The magazine awarded Square Enix’s latest RPG a 40/40.
Famitsu’s reviewers said the following about Final Fantasy XIII-2:
- Takes roughly 40 hours to finish
- Up to 100 hours (or more) with all the yarikomi elements
- Straight paths are no longer present
- Little hand-holding
- Get drawn into the game from the start
- Story is easy to understand
- Has DLC
- Tons of content
- Many monsters
- Party is always Noel, Serah + monsters, which will lead to some mixed opinions
- You’ll need to use a high degree of strategy during battles
- “Light users” can change to easy mode
- One reviewer believes the game lives up to XIII
- Multiple endings
- Has a different “feel” than XIII
- Can go back to areas you’ve cleared and see new developments if you do them again
- Leveling up monsters is fun
- Difference between CG/normal gameplay scenes isn’t high because XIII-2 is so pretty, according to one reviewer
- Battles are fun
- There are a lot of sidequests and conversation choices
- Multiple endings make one reviewer want to play the game again
- Sudden changes in the game’s time periods make it all seem fresh
- Looking for items is fun
- Can move around in certain event scenes
- Music is impressive
- One reviewer thinks changing around paradigms and monsters make the battles fun
- Also thinks collecting monsters and merging them is a lot of fun
- XIII-2 has many mini-games
- Many of the first game’s flaws are gone
- You’ll get hooked to the story from the beginning; you’ll worry about the characters’ futures
- Game has “tips” that can help those who are having trouble understanding the story
- Still has that crunching feeling in the battles from XIII
- More accessible; even new players can enjoy XIII-2
- High degree of freedom
