This is a review for those who are interested in the Final Fantasy XIII series (ON PC) :

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is considered one of my favorite games of all-time (ON PS3), and it still reminds me even after finishing the series as a whole. From the music, to the characters, to the progression as a whole, to the semi-linear structure of the whole event, this experience has stuck with me for maybe years (ON PS3). To explain, I played FF XIII-2 FIRST without even knowing it's name due to how young I was stupidly enough. I ALMOST beat the game before my PS3 was stolen and sold for a addiction a family member had, and I never managed to beat it till I became a young adult. After putting the time and money together, I bought the entire series of FF XIII to play (ON PS3). And traveled through it's world.

FF XIII was a beautiful and musical masterpiece <AS A MOVIE> but as a game, it is super slow and tiring. Plus due to my experience of playing the second game first, a lot of events that happen just got me angry or confused (Example with Lighting Punching a specific character and just thinking Lighting was just a bad character from XIII due to my thoughts from XIII-2, which is shocking to see what she is later.) (P.S. I HATE FANG PERIOD but Vanille gets a pass due to who is overall is despite common thoughts. ) Overall, XIII was a great movie to watch but a terrible game to play.

FF XIII-2 doesn't need much explaining of my opinions and with the context of the first game even having a shorten verison in the game really shows what is in store for you. However, with the addition of FF XIII-3, the ending kinda causes a weird "Paradox" to happen due to future events.

FF XIII-3 was... INTERESTING. From a story standpoint, it wraps this up and entire pulls the sheet off the table and causes everything on it to fall and break. The game even pulls the "And the world was turned into Earth and maybe the friends along the way may still be alive" bullcrap the game says. I did enjoy the story bits that expanded what left. The Gameplay however is so different and strange that it was slapping someone in the face. And the system would evolve to help develop future games down the line, but here it just feels werid. Plus the game is also built around an always online system with a lot of mechanics surrounding it and made my experience feel off (ON PS3). Overall, it is interesting to say the least.

Overall, the FF XIII series was amazing for what it brought and what it gave (ON PS3). However, the PC ports of the three games seem to be REALLY BAD. While it seems FF XIII works fine, FF XIII-2 REQUIRES Heavy outside support to even RUN. Plus even with the use of the Patches, it could even not run at all. However, if you can experience this series first-hand and for the first time, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND watching a Movie-based gameplay video on youtube of FF XIII due to it's problems but then playing XIII-2 & 3 to experience the wonder of this game.

FF XIII-2 will forever remain in my heart as one of the most important games in my life and my most favorite game of all time.