I'm expecting a truly excellent game. I've accepted that the story won't quite match, the setting will be less unique and the soundtrack a little less perfect and I prefer a more fanasy setting over sci-fi. But it should be still great. It reminds me of playing FF6 after FF4. More player freedom, better graphics with a more modern setting, but lacking a bit of the story structure and fantasy magic of the predecessor.

When did that happen? Last i checked DS weren't on metacritic either.

I don't see the score.

The review itself is appalling.

The coward must have hidden it, it's still on metacritic though.

atleast when Nintendo move the release date forward is beacusae they want to make it even better and bug free unlike most games wich are broken from day one

Also, fairly sure Kotaku doesn't count on MC because they don't give scores.

Slightly concerned. Really hope this hits the mark, waiting three years for a proper rpg on a console is bad enough, if it then goes on to underwhelm, it will be very disappointing.

It'll have a mixed reception, but i'll still be buying so future entries come over. Doesn't mean i'm not going bitch up a storm if the complaints I hear about are true.

The game had good reviews, nothing too ground breaking tho.

Is this one really any more sci-fi? The original opened with a human army armed with mechs and assault rifles battling against an army of robots, then went on to heavily feature such things as cyborgs, DNA scanning, and highly advanced AI's. Aside from ether, which was often treated like gas anyways, there wasn't too much fantasy elements that I can recall.