[TheGame]

My opinion: FF13 is a great game, but it's not final fantasy.

After FFX Square lost their minds. Ok, FFXI deserves the name "Final Fantasy" more then 12, 13, and 14 combined.. but that was the first step in them destroying the series.

They should have stuck to the turn based fighting systems. FFX had the right idea as far as how things should progress into 3D. Yes, FFX wasn't met with the most praise ever, and people had their issues with that.. but FFX was at least consistent with what the series was.

Yeah, thinking inside the box might cause a slow decline of the series, but it's not like there's any competing turn based RPGs out there... And FFXIII's biggest downfall is that it IS a 'Final Fantasy' game, and with that name comes expectations that the last 4 games haven't lived up to. They could have made games like 12 and 13 into their own series or spin off.