dude a friend of mine was talking about basically all of what you have written above the other day. I was actually asking if i could come over and check it out and he simply said "dude, just watch a youtube video, you'll be bored to tears if I am trying to play this in front of you."

It's a shame but when i look on reddit it is filled with people saying things like Square went downhill as soon as they got involved with Enix and stuff like that.

I wonder how long they can ride the fame of Final Fantasy's legacy before their fans give up on them. I think for a long time, since they don't really have any competition in the fantasy realm... maybe Bioware. I dunno.