They need to rethink how they do story in 7.0 +

[magitekLuna]

Things like that are good for world-building and they help keep our character grounded. They help us feel our place in the world.

Square tried a story more like what the OP wants with XIII. You were basically running from one hallway to another. You didn't really interact with the people in each hallway except for one or two story points. So you didn't find out much about them and you weren't really able to have a connection to them. Part of that was by XIII's design that you're essentially criminals, but we're not criminals. We're the Warrior of Light. Part of our personality is interacting with the world.

I find it more that any thing show we got no place in this world no meter what we do. No one care after all.