Final fantasy xiii feels way too restrictive most of the time. It takes several hours for battles to mean anything and for you to get abilities even if it does make sense. I also hate how long it takes to even be able to choose your party leader or party in general.

The writing is pretty cringe worthy most of the time, and the lore really isn't conveyed very well in this first game. I also sometimes really wish that I could explore more of the pretty world despite the linearity not bothering me too much. I blame the xenoblade games for this as it didn't bother me as much the first time around.

Overall my biggest complaint is that the game had a lot of good ideas and interesting concepts that just didn't reach its potential.