Man, I feel so young. I was just a little kid when FF first came out, haden't even heard of it untill I was about, I don't know 10 or so . . . Final Fantasy's one of the gratest things in the world, you can't tell me that it's off limits just because it is (or as you put it "was") grate. I mean, it's like saying that you can't go to China because your not Chineese stupid. Even if the story quality of FF games has deminished over the years (not that they have, with the exception of X-2 of course ) it doesn't matter!
Anyways I think Square is gonna' pick up the slack soon. They've got a bunch of stuff comming out and XII doesn't look to shabby So don't get so worked up over it, nothing's ever perfect. You've just got to deal with it!