The only problem the series has is it takes way too long to release the main entries. Although they're getting up there in numbers, so maybe it makes sense to have more spinoffs and side series nowadays.

FFXIII was a great game. It just got stigmatized by the Western media because a few WRPGs blew up and they needed to write clickbait articles and reviews. Despite fashioning ourselves individuals, the western JRPG crowd fell in line, hopped on the bandwagon, and mindlessly regurgitated the media talking points at the time.