Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 is Toriyama's Masterpiece

So Lightning Returns is pretty cool. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TransWitchReviews Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TransWitchSammy Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/TransWitchSammy/ Anilist: https://anilist.co/user/TransWitchSammy/ Backloggd: https://www.backloggd.com/u/TransWitchSammy/ I still can't believe this article is real: The Best Final Fantasy Games - as chosen by the franchise's creators: https://blog.playstation.com/archive/2018/01/30/the-best-final-fantasy-games-as-chosen-by-the-franchises-creators/ Video Sources: Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII Announcement Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHr9fY6bJo Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back In Town: https://archive.org/details/Thin_Lizzy_The_Boys_Are_Back_In_Town Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVBAdGJN-0M KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue // 0.2 Birth By Sleep -A fragmentary passage-: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB-SgmfG_eM NieR: Automata – A special message from YOKO TARO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhDL3Q86ofY KINGDOM HEARTS 20th ANNIVERSARY ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2DSEkYFRh8 Lightning x Louis Vuitton Extended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxCr4q1lUa0 Movie/Anime/TV Clips/Audio Used: House of 1000 Corpses Resident Evil (2002) Bruce Almighty Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion The VVitch Game Clips/Footage Used: Valkyrie Profile Star Ocean First Departure Resonance of Fate/End of Eternity God Hand Final Fantasy XIII Dead Rising Shadow of Memories/Shadow of Destiny Koudelka Final Fantasy XIII-2 Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII Music (in order it is played): Lightning's Theme ~Radiance~: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9LlmwmDTtk Lightning Returns: https://youtu.be/ROibX7_8tBc The Sleeping City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qusf7iKgM_o Awaiting the Celebration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GIhjuKElXQ Crimson Blitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCdTFAK4BcA Midnight Eternal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKvDbskVVgc Savior of Souls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB9COCgQ1UE Bluesy Chocobo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW3lXnrD52o High Voltage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WThy-4Rj9Z0 A Home Far Away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD5srG8sb2k The Savior's Words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyTazQXrHQE Luxerion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DExKpDeA8zA The Glittering City of Yusnaan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8tXcnEbF-A City of Revelry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGETB7TUGaA Death Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtgB7cF9854 Desert Awakening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qicPIh7Or4g The Last Surviving Wilderness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-AA4nbCMXg Salvation's Fanfare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pa10VodH2s Lightning's Theme -A Distant Glimmer-: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbU7J88qzU Noel's Theme -The Shadow Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6YPZJVqAu0 Fang's Theme -The Boss-: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o0sT6V-j7w Sazh and Dajh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye594RUsGPg Lumina's Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sei7fOlMj34 Claire Farron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quqOqRPqd5c Nova Chrysalia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ORv9Xw1AD8 New Bodhum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2y3FjL7a6o The Savior's Words - Christmas in Nova Chrysalia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl-609RPzHc Patience (from Koudelka): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP-lXk57coo Humanity's Tale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P26jiOPAyWU Problematic by Bo Burnham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPbPl-P-2kk 0:00 Intro 5:00 Part 1 - Gameplay 7:11 Part 1a - Tri-Ace brought their biggest bat and are coming for your knees (Difficulty) 10:01 Part 1b - Combat 13:56 Part 1c - The world and its flow 30:03 Part 1d - Fashion is Queen 32:50 Part 1e - New Game Plus Rocks Ass 34:47 THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN (Music) 58:20 Part 3: Story 1:02:20 Part 3a - Lumina 1:05:45 Part 3b - Lightning being monotone is good actually you cowards 1:13:07 Part 3c - Character Arks 1:27:51 Part 3d - We Need To Talk About Sazh 1:32:04 Part 3e - One Last Hurrah 1:34:12 Quick Disclaimer 1:35:46 Part 3f - The Absolute Madman Did It or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Toriyama (The Ending) 1:44:26 Conclusion 1:47:14 Outro 1:49:48 Bonus #lightningreturns #lightningreturnsfinalfantasyxiii #FinalFantasy #gameanalysis #Review #videoanalysis #JRPG #JRPGAnalysis #FF13 #FinalFantasy13 #finalfantasyxiii #JRPGGameAnalysis