Square has been wanting to make a real-time game since FFX. (Which actually turned out more like the older games, battle-wise.) It's time to move on. Instead of standing and waiting for a bar to fill up, you run around instead. I don't see what's so bad about getting ancient annoyances out of the way. And of course, you can't judge a game until you've played it first.
And anyway, there's enough old school goodies in the game to keep me entertained. <3