Product Description:
Cocoon - a utopia in the sky. Its inhabitants believed their world a paradise. Under the Sanctum's rule, Cocoon had long known peace and prosperity. Mankind was blessed by its protectors, the benevolent fal'Cie, and believed that tranquil days would continue forever. Their tranquillity was shattered with the discovery of one hostile fal'Cie. The moment that fal'Cie from Pulse - the feared and detested lowerworld - awoke from its slumber, peace on Cocoon came to an end. Fal'Cie curse humans, turning them into magic-wielding servants. They become l'Cie - chosen of the fal'Cie. Those branded with the mark of a l'Cie carry the burden of either fulfilling their Focus or facing a fate harsher than death itself. A prayer for redemption. A wish to protect the world. A promise to challenge destiny. After thirteen days of fates intertwined, the battle begins. Set several years after Lightning and the others saved Cocoon, some survivors have decided to start over by rebuilding on Gran Pulse. Lightning, however, is nowhere to be found and thought dead by many, but Serah believes otherwise. When her town is suddenly overrun by monsters, a mysterious man named Noel appears to save her. ***Collector's Edition*** contents: Special digipack packaging, including slipcase; 4-disc Official Soundtrack; Contents of concept art book, bound directly into the packaging
Product Details:
- Collector's Edition contents: Special digipack packaging, including slipcase; 4-disc Official Soundtrack; Contents of concept art book, bound directly into the packaging
- Player-driven scenario with freedom over story progression; Multiple endings offer extensive replay value
- Tame and develop over 150 different monsters as party members, including iconic monsters like cactuars, tonberries, and behemoths
- Newly added "tuning" feature allows for greater strategic control over paradigms; Diverse in-game environments rife with NPCs offer an abundance of exploration opportunities and side missions
- Cinematic Action sequences blur the line between battles and cut scenes
Customer Reviews:
XBOX 360 COLLECTOR'S EDITION REVIEW By Yongari
Being utterly, utterly disappointed with the original F.F. 13, I was convinced I would not buy this game. And especially not the collector's edition. Yet, Amazon somehow baited me into buying both the Collector's Edition + The Official Strategy guide for $100. FML.
Anyways, a few pleasant surprises in regards to the COLLECTOR's EDITION:
1) The packaging is top notch. The art book that they hyped up as being part of the case is actually just a few pages long, so that was disappointing. However, everything has a high quality feel to it.
2) The Music CDs - 4 CD's long, and they are elaborately encased. Very nice to look at. I listened to a few of them, and if you have a decent speaker system they will sound pleasant. I didn't feel like the music was overly awesome or anything compared to previous FFs, but they are pretty nice to listen to and match the game very well.
These are the only benefits of the collector's edition. Well worth the extra $10-$20 though, in my opinion at least.
ALSO NOTE: THE GAME ONLY REQUIRES 1 DVD FOR XBOX 360, as opposed to the 4 from the original FFXIII. A huge plus in my opinion.
As to the gameplay itself, it's a huge step up from FFXIII. I hated the linearity and utter lack of NPCs to interact with and such. It's fun to play and very visually pleasing, but this is by no means the best Final Fantasy or anything. If you are a fan, though, definitely worth buying. If you're not a FF fan, then you'll probably find this game pretty good but by no means spectacular.Great game, just not as good as some of the previous FF titles... By skelly
I'd give this game an 8 out of ten. If you like the battle system used in 13 then think of my review as a nine out of ten instead of an 8. To me, the battle system relies too much on the the auto-battle button. Sure, you can can pick the abilities yourself, but this just isn't practical later on in the game. Most of the strategy lies in split second decisions in switching your roles and this does lead to some intense moments but i prefer a battle system more like the one used in 10.
I personally like the quick time events but there aren't that many and you catch monsters in the game and use them as your third party member but i don't really care one way or another for this. I do actually like that you only have two characters, I always have trouble picking which characters to use for other games because i usually like them all.
The story is told in an episodic format and the story to me was good but not great. It just didn't have the emotional impact of other games in the series. I can't really pin point why this is but it could be do to the fact that the story is really short. However, I thought the ending was great. It could have been amazing though if some earlier things were done better in the story. Some people have complained about the game "not being finished" and yes it does say to be continued but the game does tell a pretty complete story for the two main characters and some of whats happening with other characters can been found out in the game through side content. The dlc thats going to come out sounds like it's going to be side story's and not come after the ending so it's not like you have to buy it to complete the story.
There are multiple endings but only one "true" ending, however, the others are interesting and give you some important information.
There is a lot of content and side things to do and I found them fun but they could have been more interesting, a lot of the side quests are fetch quests.
The setting of the game is varied and beautiful, the soundtrack is one of my favorite in the series, and the characters are likable.
I must sound like i didn't like the game that much, but I really did enjoy it a lot. Compared to other games out today this game is great, just comparing it to say, my favorite final fantasy games 8 and 10, it's not as good.Loved every minute By Tony
Story was very meh, but the battle system was amazing. I'm thinking of replaying it just for that! (And to understand the story better)
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