Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (PC) Playthrough 1/2 (No Commentary)

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Published on June 20, 2021 2:21:30 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl_EgMs2V4A

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013)

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Duration: 4:29:23

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Final Fantasy Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPO56tlewLYRJe-Q5MYFMmBq7ytICiLo5
There are still no sound options. I cannot adjust sound levels. The stuttering is an issue with the game itself that I can't do anything about. I had the game installed on a SSD that was just a few months old and only had a few small games installed on it.
Running the game with the "fixed" framerate option does reduce the stutter somewhat but at the cost of becoming, still, the very opposite of smooth because it's 30 fps with stutters regardless. There's no way to win here, so I opt for 60fps scenes and battles at the cost of traveling being a disaster.

Moving past the technical issues, Lightning Returns is a very different game compared to XIII and XIII-2. It also presented a unique challenge when it came to producing this playthrough video.

You have a limited amount of time to complete the game and the only way to get stronger is through equipment and the completion of quests. If you run out of time, your power gains will carry over into a new time cycle. In this new cycle, you can repeat quests for additional but smaller power gains. You can do this infinitely. Unfortunately, the game is absolutely tuned around you repeating cycles over and over for power gains.

It's the idea behind the Requiem of the Goddess DLC for XIII-2 applied to a full game.

Given the unique nature of this game, it was necessary to transition into a much later time cycle. I do this after finding and using the codes for the phone.

I will be spacing out the main quests over the days as there are cutscenes that play when days end after you complete each main quest chain.

Notes
There is a very high chance that the game will crash in the forest area of the Wildlands. Any time I need to go there, I do additional editing.


00:00 Intro
15:43 Boss #1
16:55 Intro Cont.
19:56 The Ark
33:15 Luxerion, Wither Faith
51:42 Luxerion, Trailing the Heretics
57:15 End of Day 1
1:06:16 Luxerion, Finding the Code
1:19:12 Luxerion, Forsaken Graveyard
1:27:06 Luxerion, Shadow Hunter
1:36:01 Boss #2
1:36:44 Luxerion, Shadow Hunter Cont.
1:41:38 Luxerion Cathedral
1:55:57 End of Day 2
1:59:18 Yusnaan, The Great Break-In
2:27:04 Yusnaan, Legend of the Savior
3:08:00 Yusnaan, Solitary Patron
3:26:41 Boss #3
3:27:44 Yusnaan, Solitary Patron Cont.
3:34:48 End of Day 3
3:37:11 Wildlands, Angel of Valhalla
3:50:59 Wildlands, Healing an Angel

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