Final Fantasy XIII - The story so far

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Filling in the gaps

Timegates. Oracle Drives. Crystallium. Pulse Automata. We've done our best to cover the basics of Final Fantasy XIII's story going into Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy, but there's still volumes of nitty gritty details to be gleaned from playing the first two chapters. Feel free to help fill in the gaps or offer your predictions for Lightning's next adventure.

Want more? Read our perfect Final Fantasy XIII review and our almost perfect Final Fantasy XIII-2 review, or get some help on your collectible hunting in our Final Fantasy XIII cieth stone missions guide.

Matt Bradford

Matt Bradford wrote news and features here at GamesRadar+ until 2016. Since then he's gone on to work with the Guinness World Records, acting as writer and researcher for the annual Gamer's Edition series of books, and has worked as an editor, technical writer, and voice actor. Matt is now a freelance journalist and editor, generating copy across a multitude of industries. 

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