Last week Famitsu delivered the first review of Final Fantasy XIII-2 and gave the game a perfect score of 40/40.

Below you can find a bunch of new details about Final Fantasy XIII-2 from the reviewers at Famitsu.

• Tons of content
• High degree of freedom
• Takes roughly 40 hours to finish
• Up to 100 hours (or more) with all the yarikomi elements
• Straight paths are no longer present
• Battles are fun
• Little hand-holding
• You’ll need to use a high degree of strategy during battles
• Get drawn into the game from the start
• Story is easy to understand
• There are a lot of sidequests and conversation choices
• Multiple endings make one reviewer want to play the game again
• Sudden changes in the game’s time periods make it all seem fresh
• Party is always Noel, Serah + monsters, which will lead to some mixed opinions
• “Light users” can change to easy mode
• Has DLC
• Many monsters
• One reviewer believes the game lives up to XIII
• Multiple endings
• Has a different “feel” than XIII
• Can go back to areas you’ve cleared and see new developments if you do them again
• Leveling up monsters is fun
• Difference between CG/normal gameplay scenes isn’t high because XIII-2 is so pretty, according to one reviewer
• Looking for items is fun
• Can move around in certain event scenes
• Music is impressive
• One reviewer thinks changing around paradigms and monsters make the battles fun
• You’ll get hooked to the story from the beginning; you’ll worry about the characters’ futures
• Game has “tips” that can help those who are having trouble understanding the story
• Still has that crunching feeling in the battles from XIII
• More accessible; even new players can enjoy XIII-2
• Collecting monsters and merging them is a lot of fun
• XIII-2 has many mini-games
• Many of the first game’s flaws are gone