With all these new "innovative" changes, do you think Square is taking a right step. All Final Fantasies followed a specific format. Now, they are breaking away from that format.

With FFXI we said good-bye to single-player fun and hello online world. That's great, but it shouldn't be part of the FF series, or if it should, change it's name. It's like making Final Fantasy Tactics turn into Final Fantasy 8. Final Fantasy XI should have been named FF: Online.

Now with 12, we're saying goodbye to the classic and loved Random Encounters. Another step away from the FF Formula.

The story-lines have been growing much more out there and far-fetched. 4 and 6 were argueably the best story-lines in the FF-series. 7 Was the last decent story. 8 took a turn for the worst. 9 was good because of 8's flop, but was good alone in its own right. 10 was different and took a step away from classic experience system and leveling, but i didn't like the sphere grid much.

Final Fantasy had a formula, and now that formula is being taken and changed too far to be counted. The games are no longer following the classic FF Formula, and I honestly believe that XII OR XIII will be the last of the FF series.