Wow, I thought I was the only one who felt as though the combat animations were largely underwhelming.(oxymoron alert!)

What this game is missing is the same amount of, "Wow! that is COOL!" That we got from FFVII-FFX. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzLit5oBQ8M

The spell casting sounds are sub-par to typical Square Enix quality, the magial effects are dull and uninteresting, the exception being spam heals during behest/parties, and the only nice animations that I have seen so far would be the end-game PUG attacks and mid-game/end-game archer skills. Square, I hope you're reading and translating this!