What is Lighting returns really about?

[Tina miller]

I want to know what this game is about. When they talk about god in the Sky what god are they referring to? Why do they say Lighting is the Savior? Are they saying lighting is god?

What in lighting returns were she kills god. Um, ah, that seems not right or something. What god they killing, one of their false gods or something?

Why I am asking; is because I am Christian, and yet, I know the game could be refereeing to some other god, but I am not sure of that? Just knowing FF games as I do, they are not into the God I worship, so who knows what god they are talking about.

In the game lighting makes a statement about God in the sky. Which I do care not to repeat what was said, but I do hope to god they were not talking about my savior. Yea, their gods are evil, not the God I know and serve. However, I do know some people worship, the sun and moon as gods and goddesses, and that would be in the sky, as an evil god, that does not exist.

I do play video games, and I am open about a lot of stuff, so please hear me out, it is just that I do not want to play a game is there is blasphemes.
Back to the topic, so can someone please explain what this game is really about?
Is it what I think it is?

I really hope not. Also, I am not a troll, I just want to know what other Christian's think of this game as well and I want to get a good grip on the story before I ever buy it, thank you, all..

 

[St_Worm2]

Hi Tina, I don't know your game, but I do know of one place where the evidence of the Lord's return is spoken of as being like "lightning, flashing from the east to the west".

Matthew 24
23 If anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him.
24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.
25 Behold, I have told you in advance.
26 So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them.
27 For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.​

IOW, no one will need to be told that Christ has returned, because EVERYONE will know it at the same time.

Again, this may have nothing to do with your game, especially if the game is actually referring to "lighting" returning (instead of "lightning" returning), but if it is the latter, and they are talking about "lightning" and the return of the Son of Man, then this should be the passage.

Yours and His,
David

 

[Tina miller]

Well here is a little summery of the game. Lighting Returns.
Here is the link to what this game is about. what you think about it as a Christian, would you play it?
Wait this would be a better page to read about the game.
here is the link
Religion in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

 

[Tina miller]

Here is what the story is about. I found on wikki.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Wikipedia

Yes, this is a long, so read what you want to, but you get the idea what the story is about? Should Christian's play this kind of game? What do you get out of it?
I think it is saying that lighting is worshiping some false god, who is named Bhunivelze, who made her a savior of the world and of souls.

Game is about:
Over the intervening centuries, two opposing religions have formed and dominate the life of Nova Chrysalia's people: the Order of Salvation, that worships Bhunivelze,[42] and the Children of Etro, a rebel cult who worship the Goddess.[43] The world itself is divided into four regions, each dominated by a specific mood and environment

Lightning is awoken from crystal stasis by the god Bhunivelze. The world is set to end in 13 days, and to this end Lightning is made the Savior, a figure who will free the souls of humanity from the burdens on their hearts and guide them to a new world that Bhunivelze will create once the 13 days are up.[50] Lightning agrees to commit this task, on the condition that Bhunivelze ensure the rebirth of Serah's spirit.[51] Hope acts as her guide from the Ark, which houses the rescued souls of humanity. Bhunivelze chose him and changed his physical form to his 14-year-old self from XIII.[52] As she journeys and performs her task, she encounters her former allies and adversaries, many of whom carry heavy emotional burdens. She is also followed about by Lumina, who both gives her advice and taunts her at regular intervals.

Lightning also meets Vanille in the Order's cathedral. Vanille shows Lightning a place within the cathedral where the souls of the dead have gathered. Vanille is being prepared for a ritual to take place on the final day that will apparently purify the souls. She hopes to atone for past actions by doing so.[54] In the Dead Dunes, Lightning encounters Fang and goes with her on a journey through the region's dungeons in search of a relic called the Holy Clavis. When they find it, Fang reveals that it is key to the ritual in Luxerion as it has the power to draw in the souls of the dead, and that the ritual will kill Vanille.[55] Fang attempts to destroy the relic, but the forces of the Order arrive and take it. On the eleventh day, the souls of the dead speak to Lightning through the visage of Cid Raines, a man Lightning encountered during XIII.[56] He tells her that the Order has deceived Vanille and plans to sacrifice her to destroy the dead, so the living will forget their existence before their rebirth in the new world. Lightning decides to stop the ritual, though Cid warns her that she will be defying Bhunivelze's will.[57]

