Quote Originally Posted by Fynn View Post
That's only if you don't take into account the reputation damage XIII, its sequels, and the initial release of FFXIV has caused. Before them, FF could do no wrong. But as many people became disappointed with how things turned out, later games needed to do much more to impress the gaming community. Hence why XIV now and XV are considered successes despite scoring lower than XIII initially.

The comments 10 and 15 years ago about X-2 and XII tell me fans think different than you.