gekkokamen on 28 February 2010
Every Final Fantasy game has been linear up to some point when the world opens up and you're free to explore and do things in which ever order you like (specially sidequests).
However, according to RPGfan (which I trust the most in matters of RPGs over the blockheads from IGN et al) this Final Fantasy has little to do besides dungeon crawling and following the story as you move along different areas. It sounds a lot like FFX to me (without those stupid temple puzzles). You can't even adjust the camera like in FFXII (big letdown for me), but I enjoyed X so I'm sure the Crystarium system, the awesome fights, amazing vistas and story (CGI and cut-scenes included) will encourage more than one playthrough for me.
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