A sequel, titled Final Fantasy XIII-2, was released in December 2011 in Japan and in February 2012 in North America and PAL regions. The Windows version has sold over 746,000 copies according to SteamSpy. As of 2017, the game has sold over 7 million copies worldwide on consoles.

Selling 1.7 million copies in Japan in 2009, Final Fantasy XIII became the fastest-selling title in the history of the series.

The game’s linearity received a more mixed reception from some critics. Final Fantasy XIII was critically acclaimed in Japan and received mostly positive reviews from Western video game publications, which praised the game's graphics, presentation, and battle system. Final Fantasy XIII is the flagship title of the Fabula Nova Crystallis collection of Final Fantasy games and is the first game to use Square Enix's Crystal Tools engine. They rally against the Sanctum while trying to discover their assigned task and whether they can avoid being turned into monsters or crystals at the completion.ĭevelopment began in 2004, and the game was first announced at Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2006. Lightning is soon joined by a band of allies, and together the group also become marked by the same Pulse creature. The former soldier Lightning begins her fight against the government in order to save her sister who has been branded as an unwilling servant to a god-like being from Pulse, making her an enemy of Cocoon.

The game takes place in the fictional floating world of Cocoon, whose government, the Sanctum, is ordering a purge of civilians who have supposedly come into contact with Pulse, the much-feared world below. Final Fantasy XIII includes elements from the previous games in the series, such as summoned monsters, chocobos, and airships. The game includes fast-paced combat, a new system for the series for determining which abilities are developed for the characters called 'Crystarium', and a customizable 'Paradigm' system to control which abilities are used by the characters. Released in Japan in December 2009 and international in March 2010, it is the thirteenth title in the mainline Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy XIII is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles and later for Windows in 2014.

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