Xiii-2 is fantastic, I would have just liked a different main cast other than Noel and Serah. Otherwise the gameplay is great and story is better than decent. Caius was a surprise great villain, one of the better in the series imho. Plenty of openness to the game, exploration, extra endings, plenty of side areas that are not needed to beat the game, side games,collectables and monster hunting etc (which is a lot of what its predecessor lacked).

personal review of an 8 or 8.5/10, I say good job