I guess between ff4 and ff7 was squares golden age, and now the golden age is over really, we may see a renascence someday, but its focus on graphics and change of target buyers somewhat changes alot to me, and the large break away from ff tradition, tradition that makes the game. Alot of new fans have no idea of final fantasy heritage and hail the newer games (final fantasy 10/-2) as the best ever and only know of them and hail the characters as the best with no idea that there is a far wider and better range of characters out there then Rikku.
Square has been in the business a long time and so has Enix, and between them they have alot of exprience, so why have they turned away to the things that make final fantasy? By trying to catch a new range of fans there insulting the older fans who expect more, and this is what disapoints me most of all.