This will help you get pass the hands of time anomaly. They can take forever sometimes, not to mention the game has enough fake difficulty without the puzzles taking time.

http://clockpuzzle.pl/

I actually started this game last week and saw this the day before I got to this puzzle. Good timing! @chemystery

Heh, I actually have this same thing and think I made a post about it when the game came out. Handy little app. Those clock puzzles are the worst part of XIII-2 which otherwise I adore.

@captaincharisma: Glad to be of service. I just beat the game the other day. How's your play through going?

I'm finally playing through FF XIII (only played ~15 hours when I originally bought it), and I just ordered XIII-2 on Amazon, so I'll likely be needing this in the near future. Thanks.

I hated those puzzles D: this would´ve been handy on jan when I played FFXIII-2

@chemystery: I actually beat the game earlier today and now I'm playing the Lightning DLC. And I'm left extremely confused because I'm stuck at the first fight and haven't been able to win after two tries. I gained a level when I lost so maybe I'm supposed to be losing? IT just gives very little information so I guess I'll stick it out a bit longer. Only have gotten two of the endings so far and I might try for a few more though.

@captaincharisma: You at least need to get to level 4 to actually be able to finish the dlc .... also what I recommend is quequing 2 stacks of the defense you get with Lighting (dont recall the game) so as when Caius snaps his fingers you can defen it by changing your paradigms.

@aetheldod: Si I finally beat it! What an odd way to go about everything. It seems like they really were testing the waters for Lightning Returns. Too bad what we really needed was a Sazh Returns!

Am I in the minority for A) liking the Clock puzzles in XIII-2, and B) finding them blissfully easy (completing all of them on my first try)?

Yes and yes.

I started playing this last week after playing 13 for a second time a month ago so I could play this and Lightning Returns. I'm finding it hard to keep motivated to play this. It feels like a giant side quest.

Im playing it right now for the first time, it's a little silly but very charming =)