{"id":398,"date":"2012-06-11T19:15:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T00:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stackofshame.com\/blog\/?p=398"},"modified":"2012-06-11T19:15:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T00:15:07","slug":"final-fantasy-xiii-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stackofshame.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/final-fantasy-xiii-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy XIII-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had to double-check the name of this blog. It is not, in fact, Stack of Final Fantasy Shame. Regardless, I had a lot of fun finishing Final Fantasy XIII<\/em>\u00a0and I wanted to jump right into its sequel, Final Fantasy XIII-2<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Remember my disdain for time travel in entertainment<\/a>? It turns out that time travel is central to XIII-2<\/em>. Interestingly, so far it’s been the good kind of time travel \u2014 it seems to respect the consistency of the timeline, with only a couple apparent exceptions. I’m not far enough into the plot yet, though, to say for sure if these really are inconsistencies.1<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0A consequence of this game’s time travel is that you can, under the right conditions, replay entire segments of the game repeatedly, making different decisions. This is the first of the potential inconsistencies, but it’s so much fun (and it caters to my compulsive desire to explore all options) that it doesn’t bother me. The second possible inconsistency is what kicks off the main plot: Serah, Lightning’s sister, remembers greeting her at the end of the events in Final Fantasy XIII<\/em>, but everyone else insists that this never happened \u2014 that Lightning had joined Vanille and Fang in turning into the giant pillar holding Cocoon aloft.<\/p>\n

The game opens with the player in control of Lightning. It turns out she’s in Valhalla, which, if not a place, is a time \u2014 specifically, the end of it. Or out of it. I’m not entirely clear on this point yet. But she’s locked in what appears to be perpetual battle with an opponent named\u00a0Caius Ballad. During a respite, a character named Noel Kreiss\u00a0shows up. She is not at all surprised and sends him into the past with instructions to contact her sister, Serah.<\/p>\n

I’m not going to recount too much of the plot \u2014 this is still a somewhat new game. I will discuss certain interesting plot points, though.<\/p>\n

I’m very late on this post, so I’ll leave it here. I have a few things I want to talk about, including character customization, the dynamic between the two main characters and the use of time travel in the game.<\/p>\n

I’m enjoying so far!<\/p>\n

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  1. I’ve since come across a few Back to the Future<\/em>\u00a0moments \u2014 oh well. ↩<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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