Final Fantasy X111-2 E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Ice Publications
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Beschreibung

If you are struggling to complete boss battles then this is the right place to be. The EZ Guides Final Fantasy XIII-2 walkthrough will get you through the entire game from start to finish including all significant battles. We'll tell you what tactics to use, how to solve puzzles and how to unlock each world. Following this walkthrough, you can successfully complete the game in its entirety.
Consoles covered:
PS3, Xbox 360

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Final Fantasy XIII-2

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Introduction

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is the direct sequel to Final Fantasy XIII. It is a Japanese RPG and despite being a sequel is an adventure in its own right that doesn’t require previous knowledge.

The story follows on 3 years from where Final Fantasy XIII left off and features new and enhanced gameplay systems. Cocoon fell and a new era was born but Lightning seems to have disappeared. Final Fantasy XIII-2 follows the story of Lightning’s younger sister Serah and time traveller Noel. Discovering that Lightning is alive, they embark on a mission to save her. Using time gates called Historia Crux time travel is now possible. This enables you to explore the world in a brand new way.

 Present again is the Active Time Battle (ATB) system with only a few little changes and players familiar with Final Fantasy XIII will recognise the Paradigm Shift system. However one new feature is the addition of Cinematic Actions. These cut scenes are not only are aesthetically stunning but also test your attention as button prompts will sometimes randomly appear.

This guide is here to help you battle your way through the entire campaign mode. At the end you will find advice on how to unlock content, trophies and achievements.

So let’s get started!

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough

Prologue

The game begins with a really exciting cutscene where as Lightning you are straight away faced with a battle tutorial which is great if you’re new to the battle system. Following auto-battle will get you through it easily enough, if your health does get badly hit just use a Ullr’s Shield protect yourself and regain your HP.

You’ll experience your first Cinematic Action of the game once you’ve inflicted enough damage, all you have to do is follow the on screen prompts. It’s nothing too tricky so these should be pretty simple.

When that battle ends you’ll immediately enter into several more Cinematic Action sequences with Caius, make sure you pay attention because they’ll be testing your response times!

You’ll now have a quick breather whilst a cut scene shows you the arrival of new character Noel Kreiss before engaging in another battle with Chaos Bahamut. Again though this should be pretty straight forward if you follow auto-battle and healing when you need too. As Noel goes through the time gate, this marks the end of the prologue.

Episode 1: New Bodhum 003 AF

Following a cut scene you’re now with Serah, Lightning’s younger sister. Complete the simple moving tutorial around and over the debris in your way, you can now jump but that’s easy enough so shouldn’t cause you any problems. When you exit the house you’ll be met with the first Live Trigger of the game. Another cut scene brings Noel into the picture and together you’ll have clear the area, but again a combination of auto-battle and healing makes this quite simple.  There’s a tutorial available here so take it if you need too or you just want a refresher, or skip it, it’s up to you. After taking out all the enemies you’ll have another cut scene where Noel gives Serah the Moogle gift from Lightning, Mog – a mogsword.

Go onto the beach and follow Noel, complete the tutorial and clear the area, this is a bit more difficult but with Serah as your Ravager and Noel as your Commando it’s fairly straight forward. Continue north, after the ramp you’ll find a Treasure Sphere containing potions. Use the previous method of auto-battle/healing for any battles you encounter along the way. Continue northwards and about halfway along right in the middle of the path you’ll find a treasure chest containing the Map of New Bodhum. There are various other items lying around so pick them up if you see them but it’s not really important right now. After various battles with members of NORA, head to the centre of the anomaly where you’ll be attacked by the Gogmagog.

Read the on screen tips and get prepared to face your first boss battle of the game. Start out with the slash and burn paradigm (COM/RAV) to attack it. When he sets out to strike back switch to twin shields. Continue using this method until you’ve defeated it and use potions when you need too to restore your health. You’ll earn the Gogmagog Fragment Alpha once you’ve completed the battle.

Head towards the crystal and you’ll begin a cut scene and another Live Trigger event. These explain to you that the meteorite is a portal linking you to Lightning, all you need is an artefact to activate it.  In the crystarium you can upgrade your character however you like to suit you but it’s probably a good idea to up their levels. The basis of you being here is to find the artefact and in fact your moogle will help you as best he can when you come close to anything interesting so keep an eye on him. If he leads you to something you can’t pick up, that just means he’s not a high enough level yet – so come back later in the story.

