Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 is Toriyama's Masterpiece

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Published on June 23, 2022 8:00:18 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Osqbk8OkoA

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013)

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So Lightning Returns is pretty cool.





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Video Sources:
Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII Announcement Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHr9fY6bJo
Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back In Town: https://archive.org/details/Thin_Lizzy_The_Boys_Are_Back_In_Town
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVBAdGJN-0M
KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue // 0.2 Birth By Sleep -A fragmentary passage-: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB-SgmfG_eM
NieR: Automata – A special message from YOKO TARO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhDL3Q86ofY
KINGDOM HEARTS 20th ANNIVERSARY ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2DSEkYFRh8
Lightning x Louis Vuitton Extended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxCr4q1lUa0

Movie/Anime/TV Clips/Audio Used:
House of 1000 Corpses
Resident Evil (2002)
Bruce Almighty
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion
The VVitch

Game Clips/Footage Used:
Valkyrie Profile
Star Ocean First Departure
Resonance of Fate/End of Eternity
God Hand
Final Fantasy XIII
Dead Rising
Shadow of Memories/Shadow of Destiny
Koudelka
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

Music (in order it is played):
Lightning's Theme ~Radiance~: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9LlmwmDTtk
Lightning Returns: https://youtu.be/ROibX7_8tBc
The Sleeping City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qusf7iKgM_o
Awaiting the Celebration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GIhjuKElXQ
Crimson Blitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCdTFAK4BcA
Midnight Eternal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKvDbskVVgc
Savior of Souls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB9COCgQ1UE
Bluesy Chocobo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW3lXnrD52o
High Voltage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WThy-4Rj9Z0
A Home Far Away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD5srG8sb2k
The Savior's Words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyTazQXrHQE
Luxerion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DExKpDeA8zA
The Glittering City of Yusnaan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8tXcnEbF-A
City of Revelry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGETB7TUGaA
Death Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtgB7cF9854
Desert Awakening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qicPIh7Or4g
The Last Surviving Wilderness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-AA4nbCMXg
Salvation's Fanfare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pa10VodH2s
Lightning's Theme -A Distant Glimmer-: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbU7J88qzU
Noel's Theme -The Shadow Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6YPZJVqAu0
Fang's Theme -The Boss-: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o0sT6V-j7w
Sazh and Dajh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye594RUsGPg
Lumina's Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sei7fOlMj34
Claire Farron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quqOqRPqd5c
Nova Chrysalia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ORv9Xw1AD8
New Bodhum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2y3FjL7a6o
The Savior's Words - Christmas in Nova Chrysalia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl-609RPzHc
Patience (from Koudelka): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP-lXk57coo
Humanity's Tale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P26jiOPAyWU
Problematic by Bo Burnham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPbPl-P-2kk

0:00 Intro
5:00 Part 1 - Gameplay
7:11 Part 1a - Tri-Ace brought their biggest bat and are coming for your knees (Difficulty)
10:01 Part 1b - Combat
13:56 Part 1c - The world and its flow
30:03 Part 1d - Fashion is Queen
32:50 Part 1e - New Game Plus Rocks Ass
34:47 THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN (Music)
58:20 Part 3: Story
1:02:20 Part 3a - Lumina
1:05:45 Part 3b - Lightning being monotone is good actually you cowards
1:13:07 Part 3c - Character Arks
1:27:51 Part 3d - We Need To Talk About Sazh
1:32:04 Part 3e - One Last Hurrah
1:34:12 Quick Disclaimer
1:35:46 Part 3f - The Absolute Madman Did It or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Toriyama (The Ending)
1:44:26 Conclusion
1:47:14 Outro
1:49:48 Bonus

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