Quote Originally Posted by Elpizo View Post
I'm up to chapter 11 now, and I must say it's been a blast to play so far, and I can firmly say I disagree with all those negative reviews whining about "linearity", "no NPCs!" and "no towns!". If the story had been dragged down by that kind of nonsense, I would have been sorely disappointed. Few have been the times that I wanted to see the next cutscene as fast as possible, and luckily for me, XIII is designed to do just that.

Gameplay is very enjoyable, as good as XII's was, though grinding for items or CP is less fun and fluid as hunting for loot was in XII. Graphics are gorgeous, especially in chapter 11. And the cast is the best ever in a FF game.

I'd give it between 8 and 9 just for being fun and enjoyable. The lack of towns, NPCs (which are both actually there) or minigames I've barely noticed.
If people like it that's fine and I expect to like it when I play it but I hope people don't make up reasons to defend the game by taking shots at things that worked well in previous games.

If FFV has towns and is loaded with npcs I fully expect to give it a shot like I do with this game.I won't criticize it for having those things and while I would have preferred them to be in this game I won't slam it for not having them.