You need to move on. JRPGs have changed for the better, just like all genres. New technology enables developrs to improve their games and make them as they always wanted to make them, no longer constrained by the limits of technology. We can see clearly in FF13 how Squeenix have embraced the more advanced technology of the PS360 and how it has allowed them to do so much more with the franchise.

We truly live in the golden age of gaming.

And as for Genesis, he is truly the greatest character Squeeenix have ever made. Just listen to him recite Loveless, a poem of genuine literary merit:

My friend, do you fly away now?
To a world that abhors you and I?
All that awaits you is a somber morrow
No matter where the winds may blow

Such amazing use of language! Such a masterful grasp of metre and grammar! Such heartfelt sentiments! Such originality!

He is a character of incredible depth and maturity.

You need to move on. JRPGs have changed for the better, just like all genres. New technology enables developrs to improve their games and make them as they always wanted to make them, no longer constrained by the limits of technology. We can see clearly in FF13 how Squeenix have embraced the more advanced technology of the PS360 and how it has allowed them to do so much more with the franchise.

We truly live in the golden age of gaming.

And as for Genesis, he is truly the greatest character Squeeenix have ever made. Just listen to him recite Loveless, a poem of genuine literary merit:

My friend, do you fly away now?
To a world that abhors you and I?
All that awaits you is a somber morrow
No matter where the winds may blow

Such amazing use of language! Such a masterful grasp of metre and grammar! Such heartfelt sentiments! Such originality!

He is a character of incredible depth and maturity.

LMOA!! ok man, if you believe that walking down corridors and fighting lame monsters with a meh battle system for 40 hours is doing more with the franchise then give them your sixty bucks. Ill stick to my older and portable JRPGS. Cheaper and more fun for me

They did far more with the franchise.

You see, the point of Final Fantasy is to tell a story, to immerse the gamer in another world. Squeenix got rid of the tired, menu driven gameplay and time-wasting exploration of previous games and told a story. They were able to tell this story only because of:

1. The superior technology of the PS3: photorealistic graphics are essential for immersing players in a different world, and this is why they are the priority for modern devs, and why fans and game journalists alike obsessively compare the graphical capabilities of consoles; the console with the best graphics will have the best games.

2. Streamlining the game by getting rid of unnecessary and wasteful elements like towns, mazes and complex battle systems.

Squeenix used to be the GNU+Linux of the gaming world, always concerned with things of interest only to the hardcore and creating products that are a mish-mash of unnecessary features. They are now the Apple of the gaming world, great innovators producing games that are sleek and elegant with all the useless or confusing elements removed.

ROFL!!! Too bad the story sucked. Should have just saved my money and watched Advent Children for the 10th time, hell Spirits Within had a better story and thats saying something.