As for the XII comment im not gonna touch it since i hate that game so damn much, as for XIII
It made up for XII to me, however yes it could of used a free roam and a party selection system before chapter 11 of 13, other then that, the battle system is new but i like it, as well as the chars, i like most hate some as in like one lol. So all in all I dont really have to much to bitch about.