I pretty much agree with most of everything jamie said about FFXIII. I kinda like the story, and the characters are interesting at times. I do enjoy the battle system, but it gets extremely repetitive if played for long periods of time.
It was one of the bigger disapointments for any game for me. I waited (along with all other FF fans) sooo long for it to come out, and it was one of the titles i was looking forward to the most this year (or last couple years, actually.) and its just such a letdown. Its so bare, there isnt anything to the game except for the battle system. :/ You just go from one set of fights to another set of fights, even the ONE sidequest thing you can do completely revolves around fighting.
Though since I was one of the poor saps who actually bought it, I plan to finish it since I started it. I'm at the very last dungeon, anyways. So close.
I actually enjoyed FFXII a lot on a sidenote. I don't think its a bad game by any means. Nothing beats FFX, FFVI and FFVII though IMO.