Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
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.
FFXIII was NOT a great game. It had solid combat and good characters, but a pathetically written, barebones story, and a linearity that did not work at all (and directly fought the game's plot).

Personally, I don't think so. I still think that FFXV is going to be a massive disappointment. It has massive hype built around minimal information about the game. Square's best projects in recent years are Bravely Default and Type-0, both of which where smaller handheld titles built for the local audience. Their full console titles for the global audience haven't improved, and I don't think FFXV is going to change that.