I am now 31 and a half hours into the game. The Caves seem to be better way of grinding than the Cie'th missions.

Am on chapter 4 lol Any rare weapons if you grind?

You are better off just upgrading your weapons.

I am now 33 hours in the game.  I am still on Chapter 11.  In the middle of grinding.

I keep hearing good things about this game will check it out later this year...

Its reception is a bit on the polarised side but overall, it has been better received among gamers than XII was.

How far are you now Riachu?

Well finished the game and I must say... The ending is quite dissapointing. The game is really good gameplay-wise but the story isn't so great and neither is the world. I didin't feel connected to it at all. I hope the next game uses a similar battle system but has a better world/story.