At Chapter 11 myself now, got about 32 hrs in and overall (I have played every previous game) , I like it. Story is good (Lightning to me is very likable, and although FFVII is not my favorite, VI was, to me she's sorta like a female Cloud w/o the amnesia imo), battle system is good although this time I find myself using the auto-battle alot more than manually selecting. It looks great on my 50".
Only thing I am disappointed with so far is the 'tunnel-vision' , or the on rails feeling of literally just moving forward until you make it to Gran Pulse. I don't understand the logic out there I've read that Square said they couldn't do towns on hi-def consoles. Lost Odyssey on the 360 (although not made by square but headed up by the guy who used to do FF) did them just fine.