Thoughts....

[Takara]

I don't particularly care if the setting is medieval or futuristic, if there's a job system or not, etc... Though I'd like a few things:

• The lead character to be female. That'd be a first considering that no numeral, non-sequel FF has a female as the lead. Yeah, I know, many people consider Terra/Tina as the lead in FFVI, but FFVI doesn't really have a main character when you think about it. Heck, you don't even need Terra to beat Kefka at the end.
• I'm gonna quote Hsu: "I want them to stop filling in the story with lame plot twists and weak love stories."
• I want them to put more enphasis on the story than on the graphics.
• A likeable lead character, as opposed to an angsty and/or whiny one.
• A villain that you just love to hate. Make him/her like very cruel from beginning to end or something so you are really glad when you finally get to kick his/her ass in the end. The villain should be acting on his own and not be the puppet of another entity (Jenova/Sephiroth, anyone?). And no final boss that just pops out of the blue after you defeat the villain (*coughs*Necron*coughs*).
• Each characters to be unique instead of copies of each other with a different weapon/limit break.
• While I'm there, character development for ALL the main characters. Not just for the lead and his love interest (FFVIII...). I want to know why the lead's allies are fighting the bad guys with him/her. I want to know why the villain does what he/she is doing.
• The lead character to not be an orphan, for once... When you look at it, most FF leads either a)lost their father, b)lost their mother, or c)lost both parents. Which is extremely cliché. Would be nice for once to see that the lead's parents are alive and well.
• And yeah, a playable moogle would be nice.

I guess that's it.