SE wants to make the game better?

[Jennestia]

You don't get to decide what a FF MMO should be.

Square does, as they've commented that XI was made to be a representative FF title -- not to mention common sense, when you slap Final Fantasy on the title of something you expect certain things, why do you think people disliked Mystic Quest? Why do you think people are love/hate with Final Fantasy XIII?

Why do you think they slapped the Final Fantasy title on a clearly SaGa game?

[gifthorse]

Square does, as they've commented that XI was made to be a representative FF title -- not to mention common sense, when you slap Final Fantasy on the title of something you expect certain things.

Common sense dictates that expectations differ from person to person.

When I look at FFXI, I just see an Everquest clone with Final Fantasy franchise smothered over it.

[Malakhim]

Square does, as they've commented that XI was made to be a representative FF title -- not to mention common sense, when you slap Final Fantasy on the title of something you expect certain things, why do you think people disliked Mystic Quest? Why do you think people are love/hate with Final Fantasy XIII?

Why do you think they slapped the Final Fantasy title on a clearly SaGa game?

You were right about the first point and only part right about the second.

The only group that has the final say so in "what makes a Final Fantasy game" is Square-enix, much like anyone else who owns a property. You can either take it or leave it.

As for expecting certain things, everyone has different expectations on what makes a Final Fantasy game. I for example, don't expect certain things be included in the game like chocobos, summons, blah blah blah. Rather, when I see "Final Fantasy" on the title of anything, I simply expect a quality game that I'm going to enjoy. Usually a high level of audio/visual fidelity, design aesthetic, interesting and iterative combat systems, and a story and characters I can enjoy.

This is how I can avoid falling into the trap of "this isn't a "true" FF because of _insert reason here_!", because to me, all Final Fantasy is is a name that I associate with a quality game(obviously a bit subjective to my experience just like any other piece of artistic media).