Final Fantasy XIII-2: All what you need to know about the game

I went to games 11 with my friends yesterday to check out some of the new games such as Uncharted 3, Batman Archam City, Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3 and many other games. However, i was surprised when I saw the Final Fantasy XIII-2 corner so I went there to check it out and guess what? It was amazing!. At first it was more or less like the previous one but when the staff explained and showed us the changes in the game I changed my mind.

Anyway, here are the changes in the game:

1. They added a new feature, which is time travel. When you use the device, you will experience some changes in the areas you visited before.

2. A Moogle will travel with you in the game. I’m not sure how it’s going to join you but here what it’s capable of:

Transformation. The Moogle will transform into Sara’s weapon. In the demo they showed us a bow and a sword.
Gives Sara the ability to cast magic.
The Moogle’s head will glow if there is something important nearby such as an artifact.
Moogle clock, which appears when you encounter monsters. There are three colors on it. Green, yellow and red. If you hit the monsters while the arrow is on the green side you will get a preemptive strike, which will allow you to get some advantages over the monsters like a haste buff. However, if you didn’t hit the monster or tried to run away and the arrow reached the red area, you will get a disadvantage such as the slow debuff.

3. There is a new feature in the battle, which is the cinematic action (QTE, like the finishing moves in God of War). Sometimes this happens in cut scenes too so be prepared!

4. When you defeat a monster it turns into a crystal, which will allow you to recruit it to join your party. Each monster has its own abilities and spacial attacks, which can be used to your advantage in battles.

5. Weather can enhance your magic. For example, if there was a thunder storm your electric based magic will get enhanced.

6. There are some options when fighting a boss. You can do a quest and reduce its power or you can do it the hard core way which, is go straight to the boss and try to fight it with its full power.

7. They also improved the map. Now you can see the full map of an area.

8. Players have more freedom in the game. For example, you can chose between many routs instead of one.

9. The final feature is Temporal rift. Its like a puzzle stage. I don’t know how to explain it but you can watch the trailer to understand how it works.

These are the changes in the game or at least what they showed us.