Quote Originally Posted by TofuPenguin View Post
Yoshi did a great job at saving this game. But over time it lost it's magic. I played ARR and came back in ShB and wow, what changes. And so many for the worst. The one that got me and still gets me is the homogenization of jobs. And the story went from feeling like a FF story to some anime tropey crap down the road.
*Looks at all the anime tropes present in FF for over 30 years*

That's...not exactly an argument you want to make. FF4 alone you win through the power of friendship, there's a ton of fake deaths, and the plot itself feels like it would easily work in a Shounen anime.