Final Fantasy XIII-2 gets 5.4 on Gamrreview

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VGKing on 05 February 2012

Troll score.
Gameplay 4.0? Really? lmfao!
Value 5.5? rotflmfao

Good thing gamrReview isn't taken seriously.(its not counted on metacritic)

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VGKing said:

Good thing gamrReview isn't taken seriously.(its not counted on metacritic)

oof! Don't remind me. Cut me deep there, guy. Not cool

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Rob-Ot said:

Before anyone moans about the score they should remember the reviewer would have given FFXIII a 2/10 in his own words; so on his own level it reflects a drastic improvement from XIII.

The problem may be in giving him the review for the game.

Another thing is people need to see that the reviewer sees 5 as mediocre.

5 Isn't seen as "mediocre" by most people, its seen as "Terrible" while a 7 is the standard "mediocre mark" among reviewers. So I'm glad Runa is actually using a 0-10 scale rather than a 7-10 scale like most reviewers.

I would personally give FFXIII-2 a 9/10 (I'd have given FFXIII a 7). Better than any Final Fantasy since IX as far as I'm concerned, brought the fun back to the series. Now they just need to sort the writing out...big time.

WOW. Yet another reason to ignore this XIII-2 review.

Call XII whatever you want but it in no way deserves a 2/10 or anything close to that.
This is a case of extreme reviewer bias. The game isn't going in the direction you want so you rate it really low despite the game being good.

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Turkish on 05 February 2012

Nice score, totally deserved. Why did they even bother making a XIII-2

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Nem said:
From my play time with FFXIII and the demo of FFXIII-2 i would say the score is a bit harsh but not uncalled for.

That combat system was and will always be the downfall of the game. Its too incredibly boring. All auto attack and change paradigms once in a while to defend against a major attack or heal. There are basically 3 commands you have to master to play the game. Imagine playing a game of rock-paper-scissors for 40 hours. It gets boring.

Once the gameplay falls short like that, wether you have a good story or a living world, will always fall short. FFXIII was a terrible game that deserved 3/10. FFXIII-2 does deserve somewhere around 6/10.

That's just your opinion.

The gameplay is a lot deeper than you think. Sure on the surface it might seem like its just auto-attack but what about what happens before the battle? Picking the right monster for your party/paradigms and equipping the right accessorries...etc. You can't just auto-attack your way througout the whole game.

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Its funny but no one is who defending 13-2 is giving their reasons why its a good game

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VGKing said:

Good thing gamrReview isn't taken seriously.(its not counted on metacritic)

oof! Don't remind me. Cut me deep there, guy. Not cool

Not a good review of the game IMO.

Whatever review scale this guy basis his review, its not working. He said he would have given XIII a 2/10. A game with that score is unplayable but has pretty box art. XIII was playable from start to finish with no bugs or glitches.

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oniyide said:
Its funny but no one is who defending 13-2 is giving their reasons why its a good game

This review provides a great overview of why XIII-2 is in no way a 5./5/10.

http://www.gamesradar.com/final-fantasy-xiii-2-review/

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oniyide said:
Its funny but no one is who defending 13-2 is giving their reasons why its a good game

That's because we are all still playing it and haven't completed it yet. I am myself only 5 hours in so I guess from here on out the game will be really bad if I am to trust this review. We'll see.