I am agreed to keep an open mind, but I am not happy with what I'm hearing.
I would hate to randomly control a character in battle (to me, that just seems stupid).

Since I am a hardcore FF nut, I have to play it. I will probably love it just because it bears "the great title". However, I am happy to see that the story still matters to Square. Hopefully the battle system will be as cool as I am expecting.