Whenever Noel gets mentioned I just think of Deal or No Deal. Maybe he should try hosting that instead of being a lackluster main character in a game that every man and his dog didn't ask for xD

Seriously though, I'm with Kyle in the fact that I didn't really feel much of a connection with him. He's "ok" but yeah, he did seem a bit nosy when it came to Serah and Snow. I mean he never even met the guy, in XIII-2 at least. I didn't play LR.