I still can't get sucked into the idea of the Summons being transformers... Its cheesy in a bad way especially when you got people talking about destiny and the crystal gods toying with people only to have it interrupted by Bahamut transforming into a hover scooter...

Can't say I'm going to like Hope, he's coming across as a needy child and I can't stand that in real life though I'm betting good money his father is the game's token Cid. The dialogue varied from interesting to sappy but as Dreddz mentioned its all out of context so there really is no point making judgments.

Nice to see more members of PSI-COM and the government of Cocoon so we probably got a glimpse of our villains.

I'm happy to see the world exploration follows XII and is detailed as hell, the dungeons and maps look gorgeous, especially Pulse. Combat looks really good though the numbers going off were a bit insane. 10,000+ damage with one spell and then watching Lightning hit an enemy five times in row for 8000+ damage, I hope SE makes good on their promise for higher difficulty.

The new Dragoon chick is very promising and can say I now have 3 characters I'm looking forward to seeing in the game (Snowe, Sahz, Dragoon chick). I'm annoyed one of my favorite summons (Alexander) is attached to a character I'm disliking more and more. Though its amusing he finally got a total redesign, he almost looks like the Robot soldier from Return to Oz (SPOILER)

I thinks its just the robo mustache of course. I'm now curious to know who gets Siren, Ifrit, and Carbuncle since none of them seem attached to any of the main cast. Siren = Serah, Ifrit = Sahz's son, Carbuncle = freebie?

As for the music, I don't care for either song (English or Japanese) and with the exception of Eyes on Me and Melodies of Life, I've never cared for the pop songs featured in FF titles. The Gackt song at the end of CC kinda ruined the emotions at the end of the game since it was so bad...

At this point, the next milestone will be when the game gets released in Japan as we will finally get a flood of info. I want more gameplay information, I'm done with the story stuff at this point.