This!, couldn't agree more..

my first thought of FFXIII at least can control 4 character during battle.. sadly only 3 same as ff7 / 8..  if can control 4(like ff9) (or swapping) like FFX would be great..

the graphic is superb, the storyline... images.. gestalt and eidolons also great.. but the game too simple lah... too straightforward

i need more free roaming style (FFVIII / FFIX) Style... can go from town to town... use airship / ships / trains  / any transportation , Tons of Side Quest and more GF / Eidolons...... Final Fantasy series  should at least played for 70 to 90 hours till we get bored or decide to end the game. rather than 20+ hours of game play.. and straight line game play.. from Point A to Point B.... at least give us some maze lah.. like ff8 (sewer's/ tomb of unknown king )  / ff10 (during yuna pilgrimage)

anyway this is my favourite song / theme from FFXIII


p/s : at least FFX is going to remake in HD version for PS3.. cant wait for it

Maybe they "changed" the style of Final fantasy xiii to create a "not another final fantasy game" and see the feedback of the people. Sometimes if the game dont change once in a while, it will become another CoD game. But hope they can revert back to the older FF series with better graphics and battle mechanism

But based from the FF XIII-2 Trailer, I got a feeling that it is going to be the same as FF XIII

has it been confirmed that there will only be 2 playble character + 150 monsters only? It feels alot like pokemon to me after hearing it...

any of you planning on getting this

I think I read somewhere that they said the next Final Fantasy will be action rpg like Dark Soul is.Too lazy to search and post the source. 

Turn based rpg is still viable imo, but in forms of handheld games.

For FF13-2 I hope we could customise the auto-action to some degree.
I get it that they wanted it to be fast paced, but its kinda lame that auto-command is fastest most of the time but you dont have full control of your actions.

You either get a little slow due to selecting manually or be fast by using auto-command thats hopefully in your favor.
Its especially true for buffing.

For example, you want to cast haste+bravera as fast as you can, but if you auto-command it, your character will use other spells like protectra or other crap first and if you cast manually, you also lose a significant amount of time (you could be faster).
And it doesnt help that some character dont have some buff spell, like enfire.Meaning that if you want to get buffed with enfire the fastest way possible, you need to use the character with the spell as main character cos if you dont, the AI is gonna spam his other buff spells before finally cast enfire.

I also wish that we could queue spells better, by letting players to customise the auto-command spells, and rearrange the spell sequence in the manual selection menu.
I mean, the only reason you casted late is because the position of the spells, and as you learn more spells, some spells takes longer to pick due to you need to scroll down the menu.
With customisable auto-commands, buffing and debuffing stage would be a hell lot easier and faster.

Assassin's creed always reminded me of this.. Lol.. And I cant stop laughing... XD