Count me in for one who quietly really liked FF XIII. Not being a hard core JRPG fan, FF XIII solved a lot of problems I had with the other games in the FF series. For once, I liked the battle modes where there were real time action elements to it. I really liked that you could avoid the stupid randomized battles that plagued the older FF games. I even liked the simplicity of the linear game play that allowed the rather complicated but discernable story to develop.
In all, the story, characters, graphics, and especially the music were enough to keep me moving forward and excited about the adventure. Actually FF XIII is the first JRPG that I could stomach. I'm sure I'll get hammered for saying this, but I Ihought the game was not only good, but great. I hope Square will eventually release the triology on PC as they have hinted about this...
