Unfortently the final fantasy spirit is lost in this one.
-no party members so limited to one character to upgrade and buy equipment from
-level design feels mediocre and rewards on the map useless (2 gil from a glowing orb?)
- world map feels undeveloped and locations are represented by markers on a quite plain map.
-stats and lvl up feels very dumbed down
-world feels very limited and not prioritized.
With this and alot else its nice that the characters are more mature but the story and actions of characters does sometimes not make sense. If I was square I would go back to the drawing board for future and work on character systems and gameplay to make more complex systems than buying abilities from an AP pool.