Final Fantasy XIII-2

Final Fantasy XIII-2

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Developers
	Square Enix
	tri-Ace
Engines
	Crystal Tools
Release dates
Windows	December 11, 2014

Key points

Limited to 720p assets (such as font and HUD) and contains poorly encoded 720p Bink cutscenes with artifacts.

Pixelated, jagged shadows.

Inconsistent frame rate, with additional features over its predecessor exacerbating the problem.

Low unadjustable audio volume. Also suffers from broken surround sound outside of 2 or 6 channels.

No controller vibration support.

Broken rain translucency. See Leviathan's Tears Mod for a fix.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Square Enix Forums - Final Fantasy XIII-2 Discussion

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Publisher website
Steam

All versions require Steam.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Visit Final Fantasy Wiki for more information on DLC.

Includes the following DLC from the console versions in the base game: Note that the Coliseum Battles and Scenarios are only available after completing the game.

• Coliseum Battle Opponents: Omega, Lightning & Amodar, Nabaat, Ultros & Typhon, PuPu, Gilgamesh
• Serah's Outfits: Summoner's Garb, Beachwear, White Mage
• Noel's Outfits: Battle Attire, Spacetime Guardian, Black Mage
• Mog's Outfits: A Wondrous Wardrobe
• Sazh's Story Scenario: Heads or Tails?
• Lightning's Story Scenario: Requiem of the Goddess
• Snow's Story Scenario: Perpetual Battlefield

The following DLC are not available on PC out-of-box due to copyright and licensing issues, but can be enabled using third party workarounds:

• 2 outfits for Serah: N7 Armor (from Mass Effect 3); Style and Steel
• 2 outfits for Noel: N7 Armor (from Mass Effect 3); Assassin's Creed
• All 5 DLC weapons (3 bows for Serah, 2 swords for Noel)
• 6 Japan-exclusive accessories

Essential improvements

Console Content Patch

This restores and unlocks all DLC normally unavailable in-game due to copyright and licensing issues.

Follow the instructions in Readme.txt to install. Note that as this is a patch, it will be removed when Steam verifies or updates the modified files.

DLC Unlocker

Alternative to the above that doesn't require patching the game, but only works for equipment and accessory DLC as an update replaced the unavailable outfit DLC with generic models.

Run the program, ensure DLC enabler is checked, and run the game. Accessories and weapons must be bought from Chocolina with the enabler on, and will remain in the inventory even when the DLC enabler isn't on (but invisible and unable to be equipped without the enabler on).

Leviathan's Tears Mod

The PC version's rain has broken translucency. This replaces it with parameters for a higher resolution version of the original PS3's rain textures.

Game data

Configuration file location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292140/pfx/

All in-game configuration is stored in the save game data. The title screen configuration is not preserved between sessions.

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292140/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Launcher settings.

Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Worldwide (audio not available in Asia)
French				Not available in Asia
German				Not available in Asia
Italian				Not available in Asia
Spanish				Not available in Asia
Japanese				Worldwide (UI and subtitles only available in Asia)
Traditional Chinese				Asia only
Korean				Asia only

Issues unresolved

Inconsistent frame rate

The section on this issue for Final Fantasy XIII applies to this game as well, workarounds included. The game complicates this issue further with depth of field and additional post-processing effect rendering issues.

Instructions

Shadows appear pixelated and jagged

See the corresponding section in Final Fantasy XIII.

Controller vibration doesn't work

See the corresponding section in Final Fantasy XIII.

Audio volume is low

See the corresponding section in Final Fantasy XIII.

Crashes when loading a new area

See the corresponding section in Final Fantasy XIII.

Character runs off screen in opening battle

There is a game-breaking bug where the character can run off screen in the first battle, rendering the current game unplayable. Restart the game to try again.

Issues fixed

Broken surround sound & buzzing sound

This issue occurs when not in stereo (2 channels) or 6 channel mode due to the game incorrectly filling audio buffers, causing buzzing audio and incorrect voice positioning.

Instructions

Crashes when saving

See the corresponding section in Final Fantasy XIII.

Rain appears as white lines

The translucency of rain is lower and looks like white lines, much worse than the console versions. See Leviathan's Tears Mod for a fix.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Crystal Tools	Proprietary.
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video	Out-of-engine cutscenes only.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows XP SP2 or later	Windows Vista / 7 / 8
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz Dual Core	Intel Core 2 Quad (2.66 GHz) AMD Phenom II X4 (2.8 GHz)
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA Geforce 8 Series ATI Radeon HD 4000 series 256MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	NVIDIA Geforce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 5870
Other		XInput controller (map DirectInput controllers using drivers)