Sazh's emotional burden and waking his son. Traveling to the ruins of Valhalla, Lightning encounters Caius and multiple versions of Yeul. After fighting with Caius, Lightning learns that he has become tied to life by the Yeuls and thus cannot be saved.[60]She also learns that it was Yeul's perpetual rebirth that caused the Chaos to seep into the mortal world and trigger the events of XIII-2.[61] Encountering Mog as the leader of a moogle village, she helps him fend off attacking monsters. On Nova Chrysalia's final day, Hope reveals to Lightning that Bhunivelze used him to watch Lightning and that the deity will dispose of him now that his task is completed.[63]

After Hope disappears, Lightning is transported to Luxerion and enters the cathedral, where Noel, Snow and Fang help her fight the Order to save Vanille. Lightning manages to convince her to free the souls of the dead.[64] This act allows Lightning to find Serah's soul, kept safe inside Lumina, but Bhunivelze arrives using Hope as his host and captures everyone but Lightning. After wounding the god in battle, she frees Hope and prepares to become the new Goddess and protect the new world by trapping herself and Bhunivelze in the Unseen Realm.[67] An illusion of Serah then confronts Lightning, revealing Lumina as the physical manifestation of Lightning's suppressed vulnerabilities.[68] Accepting Lumina as a part of herself, Lightning calls for aid. Hope, Snow, Noel, Vanille, Fang and the Eidolons answer her call, severing Bhunivelze's hold on the souls of humanity, including Sazh, Dajh, Mog, and Serah. The souls then unite and defeat Bhunivelze. In the aftermath, Caius and the multiple versions of Yeul choose to remain in the Unseen Realm and protect the balance between worlds in Etro's stead.[69] The final incarnation of Yeul, who wishes to live with Noel, is allowed to accompany Lightning and her friends.[70] After the Eidolons and Mog depart for the Unseen Realm, Lightning, her allies, and the souls of humanity travel to a new world where they can decide their own fate. In a post-credits scene, Lightning is seen in normal clothes arriving in a rural town, going to reunite with one of her friends.

 

[Tina miller]

The creator of that world, Bhunivelze.
Well the creator of my world is Jesus.
Also this game does not use small g, but upper case God to refer to one God.

That is what Christian's do. Also they say God of Light. A Christian's God is a God of light and in the sky.
The god she talks to is in the sky with a powerful voice.
They talk about eternity, salvation, and prayers. This is directed to Christian's. And my God is not a bad God. He is a loving God, no matter what some folks believe.

To say my God is evil is: A NON FOR-GIVE-ABLE SIN.. It is called blaspheme.
It is in this game, and I am personally going to stay far away from games like this.

Also Tomb rider raise of the Tomb raider has a blaspheme in the game, when they talk about the messiahs miracles, and not in a good way. Yes, that game has the unforgivable sin in it.
And in FF 7, they take the Lords name in vain, just some games to beware of.

And I have separated the real from fantasy, but when the game affects me in real life, be it music, TV, books, video games, by cussing, blasphemy's, nudity and so on, then no I will not watch it. Yes, that is me. I will never play this game.

I do play some FF games, but not this one . They knew they were putting Christianity down when they made the game, besides there is a ton of cussing, and even in real life I am not listening to all that, k. and some blood and nudity.
I watch the first video on lighting returns on youtube, enough for me. I never want to watch again. It is not a game for me.

 

[Rion]

It's about Square Enix trying to milk a little bit of profit out of a terrible garbage title they made. It's in a fictional world, so don't look too deeply into it.

 

[S.O.J.I.A.]

as a believer I played through it. i'd say, at least story-wise, it's the best of an otherwise horrible trilogy.

personally I found the whole thing funny in comparing this imagined "god" with the God of scripture and saying "dude, this god sucks, he can't do anything". God can't be killed by His own creation and not being able to see into the hearts of men nor bring souls back from the ether means he doesn't have omniscience nor omnipotence. he got lightning to do his bidding by black mailing her with her sister serah. bhunivelze is trash!

that's pretty much what I got from the story, this god isn't a god at all, but a really powerful being.

 

[St_Worm2]

...that's pretty much what I got from the story, this god isn't a god at all, but a really powerful being.

That seems to be the stamp that many want to put on God these days, that He is just like us, only more powerful (our LDS friends certainly believe this, as well as many within the Christian faith as well .. Open Theists come quickly to mind, but there are many others).