I haven't yet played 13, but I've heard and saw that the graphics were excellent, that story was decent, and there's also a plus that they brought back the gunblade and you were able to do more in the battle setup. I was a bit disappointed, that it's a linear game like FFX until a certain point. I'm not saying that it's completely bad, but I liked going where I liked like in 7,8,9 and even 12 had more freedom than 10. Sadly, I haven't finished 12, I've been lately playing games have been near impossible.