I’m sure many would agree.
I continue to reiterate the oversaturation of the Soulslike genre and imo it would be a gross miscalculation of public desire to transition mainline FF as the forementioned. Likely, it would be an attempt to mimic the success of From Software and ER rather than maintaining the identity of FF proper.
I have no problem with a competent AAA spinoff of which Origins is not. In fact, a quality AAA Soulslike would be welcomed seeing as how virtually every game in the genre consistutes an indie to high AA standard with AAA quality and polish entirely absent outside DeS Remake.
However, due to the recent success of FVII, the impending “sequel(s)” and the impressive footage of XVI i would be baffled as to why SE would decide to sabotage the wave in favor of chasing a trend.