Exactly, it was a product of its time, beautiful to look at, but an empty artificial husk of something resembling... a game I guess, but not a Final Fantasy and certainly not something I want to PLAY as a GAME

Haven't played or watch any gameplay footage as of yet, but I'll be honest when I say this and I know its going to sound/look weird, but I as a long time fan of FF, I feel resentful towards a lot of what I've seen so far, but then again I also have a feeling of some faint optimism towards it.

I believe any person who is a fan of something would want what they're a fan of to do well, but for the right reasons and not just to cater or try to cater to everyone else just for a chance at a bigger payday but then leave its foundation of its influences out in the cold and lose all of its original identity and mainstays.

Still hopeful though, at the moment its difficult to read between all the hype/marketing and finding a proper opinion from a long time fan on how to judge this one, so for know I'll just be patient and wait it out after people are completely done with it to get a better idea of what its like.

Lol not really.

My feelings on the recent final fantasies like 12 and 13 is that they feel like they're struggling with Direction and an identity. I felt the story in Final Fantasy 12 and 13 we're absolutely convoluted and way more complex than they ever needed to be, but ironically love the gameplay of Final Fantasy 12 and what I played of 13 is actually really great.

I love what they did with the Final Fantasy 15 because it feels very fresh for the series while also allowing lots of strategy. I'm only about 16 hours in but I definitely love the battle system and being able to pause to select different weapons and items while being able to calmly strategize about what I need to do to finish off an enemy.

So my feelings towards Final Fantasy 12 and 13 are that the battle systems are amazing but their stories are just way too confusing.

Final Fantasy 15 has a very great story as well as having an amazing battle system.

I absolutely love the older final fantasies, but the series stopped being turn-based a long time ago and went towards the ATB system.

That never really stopped me from liking Final Fantasy 7 8 9 etc.

I like the direction that squares going with the series right now especially with world of Final Fantasy being able to have consumers have two options.

old ? why ? I'm 35 and I played all those

I don't disagree with you but my opinion still stands that the series became much improved after he stopped directing.

Maybe he was just better Consulting or as a producer then he was as a director because that Series begin to completely take off to an amazing Direction after he stopped directing.

I dont care if they put him on a small project, but am sure he can crawl his way up the ladder.

GIVE HIM SOMETHING SQUARE !

Exactly. And dont forget FFVII

Don't forget Dragon Quest Builders, which turned out fantastic.

I think he means holding circle is same as auto battle

@angelosam

You only ever hold circle when you're damned certain you'll get away with it, usually when your enemies are frozen or staggered.

Or if you're fighting lvl 2 doggies.

"Literally" .....I don't think it means what you think it means

@MRMAgoo123 - Semantics my good sir. You get what I mean, lol. It's very addicting.

so how would he be able to move to square if he is making a game and its pending?

I meant in the console market mainly due to the sails of their previous titles. I don't want them to fuse with Square Enix but I would love to see them make games that are traditional alongside withe Square Enix's more modern approach like mentioned above earlier.

Sounds perfectly reasonable.

I still prefer real-time gameplay, but I quite like the planning and perfect execution that comes with turn-based gameplay. I can see how some people wouldn't though. In most games with turn based gameplay, you just set the actions to be performed then just watch as it plays out instead of being part of it. Otherwise, some people just don't like the anime aesthetic and story and character tropes that accompany it.

Different folks, different strokes, I guess. I don't mind it, but I too would like to see the typical jrpg turn based gameplay (with some changes) wrapped in a different aesthetic more often.

I'm getting to the stage where I only need to "understand how to play" a game to enjoy it. Happened with Fire Emblem, now I'm getting into turn based strategy. I'll definitely be exploring more when I get more disposable income (*sigh*).