So far I haven't had a ton of time to play this, but I am really enjoying it so far. Some of you know I wanted to go in totally dark to everything. When I first turned it on I was ready to cringe also. XIII really soiled the franchise for me. I was scared that was the way it was heading and did not like it.

However I still did turn it on, went through the tutorial for learning the combat system, and started. So far so good. The world feels rather open so far and I have been enjoying the characters. Can't wait to finish it, then go back to see what I missed.