Lol yet another reviewer who only played about 1/5th of the game before deeming it crap.
Its an adventure/sandbox game. It doesn't actually start until AFTER you've beaten the main story. No one realizes this. No one. The overworld is twice as big as you think it is, and there are 10 times as many things to do once the story is done and the areas are opened up, new enemies appear, find new reactions you can get new materials and make better items, you can find hordes of secrets and hidden areas, play new games, not to mention getting all the medals. Its like a Zelda game at that point, the 4 years of development went into what takes place after the main story, not before. There is 50-60+ hours of content in this game, easily, but no one realizes it because they can't get past the main story, or the mini-games, or their lack of navigation skills, or as this review has shown, just plain ignorance.
Why Square? Why did you have to make the first 5 hours of this amazing game so meh? Now the idiots won't bother with the other 50 hours that are awesome. Geez. Sorry but this review is garbage - not because I disagree with your opinions(you made a lot of valid points, the first 5 hours were pretty bland), but simply because YOU DON'T REVIEW A 50 HOUR GAME BY THE FIRST 10 HOURS. Simple as that.