I've always been big on "the story" when playing games. I don't mind that they've streamlined things so much and made it VERY linear. The game looks amazing, and I really like the characters and voice work.
Honestly, I'm enjoying it much more than I thought I would. All the negative reviews left me without much hope for the game, but if you go into it not expecting to experience a traditional FF title, you won't be disappointed.
I'm currently on Gran Pulse. It's the area of the game where things start to open up and allow the player to finally do some side missions. The environment is MASSIVE! There are tons of critters (HUGE and small) running around all over the place. It would have been nice if an area like this had appeared sooner in the game, but I'm happy to be seeing it now.
Also, don't expect to play this game for very long. It is one of the shortest FFs I've ever played... However, I have really enjoyed the experience so far. Let's just hope that they don't muck up the ending
