Final Fantasy XIII: Tube Quest

[Geno]

What's ironic is that the one boss I am having difficulty beating is Odin.

Hahaha. Does he have actual attacks unlike in FF8, in which he stands around and one-hit pwnz you if the time runs out before you defeat him?

So yeah, my impression so far of FFXIII based on what I saw at my friend's house: the graphics are obviously impressive, the music is nice (typical of Nobuo Uematsu), but probably most compelling is the battles. The ATB makes a comeback, but the characters move around the battlefield more instead of always standing in a straight line, so the battles look much more animated and... cool. I can't say much about the story because I only played the beginning portion and then watched him play sections from later in the game in which I had no idea what was going on, so I'll save that review for when I actually play the game. Apparently, there's something called Pulse aaaaaaaaand... that's about the extent of my knowledge. :)