A summary of what I've heard:
- The game itself is way better than XIII.
- Complete opposite of XIII's linear corridors, lots of areas to explore, branching paths, and even time travel.
- If you liked any of XIII's original cast, don't expect to see much of them. Even Lightning apparently had more screen-time in the trailers than she actually has in the game.
- Noel and Sarah are pretty decent characters, however they are your ONLY characters for the entire game, better get used to them.
- The actual story is still a bit meh.
- Music is apparently kind of so-so.
- The game has a cliffhanger/incomplete ending, seemingly waiting for some kind of DLC that hasn't really been revealed yet. If you're the kind of person who doesn't buy DLC, you might be kind of annoyed at the ending.
- Overall, the game is still better than XIII.
I have the collectors edition pre-ordered from months and months ago. The EU collectors edition was a pretty neat looking package so I figured it'd look nice on my shelf with the rest of the series even if the game wasn't any good, lol.
It was something like a stealbook case, artbook, soundtrack, card things, lots of stuff. I don't remember because the place I ordered it from don't even list it on their site anymore, I'm guessing they ran out, but my account still shows the item as pre-ordered and waiting to ship so it should be fine.
|
