i can see what you're getting at, a lot of the old traditions from the series are things i'm sorry to see go. especially things like the new ones not even having shiva, ifrit, ramuh etc...

at the same time, FF4 had the simplest battle system of all of them. it's a bit of a contradiction to criticise FFX for having no levels, when FFIV basically had no anything. all your characters were on rails and would gain abilities at certain levels.

i enjoy a bit of tweaking and control.