I totally agree with that prediction about FFXIII-2, especially after this:

Originally Posted by
Del Murder
FFXIII-2 will attempt to fix this by allowing player dialogue choices similar to games like Mass Effect.
Damn. Outside of FFVII, I can't remember a single Final Fantasy having story-impacting dialogue choices, and even in that game, it was all to build-up to just
one scene. It was cool in the first trailer when they showed Lightning in a suit of armor, but everything has been downhill after that for me, especially with them now imitating WRPGs as if that's the only reason they're not as critically acclaimed as they were in the PlayStation One era.