Final Fantasy XIII: Limited Edition Box Set | 
| Artist: Final Fantasy
Label: Square Enix Music
Category: Music
List Price: $71.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 54,710
Format: Soundtrack, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.9
EAN: 4988601461580
ASIN: B002U4RQ9W
Release Date: March 23, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Final Fantasy 13 Official Soundtrack (5 CD Boxset).
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 7
 As expected April 21, 2010
boniceman (Ecuador)
Pretty good collectors edition , comes with the real complete soundtrack , if you are a final fantasy music lover this is a MUST HAVE...
Hypocrites and Haters March 31, 2010
Nathan Forsythe (Texas, USA)
4 out of 12 found this review helpful
Mine arrived this afternoon, and I don't see what all the fuss is about. The price I paid was well worth it, and the music is second to none. Maybe if everyone paid more attention to the small print things like this wouldn't happen. The music is great and I think for somone stepping into such big shoes such as this they did an excellent job. You act like it was an easy decision for Square to use another composer after establishing such a legacy with Uematsu. It's called risk, people, and any successful business will tell you that risk is part of the job. And then there's the people who are fussy because of all the Japanese there is to deal with. I'm not going to waste my time with explaining that if you expect something made originally in Japan to be in English, then you're retarded. I think the Japanese enhances the experience of having the set for REAL FANS, which in the end is who this is meant for. Since when did "Limited Edition" mean that even people who don't like it deserve it? It's supposed to be for people like me, who don't care if the music is this or that, and if I can read it or not. That's the fun that comes with this territory. It's part of the job, so to speak. If you can't say anything reasonable about it, then don't say anything at all. Take it from a true fan of music, and not someone who listens to what I'm told I should listen to based on what has more popularity points, this soundtrack is great and a must for the real fans of the game. And for those who are complaining about the price, that's how you know the n00bs from the rest. Who pays 50 bucks for this? So I'll bet you're against music piracy, but you won't give the people who worked long and hard for this to be real the money they deserve. Isn't that the same damn thing? Grow up, people. Just because you make mistakes with your money doesn't mean EVERYTHING is overpriced.
 Great but still not GREAT.. March 30, 2010
Johnathan Mcilvride (Canada)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I received this item much faster than I thought I would. So that was a bonus. Upon opening it, the item was undamaged in any way, which is more than I'm used to. Most of the time I find a dented corner or a scratched cover from mishandling between the manufacturer and the supplier. This was completely unscathed.
The box itself is fairly nice, it does give the Final Fantasy feeling when opening it. Very contemporary in style. The artbook has some nice pictures in it. The soundtrack CD's appear very nice and the casing in which they are carried is also fairly nice. There is also a bonus wrapped up CD which I have yet to open. All in all I am fairly impressed with the stuff provided.
I am however, not as impressed in the price. As a limited edition I can see them charging an abundance of money, but I just think for a soundtrack this was a little steep. If they wanted to charge extra money for something, they could've released a limited edition of the game itself. That would have been worth it. I was expecting this to be about $44.99-$50.00, not almost $80.00 - this is steep. For this price, the quality of the contents don't really meet up to par. It seems more like a marketing scam just to get the all the diehard fans to dish out some extra cash.
The box could have been white velvet lined or had a little more put into it. The artbook should've definitely been hardbound and maybe a little thicker in detail. I don't mind the Japanese subtitles on everything, because this is a Japanese game. However English would've been nice, even if in fine print in the artbook so you knew what it said. The CD quality could've been a bit better. Some parts of it kind of reminded me of the music from Rapture in Bioshock. With an old radio scratchiness to it. Maybe this is the effect they were going for? Or maybe there was a lack of attention between the recording studio and the manufacturer. In any event, it is a little disappointing.
All in all I'll give it four stars because it's still a nice set for a diehard fan. But it could have been better. Hopefully in the future when they release Versus and such it will be better.
Great product, too expensive April 7, 2010
I. G. AlTheeb (UAE)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I loved the product, music and the packaging are great, if you are a FF fan then go for it, otherwise don't buy it. Since its a limited edition, it worth the money, but I was surprised since its listed here for only 25$ [..] and amazon listing price was 70$+ . the 4 star for the product and the -1 star for the listing price of amazon.
 Disappointed with the sound quality March 30, 2010
Obsidian (Hawaii)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I buy a lot of OST for games and anime. As a Limited Set, it is OK but too expensive. It comes in a nice large white box with a big XIII on the front. It also includes a drama disc (sealed in a foil bag no less), mini-artbook, and the large 4 CD fold-out set. The CD has Bilingual Japanese/English track names. The mini-artbook is all Japanese (except for the credits in English, go figure). I have a beef with the artbook being just stapled sheets. I figure for this price they could make it a hard-bound artbook like that included with Mass Effect 2's Collector's Edition. But not to be, it's just paper.
I am very disappointed with the sound quality of this set. This goes for most of the piano and orchestral pieces. They all sound "tinny" with lots of clipping on the piano sections. This makes me very sad, because those are some of the best pieces in the whole set! And to make the recording so bad, makes my sound system sound like a cheap radio, like an mp3 compressed at 96kb or something. What the hell were they thinking? The only good sounding track is "Afro Blues" on CD2, but I wanted all the orchestral/piano to sound good, and they sure screwed that up. Sad very sad. As far as tracks go, they have all the music in the game that you'll ever want, with some very short tracks. However it is quite complete.
If you want all of the music, then by all means buy this. But if you want better sound quality, I would wait and see if they release just an orchestral tracks version, which hopefully has better quality recordings.
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