LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII is the epic conclusion to the FINAL FANTASY XIII trilogy. Directed by Motomu Toriyama, produced by Yoshinori Kitase, written by Daisuke Watanabe with art direction by Isamu Kamikokuryo, game design by Yuji Abe and music by Naoshi Mizuta, Mitsuto Suzuki and Masashi Hamauzu.

 

It is now available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 & Windows PC.

 

It also available on PlayStation Now (in select countries) and iOS & Android in Japanese.

 

We want the FFXIII series on PS4 & Xbox One, so keep telling Square Enix!

Edited February 17, 20169 yr by Sora96

Sadly, no, I haven't played those games yet, but I really need to!  I keep hearing excellent things about those games!  Now that I have a PS4, I'll get the game for PS4!

 

Very good! Enjoy all of Motomu Toriyama's amazing games!

Very good! Enjoy all of Motomu Toriyama's amazing games!

Haha, that I will, Sora!  That I will! ^_^

Some new details on the Windows PC port of Motomu Toriyama's amazing Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII have been released.

 

Key functionality features of LR:FFXIII 

Supports graphics options intended for high-end PCs: 

- Rendering resolution 

- Scaling of the display area 

- Shadow processing 

- Texture filters 

- Colour correction 

- Depth of field 

- Lighting 

- Glare 

Supports full screen and windowed display modes 

Supports a maximum frame rate of 60fps 

Supports Full HD display with a maximum resolution of 1920x1080

 

Check out its page here. It releases in less than a week.

 

 

 

Edited December 4, 20159 yr by Sora96

This better please players. I remember when the first installation of the series was ported to PC. I remember players complaining about 720p at 30fps.

Edited December 4, 20159 yr by MythrilMagician

This better please players. I remember when the first installation of the series was ported to PC. I remember players complaining about 720p at 30fps.

 

Yep, it was shocking. But even when they patched it they still weren't happy.

Hope this will be a good PC port, been thinking about picking it up for a long time now but never got the chance

Hope this will be a good PC port, been thinking about picking it up for a long time now but never got the chance

 

It's looking that way. You definitely should. It's a very unique game that I love.

Check them out here.

The only thing good about the PC version of Lightning returns is literally the mods.

The legendary and popular (voted by Dengeki PlayStation as the most popular character of 2013 in March 2014, and the 2nd most popular woman in Final Fantasy in January 2014 just behind the amazing Yuna) Lightning, Returns to Windows PC today via Steam with her final tale. Enjoy an open-world, one of the best battle systems in the series and a stunning ending all in stunning 1080p with your choice of English (featuring some top talent from Uncharted 4) or Japanese voices. The game will be 10% off for the first week.

 

 

All the details and of course the option to buy it is here.

Edited December 10, 20159 yr by Sora96

I knew you will make that joke.

I knew you will make that joke.

 

How could I resist? It's even a trademark! 

Download is only 14.3 GB. I believe the file will take about 21 GB.

Downloading it right now. can't wait to play it

Broadmedia Corporation has told me they are planning to release Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII on iOS & Android next month.

The Windows PC version of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII has been updated with 4K and offline support.

Edited December 24, 20159 yr by Sora96

Square Enix Europe is holding another Twitch livestream, this time for the recently released PC port of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII which is selling well on Steam. The stream begins Thursday, January 21 at 6pm GMT / 10am PST. They'll be asking the viewers (that's you if you tune in) what they should do next in the game.

 

But perhaps most exciting is the giveaway:

• One Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII T-Shirt
• Two Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Wall Scrolls
• Two Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Steam Keys 
• One Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Wall Scroll, signed by Motumu Toriyama (Director) and Yuji Abe (Designer)

 

It's easy to enter and everyone in the US, Canada (excluding Quebec) and the UK can enter.

 

Make sure you tune and enter!

 

Awesome bro. Freaking love this game.

Awesome bro. Freaking love this game.

 

Of course. Motomu Toriyama and his amazing team.

So Australians can't enter? We must rebel against our exclusion.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is a masterpiece. I'll never know why so many people dislike it. It's very unique for one thing. The battle system is unlike any other Final Fantasy. I love being able to assign whatever attack I want to any of the face buttons. The garb system is cool too, and they all look beautiful. The ending literally caused me to cry a bit. After my 6th playthrough of the game, I've come to love it even more. If you haven't played it yet, do yourself a favor and pick it up.

 

Remember to keep telling Square Enix to port the Lightning Saga to PlayStation 4!

Port, please! I'll pick it up in a heartbeat for PS4.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is a masterpiece. I'll never know why so many people dislike it. It's very unique for one thing. The battle system is unlike any other Final Fantasy. I love being able to assign whatever attack I want to any of the face buttons. The garb system is cool too, and they all look beautiful. The ending literally caused me to cry a bit. After my 6th playthrough of the game, I've come to love it even more. If you haven't played it yet, do yourself a favor and pick it up.

 

Remember to keep telling Square Enix to port the Lightning Saga to PlayStation 4!

 

Because people hate Lightning & Toriyama for stupid reasons.

 

 

Port, please! I'll pick it up in a heartbeat for PS4.

 

Keep telling SE to port the XIII series to PS4.

Because people hate Lightning & Toriyama for stupid reasons.

 

 

 

Keep telling SE to port the XIII series to PS4.

Why? It makes no freaking sense.

Why? It makes no freaking sense.

 

Though I doubt this will change any minds, might as well put my two cents in.

 

In general, I don't find Lightning to be that compelling of a character. I get the whole "she cares but has a hard time showing it" tends to be a thing in a lot of JRPGs and anime, but it honestly doesn't leave a lot of room for development. The most they do with her is just take something she already is and make it more overt, rather than having her actually get an arc (for instance, not caring at all, and then realizing the importance of humanity). I have not played XIII-2 or 3, but from what I've seen, it doesn't really look like the character gets that arc, and is mostly just operating under the assumption that you're already 100% on board with her, so that they feel more like an appendix of worship than a story (The ending of XIII-3 essentially confirms this). 

 

Not to mention chewing out Sazh for bringing up the topic of potentially killing Serah should she turn Cie'th, saying that "people like him are the problem," and then doing an about face by being fully on board with nuking Cocoon as a potential solution for their problems kind of lost me.