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Story

The plot of Final Fantasy XIII, taking place in a world known as Pulse, revolves around the fal'Cie (ファルシ, farushi?) (pronounced /ˈfælsiː "fal see"/), mechanical beings of godlike power created from crystals residing inside them.[10] People who are marked by the fal'Cie for greater purposes are called l'Cie (ルシ, rushi?).[21] Each l'Cie has a Focus, a goal the fal'Cie wants him or her to fulfill within a certain amount of time; however, the fal'Cie do not explicitly say what the goal is: l'Cie learn what their Focus is by interpreting visions that are given to them. L'Cie gain the ability to summon Eidolons (monsters who fight with the l'Cie), but this ability comes with a price: if a l'Cie dies before completing his or her Focus, fails to tame his or her Eidolon, or fails to complete his or her Focus within a set period of time, he or she becomes a monster known as a Cie Corpse (シ骸, shigai?).[22] If a l'Cie does complete his or her Focus, the reward is not much better: permanent transformation into a crystal. For this reason, being chosen as a l'Cie is seen as a curse.

Some 1,300 years ago, a fal'Cie named Orphan constructed a paradise for humanity: the shell-like city of Cocoon, which floats high above the surface of Pulse. Then Orphan created life forms and machines for Cocoon's inhabitants to use, and humanity flourished. Over time, after disaster destroyed Oerba Village and wiped out its residents, the people of Cocoon began to fear for the safety of their world, worrying that it would be cast down from the sky into the hell that they saw Pulse to be.

Although most Cocoon citizens have never seen Pulse with their own eyes, they have been told that it is a dangerous place that has strange effects on those who venture down to its surface. Consequently, anyone who is discovered to have visited Pulse is immediately subjected to quarantine and exile by the theocratic government of Cocoon, known as the Sanctum.[23] The Sanctum enforces this policy with its strongest military branch, which is called PSICOM.

As Snow leads the resistance group Team Nora in an attempt to stop the purging of civilians, the mysterious Lightning fights her way past PSICOM soldiers with the aid of Sazh to find a Pulse fal'Cie, Anima, who turned her sister, Serah (who is also Snow's fiancée), into a l'Cie. Through a chain of events, these three, along with two exiles, Vanille and Hope, are forced by the fal'Cie of Pulse to become l'Cie, and with that become enemies of humanity with the Focus of bringing about the downfall of Orphan and Cocoon.

Characters

Playable characters

* Lightning(ライトニング, Raitoningu?)

A former sergeant of the Cocoon military, Lightning sought the fal'Cie of Pulse in order to ask it to save her sister Serah, whom the fal'Cie had turned into a l'Cie. However, much to her dismay, Lightning was turned into a l'Cie herself. Lightning has long pink-brown hair and is 177 cm tall (5'8"). Originally named Éclair Farron (エクレール・ファロン, Ekurēru Faron?)[24], she discarded her birth name after her parents died in an attempt to emotionally reinforce herself so she could protect Serah, though this only caused tensions to rise between them. For her design, character designer Tetsuya Nomura was asked to create a "female version of Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII". During development, he described her as "not very feminine".[25] Lightning wields a weapon called a Blaze Edge that is a combination of a gun and a sword (one collapsing into the other). and she can also manipulate gravity with a device on her thumb (though due to Sazh's interference, this device becomes damaged).[26] In battle, she is agile and uses acrobatic moves. As a l'Cie, she can summon the Eidolon Odin to fight by her side in battle, who can assume a horse-like form that she can ride on.[27] While riding, Lightning dual wields Odin's detachable sword. Her l'Cie mark is in the center of her chest. Her strongest unique special attack is called Scene Drive.[28]

* Snow Villiers (スノウ・ヴィリアース, Sunou Viriāsu?)

Prior to becoming a l'Cie, Snow is the head of Team Nora, a resistance group against Cocoon.[29] He is a big character and is capable of running while carrying two people.[30] He was nicknamed "Mr. 33 cm" by the staff of Final Fantasy XIII as a nod to his shoe size.[31] He uses his fists to take down opponents, focusing on brute force compared to the fast and agile Lightning.[32] After becoming a l'Cie, Snow gains the power to summon the Shiva Sister (シバシスター, Shiba Sisutā?) Eidolons, Nix (二クス, Nikusu?) and Stiria (スティリア, Sutiria?), who can combine into a motorcycle form for Snow to ride while toting a large gun. Unlike most grapplers, Snow changes his runes on his coat rather than buying new gloves.[14]

* Oerba Dia Vanille (ヲルバ＝ダイア・ヴァニラ, Oruba-Daia Vanira?)

