Playing FFXIII for proper! =w=
3 hours in and I'm pretty impressed with it so far. Of course, there's the linearity and the battle system is a bit dry and repetitive once you get past the complexity of the paradigm shifts etc but it's not a
bad combat system - in fact it's not a
bad game at all. I wouldn't even call it mediocre at this point, but after all these are only my first impressions.
It's not the most engrossing story I've ever played but I'm enjoying the character dynamics. Besides Hope I'm not finding any of them inherently dislikeable, and even that kid looks like he'll buck the fuck up soon. Here's to hoping, right?
Although I'll probably be really fucking tired of Vanille's voice by the end of the game.