May as well make an entry. I got the game recently. My take?

- Graphics are pretty
- Lightning is a female version of Squall
- Story is very intimidating early on (At first I thought "What the fudge is a fal'Cie or l'Cie!?")
- Paradigms may just about be one of the battle system's best features. To the point that without it the battle system sucks.
- Did I ever tell you how pretty the graphics were?
- Vanille's voice is horrible. Everytime she talks I scream.
- Music is a mixed bag. It fits the action well but it's not very catchy
- The game is linear... dungeons are just straight lines...
- Eidolon battles seem gimmicky (Though I've only done Shiva's one so far)

I'm only up to after beating up the Dreadnought. I'll post more once I get further.