That's honestly a really outdated way to think about it. What he's doing is far more difficult than just playing through the game. By orders of magnitude.

That's where they put the Cloud.

Yeah, some of the criticism FFXIII gets is sad. Yes, there are a lot of things that are wrong with FFXIII, but none of those aspects were actually new to the series. Linearity was a thing since FFX, when it comes to handholding and gameplay freedom, FFVI didn't even let you choose your own party members until like 20…

He doesn't even work there, just passing by and sensed an opportunity

Yeah, it's a bit sick that people who are by and large completely useless make that much money, yet people who do important things (like say teachers) make so little.

This guy's arguments are invalid.

If you don’t mind me asking, where the hell did you go to school?