Lightning Returns is the concluding chapter of the Final Fantasy XIII saga and series heroine Lightning's final battle. The grand finale of the trilogy brings a world reborn as well as free character customization and stunning action based battles.
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LIGHTNING RETURNS™: FINAL FANTASY® XIII scores 44/100 on the BANG Score (a skip). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/345350/lightning-returns-final-fantasy-xiii<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/345350/lightning-returns-final-fantasy-xiii"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/345350" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/345350/lightning-returns-final-fantasy-xiii)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 4h ago.
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The lowest price on record is $7.99, set in December 2023. It has been discounted 54 times in the 11 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 9 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 27 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE ($39.99, scores 46) beats it on value, while it beats DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake ($59.99, scores 43).
Steam's global achievement data says about 4 percent of players ever finish it.
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