Vanille is a mysterious but upbeat young girl with red-brown hair worn in pigtails who lives in Oerba Village located within Gran Pulse. She also serving as the game's narrator.[21] Her weapon is a form of foldable fishing rod with multiple lines that can be reeled.[33][34] She has been a l'Cie for a long time, one of two l'Cie given the Focus to summon the Eidolon Ragnarok. Her Eidolon is Hecatoncheir, a multiple-limbed, earth-elemental summon who can transform into a bipedal mech armed with machine guns that she can pilot.[35][36]

* Sazh Katzroy (サッズ・カッツロイ, Sazzu Kattsuroi?)

A former airship pilot of the Military, Sazh wields dual pistols (which can be combined to form a collapsible rifle), and his strong point is striking enemies from a distance. His l'Cie mark is at the base of his neck. He has a six-year-old son named Dajh with whom he is very close. When Dajh inadvertently became a l'Cie and was taken by Sanctum, saving him became Sazh's main motivation.[37] Sazh has a pet baby chocobo that lives inside his afro. Sazh is described as having good judgment and moral discernment. He has a gentle personality and is easily moved to tears, and joins the party early in the game. His Eidolon is Brynhildr,[38] a female fire-elemental knight who can transform into a race car.[39] Tetsuya Nomura based Sazh's appearance on Lionel Richie.[40]

* Hope Estheim (ホープ・エストハイム, Hōpu Esutohaimu?)[22]

Hope is a fourteen-year-old boy with silvery-blonde hair and orange, yellow, and green clothing. He uses collapsible boomerangs in battle. During the Purge, his mother offers to help Snow and Team Nora fight off PSICOM. She dies during the battle, and though Snow honors her final request to protect her son, Hope nonetheless hates Snow in a grief-induced rage for his connection to his mother's death. His Eidolon is the holy-elemental summon Alexander[41], which transforms into a fortress in Gestalt Mode, and is able to blast enemies from afar with multiple cannons.[42]

* Oerba Yun Fang (ヲルバ＝ユン・ファング, Oruba-Yun Fangu?)

A raven-haired woman who comes from Oerba Village, donning clothing resembling the traditional Indian Sari adorned with tribal accessories, and bearing the mark of a l'Cie on her left shoulder. Though she is a l'Cie from Pulse, she originally works for the Cocoon Sanctum under Cid. It later turns out she is one of the two l'Cie given the focus to summon Ragnarok. She wields a spear that can transform into a sansetsukon in battle, and her Eidolon is Bahamut, who can take flight in his Gestalt-mode. As revealed by Tetsuya Nomura in an interview, during the early stages of development she was originally scripted to be a male character.[43]
[edit] Villains

* Jihl Nabaat (ジル・ナバート, Jiru Nabāto?): An intelligent but cruel Lietenant Colonel of PSICOM with knee-length blonde hair and glasses. Nabaat is first seen in the trailers interrogating the captive Vanille and Sazh. She sees the l'Cie as subhuman and is bent on exterminating them. As the henchwoman of Galenth Dysley, Nabaat is the final obstacle between the main party and Galenth; however, she is killed by Galenth when he decides she has outlived her usefulness.[44]

* Yaag Rosch (ヤーグ・ロッシュ, Yāgu Rosshu?): An intimidating-looking man with a scar on his forehead and silver hair that is tied back in a ponytail. Rosch is Nabaat's right-hand man in PSICOM and Lightning's former superior. Unlike Nabaat, Rosch has begun to question his orders from the Holy Government, though he feels he must follow his orders for the sake of the people of Cocoon. He is mortally wounded after fighting the main party in Proud Clad; after begging them to save Cocoon, Rosch sacrifices himself to ensure the main party is not pursued.[45]

* Cid Raines (シド・レインズ, Shido Reinzu?): An Air Force Brigadier from Sanctum who commands the warship Lindblum and uses a Blaze Edge.[46] Like Rosch, Cid doubts the government in its current state and believes that Cocoon should be run by its people instead of the fal'Cie. He wanted to keep helping the l'Cie but later ends up becoming a l'Cie himself and, soon after, a Cie Corpse after failing to achieve his Focus. After fighting Lightning's group, he ends up being crystallized and disintegrates. However, Cid is revived by Galenth to create chaos in Eden until he realizes he is just a tool/slave of the fal'Cie and Rygdea fulfills his wish and puts him out of his misery.[47][48] This is the second time in the series that recurring character Cid is portrayed as an antagonist, the first being in Final Fantasy XII.

