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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Review

Final Fantasy XIII-2

Release Date: January 31st, 2012
Genre(s): RPG
Publisher(s): Square-Enix
Developer(s): Square-Enix
Multiplayer: None
Co-op: None
Score
9/10
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FFXIII-2 Lightning: Requiem of the Goddess DLC Review

Posted by Scott Grant | 24 May 2012 |

Nothing to see here.

After taking a few weeks off, Square-Enix are back to finish the job with the last DLC pack for Final Fantasy XIII-2. Lightning: Requiem of the Goddess is described the “completion of Lightning’s exciting story”. This DLC can be exciting, if level grinding the same battle over and over is your idea of exciting. If you were looking forward to closing out the story of Final Fantasy XIII-2 prepare to fight Caius fifteen or twenty times first.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning Requiem of the Goddess

Just shut up and let's do this already. Again. Then maybe once more.

 

What you Get

Before you continue, this DLC was designed to be played after you complete the main story. If you haven’t completed the game yet, I would steer clear of this DLC and this review as they will both contain SPOILERS. After downloading this DLC you can access it from the Historia Crux entry Valhalla – ??? AF, and when you do you’ll be thrust into a battle between Lightning and Caius. You will not be able to beat Caius on your first, or even your fourth, try as the objective is to repeat this battle until you level up enough to defeat Caius.

Win or lose, Lightning will earn Crystogen points that will cause her to level up. Not using the crystarium, mind you, you’ll simply be levelling up in an arbitrary, straight line. Lightning will have access to new Paradigms, but these are just renamed versions of the ones available in the main game. After defeating Caius, you’ll fight Chaos Bahamut who will, once again, require you to level up a few times before defeating him. When you die, you’ll have to again defeat Caius each time before trying your hand at Chaos Bahamut. Annoying.

After a couple of hours of grinding, with no other options available, you’ll defeat both bosses and be rewarded with a bit of story. I won’t give away what happens, but in my opinion this ending wasn’t satisfying and was mostly as abstract and confusing as the rest of the game. Nothing further was resolved, if you ask me, so this whole endeavor is rendered pointless.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning Requiem of the Goddess

Is it over yet?

 

Verdict

If you enjoyed Final Fantasy XIII-2, like I did, it’s best to just let it be. Don’t bother with this DLC, it is a lazy design bent on artificially extending the amount of time you spend playing it. The reward is not worth the grinding you’ll put in, stay away.

Price: $4.99 (400 Points)
Release Date: May 15th, 2012

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  • Bhunivelze

    I beat Caius at level 2, but still had to work up to level 8 before I could beat Chaos Bahamut (and earn the 10th level, during, as well as the real ending)…

    Gameplay aside, I think that telling people to “pass this up” is very selfish and irresponsible of the author. This DLC has the games REAL ENDING. I mean, come ON! Don’t tell me you were satisfied with what you got for simply playing through the game…

    If you want something more to the story that COMPLETES it, full circle, get this thing.
    It’s only $5.

    And poo on squarenix for making you BUY the games’ real ending…yeah it’s cheap but sheesh. Isn’t the original price tag enough money?

  • davidyell

    Wish I’d read this before handing over my pennies.

  • randomguy69

    If this DLC really took you  ”a couple of hours of grinding,” then it’s no wonder why you think this DLC is a waste. Before you got on your high horse you should have: realized that something must have been wrong if you were having trouble with the bosses and watched the secret ending.

  • Farin

    Also<–Beat Caius at Level 2.

  • Farin

    Horrible DLC, I bought it, killed Caius once, then just sat there for a moment when it reset on me going ‘wtf…’, worthless DLC, Square Enix made a mockery of its own game by making anybody pay for this… “Story”.

    • dragondarkfire

      you have to keep fighting until you get five stars, then fight a frantic, but average, battle against a chaos caius, and then you’ll see the rest of the content.

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     You have to keep playing it over and over and all you get is a tiny cutscene and you have to fight him again and again until you reach the highest level Lightning can get.

  • Seraph67676

    You didn’t like FF 13-2 if you’re bashing anything about it.

    • Eric Masterson

      so youre saying in order to be a game you have to like and agree with 100% of everything they implemented? you sir are a moron

  • Skiddy87

    i can respect your opinon but if it took you that many tries to complete the DLC then maybe thats why your bashing it as a good player can do it on the first try you just have to get a 5star rating on caius

    • Maddith

      OBJECTION! Actually, I have the dlc, and he’s right, I was actually able to beat Caius at like level 4, and all you get is a tiny cutscene and you have to fight him again and again until you reach the highest level Lightning can get. So yeah. You have to keep playing it over and over.  Your argument is invalid.

      • Thorton

        I beat the Chaos Behemoth first try when I downed Caius at level 5 (when Haste unlocks).  Winning instantly leveled me to 10, so I finished the DLC in under two hours.  Your battle strategy dictates how many tries it takes you to get five stars.  Know when to be aggressive, when to use sustained pressure, and when to defend.

      • dragondarkfire

        objection to your objection. beat him second try and at level 7 (about 5 tries later) I got five stars. If you use the atb gauge trick and down the elixir right before you kill him its not an issue. I killed him during his first stagger. After that battle, and the chaos caius one, she maxes out automatically. 7 tries to get five stars isn’t that ridiculous and doing that on some of the other bosses would take more tries than that.