Want

Mature themes. I don't mean sexytimes, I mean pregnancy, I mean the struggles that Sazh went through, and further... depression is one thing, but being a single dad, trying to get your son back, almost giving up, stuff like that. This means older characters, probably.

Chocobos.

Genuinely different characters, physically, and gameplay factoring this into it. Have a fairy character who can access places that others can't, or larger characters that can push rocks away from cave entrances or something. Have these kind of places hidden in various areas and force the parties to split up, but still accessible later on so you don't miss anything. Just gives you something to look forward to discovering later on.

More dynamic interactions. I love that characters you bring into certain areas of FFVII will say different things, and I want more of that kind of stuff. Go into a town with one set of characters, okay, you carry on, thinking nothing of it, but come back later with a different set and they'll perhaps trigger something else being said, that kind of thing.

Control all characters in battle. I dislike that we were just one character in FFXV.




Don't Want

Wonder Kids. I never get into the idea of a 13 year old swinging a sword around and being a genius etc. Just doesn't appeal to me at all.

Forever Clean Characters - Give them some bruises and dirt sometimes, eh?

Earth - I like fantasy worlds. Give me fantasy. Lots of fantasy worlds these days aren't really fantasy, they're just Earth, regurgitated. I want more alien worlds.

Everything Through Battles - I want the ability to do minigames that don't revolve around battles. Hunts and similar things found in FFXIII are cool and all, but give us some platforming minigames, some racing, stuff like that.

Co-op - I would love for some RPG developer to create a game designed for co-op on the level of Portal 2, where it basically requires two people from the start, or at least caters to that option with pretty much full integration on par with, say, Borderlands. I remember playing a PS1 game that was designed to be played with two people. It was rubbish, but it was so much fun. Let's get a game designed like that to modern AAA standards, and actually be good, too.