I think that the age of traditional ATB JRPGs are long gone. Even the people who enjoyed them will be able to deal with a continuous rehash of (insert favourite FF battle system) because of the evolution of all the games around it.

More importantly, FFs have always evolved. This is why they haven't gotten stale. And another important fact is that Versus XIII is not being called FFXV because it is considered to be too far away from a traditional FF. Why it's still being called Final Fantasy is a bit unknown, but I'm hoping (begging/praying) that it ends up like Vagrant Story.

Anyway, let's see how XIII-2 turns out. Maybe it'll surprise us and show that FF still has soul.

And Mistwalker is stuck in the past. That's why their titles are average.