I played it, got to Atlus the second time and then Noel just refused to regain any HP no matter how much I healed him >.> But I liked it.
that must have been the wound damage i thought it was alright to accept the crystarium it kinda bugged me a little
It took me a while to figure it out but I think it's better than the one in XIII. At least you have options for character development.
Maybe, I don't think my monster slave thingy tried using Esuna on me, but oh well. And I agree with you on the Crystarium. They changed it quite a bit, I don't even know how things work properly anymore.
I did play this at a Convention, sadly, beating Atlas isn't easy until yesterday I was told you needed a Special Item to reduce his power.