Developers and producers are too ambitious, simple as that. There was no request to innovate, yet they keep doing it. No one asked for ff16 to be an action game, no one asked for ff7r to revamp the story the way it did, everything is the directors and producers own fault. You’d think FF is suffering because of corporate meddling like other franchises, but it’s the total opposite. This series worst enemy is its own legacy staff, they just don’t get it. Look at how well received projects by Yuji Hori are in comparison, its not perfect but he sticks to what makes Dragon Quest loved.