First of all, I don't really like the license system.  While I think it's a cool idea and it reminded me of the system in FFX, found that getting new gear seemed overly complicated because of the license system.  While in old games you can easily see who could use such and such weapon/armor, now if my dude didn't already have the license for the item I was thinking of getting, I have to go the the license screen, see where that item is on the license board, and if I can't see it, open up other licenses to hopefully see the thing.  It really makes upgrading your gear not that much fun.

The second thing that drives me crazy about the game is that the battle sometimes get way too crazy and out of control.  I realize that I can stop the action at any given time to select what I want to do with each dude, but when there are a bunch of ememies attacking you (usually the party leader), it can get a bit out of control.  It almost seems like this aspect of the game really wasn't balanced.  I found that the combat system worked great with attacking 1 or 2 dudes, but more than that--and the system fell apart from me.

So far, the story has been alright, but nothing really memorable.  And it seems like all the characters sound alike, look alike and all have similar sounding names.  When the story references people outside of my party, I have no idea who the hell they are talking about.  Usually the story of a FF game is game keeps me going, but so far it's the broken combat system.

I don't know.  Perhaps I'm being a bit too harsh on the game.  I do like the combat system when it works, but I feel like with a bunch of enemeis, or sometimes when you come across a random superpowerful dude that kills your entire party in the frickin' overworld--it gets frustrating.  Perhaps I'll give it another shot, but inFamous is coming out at the end of the month and I still need to finish DQVIII.