Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

The similarity to FF X-2 does not bode well. Then again being a sequel to the crappiest FF installment of all times bode even worse.
Hope they learnt from their horrible mistakes in world and character design.

I dunno, I kinda liked the system in FF X-2, though now that I look back on it, It didn't work quite as well as it could. The fast-paced gameplay didn't fit with the way you had to scroll through menus, but after being adapted to work in Lightning Returns it seems to work quite well, it's a nice step up from the battle system in both FFX/X-2 and the XIII series.

And it being the crappiest installment is purely subjective. I enjoyed the first game for it's story and characters, but the gameplay was lacking. Inversely, I found XIII-2 was much better gameplay-wise, but the story was all over the place and timey-wimey.

I've come to realize that they didn't do a good job at "selling" the mythology and backstory to the FF XIII world, due to it mostly being told through datalogs, and only snippets of it being shown in Dialogue and stuff. I found this really great post that breaks it down and explains it all in a really good way using the info given through the games and in guides and stuff, and it's by far one of the most in-depth final fantasy worlds ever. (not including Final Fantasy XII, that world already had an established backstory)

I've thoroughly enjoyed the FF XIII series as a whole, it had great graphics, a great story and memorable characters. Sure it had questionable gameplay, but which Final Fantasy game hasn't? final fantasy 8's battle system was a mess and people still love that game.