Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Target Steelbook Edition (2014) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Target Steelbook Edition

As Lightning, it is your mission to save souls so they may be brought to a new world. However, with only thirteen days remaining, not everyone can be saved. Armed with all-new weapons, player customization and…

11 March 2014

What Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Target Steelbook Edition is

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Target Steelbook Edition is an adventure game developed by Square Enix and released in 2014. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It runs on Crystal Tools.

The premise, in the publisher's words

As Lightning, it is your mission to save souls so they may be brought to a new world. However, with only thirteen days remaining, not everyone can be saved. Armed with all-new weapons, player customization and battle abilities, you are in a race against time to fully understand your destiny. It all ends here.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Target Steelbook Edition is the 174th of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Steelbook Edition in 2014.

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How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 35 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 60 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Target Steelbook Edition launched on 11 March 2014, within three weeks of South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone and Diablo III: Reaper of Souls.

Released around the same time: South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls.

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