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what's up internet kevin here with TLD bring you my review of final fantasy 13-2 for the xbox 360 and ps3 now I have to admit I wasn't the biggest fan of final fantasy 13 for a number of reasons varying from how they handled the combat system to how the characters were just designed as well as the plot itself I didn't hate it as much as some long-term fans did but it definitely wasn't my favorite as a result I didn't have the highest expectations for 13 too especially considering squares history with direct sequels to their games and I have to admit I was completely caught off guard by how much fun I found myself having with this game now being a direct sequel the game uses the exact same core rules as 13 including the use of the paradigm system in which rather than directly controlling each character individually and picking actions instead you pick overall roles for the team to use and overall team strategies to follow what's different this time around is that rather than of a full cast of characters to choose from you know have to lead characters that have access to all six roles as well as having a third slot dedicated two different monsters that you can tame and raise to fight for you each of the monsters that you can tame uses only one of the six rules that are available to the main characters and rather than leveling up to the use of experience they use items that are dropped from similar enemies it's really straightforward and easy to pick up system and each monster has its own little perks and unique abilities making interesting different choices instead of just having a few main ones and they have a large variety of choices ranging from little cat creatures that act as healers two gigantic behemoths they're just wreck enemies with melee attacks on top of this the game also gives you a small degree of customization with your monsters being able to give them a number of different nicknames or being able to customize their appearance to a small extent like giving them hats now both characters and monsters grow using the crystarium system which has been simplified since final fantasy 13 instead of each individual role having its own tree that you have to develop now a character is a single tree and each time you level it up you pick which role you want to do so each time you get different status based on that role as well as unlocking abilities when a particular role hits a certain level once enough level ups are gained the crystarium system itself expands and offers a special one-time power up for instance unlocking a new role improving the status for a particular class or even granting you certain special abilities this shift makes level ups occur much more often I'll be it with much smaller gains each time now while the game does offer some minor changes from the original as far as the core rules go is a real shining difference lies in its storyline and the manner in which it flows now not wanting to give away too many details for those you that want to play the game I will tell one of the central notes of it is that the game does revolve around time travel and as a result it has a much more episodic feel than some of the other final fantasies players will travel to a number of different locations taking place in different times and may even revisit the same location in different eras causing the midden otis differences and how time has changed them and they may even create their own alternate realities where you see how things have changed as a result of things you've done in history each note in the timeline has its own little story and serves like a little mini episode and one brought together they form the overarching plot of the game the game also has the interesting feature of letting you lock time gates so you can restart a particular episode allowing you to re-experience storyline make different decisions or even cause special paradox alternate endings there are also a number of special wild time gates which require hidden items throughout the game to unlock and are completely unnecessary for the main story but add number of interesting side quests and special areas to explore which are grant new backstory or new admissions for characters complete as a result the game fixes 1 upon fancy their teens biggest flaws and that is much less linear both in terms of storyline and level design now these changes aside the game doesn't here at some of its weaknesses from its predecessor the combat system solar wolves are on pressing x repeated label changing strategies so go into an offensive boudic pressing x then go to defensive mode press X go to offensive mode press X again so on so forth it can be a little more interesting if you have a particularly tough fight but since characters seem to level up so fast there ever really seems to be much challenge in any of the fights in the game even in some of the final bosses now the game does try to vary up combat a little bit and add some new features for instance now there is a sort of QuickTime event feature that takes place during a certain boss fights sometimes in the middle sometimes at the end it does give a little interesting cinematic feel to it but it doesn't really add that much and to be honest it feels almost unnecessary given how often it occurs another problem for the game is that while the storyline can be very entertaining and each particular episode is fun the overall concept of time travel is extremely convoluted and the game doesn't do a very good job of explaining why certain changes occur based on your actions as a result this may cause some players to lose interest in the story midway through especially if you're looking for some form of consistency in their concepts of time travel overall final fantasy 13-2 is a surprising improvement over its predecessor and while it doesn't fix all the problems it does do a good job of making it much more appealing for fans of the series if you like the first Final Fantasy other team then you'll definitely love this one and even if you didn't you might still want to give this one a chance as it just might catch you off guard that's our review all fantasy 13-2 as always guys thanks for watching and if you haven't gotten a chance it make sure to check out our previous vids and if you want to be extra awesome make sure that that like button and I'll see you guys next time up instantly so that way once we head back to the project all those prior edits that we made those don't change at all we just made that little tweak and that changes the color but it keeps everything else intact from