Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013)

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII cover

Developer: Square Enix 1st Production Department
Publisher: Square Enix
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Rating: 3.5 of 5, 103 player ratings
Main story: about 40 hours
Completionist: about 70 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A race-against-time RPG where every day spent fighting and exploring feels weighted with finality.

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About

As Lightning, it is your mission to save souls so they may be brought to a new world. However, with only thirteen days remaining, not everyone can be saved. Armed with all-new weapons, player customization and battle abilities, you are in a race against time to fully understand your destiny. It all ends here.

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