I think it is possible to relate to the characters in Final Fantasy all you have to do is put yourself in their shoes. i mean wouldn't you feel the same sorrow Terra felt if you were "mysteriously" gifted with magic and didn't know why and then found out the empire used here powers for evil. the only way you could really relate to the characters is if they made a modern day FF set in the real world, yet thankfully that will never happen. ( i don't know how to do the spoiler thing)