Two words: 3rd Birthday.
Just because Tabita has shown he is competent doesn't mean this game can't go down horribly. The man was at the helm when one of my favorite franchises sank (Parasite Eve). Even though I don't necessarily blame him for it with all the licensing and writing nightmares PE had with the original novel, I'm still far from trusting.
All male characters? Eh, whatever. I'm not going to set S-E with an equal gender quota, and I'm fine with playing all male characters. I'm fine with all female characters. I'm fine with anything if it's good. And let's face it; if XV does well--or even OK--we're probably going to see XV-2. Anyone hoping for an all female cast built around Agni's Philosophy? It's a long shot, but I can see it happening.
That said, I suspect the exabytes of female FF character porn out there on the net factored into this somewhere...
