I don't know guys, I kinda liked the battle system and a couple of the characters (although I like Lightning less than I do Cloud. Cloud's a punk who I felt for by the end of the game, Lightning's a b*tch who I can't bring myself to sympathize with. And then there's Hope...)

What I like to do in rpgs is spend most of my time before battle prepping my characters in the menus (ie, in FF6, I would decide what relics to give my characters, if I learned the right spells, what summons I should have equipped, etc.), so I feel the Paradigm system was fun in that regard. I also like thinking on the fly during battles (in FF4DS, I would decipher the boss's attack pattern and "ad lib" a strategy on the spot), so I felt that FF13's battle system was exactly what I was looking for. While I do like the freedom granted in an rpg, I'm also flexible enough to look past such a fault, although it does get a little monotonus at times.

But, that's just my 2 cents, I have read everyone's opinion and respect all of them. It's better than just saying "omg, they killed the series, dude". Some people don't even give legitimate reasons for why they don't like the game. Anyway, I, at least, feel like I got my 60 buck's worth.