Animation Lock: Why don't you like it?

[Firon]

Gameplay is very important,

But Final Fantasy is a series built on Aesthetics. It's what draws players into the franchise and keeps them coming back.

Ideally they should be of equal weight, but I think when push comes to shove, aesthetics trump gameplay in core FF game design at SE.

Have to disagree the gameplay has always been one of the strong points for FF more than the aesthetics. Aesthetics did not become a huge issue till FF 8-9 cause back then before the whole world started playing FF 7 people loved the games for story and gameplay.