There were chocobos, the enemies were traditional FF enemies, the spells were traditional FF spells, the battle system was a traditional FF battle system, the job roles, although named differently, were traditional FF job roles, the chocobo music was there, there were references to every FF thing under the sun, there were crystals (which can be considered traditional FF things). In all honesty, some of the things I missed the most in a traditional sense were more simple than most might consider: Where was Ifrit?