While other long-running series struggle to reinvent themselves when the formula gets stale, Final Fantasy benefits from the way each game is something new. That said, we do love to see how Biggs and Wedge and crystals and all the other recurring elements are reinterpreted each time. Final Fantasy 16 going all grim and Game of Thrones-y wouldn't have the same impact if characters hadn't been riding bright yellow chocobos while swearing and hacking each other to gory bits.
Final Fantasy 15 reimagined the JRPG as a road trip across America, only instead of oversized roadside attractions being like the World's Biggest Ball of Twine, they're gigantic creatures you can hunt. The adamantoise, a chelonian monster that's appeared in various forms since Final Fantasy 2, showed up in FF15 as a straight-up kaiju with a mountain on its back. Depending what level you were and how effectively you'd stacked buffs, fighting it could take hours.
