this game did take me by surprise and was nothing like I expected, I didn't like cloud and sepheroth either, so thats not why I didn't post it at the top of my list, I placed it at the lowest of all my FF and have yet to finish it, I am on the second year and got bored. I suppose it would be better if i had friends to play with, huh. But i don't so thats cool, and my wife hates games so i have to scratch that idea. I guess i am not used to multiplayer FF thats why I didn't even try XI.