I'll give it to you in that the story was pretty action-movie like, where some of the basics could probably be predicted, but I loved it and found myself more pulled into 3 than I had been when playing 2, and I don't know, I thought the way they handled Drake/Elena was really good for the genre.
But anyway, sorry to derail the topic for a few posts there! OT- I just checked my Amazon account and noticed that I am now getting release date delivery for XIII-2, which really excited me until I realized that I won't be here to get it til Friday... D'oh!