but I do..for the most part.

I think Square made a conscious effort to correct what they felt were the deficiencies in FFXII..but went too far in the opposite direction.

While the technical limitations prevented them, or so they claim from adding towns and more areas...and they ignored npcs as being unimportant.

Of course FFXII didn't have enough cut scenes/fmv movies while it appears this game, from the discussion has too many.
Too linear for the most part and you can't even return to areas you previously visited.

Of course there are going to be folks who think this game is the best FF ever, just like there are folks, fewer it seems than there once were but still some it appears who believe FFXII is the best FF ever.

Shrugs..we have to accept they have a right to their opinions even when it doesn't make sense to some of us.It doesn't mean they are wrong, just their opinions are at variance with those others of us hold.

I hope we get some more info about Verses soon and I hope that Square makes it more of a complete game than FFXIII evidently is.
I hope they consult and work with someone to add /flesh out the game and make it more complete than FFXIII seems to be.