I just finished XII-2 last night, and while it was an improvement over the original in many aspects (sans performance), I feel like I'm burned out on the XIII IP. Toriyama absolutely ruined the universe with his distinguished mentally-challenged non-comprehensible story, and shat down on every major character, all for the sake of reusing as many assets as possible in the name Time Travelling (worst use I've seen in any medium so far). "Yeul this, Caius that"- STFU bitch you just wanna don't want to draw new models. I usually can turn my brain off and enjoy games, but XIII-2 was too offensive.
What I'm hoping for, though:
- Battle system overhaul. I need to feel and connect with my character progression and skill-set. They've taken the current formula as far as they can.
- Equipments overhaul. It's still a shallow afterthought.
- Chococuntilina shot in the face and replaced with something non-distinguished mentally-challenged. Her shop was useless for the majority of the game.
- The entire story of XIII-2 retconned. And if Toriyama comes within 20 feet of time-traveling again, he should shot with a shotgun.
Judging by their intention of releasing XIII-3 as quickly as 2, I'm not holding my breath for any improvements or polish of any kind.