Um...isn't Versus XIII going to include a world map?
That is, if it's ever released...
So I've heard, and it's
'supposed' to be released either Summer of next year or just around Christmas. We'll probably see something about it at E3 soon enough >.> HOPEFULLY.
Anyway, but that's supposed to be an Action RPG like Kingdom Hearts, Dissidia, DoC, take your pick. I honestly miss running around on a world map going somewhere I shouldn't then getting ripped apart by something 30 levels higher then me. And the feeling of having a choice too, and of course.
Side Quests Don't see alot of them in RPGs anymore and even if you do it's not that long compared to older side quests like the FF 7/8/9 back when RPGs were actual RPGs. Now all the good old style RPGs are either Ports, or remastered Remakes from an NES/SNES to a handheld of some kind. I think if Square would actually care about how people liked they're RPGs, they'd either make a brand new one from scratch, or they'd remake an older one and put it on console. But needless to say, if it has Final Fantasy in the title 90% of us are gonna pick it up ...
EDIT: I'll give an example of what I think why certain FF games were bad to some people. FF13 for example. We all thought it was going to be a great improvment from FF12, but the thing is, if they were as they're own title, and not part of FF we'd probably see them as better games. FF13 did a good job at what kind of Exploration (Very Little at that but whatever), the leveling, the Battles and Story. But it's just that we all thought that POSSIBLY we'd get a more classic FF title or something. I don't know this just popped in my head before I went to sleep so I had to edit post before I forgot about it tomorrow XD