@ookaze
I'm not a JRPG expert or fan, but from what I've seen so far I think that FF XIII could be a title that maybe risks letting tepid die-hard JRPG gamers, but could amply compensate attracting towards a JRPG gamers normally tepid towards the genre.
About too many people overemphasizing graphics, I totally agree, IMVHO graphics must be "good enough", they must not be so ugly to ruin an otherwise good game, but once they are good enough, I prefer that further efforts are put in other and more important aspects of the games.