I'm quite disappointed with the region-lock thing, I searched for the PS3 version, first in lowyat forum today, all sold out, then I go out to search in Shah Alam, all shops sold out, then finally in Subang they got the last copy of the game, bought it at slightly higher price of RM180. Hopefully it will came out for asian xbox 360 as well.

This post has been edited by revived_irfan: Mar 13 2010, 04:53 PM

http://kotaku.com/5035841/microsoft-clarif...n-clarification

It's true that FF13 is unusually linear than its previous entries (the closest you can compare is FF10, but I think FF13 is even linear than it). For me, it's still a great game, as its more forgiving this time (you're revert before the last battle if you die, but the boss battle takes a while to beat), but the problem is that it may become more appeal to wider audience (because once it is linear, there's not much to think of the strategy), but its core fans would have a hard time to accept the new direction, because for them, RPG is about exploration, its about sidequest, its about long and engaging storylines, and delves deeper into each character's heart and mind. For FF13, I have an unsually hard time trying to understand the storyline (never happen to me before when playing FF), and at some point I don't understand the decision made by certain characters in the game, making cutscenes less interesting.