Quote Originally Posted by Khaotic View Post
I don't like the way they're headed, its great that they're making changes, but it simply doesn't feel like final fantasy anymore. In all honesty, I would have rather had the serious end as a traditional RPG than to improve into all these new battle systems and very awkward type "improvements".
Well, it wouldn't be a proper Final Fantasy if I didn't hear this at least from someone at least once. Once someone says it doesn't feel like Final Fantasy anymore, I know it is.

That being said, I vaguely remember something about battles supposedly having plot significance. Kind of a vague comment, but I think some speculated that such a statement meant there would be no random encounters, or encounters outside of plot events, for that matter, which would bum me out. Then again, that's speculation and I can't be bothered to dig up in the information to back that up anyway.