* Galenth Dysley (ガレンス・ダイスリー, Garensu Daisurī?): The main antagonist of the game and the leading figure of the Sanctum of Cocoon. In reality, he is actually the fal'Cie King of Pulse Baldanders (バルトアンデルス, Barutoanderusu?), intending to use the Eidolon Ragnarok in order to destroy Orphan and Cocoon. However, Galenth ends up being defeated by Lightning's group as Orphan assimilates him.

* Orphan (オーファン, Ōfan?): A wheel-like, sun-elemental fal'Cie who betrayed Galenth and created Cocoon. Orphan's defeat is the Focus of Lightning's group. Awakening from its slumber after assimilating Galenth, Orphan uses its power to turn all but Vanille and Fang into Cie Corpses. However, when Fang uses her l'Cie power to kill it, Orphan retaliates by torturing her until the others return to normal and destroy Orphan in its true form.

Other characters

* Serah Farron (セラ・ファロン, Sera Faron?): Though mentioned by her given name in earlier news, Yoshinori Kitase confirmed her appearance and full name during Gamescom 2009. Serah is Lightning's younger sister and engaged to Snow - a relationship of which Lightning does not approve. Serah is the first Pulse l'Cie in Cocoon by the Fal'Cie Anima, and her mark is located in her left arm and also given the Focus to lure most potential l'Cie to the ruins where Anima resides. She crystallizes after unknowingly fulfilling the Focus through Lightning and Snow as they attempt to find a means to save her in the fal'Cie's place. After Orphan's defeat, Serah returns to normal and is reunited with her sister and Snow.

* Rygdea (リグディ, Rigudi?): A captain working under Cid Raines's command who later puts him out of his misery.

* Dajh Katzroy (ドッジ・カッツロイ, Dojji Kattsuroi?): Sazh's son, whose mother died when he was three. The baby Chocobo that rides around in Sazh's afro actually belongs to Dajh, who bought it at a gift shop during their travels. When Dajh unexpectedly becomes an l'Cie, he is taken from Sazh by Jihl Nabaat as a martyr for Cocoon to use his power of sensing "Pulse" to track down other l'Cie. He is turned into a crystal after completing his Focus.[49] Like Serah, Dajh returns to normal after Orphan's defeat, and is reunited with his father.

* Team Nora (ノラ, Nora?): In the Jump Festa 2009 and the official global trailer[50] The four known members of NORA are featured in the first Final Fantasy XIII demo. The members of the resistance group, Nora, are seen participating in the hijack of the captives' train and the resulting battles, though Maqui does not participate in the fighting. Gadot, Lebreau, and Maqui were designed by Nao Ikeda, who based their clothing on the athletic clothing styles of basketball, beach volleyball, and snowboarding, respectively.[51] The four known members of NORA are featured in the first Final Fantasy XIII demo, although Maqui does not participate in battles.[12]
o Gadot (ガドー, Gadō?): a man with orange hair and dark olive skin. He uses a machine gun in battle, providing quick assistance when it comes to executing combos.
o Lebreau (レブロ, Reburo?): a black-haired woman with a butterfly tattoo on her shoulder and a sense of invincibility. She uses a shotgun in combat and acts as the team healer. Gadot and Lebreau are said to be childhood friends of Snow.[52]
o Maqui (マーキー, Mākī?): a relatively younger, blond-haired, worrisome man with goggles on his head. He was friends with Serah prior to meeting Snow, whom he idolizes to the point of dressing himself in an attire similar to his.
o Yuge (ユージュ, Yūju?): another member of the group who is assigned to protect the Pulse exiles by Snow.

Gameplay

The concept for Final Fantasy XIII's battle system is to maintain the strategic nature of command-based battles. The system stemmed from a desire to create battles similar to those found in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children.[8] Like those in Final Fantasy XII, enemies are integrated into the world environment. However, unlike Final Fantasy XII, battles do not take place in the same "dimension", but rather a short flash transports players to a new battle screen, separate from the main playing world.[9] The Active Time Battle (ATB) system will return, but it will work differently from its predecessors. Users will be able to chain large numbers of commands together in order to achieve attack bonuses.[10]
The Final Fantasy XIII battle system, with the option to use "Paradigm Shift".

