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Final Fantasy XIII

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First release
Dec 17, 2009
Publisher
Square Enix
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure · Action, Fantasy
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Final Fantasy XIII is a single-player Japanese role-playing game and the thirteenth main entry in the Final Fantasy series. Combat uses a real-time variant of the series' Active Time Battle system, in which the player directs one lead character while the Paradigm system lets the party switch between combat roles such as attacker, healer, and support. Character growth is handled through the Crystarium, a grid-based progression system that unlocks abilities and stat bonuses. Set across the floating world of Cocoon and the wilderness of Gran Pulse, the game combines science fiction and fantasy elements with series staples like summoned creatures and airships. It was followed by two sequels, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.

Also known as FF13, Final Fantasy 13, FFXIII , Fabula Nova Crystallis
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Storyline
The game is set on Cocoon, a vast artificial sphere that floats above the feared lower world of Pulse and is governed by an authority known as the Sanctum. When people are found to have come into contact with Pulse, the Sanctum orders them purged from Cocoon. Lightning, a former soldier, sets out to save her sister, who has been marked as an unwilling servant of a godlike being from Pulse and branded an enemy of Cocoon. Lightning is soon joined by a group of strangers who are marked by the same power and given a shared, unclear task. Together they must interpret what is being asked of them while resisting the Sanctum and facing the threat of being transformed if they fail.Read more

The game is set on Cocoon, a vast artificial sphere that floats above the feared lower world of Pulse and is governed by an authority known as the Sanctum. When people are found to have come into contact with Pulse, the Sanctum orders them purged from Cocoon. Lightning, a former soldier, sets out to save her sister, who has been marked as an unwilling servant of a godlike being from Pulse and branded an enemy of Cocoon. Lightning is soon joined by a group of strangers who are marked by the same power and given a shared, unclear task. Together they must interpret what is being asked of them while resisting the Sanctum and facing the threat of being transformed if they fail.

Release dates
PlayStation 3
Dec 17, 2009
PlayStation 3
Mar 09, 2010
Xbox 360
Mar 09, 2010
All 5 release dates
Xbox 360
Dec 16, 2010
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 09, 2014
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
34h
Main + Extras
56h
Completionist
78h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Where to buy
Keywords
magic, summoning support, jrpg, military, female protagonist
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At a Glance

Critic Score
81
Main Story (IGDB)
34h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
56h
Completionist (IGDB)
78h
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