Well, I personally am also looking forward to this game, (to a massive extent, I might add!), and am still trying to find a location to pre-order from. EB won't let me yet...
But, yeah, I think this game will have the same epic feel of X and even III/VI, (IMO).
Also, I'd like to point out that even if the people who are all about VII can't bring it upon themselves to pick up a new adventure, it won't be my problem, because I'll be owning fiends in Ivalice's many locations while they max stats on PS1.