I don't have a lot of faith in Square-Enix these days, so we shouldn't get too carried away, but I have to admit it looks very promising. S-E haven't done a lot right in the last, I don't know, 15 years or so, but one of the rare success stories has to be Yoshi-P's impact on FFXIV. Never played it, but the guy seems to be highly respected in the community.
So the fact that he has been so transparent about this game indicates to me that he's very confident he's got something special on his hands here. We'll see how it turns out and if someone at S-E manages to find a way to screw this up (monetization and/or NFTs anyone?), but I'm getting quietly optimistic that this will be the best FF since XII. Perhaps not a high bar, some might argue, but it's something.