So Kitase had a short but provocative interview in Edge magazine recently and spoke about action RPGs like Dragon's Age are really popular and how one would be silly not to notice this trend. So of course, the gaming media has taken this as a possible hint that FFXV might be turned into an Action RPG. Despite Kitase not saying anything of the like.

Final Fantasy XV could be an action-RPG - Edge Magazine

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So any thoughts? Do you think it might be a good direction? or do you think FF has finally "jumped the shark"? I'm not sure how I feel, I guess SE has been trying to make the series so fast and fluid that it might be nice to finally quit this foreplay with Action game elements and finally just take the plunge into the genre for FF. Its not like the series isn't about reinventing itself. On the other hand, I don't really care for Action RPGs as a genre, and they tend to have serious balancing issues.