Quote Originally Posted by NeoCracker View Post

And I don't really see what all this 'open world' is about. Really it just 'hey, instead of the story, go kill this smurfer for a diversion instead'. Nothing really that great to be honest.
honestly, XII was the most "open" of the FFs, and i would get so sidetracked from the story by walking around and not knowing what corner of the desert i was in, i didn't even care anymore. not that XII had a good or decent story anyways, so whatevs. But that's the point - XIII is designed to keep you glued and paced through the story, not get detached and distracted from it.