or else your main characters might end up dying and gameover. Just bear with it. It will get interesting later on.

1. You will gain exp on Weapons and accesory when you upgrade your weapons but you won't be able to upgrade your weapons yet until  you have beaten few chapters.

2. As for the characracterters you use CP to strenghten your characters. It will explain later on. It's like the Sphere Grid on FF X if you have played it.

3. Don't sell it you will need it for upgrading your weapons and Accessory. There are certain items that you can sell for gaining gils. Like Credit chip and incentive chip. Just read the item descriptions so will know which item to sell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s07hpVZuLR0

1. Yep, later in the game. Dont worry, the possibilities are numerous but they unlock quite gradually

2. Kind of. It's more a point system on a grid called crystalium.

3. Keep them, you can level up your weapons and items with it and god knows you will need loads of items and money to get the platinium !!! There's some in which description says "sell for a good price in shop", you can sell these.

Tell me once you got the platinum