ShineTheLion
05-16-2012, 06:38 PM
Well, now that they have released the "final" DLC packs, as they are saying, for the game, we can now assume that this DLC pack featuring Lightning's final clash with Caius is the supposed "real ending" everyone was expecting.
So what do you think of this ending? Did you enjoy it? Was it what you had hoped for? Most importantly, if you watch past the credits, did anyone else end up wondering if this little extra at the end was meant to suggest a Final Fantasy XIII-3 is on the way? Or was it just to leave open the possibility of that? If you ask me, I'll bet they release a sequel (perhaps not necessarily called XIII-3) and make it a PS Vita exclusive. They like to do this with their top selling titles to push sales of the other system, which really boils my blood. I'd have loved to play Crisis Core if it was ported to PS2 or 3, where the stunning cutscenes can be enjoyed on a large screen as they should be, not a tiny handheld device. Oh well. I never had any reason to buy a PSP. I'd have bought most of the FF games they released to it if they'd have put them on a home console, but I guess that's their money loss and their poor strategy. (I mean seriously, they'd make more money selling me a 40-60 dollar disc than they do off of getting more people to buy a new gaming system that cost quite a bit of money to actually produce).
I'm veering off point, but that does seem like a possibility for this series. More importantly, what did you think of this ending for FFXIII-2? It didn't really change the initial ending at all, it just showed a different perspective and gave a little hope that Lightning may be the last hope left for the world to not be permanently undone by chaos.
I did find the battle system very fast paced and fun, and the scenes just after the fight were very touching and hit hard emotionally. I think overall they did very well with it, especially for a 4.99 price. I felt like I got my money's worth. My only complaint is that I wish it had offered a more conclusive ending. That and playing the same battle over and over was a little redundant. They could have made it a string of similar battles with different strategies to mix it up a bit. So I'd probably rate it 8 out of 10.
What are your thoughts on all this?
So what do you think of this ending? Did you enjoy it? Was it what you had hoped for? Most importantly, if you watch past the credits, did anyone else end up wondering if this little extra at the end was meant to suggest a Final Fantasy XIII-3 is on the way? Or was it just to leave open the possibility of that? If you ask me, I'll bet they release a sequel (perhaps not necessarily called XIII-3) and make it a PS Vita exclusive. They like to do this with their top selling titles to push sales of the other system, which really boils my blood. I'd have loved to play Crisis Core if it was ported to PS2 or 3, where the stunning cutscenes can be enjoyed on a large screen as they should be, not a tiny handheld device. Oh well. I never had any reason to buy a PSP. I'd have bought most of the FF games they released to it if they'd have put them on a home console, but I guess that's their money loss and their poor strategy. (I mean seriously, they'd make more money selling me a 40-60 dollar disc than they do off of getting more people to buy a new gaming system that cost quite a bit of money to actually produce).
I'm veering off point, but that does seem like a possibility for this series. More importantly, what did you think of this ending for FFXIII-2? It didn't really change the initial ending at all, it just showed a different perspective and gave a little hope that Lightning may be the last hope left for the world to not be permanently undone by chaos.
I did find the battle system very fast paced and fun, and the scenes just after the fight were very touching and hit hard emotionally. I think overall they did very well with it, especially for a 4.99 price. I felt like I got my money's worth. My only complaint is that I wish it had offered a more conclusive ending. That and playing the same battle over and over was a little redundant. They could have made it a string of similar battles with different strategies to mix it up a bit. So I'd probably rate it 8 out of 10.
What are your thoughts on all this?