I might agree, although I may have different measurements than you do. To me they try something different everytime, especially with the last 3 FF's getting rid of ATB (FFX), going online (FFXI) or breaking down pretty much every convention it used to have (FFXII). FFXII is one of my favorite RPG's of all time, if I was stuck on an island and could only bring 5 games, XII would be one of them. Each new game may not necessarily be better than what came before it, but it goes in a different direction and that gets incorporated as a learning experience for making future games.

It's always exciting when a franchise makes its way onto a new platform, so we'll see how it does. I don't really know what to make of FFXIII as of late, but I'm really hoping on it being another epic adventure.