Final Fantasy XIII-2, my first impressions

OK, so, if you hate Final Fantasy or have something stupid or mean to say about it, just go away. I’m not in the mood. There’s your warning. If you insist on leaving a snarky ass note, expect to get one back!

SO!!!!

I got my collectors edition game and strat guide and I’m VERY VERY pleased! I wish I had a collectors edition of the first game!

but anyway, here is what the game came with:

*A really cool box that looks like a book

*A bunch of pages of artwork inside of the game sleeve

*FOUR DISCS OF THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE GAME!!!!!

I was over the moon with the soundtrack! I love FF music!!!

The guide was hard cover bound with that soft padded stuff, and has these built in bookmarks, which I really like having instead  of raggedy pieces of paper! The entire thing made me twirl with joy. LOVE IT.

So I didn’t end up playing the game first thing, I was "smarter" than that. Plus I had a head splitting headache and it wouldn’t have been as fun.

so I popped the game in yesterday and was very pleased with my initial impressions.

First, it recognizes previous XIII saves. So if you have the first game and beat it, you get cool surprises and stuff in the second game! It did make me realize I want to finish the first one before I get too deep into the second one so I don’t miss anything. I decided I’d keep playing a bit to see how things were.

Opening movie is awesome, as should be expected and I was really happy to get thrown into some combat right away. It’s pretty  much the same as the old system, just a little faster I think. I started out on "easy mode" but I’m pretty sure I can handle "normal" for now. You can change it any time you want, which is cool for me!

but the combat was so dynamic! I felt like I couldn’t look at everything at once! I won’t mind playing that part again because it was just so epic.

Visuals, music, the feel is gorgeous as always. I think I drooled a little because it’s just my favorite game series evar and while others are disappointed with some of the recent additions, I’ve really enjoyed them. so poo on the haters!

Great new additions:

*You can save at almost any time! No more save spheres! I’m happy about that because I really hate getting stuck in a  place far away from a save spot and either having to give up everything I did or play for an extra hour just to get to a save spot. So that’s a great feature.

*A lot more interactive stuff! Like, in the beginning I got to choose what my character thought was happening and I think it has impact on the story later on. I like that a lot.

*No waiting for all the combat stuff! I didn’t have to wait to get paradigms or any of that, it’s available really fast. So I liked that.

Down sides?

*Lots of loading times so far, but it’s understandable with how pretty it all is!

So I only played about an hour, but I really can’t wait to get back into it! I’m going back to the first game to finish it tho. I’m about half way through so I’m hoping if I put in some good time I can be ready to jump into my new game soon!

I did spoil the ending of the first game for myself, but WHATEVER, I still wanna play it out!

 

So that’s all my video game nerd talk.

My  head is starting to hurt and I’m starving today. I really don’t think Nugget is getting enough food, but I’m following my diet (I just cheated and ate some almonds! ha ha!) so whatever.

 

Oh yeah, I have a ticker. Look at that!

 

 

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