Just regarding a couple of things I noticed in your rant...
Quote Originally Posted by crazybayman View Post
Oh, and there's WAY too much $hit going on screen at once during battle. I'm sure someone will have a seizure one day because of it. I can't follow who's hitting who and for what damage mixed in with which spells. Too many effects at once.
Have you tried changing the battle speed setting to "Slow"? Never did it myself, but I imagine it would make things a little easier to follow.
And the battles take long. Though they are fast paced, which is cool, but sometimes too fast-paced. But yeah, too long. Fighting Bartandeleus seemed like an eternity, for instance.
Were the battles really that different in length to other FF games? Keeping in mind that Barthandelus is the equivalent of Sephiroth, so his battles are about as long.