The team that did the 3 (three) XIII titles are now on new projects. XIV required a lot of people to be reassigned to fix the damn thing and make it the great MMO it has become. A miracle, if you ask me.

Then there's the Ito team, if it still exist, rumored to be working on concept for XVI. They're probably past the concept point now. But after what happened with Versus XIII, I think it's only wise to wait until the game is far enough in development before announcing it, let alone show gameplay footage.

Games cost a lot more to make now. Gamers, as a whole (not saying you're in that bunch) have higher and higher expectations that cost a lot more to the studio to meet. So it takes more time to develop the games.

But when it comes to FF XV, we don't know exactly how Nomura really worked on the game. Was he too ambitious for his own good? Was he difficult to work with? Were his demands unrealistic? Or was it simply the PS3 that wasn't up to par to fully fullfil his vision? In the end, yeah, it took that game too long and Nomura was asked to work on an other project so the company could come up with more titles to sell on a timely fashion.

Shit happened. Nobody wished for that, especially not Square-Enix. Can we accept this and move on, now?

My words exactly. but let's not be so harsh and say they have 6 years.

except FF 1 to X, at the very least.

More like an action RPG. Anyway, this was known since the Versus XIII days so I don't know why are people surprised 

Are you saying that all turn-based battle systems are the same?

Not all turn-based system are the same.

But there is some truth to what he is saying. FF1-10 have turn-based system, with minor difference. It's not that "significantly different".

FF12 battle system is significantly different from the rest though.

I thought we knew this since it was announced back in 2006? Why is this thread-worthy? We all already knew that, and it really isn't a purely hack n' slash game since it has lots of the micro management thingys that you guys liked in the old FFs, I think.

It's an Action RPG first and foremost, hack n' slash games focus a lot more about looking stylish and being able to pull off increadible and fast paced combos based on timing, positioning, and different button combinations. This game has ONE attack button that activates a pre-set combo each time it is used, very different from a normal hack n' slash.

Dude, I think you've got that backwards, everyone hates SE just because of the simple fact of them not being able to replicate what made old FF tittles good, which meant that most things that didn't came out under FF's name turned out to be golden. People are right, this isn't Square Soft, this is Square Enix, and if they want to make what they're good at I say; let them, it's better this way than having mediocre sequels that just follow an uninspired, uncreative set of rules made by the fans.

I'm saying final fantasy 1 to X had the same battle system. It's just select your attack/magic/defend/item/run for all of them. the likes of ff 4/6/7 only made you select them faster.

I think its all conjecture. The FF series became famous because of the amazing graphics. 

If square made a game that looks amazing, much like those FMV's from the PS1 versions were back at the time and made a minimally interesting turn based system that looks amazing and has particles and sparkles all over the place, people would gobble it up.

I think square just wants real bad to be just like a western publisher. The point of turn based was that it allowed further details to go into the battles. I dont know at wich point square forgot to take advantage of that.