When does FFXIII actually get interesting???

[DragonLord]

Around Chapter 3/4 stuff starts to get interesting--I'm currently on Chapter 6..  You get to "level-up" your characters even though it's not called that.  The difficulty starts getting much tougher--you actually have to employ some strategy as the game goes on.   You start to get summons, etc.  The game does stay linear, but it starts to improve greatly.

Honestly, screw the reviews.  I'm loving it even though it's "different" than what a lot of us expect from FF.