Yeah, definitely give Ito another shot. I think Shimomura did a mostly fantastic job with XV, and if she's the main FF composer from now on I would have no complaints. Mitsuda's great as well though. Just no Sakimoto or Hamauzu plz.

And yeah, I think a more medieval high fantasy setting a-la IX or XII would really do the series some good. I think it's important to return to that kind of setting from time to time - reflecting on your roots and trying to do something different based on that formula is a good way to both keep your franchise fresh and keep you grounded to what made it great in the first place. We've had some fantasy based on reality, now lets just have some fantasy again.

Oh, and some more RPG game mechanics please. Look, of my many many criticisms of XV, I have nothing fundamentally against going the flashy action game route. I just want some more NUMBERS to play with in my downtime, OK?