History YMMV / FinalFantasyXIII2

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Some say Caius is a fantastic and well-written TragicVillain with a sympathetic backstory and motivation, is a total badass, is also a cunning [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who manipulates everyone to get what he wants, and [[spoiler:his [[TheBadGuyWins victory]] made him unique among ''Final Fantasy'' villains]]. Others say his motivation is selfish and flimsy {{Wangst}} that amounts to [[TheLostLenore whining over the tragic existence]] of his [[AmbiguousSituation ward/possible lover/sister-figure/daughter-figure]], his powers are too exaggerated in the name of making him cool, he succeeds in his plans because {{Gambit Roulette}}s and {{Idiot Ball}}s keep making things go his way, and [[spoiler:him winning no matter what [[AudienceAlienatingEndings ruins the ending]] and makes him a boring InvincibleVillain and/or Villain Sue]].

* AmericansHateTingle: In Japan, this game is seen as a EvenBetterSequel to ''Videogame/FinalFantasyXIII'', getting perfect scores from both ''Famitsu'' and ''[=Dengeki PlayStation=]'' and winning two ''Japan Game Awards''. In the west, the game is more of a ContestedSequel, being praized for its visuals and non-linearity, but criticized for [[DemotedToExtra demoting the original cast]] and for some writing elements.

* ContestedSequel: With so many changes from the original XIII, both in gameplay and story, this was inevitably going to happen. The general rule of thumb is that people who disliked the original found the sequel to be an improvement in most respects due to a streamlined battle system and more open world design, while those who enjoyed the original were unhappy to see the original party sidelined and the gameplay dumbed down to just two party members and a rotating third one.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Was Square's attempt to do this after the first game's mixed response, adding in a more open world design, more sidequests, and more flexibility in the Crystarium earlier in the game. [[ContestedSequel It didn't exactly take]].

** The Brain Blast Quiz and Captain Cryptic's Confounding Quiz. As you'd expect from a quiz minigame in a video game, the quests draw on lore and knowledge primarily from ''XIII'' and some alluding to past ''Final Fantasy'' titles. But the questions in these quizzes are so obscure that even an expert on ''Final Fantasy'' would be left stumped, because some of them are so vague that it's not even entirely clear if the answers are ever given in-game, making the answer impossible to know without a guide, so take your best guess. There there's questions like "odds or evens?" or "reds or blacks?", which ''are'' clearly luck-based and come off as [[TrollingCreator the developers laughing at you]].

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Some say Caius is a fantastic and well-written TragicVillain with a sympathetic backstory and motivation, is a total badass, is also a cunning [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who manipulates everyone to get what he wants, and [[spoiler:his [[TheBadGuyWins victory]] made him unique among ''Final Fantasy'' villains]]. Others say his motivation is selfish and flimsy {{Wangst}} that amounts to [[TheLostLenore whining over the tragic existence]] of his [[AmbiguousSituation ward/possible lover/sister-figure/daughter-figure]], with no care as to how his actions affect everyone else, his powers are too exaggerated in the name of making him cool, he succeeds in his plans because {{Gambit Roulette}}s and {{Idiot Ball}}s keep making things go his way, and [[spoiler:him winning no matter what [[AudienceAlienatingEndings ruins the ending]] and makes him a boring InvincibleVillain and/or Villain Sue]].

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Some say Caius is a fantastic and well-written TragicVillain with a sympathetic backstory and motivation, is a total badass, is also a cunning [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who manipulates everyone to get what he wants, and [[spoiler:his [[TheBadGuyWins victory]] made him unique among ''Final Fantasy'' villains]]. Others say his motivation is selfish and flimsy {{Wangst}} that amounts to [[TheLostLenore whining over the tragic existence]] of his [[AmbiguousSituation ward/potential lover/sister-figure/daughter-figure]], with no care as to how his actions affect everyone else, his powers are too exaggerated in the name of making him cool, he succeeds in his plans because {{Gambit Roulette}}s and {{Idiot Ball}}s keep making things go his way, and [[spoiler:him winning no matter what [[AudienceAlienatingEndings ruins the ending]] and makes him a boring InvincibleVillain and/or Villain Sue]].

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Some say Caius is a fantastic and well-written TragicVillain with a sympathetic backstory and motivation, is a total badass, is also a cunning [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who manipulates everyone to get what he wants, and [[spoiler:his [[TheBadGuyWins victory]] made him unique among ''Final Fantasy'' villains]]. Others say his motivation is selfish and flimsy {{Wangst}} that amounts to [[TheLostLenore whining over his dead love]], his powers are too exaggerated in the name of making him cool, he succeeds in his plans because {{Gambit Roulette}}s and {{Idiot Ball}}s keep making things go his way, and [[spoiler:him winning no matter what [[AudienceAlienatingEndings ruins the ending]] and makes him a boring InvincibleVillain and/or Villain Sue]].

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Some say Caius is a fantastic and well-written TragicVillain with a sympathetic backstory and motivation, is a total badass, is also a cunning [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who manipulates everyone to get what he wants, and [[spoiler:his [[TheBadGuyWins victory]] made him unique among ''Final Fantasy'' villains]]. Others say his motivation is selfish and flimsy {{Wangst}} that amounts to [[TheLostLenore whining over his dead love]], his powers are too exaggerated in the name of making him cool, he succeeds in his plans because {{Gambit Roulette}}s and {{Idiot Ball}}s keep making things go his way, and [[spoiler:him winning no matter what [[AudienceAlienatingEndings ruins the ending]] and makes him a boring InvincibleVillain]].