Hopefully things are going to be okay. But if you have to play some of these games you have to ignore some aspects- if you base so much on the negatives you may end up not playing it.It is relieving to hear someone else experienced the same thing. I have played final fantasy games few times. Surprisingly, there is no one single time I got the psyche to play all the way to the end.
The game play is somewhat repetitive and the path seems linear but the story and the good cut scenes make up for everything. The AI helping you out also is nice in my opinion.