Aus_azn

  As one who doesn't normally trust game reviews other than for a baseline of the game, I was initially going to buy the game. However, recent reviews have been tempting me to cancel my pre-order in favor of the "Warcraft III Battle Chest" (which, for no good reason, I have not yet played) or Colin McRae DiRT 2. Here are my pros and cons: 
 
FF13 pros: 
It's a FF game. And word on the street says that it's similar to FF10, which I liked.
I like Yun Fang. A lot.
As a proud Aussie, now displaced, I am really liking most of the VAs for this game, despite my usual distaste for English VAs in JRPGs. 
 
FF13 cons: 
I've heard a disgusting amount about raw linearity. I could take the linearity of past games like FF8 and FF10, but the gameplay I've seen seems to take this to an extreme. 
I am getting this on Xbox 360. Seeing as how the reviews are all for the original PS3 version, porting technicalities will surely mess with the game's quality, probably to the detriment of the gamer. 
I would still like the Japanese seiyuu VAs, even though I like the English ones. Currently, I do not know if this game has multilingual support, especially on the Xbox. 
And finally, My Hands. What were they thinking? 
 
I do not have as many reservations about the other two; I have played DiRT 2 at a friend's house, and I am absolutely enamored with it. I was deeply annoyed when I discovered that Steam had a sale a week earlier, but the past is the past. Despite not owning it, it is my laureate for "Racing game of 2009", topping Forza Motorsport 3, which I do own.
WCIII is WCIII, and every single person I've asked said it's terrific. But that's what everyone said about Fallout 3, and I didn't really like that very much. I don't know if it helps, but I like WoW. I'm not obsessed (maybe no more than 4 hrs into the game on a private server), so how will that bode? 
 
I would appreciate it if you listed the respective pros and cons of each game in your eyes, and hopefully I will be able to gain insight from your advice, helping me to decide what to purchase. Thanks! 
 
PS: It may help to say that I loved FF8 and despised FF7. And that I think Starcraft is pretty fun but is hindered by a lack of GUI and key-binding customization options. And the only game review sites that I genuinely trust are GiantBomb and Zero Punctuation.