Oh, like you fought Omega and Omniscient without close calls...

Well, Omega is optional, so he's supposed to be REALLY hard. I skipped him, I don't usually bother with superbosses. I defeated Ultima and Omega Weapon in FFVIII though, seeing as the game is so broken, I was a damn GOD when I faced them. Not that I'm complaining, I like breaking my games sometimes =P

As for Omniscient... well, I'm thinking really hard, but I can't remember that battle for the life of me. Whether I had trouble or not.

What I do remember though, is that Yunalesca and one of Seymour's forms in FFX were pretty hard. Some bosses of XIII as well.

Omni was that optional boss on FFV that would restart the battle whenever he wanted to, it was more tedious than hard I guess. That underwater thing in FFVII was tough though. Forgot what he was called.

cool info bro, I guess I miss turn based bs, they were much more strategic. I recall having more game overs and close calls in those games than the ones we have now.

That has more to do with games becoming easier than the battle system. Final Fantasy games have always been pretty easy though. It's hard to justify a game to the mainstream gamer that makes you backtrack a lot if you die. As for strategy, real-time games can have a decent level of strategy as well. Think of a game like Xenoblade. Anyway. you seemingly like the KH series, so obviously you like its battle system. That is essentially the system XV will have, but probably with more depth, not less. 

 “On top of that I’d like to be remembered as someone who made the Final Fantasy mainline series branch out a little bit in a new direction, certainly with the Type series as well. That I took Final Fantasy in a direction that maybe is a little bit more mature and more core gamer-focused, with a more visceral representation of violence. So maybe I can be remembered as someone who made that kind of necessary evolution of the series or took it in an interesting direction. I’d be happy with that.” Tabata

I honestly don't even know how to comment on that part... Considering the history of this project It is well-known who planned and executed all the basis of this game. Especially the ones mentioned here.

Must be an Interesting situation Nomura is going through, heh.

Forcing you to backtrack a lot doesn't make a game harder, it only punishes the player by forcing them to replay content because. That isn't real difficulty, that's archaic game design to frustrate the player because they can't challenge them through gameplay content.