Final Fantasy XIII-2 takes another stab at telling the story of Lightning, Serah, Snow in a more open and wild world. Unfortunately it replaces the charm and narrative drive of the first game with confusion, convolution and complexity.

I often wonder about the basic elements of good story telling. I have been affected by the paths the characters take and the challenges they faced along the way and how that builds towards a satisfying conclusion. A really great story can be retold a thousand times due to one simple factor that they rely on pure, human emotion…

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