Quote Originally Posted by sauc View Post
The only other 2 ff titles i played were 7 and tactics advanced on an emulator. I paid no attention at all to the story but still found them enjoyable so not sure why people think if it says ''final fantasy'' it means 90% reading and watching cutscenes. The msq isn't really anything like those games.
No, the MSQ isn't. But nor should it be, because there's a big difference between Final Fantasy 7 and what one can achieve on a PS1s hardware and a Massive, Multiplayer, Online Game that is meant to house hundreds of thousands of players at a time.

If they were still doing FF7-esque writing and design, I'm sure it wouldn't be as popular as it is today.

Not to mention you not paying attention to the story and just mindlessly playing through the game doesn't mean that's still its original intent. There's bound to be outliers to each ruling, exceptions to each case. I still stand by my point of "if you want mindless hitting things, go play something else".