I feel Final Fantasy has been on the decline since V, or VIII at the very most.
The characters' back-stories no longer really interest me, and as you mentioned, their personalities do seem to have become downgraded over the years, though the technical quality of them have improved very much.
Final Fantasy's story formula is much what you said, member of BAD GUY ORGANIZATION / NATION X, GOOD GUY/GIRL has "moral epiphany", leaves said Organization / Nation, joins a rebel group, ends up dismantling evil schemes, thus saving the world with the Power of Love and Friendship once more.
Or just have the main character get mixed up in some nonsense, and just sticks along for the ride. Like FFXII.
Though that is probably the [Japanese]RPG formula in general, and not just Final Fantasy, either way, it's been starting to take it's toll on me.
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