It's a fun game....I don't know about HD install because I didn't...only have a 20gb 360.
You can prolly beat the main storyline in 40 hours if you skip all the side quest and everything.
If you do EVERYTHING...100% COMPLETE. TONS of hours. I'm 145 hours into it and still have not gotten all the battle trophies and achievement points.
As far as battle trophies...THEY ARE TIME CONSUMING AS HELL.
As far as difficulty...it's not that hard--really pretty easy if you know how to play JRPGs. There are harder difficulty levels though.
As far as fun...it's my second favorite JRPG of this generation. My biggest complaint with the game is the terrible cutscenes. Way OVER THE TOP. Some are just ridiculous. The other thing I hate is all the disc switching once you conquer the main story quest. I've seriously switched between disc 2 & 3 prolly 100 times--going back and forth between the Calnus (ship) and the coloseum.
Combat is great and weapon synthesis is a blast---I have all the top weapons in the game now and tons of the harder to get ingredients like the philosopher stones, etc. Overall, a great game that I would buy...and if it does come out on the ps3, I'll buy it again.
PSN ID: Sorrow880
Gamertag: Sorrow80
Wii #: 8132 1076 3416 7450
