First Impressions: Final Fantasy 13

Some potential spoilers are contained herein as I give you my first impressions of the highly-anticipated Final Fantasy 13. Keep in mind, these are first impressions, and will change. By spoilers, I primarily mean how the game works--gameplay, battle mechanics, and such. I'm not giving you any story spoilers. Read on if you so desire.

( After 3 hours in, I find... )

So, bottom line--this game's already hooked me in, and I look forward to what looks to be an expansive, exhaustive, and possibly epic game. Final Fantasy 12 holds my personal record as longest game I've ever played (in terms of total hours played), with it taking me nearly 90 hours to beat. I'm hoping for another enjoyable ride. With only a few disappointments, Final Fantasy has treated me well. Let's hope its first major entry on this generation of systems is a good one. It's got a lot of potential.