I think a better question, OP, is "why are people loving FFXIII?" and the answer is, because it's great, I'd assume, and so do many players. Every FF, from VII on out(as is made perfectly clear in this thread) is "love it or hate it." If you've loved them all so far, good bet is that you'll love this one.
Every FF except XII has been very linear, and everybody hated XII(but me) so WTF, lol? That's the big complaint? The game isn't even going good at 20 hours, and all the minimaps are linear on all the FF's except for the random chest cubbies and crannies, for the first 20, jeez.
More people love it, than hate it, and that means it's already doing better than every FF since VII.
I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
NO NO, NO NO NO.
