So, the game's due out in less than a month now. What do we think?

 

I'm looking forward to some of the battle system improvements, but I'm hesitant about the party. Serah, Noel, + Monster sounds cool, but it seems monotonous. I'm really hoping for older characters to return playable, such as Sazh and Hope. It doesn't look like Hope or Snow will fit into the story though as permanant companions...

 

I was just looking at FF X-2 international, and it too had monster raising. But it also had people like Tidus and Auron and Lulu as "monsters." Is there any hope that this will happen for Hope, Snow, Sazh, Vanille, and Fang? It would be non-cannon, but wouldn't it be a decent compromise?

Sazh, Hope, Snow. Those are the characters that should be in the playable characters roster.

So, the game's due out in less than a month now. What do we think?

 

I'm looking forward to some of the battle system improvements, but I'm hesitant about the party. Serah, Noel, + Monster sounds cool, but it seems monotonous. I'm really hoping for older characters to return playable, such as Sazh and Hope. It doesn't look like Hope or Snow will fit into the story though as permanant companions...

 

I was just looking at FF X-2 international, and it too had monster raising. But it also had people like Tidus and Auron and Lulu as "monsters." Is there any hope that this will happen for Hope, Snow, Sazh, Vanille, and Fang? It would be non-cannon, but wouldn't it be a decent compromise?

 

Keep in mind XIII kept the party separate for most of the story, and gets them together at the end. And keep in mind there are parts of the game where you play as Lightning.

About the Monster stuff, XIII-2 uses something where you have to capture monsters, does't it? If so, how would they implement it? Though, now that I think about it, it'd be pretty cool if they had fights against the original six XIII characters in their original forms, using tactics and abilities from the original... that'd be really hard, actually. It'd be cool if they could stagger you.