Just don't worry about the timer, I can pretty guarantee that you will never actually run out of time unless you never do any of the main quests which the first two are super easy.
Just do about 1 main quest one in game day and then spend the rest of the day doing sidequests. Abuse Chronostasis throughout the entire game because without it, the game will fly by and before you realize, you'll have to start over from the beginning. One in game minute is about 3 seconds, I think? And Chronostasis lasts about a minute.
It may be too late to save the gameplay, but here's hoping this fucking game at least goes back to its fucking roots storywise. FFXIII was almost borderline Phantasy Star with all the bells and whistles of Chrono Trigger. Don't believe me? Compare Lightning's goal directly to Alis's. Ultimately they were heroines trying to find peace of mind for their beloved sibling.
The problem with that is that it would still be flawed mess, that is my BIGGEST problem about FFVII's gameplay the controls and battle system is horrible. The simple fact that I can be atleast 3 bosses due to system exploits is rediculous, it needs adjusting and maybe more modernised but keep the original flare.
I wish more people would be open minded like that. I still believe there's alot of people that put LR immediately on their shitlist because they see Lightning and know that it's a XIII game. XIII and XIII-2 have really soiled LR because many won't even touch the game because they believe it's the same shit from XIII and XIII-2 which is not the case at all.
