How long gameplay time is?

[Nonomori]

Just finished FFXIII story for about 45 hours (still completing missions) and already want another dose of this awesome gameplay. So there is the question: is gameplay time in XIII-2 same as in XIII?

[dannyj147]

I clocked up 85 hours on PS3 and I still haven't finished all optional/post game stuff.

[Nonomori]

Originally posted by dannyj54147:

I clocked up 85 hours on PS3 and I still haven't finished all optional/post game stuff.

Sweet.

[DePhoegon]

If by gameplay you mean the 'battle system' where you choose paradigm and either auto battle or select your move, then .. Yes, mostly.

FF13-2 has a 2 party member system, with the 3rd being used by an 'mob' that only has one role to themselves and can be swapped out with each paradigm shift (set before hand of course with a limit of 3 slots for different mobs)

The Way you travel though it is different & for some improved as it it tends to open up more, and you can complete it faster then 40-60 hours :P including 100% the game.

Worth getting, and w/o spoiling any story the characters are a bit different in presentation.

[dannyj147]

Originally posted by DePhoegon:

The Way you travel though it is different & for some improved as it it tends to open up more, and you can complete it faster then 40-60 hours :P including 100% the game.

I like to take my time ;P

[DePhoegon]

@dannyj54147 Well Never said you were wrong, or that was even the fastest possible time XD ... clearly I forgot how long I played XD.. to complete it all XD.

114 hours (+22 mins) :P I had some serious trouble & fashionation with getting all the chocobo 'allies' :P and I had some issues with getting the massive hit(99,999 damage single hit) achievements, well that and filling out the filling out the datalog & beastuary X.x

[Nobody]

Took me 164 hours to platinum the game on PS3.
Story can be beaten in around 50 or less.

[★~Hanakotoba~★]

Just a basic runthrough of the main story for me clocked in at 23:48, attempting to platinum was around 74:41.

In all it's kinda shorter than FF13, prolly due to less grind, but it has much more content to explore.

Edit: If it helps it took me exactly 40:00 when I finished FF13 (PS3) lol

[Nonomori]

Originally posted by ★~Totori~★:

In all it's kinda shorter than FF13, prolly due to less grind, but it has much more content to explore.

Post-game content?

[NomNom]

For me on xbox 360 it took nearly about a month to finish this game fully including the missions

[SirNinja]

Originally posted by Alabama Man:

Originally posted by ★~Totori~★:

In all it's kinda shorter than FF13, prolly due to less grind, but it has much more content to explore.

Post-game content?

Not just post-game. Unlike FF13, there's a ton of optional locations and time periods to visit during the story. On the huge web of destinations to choose from in XIII-2, the main story takes up around only half of it. The rest are optional locations, additional sidequests, and alternate endings.

Of course there's quite a bit of postgame stuff too. There are a lot of tough fights in the coliseum if you want to test your party, plus there are three big scenarios revolving around Snow, Sazh and Lightning. All of that stuff was DLC in the console releases, but it's included for free in the Steam version.

[★~Hanakotoba~★]

Originally posted by Alabama Man:

Originally posted by ★~Totori~★:

In all it's kinda shorter than FF13, prolly due to less grind, but it has much more content to explore.

Post-game content?

Yep, yep, SirNinja explained it extremely well. FF13-2 is just better filled out with content, that cover better areas of the game. It feels much more polished, you won't even really notice the shorter storyline.