@Dark_sageX: I personally don't mind the combat overhaul as the kingdom hearts combat and the combat in the demo of ff15 was very enjoyable. I do agree with the point you made about the episodic aspect though.
From everything I have read the reasoning behind it being episodic is that the game is going to be to big. While that last part intrigues me to no end there are ways around making a game episodic. For example it could be download only (not that I would prefer that), or there is the option that the original game took making it multiple discs.
@napsac41: The only problem I see with that being the case is this isn't a new game. It a remake and while they are changing some of the content it sounds as if it will be fundamentally the same. Where as with 13, or the .hack games, or xenosaga we got them in segments to begin with. Also there would have to be some form of save transfer as well and not a complete restart of the game in between segments because if for what ever reason I lose all the summons I would be pissed.
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