[Typhoid]

Final Fantasy 13 is between 50-70 hours for everything.
Final Fantasy 12 is about 50 hours for everything.
Final Fantasy 10 is between 50-70 hours.
Final Fantasy 9 is around 40 hours for everything.
Final Fantasy 8 is a little over 40 hours for everything.
Final Fantasy 7 is about 40 hours for everything.


So I don't know how this game is magically shorter than everything else, nor do I understand your hatred of the linear game play considering every Final Fantasy game is linear until a certain point. What is that breaking point in this game? Pulse. You can choose to keep going, or to roam the lands. If you choose to keep going, then yes - the game seems amazingly linear. Just as if you choose to run straight to each destination in FF7-9 and not explore the world, the game would seem just as small.

Most people I've read posts from said they beat 13 in around 60 hours. So maybe you just played the shit out of this game, and spammed a single party/ upgraded only 3 people's weapons as much as you could the entire time opposed to changing parties and leveling up equally and experimenting. Who knows.

As you said "it is what it is", but by no means is this a 'short' game.