7.5 is what I want to give this game, but it wont let me.
I decided I would rent this game before I even thought about buying it because of the new battle system. After playing it, Im not impressed, but not to disappointed either. The battles lack any sort of action, half the time you just stand there waiting for the gauge to go up so your character can automatically attack the enemy you tell him to. It starts with choosing what you will do, say you choose attack, you then choose which enemey to attack, run up to it and wait, after that you just stand there, you cant even dodge and blocking random. If you choose to fast a spell, you choose which spell you want to use, then on who, you then wait for the gauge to fill up again, cast the spell and thats it, you will not do it again, nor will you go back to attacking normally, you have to enter that in again, but most regular enemies can easily be defeated by your regualar attacks, magick is really only good for the bigger enemies, bosses or if you just want to defeat the enemy quickly.
Oddly enough its not completely boring. You can go on hunts for certain enemies and rewards, along with the usual Final Fantasy secret weapons etc from various side quests that could easily be missed.
So there is plenty to do, but I strongly recomend that anyone who wants to play this game, to try before you buy.