"After a while of shooting robots and entering portals to alternate realities, my general feelings toward the game were something akin to ‘screw it.’ I just wanted to get it over with."
Couldn't agree more. This was my most anticipated game since it's announcement, but I was very disappointed with how it turned out. One word to sum it up, 'pretentious'.
I assumed FFV13 would be moved to PS4, possibly as the next standalone FF game, i.e. FF15. Sounds good to me, as it seems they have a solid foundation, based on the gameplay they have shown over the past few years.
Hopefully they retain the darker tone. Sort of reminds me of FF7.