Also seeing people constantly compare Necron to FF3's Cloud of Darkness. At least FF3 establishes that tipping the balance of Light & Dark causes catastrophe which is why you had the Warriors of Light & Dark. Necron's ass is thematic but he still just pops in and dips.

"But Grand Cross came from FFV!" Yeah, and in FFV Grand Cross:
-Didn't combo ailments together (why is Death + Zombie a THING in FF9?!)
-Didn't trigger ailments that are impossible to prevent (but can be cured)
-Was countered by Ribbons
-Could be avoided if you killed the caster

Moral of the story? Necron is still a terrible final boss and I don't care how many video essays people make to try and defend it. It's rendition of Grand Cross is freaking terrible and can just end your attempt immediately.

Sister: Like how P4 had the trip to the P3 school?

Me: No, I mean P1 party members and villains returning.

Sister: NOOOOOOO! Don't SAY THAT! That'll mean I have to play P1 first!

Me: You don't HAVE TO.

Sister: But then I won't get the payoff.

Sister: I don't wanna play P1. I don't like the first person dungeon crawling, just doesn't visually click with me.

Me: You can play the P2 Duology as is. But you get more out of it playing P1 first-

Sister: Noooooo! Don't say that!

Me: You have returning characters.

Me: Party members can do Fusion Attacks even having the whole party grouping up together.

Sister: Damn it that sounds cool. I'll add it to the imaginary list.

Me: P1 as well?

Mega Man 11's Double Gear system was already skirting the line of the X games. So what can they do now with Classic Mega Man without stepping on the toes of the other sub series?

Also while I like the bit where she randomly fails to concentrate. It does also have the issue of FF9 already being so slow to fill up the ATB. So I can see why it's incredibly frustrating for others when she does fail and you gotta wait again.

I forgot about the Excalibur 2 quest which means using Summons is a bad idea if you're going for that...

Also if people have to wait until more than halfway into Disc 3 of your 4 Disc game. I think you screwed up somewhere.

If you want to read the person's analysis on Garnet (it's the top voted response):

www.reddit.com/r/FinalFanta...

For a character who wants the adventure, the gameplay ironically handicaps her in combat. Not helped she has the one slot to learn Summons which makes it a longer process to do. Yeah she can become very powerful, but so can others with probably less effort🤷‍♂️.

And then below is someone pointing out the reality of:
-Her being pulled from your party multiple times so she's underleveled
-Garnet isn't in a bunch of boss battles (Bosses only give AP)
-For a bit, Garnet as a chance to fail to do anything on her turn (I like this bit)

I just read someone's analysis on Garnet about how the story compliments the idea of transitioning her from a half assed White Mage to a Full Powered Summoner. Even saying if she's using Summons more, than the story segment where she can fail turns isn't "that bad".