When I played this game for the first time, I wanted to do all the extra stuff. All the hunts, summon battles, everything! But there was so much and the world was so huge that I got all wrapped up in that and ended up getting bored with the game. So I left it and didn't pick it back up again for 2 years when I finally decided to just go through it and beat it.

Did anyone else feel that way about this game? I'm guessing many others did, since with FFXIII they did the opposite, gave you very little freedom of exploration and questing and put you right on a straight path to the end (or at least to Chapter 11).