This game is broken and the frame rate is like 3 half the time but if you say it's bad I'll cut your throat. It's asinine and so horny in a way that actually puts the women in positions of power in a fucking ANIME GAME, and the score by Keichi Okabe is god-tier. I'll kill you if you disagree!! The gameplay is also fun button-mashy action/adventure shit which I am literally always down for. Please GOD if you play this game play every ending and get to that final, FINAL boss. You'll either hate it or love it more than anything and I hope you're the latter. Also the STORY IS FUN AND COOL!!!

this game was a good news, bad news situation for anyone (like myself) who found XIII flawed with a lot of potential. the good news: they fixed a lot of the core issues that plagued XIII (i.e. your character death being a game over, lack of player self-determination/expression in paradigm choices until endgame, etc.). the bad news: the characters are rancid and the plot is even more indecipherable. would've probably liked this more than XIII if i gave even a fraction of a shit about any of the main characters.