I just went through XIII for the first time a couple weeks ago, and now I'm playing through XII again. After XIII, everything that people seem to complain about in XII is like a breath of fresh air to me.

Quote Originally Posted by Merry View Post
I do like the plot though. It grows on me with each playthrough.
I'll attest to this as well. On my first couple of playthroughs, it was easy to miss a lot of the intricacies of the plot... This game definitely does not spoon-feed its story to the player.