They definitely loss the emotional aspect of Aeriths fate for a mystery box instead.
For people like me who is highly invested into the mystery, it was good. For players who want just this one game to be good and not have to wait 3 years, it failed.
Antcipated Games- Lies of P, Dragon Quest Infinity Stratch, Granblue Fantasy Relink, FFVIIRebirth, Elden Ring DLC, FFXVI DLC