 Go to the palm tree beside the NORA headquarters to find Lightning’s knife and another Live Trigger event will begin. Next to the tree you’ll find Nell who asks you to do a side quest to find her medical kit – it’s up to you whether you want to accept or not but remember all side quests have to be completed if you want to get all 160 fragments and this one’s pretty easy, you’ll find the kit a little later on. Generally just go around and talk to the various people and watch the cutscenes/Live Trigger events available to you. Make sure you go and talk to the kids on the beach though and follow the important features labelled on the map. Eventually they will lead to you receiving Snow’s necklace.

Head back into the village and back to the hut. Following the orange exclamation mark on the map, examine the mirror. Here you’ll find the artefact. Watch the following cutscene as Noel opens up a little and head across the beach. However, you won’t be able to use the artefact before having another battle with Gogmagog!

Follow the previous method but be aware that this time he’s come prepared with better defence.  Stagger him and make sure you keep using Twin Shields. As long as you follow the same method and are relatively off the mark about it, it shouldn’t be too difficult to complete.  

Once you’ve completed this boss battle you’ll see a Chocobo in front of you. Follow it into the crash pit, feed it a Gysahl Green and ride it back to the village. On the way back you’ll find the medical kit so give it to Nell and receive your gift, the Heart Prism Fragment.

You’re pretty much done here now so head back to the Time Gate to progress further. A Live Trigger event will appear, select “I’m ready” and watch the episode’s final cut scene.

Episode 2: Bresha Ruins – 005 AF –

A nice little cut scene and following tutorial welcomes you into the next episode and straight into the path of a battle against Paradox Alfa. It’s easier than you may think, follow the same methods but just pay attention to the Cinematic Action sequences that when completed, will give you an extra boost. Keep an eye on your health, there are several Cinematic Action sequences right up until the very end of the battle, it will keep you on your toes!

On completion of the battle you’ll be arrested by soldiers and taken to a holding. Talk to Noel and the guard to trigger Live Events before being released by a girl called Alyssa Zaidelle. Follow her for a while before being let loose to explore the area for yourself. There’s lots to be found around the map so get looking and feel free to spend that Gill in the shop too where you’ll be introduced to Chocolina. Once you’re done exploring, go back to the main area and talk to Alyssa. Defeat both  Zwerg Scandroid and a Cait Sith, after this you will acquire them as optional 3rd members and study the following tutorials on  Party Paradigms and Feral Link.

In the west end area you will find an invisible box that gains you the Moogle Hunt ability meaning that whenever you encounter invisible treasure chests from now on, you can access them.

A nearby solider offer you a side quest – you can find both capsules easily. One is in an invisible chest beside you (good time to test out your new Moogle Hunt ability) and the other is by the Captain in the sewers north area. Once you exit it the tunnels avoid any direct fight with Atlas – you won’t survive it.  Take the steps to your left, climb them picking up the sphere as you go and once inside get the other sphere by Chocolina. Let Moogle loose on finding a hidden one and get the Star Pendant, killing the Cie’th in the process (it’s pretty easy, just Stagger him).

Go to the room in the east and solve the following problems to turn the device off.

Tile Travel - Stage 1: Up, Up, Up, Up, Left, Up, Right, Right, Up, Left, Up

Tile Travel - Stage 2: Up, Up, Up, Up, Right, Up, Up, Left, Down, Left, Up, Up, Up, Right, Up

Tile Travel - Stage 3: Up, Left, Left, Up, Right, Right, Up, Right, Up, Right, Right, Up

When you’ve done this check your paradigms as you’re about to battle Atlas, he may be weakened but this battle still demands your respect. If you haven’t already, it’s a good idea to add a few healers now. As you’ve come to expect this battle will include Cinematic Action sequences so be prepared for them too. Stagger with RAV/COM/RAV and RAV/RAV/RAV and healers were necessary.

Once you’ve defeated him the area is now free to be explored, the gravestone close by will teach you about Aylssa’s past. Follow Moogle to find the Eclipse Artefact and an invisible chest.

