Final Fantasy XIII

Release dates

North America dates

Oct 9, 20144,401 days ago
- PC
Mar 9, 20106,076 days ago
- PS3
- Xbox 360

About

Final Fantasy XIII is a single-player Japanese role-playing game and the thirteenth main entry in the Final Fantasy series. Combat uses a real-time variant of the series' Active Time Battle system, in which the player directs one lead character while the Paradigm system lets the party switch between combat roles such as attacker, healer, and support. Character growth is handled through the Crystarium, a grid-based progression system that unlocks abilities and stat bonuses. Set across the floating world of Cocoon and the wilderness of Gran Pulse, the game combines science fiction and fantasy elements with series staples like summoned creatures and airships. It was followed by two sequels, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.

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How long to beat

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Main story: 48 h
Main + extras: 61 h
Completionist: 105 h

Reviews

Steam75%Mostly Positive · 18,472 reviews

Critics (IGDB)81/1009 reviews

IGDB players77/100436 ratings

Game info

Released: 2009 · see every game from that year
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person · Bird view / Isometric
Engine: Crystal Tools

Editions, DLC & expansions

Editions & bundles 1

Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box2012 · Bundle

Studios

Age ratings

ESRBTMild Language, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
PEGI16Violence
CEROBLanguages and others, Love, Sexual Content, Violence
USK12No content descriptors
GRAC12+Violence
CLASS IND12Violência (Violence)
ACBMNo content descriptors

Languages

6 languages

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish (Spain)

Language	Audio	Subtitles	Interface
EnglishEnglish (US)
FrenchFrançais	–
GermanDeutsch	–
ItalianItaliano	–
Japanese日本語		–	–
Spanish (Spain)Español (España)	–

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Story & names

The game is set on Cocoon, a vast artificial sphere that floats above the feared lower world of Pulse and is governed by an authority known as the Sanctum. When people are found to have come into contact with Pulse, the Sanctum orders them purged from Cocoon. Lightning, a former soldier, sets out to save her sister, who has been marked as an unwilling servant of a godlike being from Pulse and branded an enemy of Cocoon. Lightning is soon joined by a group of strangers who are marked by the same power and given a shared, unclear task. Together they must interpret what is being asked of them while resisting the Sanctum and facing the threat of being transformed if they fail.

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