Honestly not interested in this game. Luminous seems far too influenced by western games on this one. If I want to play a westernized game I will play a western game, I expect my Japanese games to look and play like Japanese games.

Hopefully FF16 is only 1 year timed, same as FF7 Remake.

2 Years? That’s so vile lol I can’t help but to think back on the outrage for the Rise of the Tomb Raider exclusivity deal. SE will do anything for the bag.

JRPG's tend to play quite different compared to WRPG's, and not just because more JRPG's tend to be turn based than WRPG's, even the action JRPG's have a distinct gameplay style that is different from action WRPG's. Take some action WRPG's like Fable 2, Witcher 3, or Skyrim and compare them to action JRPG's like Tales of, FF7 Remake, and Kingdom Hearts. The action JRPG's all have a distinct style, often consisting of flashier attack animations than you see in WRPG's, even though they play differently from one another. And of course JRPG's also typically have a distinct art style, rather it be anime based artwork or a more realistic but still distinctly Japanese style like you see in Final Fantasy.

But Athia doesn't seem to have that Japanese-ness, especially in terms of the art design, at least from what we've seen so far between the Athia reveal trailer and the Luminous engine tech demo from last year, which seemed to feature the Athia main character:

Would have much preferred if they turned Agni's philosophy into their next game personally.

But hey, that's just me, I'm sure many will still enjoy Athia. Maybe it will even evolve into something I like more, it does seem quite early in development still, so much could change before release.

For what it's worth, I also wasn't really feeling what they showed of FF16, it also seemed a bit more western influenced than what I've come to expect from Final Fantasy. Also would have preferred an Agni's Philosophy based FF16 compared to the one we seem to be getting. 

That is a massive exclusivity time.