So you don't like FF:CC and FFT I take it? Perhaps then you don't like the Mana games for not being traditional turn-based RPGs. Or Chrono Trigger for not having random encounters like a traditional turn-based FF RPG... FF is branching out, and setting new standards as well as taking cues from other niches in this genre. No big deal. Things have to evolve or they become extinct. This includes FF, and RPGs in general.