Final Fantasy XIII Review for PS3 - Part 6

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The effectiveness of the storytelling is well beyond previous Final Fantasies. The characters are brought together via some powerful motivations and some more capricious twists of fate, but they are split apart and you're allowed to spend time with each set of characters as you learn about their back stories and about how they are more connected than it may first appear. The characters have real reasons for their actions and behaviors and we sometimes learn things about them that color previous interactions in an entirely new light. The way that the game takes its time developing the characters and the battle system makes both of them more engrossing the further you get in the game.

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