Oh Strangers is definitely a spin-off, and because of that I was holding out they had used that as the excuse to try the new combat systems. From the time I was 16-17 I have preordered every FF and FF spin-off, but Strangers was the first one I skipped.
I did the same thing with XV.; plat'ing it before a patch. And the issues actually made me skip a good chunk of the DLC. Honestly, Dragon Quest XI probably hit way more of the things I enjoy about JRPG's than any of the last few FF's. VII Remake was kind of tethered to having to at least resemble the original in terms of the systems they used. I still preferred to play with the turn-based system.
Sales will always determine where the main series goes, so I can't fault them moving to action if that is what the masses want. To me, it just takes too much away from what the identity of the franchise.
I loved the spin-offs but it got overwhelming with the mobile games. Crisis-Core, Type-0, Dissidia. Those were my favourites.
Never got round to World of Final Fantasy. Sitll on the backlog. Same with Tactics
I could be wrong but when I look at Dragon Quest, it looks like a safe JRPG? Nothing wrong with that at all but I think SE just have to keep pushing the boundaries when it comes to FF.
One of the reasons why I love FFVII is because the setting was completely different to anything I'd played in the past. That plus the mini games just blew me away and I think it was them innovating and constantly pushing the boundaries.
I'm not sure the fans or public pushed for action combat. I think that was all internal direction. You could tell from interviews with Nomura and Kitase that it's what they've wanted to do once the tech allows for it. With Yakuza going to turn-based after being action, I don't think turn based is dead at all but I think FF have to keep on innovating on the battle system.
But me saying that to you must be like someone saying to me that Street Fighter or the Versus series should become 3D fighters instead of 2D and I would tell them absolutely not
There will be riots on the streets if that happens so I get it and think its actually a great discussion to have.
I hope this game doesn't stray too far. From what I've seen though, I love the emphasis on summons and that's the main thing that gets me hyped.
It has to be dead after GOW.
Rumors are that SONY is going to increase their forecast for production by a lot next year so that PS4 can be laid to rest.
PSVR2 and no Cross gen and this gen can really get started.
