Square wants to release a Final Fantasy every year or two

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Wow! CT in 3D! :O
AWESOME!

You gotta play FF XII. it may not have the best story or characters, but at least it is full of extras. An entire world map for you to explore (on foot!), visit cities on them (you SEE the city, not just an icon, you actually walk around an open world like in an MMO), not to mention the final hunt (Yazmat) and Gilgamesh (yes, he's back! ). The espers are really cool. You once again have to hunt for them all (the ones that are not part of the main storyline), and fight them so that they can lend their powers to you!
So, FF XII is a great game. There's still hope for the FF series!
One problem though is that they either focuse on the story and characters or the extras. That's the problem we had with both XII and XIII. Even though XIII had a beautiful presentation and the world of Pulse for you to explore, it had an awful first impression that made players not play it to the end or at least to play it till they get to Pulse.

We'll see when they release FF XV. It will be the next FF VI (or VII for those who love VII to death). it will have great characters, great storyline, an awesome OST composed by both Masashi Hamauzu and Uemastu Nobuo. Yes, Nobuo is legendary, but he's not the only best composoer out there you know!

I thought XII had its fair share of good characters (both playable and non-playable) if you completely block out Vaan's existence. Which isn't hard to do. And the story was fairly interesting in a way that it's not about the bad guy wanting to destroy the world for emo reasons and you stopping him because why not.

Hell, Vayne is actually somewhat of a grey area IMO. As in, he had semi-good intentions and thought he was doing the right thing. In a weird way, he was a chosen one/(anti)hero, if you think about why Venat chose him. It's just that slaughtering a few thousand innocent bystanders (and pretty much anyone who stands in his way) is an acceptable sacrifice for "the greater good" in his eyes. I liked that. I felt like it was the refreshing change that the series needed, especially gameplay-wise; others thought it was an example of SE going downhill. But to each their own. I'm starting to ramble here.