I was going through some forums and found these in one thread. These are translated from a Japanese gaming forum.

*The whole game is completely linear until halfway through [approximately 20 hours].
*There are hardly any towns.
*The party is always fixed. The whole game just repeats the movie-battle sequence over and over [In fact the progression is closer to movie-run-battle-run-movie-boss-movie-run-battle...].
*There are rather a lot of movies.
*Moving around is like a long marathon.
*The whole game system is just a clone of FF10.
*You can't flee battles [You can't avoid most battles either as there is no sneaking past enemies, including weak ones].
*Your party is completely healed after each battle.
*If the main character in your party dies it is game over [There are only ever 3 characters in battle, often less, and often fixed].
*The best tactic is almost always endlessly attacking. There is next to no strategy or skill involved.
*The summons' transformation scenes are a joke [i.e. Odin turning into a horse].
*The story is rubbish... [Spoilers omitted, but complaints centre on Snow's constant and cringe inducing insistence that he is a hero and will "protect" whatever it is the antagonists are menacing this time]
*Shopping is only done at "online" shops on save points, with no proper shops to be found.
*However, this doesn't matter as you hardly ever get any money [and you can never buy anything more powerful than what you already looted].
*There have been next to no changes from the demo.
*The status screen displays no real information.
*There are only 8 items usable in combat [For that matter, there are hardly any weapons or accessories, and the "crafting" system mostly consists of spending drops to upgrade their 2 stats].
*There are no levels.
*Dying results in the player restarting right in front of the enmy that defeated them with all items etc before the encounter began
*38 bluray, 30 gb is cutscenes/movies, 8 gb is everything else
*The party must first fight and defeat their summons before they can be used
*Nearly all summon fights will cast doom on the mc at the start of the fight requiring you to win in 3 turns or an instant game over. Most of these fights can be won in two turns. These fights are generally harder than most story non summon bosses.
*Touching an enemy from behind on the field can result in a preemptive strike where the enemy has already lost half its HP

Honestly, this doesn't sound so good. The things that really get me are the no level ups, only controlling one character, and the fact that the battle is over if the main leader dies. Seriously, are my other allies too dense to use a phoenix down? Also, I LOVE level grinding. I find it to be fun and a good way to pass time. Seeing my guys levels go up and get more powerful was always a joy for me. :|

Anyway, discuss your feelings on these.

DrAwesomeMD

doesn't surprise me that sum one dislikes ff13 either way I'm still gonna pre-order it with my birthday money

ff7 is the best ever!