A majority of the content comes from tedious fetch quests. The story, at its best, is a convoluted mess. Key features like upgrading equipment are only available in New Game Plus. “Why you can trust ...

The game's first Main Quest takes Lightning through the streets of Luxerion, the spiritual center of Nova Chrysalia. In the square just outside the train station, Lightning encounters a rose-haired ...

The oft-maligned Final Fantasy XIII (alongside with the Final Fantasy XIV debacle) drastically reduced my appreciation for the series. It should have helped me forget about all the half-assed Final ...

Zaltys is a whole lot of nothing here, though the first time you deal with him, you only have default schemata. Stagger him with Thunder and Blizzard, and then whale on him with melee attacks while he ...

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Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. This entry was contributed by Joel Roset, Game ...

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Passed along to GameSpot, the revealed list of options available for Lightning Returns are apparently reserved for PC players with "high-end PCs". The PC port will allow both full-screen and windowed ...

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The Fabula Nova Crystallis series has certainly been a strange amalgamation of video game design philosophies. First we were given the divertive Final Fantasy XIII -- a title that aggressively divided ...