The trailer I had watched to make my previous judgment of the game was a scene I experienced out of context. I realized that the game obviously at least had immeasurable work and detail put into it, so I decided to buy it. I was so wrong about it.

The voice acting is superb and the characters are easy to connect with and care about. The thing about FFXIII is that it's the first game to make my jaw drop repeatedly and give me a sense of awe and wonder that I haven't felt since gaming many consoles ago. Heavy Rain was close, but FFXIII is like... walking through a dream. The high that I get from playing this game pervades my life even when I'm not playing. I feel like a different and better person.

The new trend these days is to dislike everything and pose as a discerning intellectual. Games aren't allowed to be linear anymore. What I have to say about that concerning FFXIII is thank goodness there's some focus to it because all I want to do is dive right in and get to the depths of it. This game makes me constantly wonder how my PS3 is making so many incredible things happen all at once.