The first battle system was shown during the E3 2006, but it was only a prototype. A new interface was shown recently by Square Enix in various Japanese magazines and trailers (depicted in the image adjacent). In battle, the player can only control one character at a time out of a party of up to three.

Multiple commands can be stacked into slots per turn and released at the same time to form a combo. The number of command slots increases as the characters grow in strength.[10] These commands include series staples such as Attack, Fire, Blizzard and Cure, as well as new ones such as Ruin, Ruinaga, and Radial Strike.[11][12] The difference between XIII's battle system and the ATB gauge is that these commands can still be placed in the slots even though the bar has run out, and the actions will be executed once the required slots are filled up. This, however, affects the chain combo hits as the combo has been interrupted. The game does not make use of MP but introduces "cost points" for each command, which determine how many times the commands can be used per turn. Because magic cannot be used outside of battle, the HP of the party is completely restored after each battle.[10]

The player is able to view the HP and name of the enemy before engaging it in battle. When engaging an enemy, the camera moves to another position and the battle menu appears, making the battle transitions nearly seamless.[13] The after-battle victory screen in XIII holds information such as the time it took to finish the battle, the highest number of combos executed, the number of break attacks and the quality of battle which is determined by a ranking of one to five stars.

A "break state" is one of the new features of the Final Fantasy XIII battle system. The breaks refer to the times an enemy enters a state of non-retaliation. This occurs when a chain combo has been maintained for a certain period of time on an enemy. When a high level combo has been achieved, the enemy will glow red and enter this state, during which the player will be able to inflict high amounts of damage. The chain bar will gradually deplete during this period; when it becomes empty, the break state ends.

The party will be able to purchase new weapons in the game and actually see them in battle.[14]
[edit] Paradigm Shift

A new option in battle was revealed during Gamescom 2009 called "Paradigm Shift" (called "Optima Change" in Japan). Using this option, players can switch party members' roles during battle. For example, a character can be switched to use defensive or offensive with fire tactics as the battle dictates.[15]
[edit] Summons

The classic summoned creatures called Eidolons (as they were in Final Fantasy IV DS and Final Fantasy IX) will return in Final Fantasy XIII. Each character possesses only one Eidolon that is summoned from a crystal that sprouts from the character's mark of l'Cie.[10] The Eidolons include series staples Odin, Shiva, Alexander, and Bahamut, and newcomers Hecatoncheir and Brynhildr.[16] When summoned, the Eidolon stay in battle while the characters accompanying the summoner leaves the party.[17] There is also a new feature called "Gestalt Mode" (known as "Driving Mode" in Japan), which when activated joins the summoned and its summoner somehow; Snow can ride and steer the combined Shiva Sisters which is a motorcycle, Vanille's Hecatoncheir can transform into a bipedal mech with machine gun turrets in which she can control, and Sazh can ride and steer Brynhildr as a race car. This changes the pace of the combat significantly. But not all summons turn into mechanical vehicles; Odin's Gestalt Mode changes him into a horse for Lightning to ride on, Bahamut's Gestalt Mode is a flight mode for Fang to ride on, while Alexander's Gestalt Mode changes him into a large castle which surrounds the enemy and fires lasers at them from all sides.[18] The summons play a major role in the game's storyline as well, much like Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX and Final Fantasy X.[19]
[edit] Crystarium System

The leveling system for the game is called the Crystarium System which resembles the Sphere Grid in Final Fantasy X.[20] Instead of gaining experience points after winning a battle, characters gain CP (Crystal Points) which can then be spent in order to unlock abilities and increase attributes such as maximum HP.

i dont like vp1 cause its hard...

but with ff13 i think the more romance the better. (im a girl duh) but i dont care about romance ff12 dident have much of any romance and the game was awsome. im getting this game as a bday gift seeing as it comes out the day after my birthday.

yeah i get what your saying. but it depends the guys personality not just his looks. if he is kick a** too even if he is a skinny turd then i think it be okay...
p.s.
plan on adding photos to this post soon

blackmail? ninja

why cant you let me win cry crying

hahaha NO
i cant wait for this game..

total bust?

i liked 12 so be good 4 me either way. i heard its supposed to be closer to x