i agree the new battle system makes it easier an if the keep the same battle system for game after game after game, its gets old an boring. I think this FF gives the series a new 'spice' to it. An i like the fact that you can see the monsters in this one. What used to always happen to me wuz my party was almost, no practicaly dead, i jus got threw a boss fight got really far in the game, was headin to a save point an bam, all the sudden i got into a random fight an everyone got killed. An i had to start ALLLLLLLLLLL the way over. To me, stuff like that jus kills the game's fun factor drastically.