My hope is that the stories will catch up to the graphics. In my opinion, FFXII had a great story but everyone here hated it because it was too political.
The sad fact is that development costs of a video game now are so high, that you almost have to have a "super hit" to even pay for it. And that means that gaming companies are going to regurgitate games that are popular until there is no new real innovation and just a series of FPS's that have a new game every year or so. I think that's what I've always liked about the Final Fantasy series, they've always tried something new with each iteration (with the exception of X-2).
For me, I'm looking forward to:
Crisis Core
White Knight Story
Final Fantasy XIII
As for now, I'm playing Grandia III for the first time and enjoying myself immensely, this game is fantastic.