I'm on chapter 4, must be right near the end of it. The game's improving, slowly, steadily, incrementally. Each time they unlock another class or level of abilities for a character it becomes that little bit more bearable. Can't say that I find the game good at the moment; can say that the journey on to the point where the training wheels come off is looking less painful than before.

I do like the XIII day flashbacks. The beginning had me thinking that they would do a FFX style loop back around to the beginning; I'm pleased to see that they did not recycle that. It would have felt like a cheap shadow.

This game's like an endurance race. How much hand-holding limitation can you tolerate before you're allowed to play for real? Will the developers kill you with kindness, or will you win on through?



Meneldil, how far did you manage to get?