Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Eh. As corny as his lines were, I actually found Snow pretty tolerable. Probably because he shares the same VA as Yuri Lowell.

While we're on the subject of characters, I found the overall playable cast of XIII pretty decent for the most part. But one thing that really bugs me about the original was the lack of a strong supporting cast. I thought characters like Cid Raines and Jihl Nabaat were just wasted potential. Is it just me, but I felt absolutely nothing when

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Cid Raines "betrayed" the party, because before his boss fight, I swear he only appeared in two scenes total (once where he captured Snow, another when the cast meets the Cavalry before trying to save Sazh and Vanille) and the game somehow treats this like a shocking revelation and a tragic death. And there's Jihl, who doesn't even get the honor of a boss battle before she's unceremoniously killed as part of the worf effect to make way for Mr. Evil Space Pope.

This is another reason I preferred XIII-2 over the original. I found the nonplayable cast (Caius, Yeul, Hope, etc.) had more build up and story presence than in the original. Even with that, I say XIII-2 needed more Sazh

i found XIII much more enjoyable on my second playthrough, but mainly because i actually knew to look for nabaat and cid (well, i knew i had to look for cid due to his name). that thing with nabaat though, that REALLY was wasted potential, to the fact you had to PAY in part two just to fight with her.