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I've probably said as much before, but I actually really like the original FFXIII. If you're willing to play along with the new battle system instead of just using auto-battle every time you get into combat it can be a lot of fun. Yeah, the story and characters are garbage, but that's like 90% of JRPGs anyway.

I rented LR and played a couple hours into it last night; the combat is still fun and interesting and the writing is still terrible. So yeah, still a FFXIII game. The first town (!) the game drops you into is intimidatingly huge though, which isn't very much like a FFXIII game.

The best part of this game so far is the way Lightning fulfills her role as "the Savior": she goes off and does the standard silly fetch quests for various NPCs, and when she comes back to report success they're so happy their souls come flying out of their bodies right then and there and zoom into Light. It's hilarious.