Hell no. I though FFXIII was everything a JRPG shouldn't be. Overly linear, the game practically played itself in most battles, under whelming story and many other things. If you liked it then more power to you but from what I have seen this isn't like FFX-2 where they practically made a completely different game in terms of gameplay, story and style that happens to start the same characters as last time. This looks like the cut story from FFXIII. Same battle system and all. Just a different story. I have not been following this game at all so my impressions might be off. Please...give me trout if I am wrong and tell me how wrong I am if my impression is off. It is the only way I will learn =D