I'm 17 hours in and I've loved every minute.

The graphics and cutscenes are awesome.

The battle system is great and I've not had to grind yet.

I also like both the story and the characters.

Whilst it may not feel like the other Final Fantasies, this is a very good game, a nice step forward.

Coming from the perspective of a guy who's only Final Fantasy played is XIII, I can tell you that it was an enjoyable experience. Only slight disappointment in the upgrade and class system, but they're made up for in most areas.

It's linear.

Then it gets to Gran Pulse and you get a shitton of sidequests and a huge area three times what you've already covered thrown at you.

The Auto-(battle, chain, etc) option does not win battles for you, you'll have to set up paradigms and manage them in combat. And yes, it's challenging.

That should cover all of the popular nonsensical complains about the game. Go get it, all the shit you heard about it until now will only make the game more enjoyable.

Holy shit it's a talking cat

It's geniunely fun.

One of the first FF's where I don't want to kill myself every time I encounter an enemy.

It's linear, but eat shit and go elsewhere if you want a game with more branches than Barclays.

Get it.

Very fun game, just got to gran Pulse yesterday night (where the game opens up) and haven't been able to put the controller down. Also don't believe what /v/ says about the game, just a bunch of hipster fags who thinks it's cool to hate on popular games.

I like it, it doesn't deserve that hate it gets around here.

It's certainly not GOTY, but it's still quite an enjoyable game.

Every post in this thread is a lie.

I'm 16 hours in and it's been boring as fuck. When people say it's linear, fuck, do they mean it. All of the areas are the same: Walk forward. That's it. No puzzles or gimmicks or anything. Every area has essentially been the same thing, just with a different back drop

The battle system is...ok, I guess. It's essentially attack attack attack, then switch to heal classes when your HP is low, then switch back. You only control one character, and you can;t choose who it is.

People say it gets better, but I've already given it 16 hours of chances, and it has yet to do so