Well I have to finish my game before I can make a "puntuaction" about story or everything else...but I think he's not totally wrong.

All the peple saying all the RPG are linear...but what about other episodes ? Have you forget how was beautiful about (with Cloud or Squall) the next city you have to visit and all the answers you can give to people / friend / enemy ???

Yes, Final Fantasy is maybe a different Rpg compared to other titles, like for example Mass Effect, but I'm thinking Square Enix is forgetting the real meaning and importance of the title.

The story is fine: you have again a world were people have to fight agains religion, death, sorrow, without the weird sensation of playing FF X again...Lightning is perfect, the party is good, monsters are ok, but you can't explorate Cocoon and interacting with civilian or thing is something that you have to forget about.

Now, More than ever, with a super graphic like that, you must have the chance of playing a great game, with great location where you can do a lot of things...not just walking ahead, jumping, fight and then again, walking...

And this is not good...