Completion time approximately 70 hours (and this is with a mostly story-focused quest). I believe this is the officially the longest play-time it has ever taken me to complete an RPG. (And yes, like I said before, completing Final Fantasy X-2 100% didn't even take me this long)

I'm kinda sorry to say that my conclusive impression of this game is not much in line with the general reception of the game. This was not only one of the less enjoyable Final Fantasies i've played through, it was one of the less enjoyable RPGs i've played in a while. Quite frankly, but the time I completed the game (end credits are scrolling as I type this), I was pretty sick of it. I know it seems a lot of people really like this game, but for me, the battle system was a huge drag, the story was downright boring (i'll be so harsh to say, frankly, the story sucks anus), the art style is un-appealing to me and turned me off similar to how Final Fantasy IX's did, Ivalice is boring, other than Ashe the characters are not very memorable, and the boss battles are not legimiately challenging, they are legitmately cheap and annoying!!!

By the time I finished the game, I really couldn't stand it anymore. Now as harsh as i'm being, i'm not saying this is a horrible game, it isn't. There is just so much about this game that doesn't flow well with me and turned me off. I won't compare this game directly to the pre-32-bit era Final Fantasy because so far i've only played the first two, but among all the traditional games in the series starting at VII, this one is easily the last one i'd pick up and play again.

Again, I realize a lot of people did like game, but for me and my tastes, Square Enix/Yatsumi Matusno dropped the ball on this one.

BTW, I recently completed Metroid Prime Hunters after beginning my quest through it probably a year ago, if not very early this year. I'm glad to be done with that game as well. The controls ultimately work, but at the same time, my hands cramped up so freakin' much there were periods especiallyd during boss battles where I had to just stop and put my DS Lite down for a bit to give my hands some relief. Also, due to the game controls by default, I really felt like I was wearing out my D-Pad and L Button so I just wanna to get the game overwith to stop to torture on my unit itself.

I recently got a piano black PSP-2000 (Lite) along with Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops. I already have a nice carrying case set that I got for pretty cheap, and i'm waiting on my Hori Screen Protector and Sony 4GB Pro Duo Memory Stick to come in. The carrying case set I got includes a screen protector but its from some brand i've never heard of and I don't trust it. Once that comes in and I complete Final Fantasy II and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (having a blast with that game thus far), then i'll jump into Liberty City Stories. Pretty excited about playing that. A sandbox game to take on the go!

And now after that lengthy and ultimately unsatisfying quest, I can turn me attention back to Halo 3 and later Resident Evil 4/Star Fox Assault. Especially after that 70 hour quest, i'm gonna try to play a string of games out of my backlog that'll likely take me 30 hours max to play through. After this game and when I eventually (finally) finish Final Fantasy II, I don't think i'll be jumping into another RPG for a while.