Games like FF2 and FF11, and recently FFX-2, are the experimentals. This is Square trying to find higher ground for its series. FF Tactics, FF:CC, FF:TA, all these are the results of Square's furtive attempts at finding a new area to take the FF series. We all know they cannot go on forever. Might as well invest for the future now. FFXI - the online experiment. FFX-2 - the sequel experiment. FFII - the crap that we will ignore, and was not innovative, as Indelacio stated, but pivotal none the less. Nowadays we rejoice when we see a traditional FF game, and we frown upon the crud that Square's other projects leave in our game shops. But how long is this going to be the case?