I agree with sarkis and soapy_jack completely and we dont hate it but we can only hope that it will be good.iv only started playin FFs in december 04 when i got FF1-2 for gba. i loved it so much that i got all the others in the series. when i found 1 that lost my interest i went on and iv donr them all in numerical order and so far iv beat 1,2,4,7,and 8 i almost beat 10 but after i beat yunalesca i started to stop i prefer the RPGs i play to have 2 things: random battle encounters and turn based/ATB for the battle system. 10 had a great battle system (havent played 10-2,Tactics,TA,or magic quest yet though) i really enjoyed that u could switch characters at will but XI has a defective battle system when you compare it to the offline FFs. i liked star oceans battle system to the extent that it had a challenge to it but would i pay $50 (or more) for another one? HECK NO! they dont need to extend the horrible way of finding monsters in XI to the offline games either i WILL buy XII but will i ENJOY it? i dont know...
plus i enjoyed the games up to 10 a little more for the world map. if someone doesnt like it they dont have to but id like to see a world map, a ATB or turn based fighting system, and random battles to return in future FF mastepieces.