I don't really understand FFXIII...

It's very pretty but has basically no sunstance. I have painstakingly tried to get into the game and forced mayself to play over and over again yet i have the same feeling 'What the Hell!?'

I mean the battle system is different but I think works well. There are some strategic elements to it, yet it all gets very tired very fast. I have seen that many people have drawn the same conclusion 'walk in a straight line press the button.' But then again isn't this every FF game? well, no. i think a lot of what made FF enjoyable in the past was that you had a whole world to explore and some things weren't so straight-forward. Perhaps you needed to fly your airship to the desert, or you are SOL, because you can only use the damn boat, or canoe, or bloody chocobo. I didn't really find that in FFXIII because they idiot proofed the whole thing... you can't get lost, you almost can't die and pretty much the worst that can happen is that after a cut scene you forget which direction you were facing.

AHHH my rant... my two cents