Why a lot of fans don't like this game *SPOILERS*

[EagleDelta1]

I noticed that music was mentioned as a complaint, the reason Nobou wasn't used was because the game was set in Ivalice and so they used the composer that had done the previous three games(FFT, FFTA, & Vagrant Story) set in the same world to keep continuity with the now named Ivalice Alliance.

I think I already saw this point made, but Matsuno(the Director of All the Ivalice games until FFXII:RW) seems to have a greater interest in politically themed stories where there isn't a clear cut villian all the time, which is very different from the previous main-stream FF directors. Before playing the game I took that into account and enjoyed the game all the more, escpecially all the little references to previous Ivalice games.