That's the problem with XIII, was too linear in gameplay, mechanics and explorations D: Though I didn't mind the whole time traveling aspect in XIII-2 :P Having Noel there as a protagonist helped too (;
XD Kay, maybe I should read through the rules. I was going to, and progress the story, but I was stupid and deleted my PS account OTL I lost all the game saves so now I basically have to replay all my PS3 games -sigh-
Hm, well, depends on what you like? Graphically, there's the anime-style genre and the more realistic looking ones XD I've played Guild Wars 2, TERA, FFXIV: ARR, MapleStory, and a bunch of other anime-styled ones, but those are the ones I'd recommend :)