FFXIII is an example of a genre that refuses to evolve... while people are also bitching about the changes.
Here's the deal. I think it's bullshit they took out towns out of laziness and for "narrative." But realistically speaking, it seems no jrpg can win. If it changes (into anything other than a TPS), people bitch. If it stays the same, guess what, other people bitch.
No one can do jack shit about it. Let's all just stop being retarded and fighting over how good a game is, before it's even come out and most of us have played it.
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