FF15 "more casual, one button action"

[Wolf Kanno]

It's a bummer to hear because there initially was character switching in versus 13, (plus you've always been able to switch party members in FF)
AND, the e3 trailer 2013 and 2011 ff15 trailer showed us switching to prompto in 3rd person shooting mode ;_;

Now it feels like they've taken a fun mechanic away

As The White Wizard of Fynn pointed out, the current gameplay video shows you switching to other party members to pull off special moves and finishers so there is no reason to believe this is the case at the moment.

Plus on top of that, the battle system, is not KH style anymore.
It's like playing ff12 without being able to switch characters.

I disagree, the combat I've seen is very reminiscent of KH's battle system, the FFXII comment only pertains to the interface of the game where the Gambit system allowed the player to not have to fuss with too many menus by setting up the A.I. to do it for you which frankly isn't that different from most Action-RPGs. Basically, he's explaining that you won't be raped by goblins while trying to scroll down a menu looking for that cure spell because you'll already have it set up by buttons and A.I. prompts. You know unlock KH1 where the menu system made doing anything that wasn't button mashing a chore and an easy way to let enemies and bosses get a free hit on you.

I didn't expect Versus XIII to be different but I did expect Final Fantasy XV to be different. And now that they are the same the expectations have changed even if the game hasn't.

Anyway, it has to be true that you'll have more control over your party choices than in KH and maybe you can influence them directly through the pause menu or hotkeys like in Mass Effect. Setting a few gambits with no direct control during the flow of battle just isn't going to cut it and I can't imagine they'd regress like that.

Also Noctis may end up being a badass. I can dig super cool powers and multiple weapons.

Honestly I never bothered with the hotkey nonsense in ME and I've always felt the Gambit System was well designed and could easily be expanded in future installments, of anything it spoiled me on tolerating other games with A.I. partners because it offered far greater control, so personally its a welcome return if the designers feel we have to deal with A.I. partners, I'd rather have some real control over it after dealing with the nonsense from XIII.

Versus XIII was always touted as a very different FF experience, hell Nomura even said it wasn't a numbered title because it was going to be radically different game from traditional FFs so when SE decided to bite the bullet and make it FFXV, I didn't expect that to change and I'm just finding it surprising to see so many people feel it was suppose to.. Frankly, I feel that everything I've seen and heard about the game is a vast improvement over what we were handed last gen.