Just beat FF XIII -2 the other day

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AndrewWK said:
I played FF XIII and I really liked and Lighting was one of my favorite females Characters ever. Now I am thinking about to get XIII-2. I played the the XIII-2 and liked the battle system but the character Sarah however was not really charismatic. How long does it take to beat this game?

Serah actually isn't too bad, not the greatest though either.  I finished the game just under 25 hours without doing much of the sidequests.  I probably could have finished it close to 20 if I didn't explore each map as thoroughly as I did.