Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII Retrospective - Just a Matter of Time

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  @SuperButterBuns · 4 years ago

  I really enjoyed all of your FF13 reviews! Thank you for putting in all the effort for these analysis. You give everything a fair shake & make some great observations. Quality content for sure!

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• JO

  @jonathand.4088 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVwP4RSPXE8&amp;t=603">10:03</a> I was shocked the Pikmin visuals while you were telling this story weren&apos;t a fake out to talk about Majora&apos;s Mask

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  @kenzie2191 · 4 years ago

  Hot take but I kinda like the ending. Ignoring the “whoa it’s the real world!!!” thing, I have a soft spot for universe reset or renew endings where characters get to enjoy a normal life after hardships.

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  @AustinNightShadow · 4 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVwP4RSPXE8&amp;t=2200">36:40</a> Actually that dog wasn&apos;t a new model. The same dog appears walking around in FFXIII in Palumpolum.

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• KI

  @King_0f_Mist · 4 years ago

  Literally only discovered this channel two hours ago, just to binge watch the XIII Breakdowns.<br><br>Sometimes, life just gives you the win.

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• FA

  @fabiankaaa · 4 years ago

  So THAT’S how lighting ended up modeling for Louis Vuitton! 😂

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• RP

  @rpg500e · 4 years ago

  I disagree about a few things like Lightning&apos;s characterization in this game. I found her much more intuition filled, empathic, and likeable than I remembered her in the 1st game. And after having done all the side quests, I liked a bunch of them. I stayed engaged and curious about Lumina, the world, discovering the other characters, and generally seeing what happens pretty much through til the end. Damn near 100% the game, and actually cried at the end which just does not happen with me and media very often. At their release times, I didn&apos;t have much fondness for the first 2 games or any of the characters and their journeys, but this game on it&apos;s own made me care, made me watch videos like these... I at least will always have a place in my heart for this game in particular

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• SK

  @Skygummi64 · 4 years ago

  Fun fact about the dog, it&apos;s actually not a unique asset! It was used in a couple of places in the first game as a background detail, but they REALLY made sure you got a good look at it in LR. Not sure what they were thinking, but he&apos;s still a good boy.

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• KY

  @KyngD469 · 4 years ago

  tbh Square Enix is extremely experimental given they are a AAA studio. So Im not surprised that their sequels dont feel like mainline games. I think they like to tell stories and are open to experimenting with gameplay. So it is mainline from a story stand point, but the gameplay is experimental which isnt anything new for Square Enix.

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  @casmuzimaki3855 · 4 years ago

  I think the characterization of Ligthning as an &quot;emotionless character&quot; makes sense, since in XIII she was relieved when it was all over, let her guard down and thanks to everyone&apos;s actions based on feelings things ended up going awry thanks to Etro&apos;s intervention, in XIII-2 she entrusts her mission to her sister, and ends up losing her in the process, these decisions were made out of faith in her acquaintances and her emotions (which let&apos;s remember she was so aggressive with her acquaintances in the first place to keep them away from the danger she herself believed she represented), so blaming herself for how everything ended and thinking that maybe the feelings clouded her judgment she ended up wanting to seal them, which is not entirely true, since many sidequests are taken based on the empathy that they generate something that hope/Bunivelze himself claims and does not fully understand, not to mention that Lumina does her part trying to make everyone have a few more exciting last days. .. exciting (She only attacks Ligthning directly with normal people she only pranks or plays with them).<br><br> <br> <br>And this is very well contrasted with the end where she decides to sacrifice herself since for the first time in the whole trilogy we see her asking for help for herself knowing the future that awaited her. It is a very good scene as it contrasts very much with her tough character and the thought of self-sacrifice for the greater good or for her loved ones that she has been carrying since her first appearance, for the first time she asks for help for herself for the first time she wants to be saved.

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• CO

  @ComboXIII-2 · 4 years ago

  You CAN just kill the guys at the beginning for the tail mission and then just get told where to go afterwards. Saves time.

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• EI

  @eink-dude · 4 years ago

  I was initially worried about the time mechanic, then I finished all the main quests with many days to spare. Stopping time often, since EP refills fast!

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