Thanks. Its good to know there is a way to make the time system work. I ordered the strat. guide since I hear you can only do about half of the sidequests in one playthrough and I want to maximize my time so I don't have to replay it over and over.

The story would be much better for me at the beginning at least if they explained why FFXIII had Fal'Se for gods, then FFXIII-2 had a Goddess, and now FFXIII Lightening Returns has a God who is apparently assumed to be male. What the...they must have did some hard drugs while world building or gave the sequels a completely new team to work on the game. I'm not sure if it is a complete mindfuck of a plot or just terrible writing and pacing. I hope Mindfuck because at least there has to be some cleverness there. If this God is the old God the Fal'sae wanted to bring back into the world that might make some sense. Serah and Noel sure did enough damage to the world changing time to cause enough destruction, more so then shamming a giant floating city into the planet.

So, does the story get any better at all for Lightening Returns? I played to the point of getting to the Hub and then stopped out of the frustration out of fear they won't even try to tie things together whatsoever. lol

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But, definitely check out Infamous if you like Assassin's Creed. It has more RPG elements to it than AC! It's still an action/shooter game but you gain EXP from killing enemies that you can use to upgrade Cole's powers. And if you like them you can get Second Son for PS4 which looks freaking AWESOME.

I call it a "shooter" because you push a button then aim Cole's hand to shoot his lightning but it has a lot of platforming like AC and a story that's really good with replayability to it. You can be good/evil and the story missions change PRETTY heavily based on whether you choose a villainous or a heroic way to take on the mission.