Not the best Final Fantasy to date by far.
On the gameplay side of things Final Fantasy 13-2 plays much like Final Fantasy 13 does and even uses the same graphic's engine. Combat roles play similarly like they did before but Noel and Sarah have different abilities that they learn for each role. Which means that player's will have figure out which is best in each role outside of the 2 basic attack roles. While Sarah and Noel are the 2 main party members the 3rd slot is reserved for monsters. Player's can chose up to 3 of them and assign them to different role options. This aspect of gameplay certainly has that whole gotta catch them all vibe. On the up side there is more side quests but these feel like nothing more than simple fetch/kill quests. Furthermore the crystarium crux feels like nothing more than glamorised level selector which is a unique idea and works with the story. On a side note there are multiple endings which means that after you've beaten it you may want to go back and experiment to see the different endings.
On the audio side of things Final Fantasy 13-2 for the most part is a pretty darn good. The music score gives each location its own unique feel for the most part. The voice acting is solid but everyone except the shop keeper known as chocolina. She is simply annoying as hell to the point in which you could just mute her audio all together.
As a whole Final Fantasy 13-2 is a decent entry into the long running Final Fantasy franchise but feels like the developers have lost their edge.