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Developer Square-Enix had high expectations for Final Fantasy XIII. Touting a revamped combat system and an aesthetic inspiration from Final Fantasy VII - easily the most popular entry in the long-running role playing series - not to mention stellar graphics, Square was very confident that it would perform spectacularly.

It did not.

Fans were let down by its extreme linearity - a departure from the expansive worlds the games were known for. On top of that, the characters were dull, the villains unmemorable, and the story borderline incomprehensible.

So it's a shame that its direct sequel addressed most of these issues, but performed even worse.

Ironically, by using one of the most convoluted plot devices ever - time travel - the writers effectively retconned most of the story, making it a much more straightforward tale about trying to avert a bleak future.

The combat was expanded upon and included a new system to befriend the series' many iconic monsters to fight with you. And it gave us one of the series' most underrated and sympathetic villains, a time traveler crossing the multiverse in an effort to find a timeline where his dead one true love is alive, consequences to the laws of time and space be damned.