OK, I sunk about 8 hours into the game the last few days. Probably should have spent that time doing my calculus and computer science school work. Game is very addicting. It is my opinion, one of those games you keep forever. There is so much content it's ridiculous. You would think a rhythm game would be short and hopefully sweet. But this game is incredibly long. I just spent 2 hours doing 1 long medley quest. There are probably a lot more.
As far as characters go, there are a ton. 60 I think before DLC, and Yuffie is up for purchase now. I am a bit disappointed that there are various versions of the same character. For example there are 2 Tifa's. It would have been cool to have someone else instead of a variant double. I could understand Dark Knight Cecil, and Paladin Cecil, but 2 characters from different games is kind of a waste in my opinion. Yang would have been cool, or Vincent. Maybe they are in the game, but I have yet to unlock them.
For the songs, there is a crazy amount. Almost 300 after DLC. By the way there are 2 free DLC songs up for 2 weeks. Again I am slightly disappointed with the songs. But hopefully they will release some of my favorites like Tifa's theme of Final Fantasy VII main theme Piano. Or what I would really liek to see is that song from the play online viewer options screen where there are the portraits of all the moogles. I wish I knew what that song was called so I could find it on you tube.
There is a online to my surprise. Didn't know until I unlocked it. It is pretty fun, but hard. The other players can really mess you up with the random effects. I am also uncertain how the system works. I clearly had better hits in most my games, but received a lower score. For example no bad or misses, and more critical hits than my opponent, but still managed to lose due to score. I also noticed they all seem to be battle matches, not field matches. So I am not certain if you need to come swinging with a high attack party. I noticed I would deplete my opponents life before the song was even halfway over, be full life, have better criticals, and never manage to win due to score, or depleting their life.
All in all my gripes are nothing major. The game is damn good. Anyone who is a fan of the series, and enjoyed the music needs to get this game. With the online, and Ultimate scores to master SSS rank, you could play forever and still never do everything. Unless you are some Theatarhythm master. I never see myself even getting SS ranks on all the Ultimate songs. Most are incredibly hard.