^ I would disagree with that statement.

Anyway, just finished Chapter 12, the opening scene was definetly weird and didn't seem to really fit in story wise except to show off. I actually enjoyed Eden cause they brought back elements from the first Chapter where the background and dungeon are actually exploding and having fallen debris. Despite the utter chaos going on, I have to laugh at how terribly calm and lifeless the NPCs are in the dungeon. A little running would have been nice.

The big fun for this Chapter was having Vanille tossed into my party and me deciding to run with it. My new fave Paradigm shift is RAV/RAV/SAB with my party of Lightning, Snow, and Vanille. Regretfully, I had to drop her for Hope again when I fought ProdCloud since SAB doesn't work on him. That boss has seriously won my top choice for most challenging battle in the story. I'm also happy to finally get items I can sell for quick cash and have finally begun maxing out everyone's weapons and starting work on accessories. I really wish Auto-Haste wasn't a temporary effect though...

Storywise, it was pretty uneventful with the exception(SPOILER) of Cid getting killed. Rosch goes out like so many other "I'm not evil, I just work for them" so it wasn't really that big of a shocker, Seeing Team NORA was not really exciting either and Dysely's "trap" is pretty damn simple with no real twists or turns. I'm trying to think of why the Calvary units get turned to Cieth when they could have easily done the job for Dysely to begin with. I think its official that the writers were cut from the budget halfway through writing the plot.

Anyway, I'll start Chapter 13 tomorrow and hopefully finish the game.