I think you're all old fogies.

Every Final fantasy is new world a new "final fantasy". So why not have it change each time. The only thing that connects the games is a couple names and maybe a few monsters. Oh and that all males look feminine.

I thought the FFXII battle system was great. That's the thing with Squenix though lately. It's no longer the era of turn-based RPGs. Those were slow and took time. Now these days everything is fast paced, why do you think FPS's have such a foothold in the gaming market? You have a instant reaction to an action you do. Squenix is just trying to keep up with that. So they have to change.

Sure you're a market of the old school fans. But they have to compete with so much more now. The gaming market has vastly increased in the past few years and they need to keep up with that. They need to appeal to more than their die hard fan base. They need to grow with the market else they wont be around much longer. Having a quicker, more involved battle system is going to keep players involved so they don't up and leave for some other more interesting game. Sure they have pretty graphics but that's not everything.

So no. I don't think they are losing their touch. They are just slow on getting games out xP