Official Site: http://na.square-enix.com/ffxiii-2/
Source: Youtube Channel gamespot
Final Fantasy XIII-2 released for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 last night at mid-night. I've done my best to keep all materials of FF13-2 to a minimal for me since I haven't played through FF13 yet (The story does follow up from the first iteration). It's sad, I bought FF13 on the first week it came out and I have yet to find the time to play it yet. Since I am playing 9 different RPGs on PS3 right now, not even including FF13 which makes 10, FF13-2 is a low priority on my want list. However, that doesn't mean that I don't want it at all. I still love Final Fantasy very much, no matter the form or presentation it might show up in. Right now, there are large rifts between among the community of people who stopped playing any Final Fantasy games, ones who never played it and love it now, veteran fans who hate it now, and some who still love it. With the release of a very "noob friendly" FF13 and a "boring" FF14, the gaming community still wonders if there is still hope for the franchise, especially with the release of FF13-2. So far, the game has been getting an average of high 70's low 80's on Metacritic after 16 hours of release. The combat system is changed up a bit and so provides a slightly different experience for new players and returning ones. A lot of players (not critics) seemed to not have liked the changes in FF13 in that it was too linear or easy. For a series that didn't change its formula for 10 iterations, it's difficult to stay fresh and still please everyone. FF11 was an online game and created an entirely different community and FF12 was so different that fans weren't sure what to make of it. Much like what Koei had to face with their long running Dynasty Warriors series (changed everything in DW6 and a lot of fans hated it and then refined the old with the new in DW7 creating one of the best in the series), Square-Enix worked hard on addressing the problems with FF13 and accentuating everything that worked in FF13-2. From what I've ready on critics' opinions on FF13-2 so far, the maps are a lot more open and the combat is a bit more dynamic from its "auto-attack" counter-part. The graphics are still spectacular and just pure bliss to look at. New characters are brought to the scene and the story continues from the first one which should be a real treat for those who liked FF13. I'm definitely getting FF13-2, but not on the first week this time.
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