With a Chocobo go back to town and look out for a raised grassy area by the stairs where Moogle will find a useful little chest and a hidden fragment. Then continue on your way and explore the rest of the town before going to the gate in the middle of the map by the sewers to use the artefact to unlock the gateway.

Episode 3 : Yaschas Massif - 010 AF

First thing you should probably do is to up your levels where you can before proceeding, it’s a good opportunity to do so now and you’ll be thankful for it later. Second thing you need to do is to go and talk to the researcher to gain the map of the area and the nearby sphere for some extra money. Avoid Behemoth, you’re not ready to defeat him yet.

Find the cube containing the ‘Scars’ Gate Seal and then proceed to meet Hope. This is where you’ll face another boss battle. You’ll need a medic right away to Esuna your party. Then Stagger him with Ravagers to build it up then switch to COM/COM/COM during the first Stagger. Follow this method and remove the barrier it creates by continuing to Stagger.

Once you’ve defeated him, go and explore the area before speaking to Hope and watching the following cut scene. Apart from a researcher who needs help in exchange for a fragment there’s not much else left to do here so go back through the Time Gate to continue.

Oerba 200 AF

The next place you’ll find yourself in is Oerba 200 AF first thing to do is to open the chest to the south for a map. Go back north to the time anomaly. This challenge is slightly different and has a catch, you can only connect two crystals together when the colour is the same. Due to a lack of organised pattern about it, simply stand by one until it changes to the same colour. There’s no strict time limit so there’s no need to rush.

Once you’ve completed this run west where you’ll find a dead-end. Pick up the Power Wristband and go back east down a sandy hill, past Chocolina and into a shack to find a new map (Map of Oerba and Visions Gate Seal).

Now you can upgrade both characters, put Serah as Saboteur and Noel Synergist respectfully for greatly improved boss battle performances, you’ll need this soon. Continue north where you’ll find various gil and another time anomaly like the one you just completed. There’s a reason you need to have upgraded your team as best as you can and you’re about to find out why. Go down to the beach and collect the various items along the way and go down into the lone building. Here is where the toughest boss battle so far will take place. Pay attention during the following cut scene, you’re about to face Caius and he sure as hell doesn’t take any prisoners!

Caius starts as he means to go on so straight away get Serah in there as your SAB and Noel acting as a SYN. When, and only when, your party is in good health switch to RAV/RAV/RAV to Stagger and then change immediately to COM/COM/COM. Follow this RAV/RAV/RAV – COM/COM/COM formation and do not forget your medic’s role, it’s vital and use your SAB to cast poison.

Once you’ve defeated Caius watch the cut scene, he’ll drop the artefact and complete the Live Trigger.

You only have one thing left to do here and that’s to get on a Chocobo and head back to the large tree trunk you can find above you. Go over the sand ramp and let moogle find an invisible chest containing an important fragment.

Yaschas Massif 01X AF

First off, go and find Hope, you should remember how and where to do this. Once there speak to him where you’ll learn important information about Lightning, Caius and Valhalla. Continue north using moogle to find the invisible artefact (there’s also 600 gil around) before returning south on a Chocobo to the blue Time Gate.

The next side-quest can be found whilst on this ride, look up left to a ledge and you’ll see Bridget. If you find the fruit she asks for you’ll be given the next fragment. To find it, jump down behind her and follow the path to the Blue Gate. Unlock it but use Historia Crux to return to where you currently are in the timeline. Going south unlock the Orange Gate to unlock The Void Beyond where, close to the gate, you’ll find a map. Travel back to Bresha Ruins 005 AF and unlock the gate found in the sewers to go to Sunleth Waterscape 300 AF.

Sunleth Waterscape 300 AF

You’re now in a deep rain-forest where you’ll finally see Snow again. He’ll be there to help you through every battle you face here, you cannot control or change anything about his actions but he will definitely help you out – he’s a COM. Following the cut scene you’ll be thrown straight into a boss battle against Royal Ripeness.

It has flan surrounding it that will continually heal it so you’re going to need to be quick but just use RAV to Stagger it, watch the Cinematic Action sequence and the cut scene. When prompted don’t choose to fight again, you won’t be able to beat it yet so it’s pointless, just go and explore instead.