I'd love to join you guys on a discussion.

I lean towards Fox. I went into the game, having read and watched a ton of reviews, expecting a crappy story. While this is nothing new for the series, it was still a let down.

I felt that the game was unfinished. There were so many missed opportunities to really dig into the game world and explore. For instance, I know that it was the intent of Square to have players explore the area where Shiva is frozen. That would have been amazing. I also believe that the World of Ruin would have been an excellent place to battle high level monsters and explore. It would have added depth.

I think the combat is too simple. After a few hours it became clear that this game was on easy mode. Dark Pixel Gaming did a video about this on their YouTube if anyone is interested.

Too much of the story occurred off screen. In fact, most of the good story beats happened off screen.

On the flip side, I loved the first few hours of the game. Once the world opened up and you got to explore it was NOOICE. Also the relationship, bromance, between the four leads was actually interesting.