JRPGs is one of the hardest genres to get as good score in if the title isn't Final Fantasy with a roman numeral and nothing else. Whether FF main games decerve it or not (I think they do).
They dock points for being different, they dock points for being the same.
They dock points for being cartoony, they dock points for not being true to the style of the story.
They dock points if the story veers from the JRPG norm, they dock points for retelling the classic japanese folk tales.
Not surprising.
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.







