No idea if this is a controversial opinion, but I feel like Final Fantasy isn't all it's hyped up to be. Being the story-driven series that it is, I feel like it follows to many popular and predictable tropes and rehashes a recipe we've seen many times before.
>>1 I disagree. Fairy was a definitely a needed balance in order to combat the extremely prominent Dragons, and to increase variety in team builds. Also, the decrease in game difficulty may just be a consequence of Gamefreak's attempt to stimulate the competitive interest, but to each their own.