Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Carnelian View Post
In regards to gamplay, X-2, no question. But, overall, I preferred XIII-2. Although I disagree that it was as silly as X-2. X-2 started silly and got more serious towards the end. XIII-2 just has moments of levity. There's actually quite a lot of dark, serious stuff in there. Coping with the loss of a loved one, the horror of a society gone wrong, loneliness, the illusion of choice... Sure, there were a fair few light moments scattered in there, but the overall tone was pretty bleak.
Well no doubt it has several very depressing moments, and now you bring it up coping with the loss of a loved one is another parallel between X-2 and XIII-2, but I think we need look no farther than the "FINAL FANTASY XIII-2: THE STORY SO FAR....!"' to see that the developers were having some fun. If you recall, the story so far segments when you loaded up the game was a mishmash of random clips that had nothing to do with whatever was most relevant to the story and only confused you more, all set to the tune of some lovely soap opera music. I found that absolutely delightful.

Yes, a lot of the silliness is in sidequests or optional dialogue but never forget that screaming at Hope was the right choice to defeating Adam as opposed to something logical like "defeat the original."