A lot of people have this view, but what if this game shows a lot of promise, as we learn more about it, and what if Versus became a disappointment compared to it's astronomical expectations?
Ya'll want Versus despite knowing little about it, and because it's something other than FFXIII, and yet LR looks like a big departure from what we know XIII to be, and we also know little about it, yet the latter is a no no?
Two issues with me, first I just don't like the FFXIII world, story and characters, although Lightining is effectively the best one.
Second thing, I'm 29 and at this point I'm not spending tons of hours in a RPG to be fooled with a crazy/crappy story which doesn't make any sense.
Toriyama and co. want to create the drama at all costs, but they can't come up with anything which is credible and doesn't feel awkward (ex. the girl with visions in FFXIII-2, the whole goddess and Caius thing).
In this sense I'm not giving them my money fore something which continues what I strongly disliked (FFXIII-2, the first FF game I've ever sold).
If as I said, this ends up being a completely new game about Lightining and they cut the bonds with the stupid past to create a new story with a new world and compelling open world gameplay, I might consider it, but at this point the only SE game from the japanese branch that I'm honestly looking forward to play is Versus, then if even that will suck when it's released Square Enix is pretty much done with japanese RPGs.