Yes I am going to be a bit of a broken Record myself right now.
someone did say once that with some of the Fans that FF has FF doesn't need haters. I know some people that stop playing FF when FFVII was released because they sore FFVII as the death of FF I also know some people that stoped after FFVIII because they hated it. I also know some who hate FFIX because of the Fantasy Setting and Chibi Characters as well as and some who hate FFX and a lot of people who hate FFXII with a passion.
Personally when I love a Game series I love all the Games in said series but on different levels like with the FF series I an always find some elopements in all FF Games that I can love. Like FFXIII for example I love the Battle System and the Characters and a lot of other stuff. but I don't like the lack of Mini Games and there should have been more exploration and I do like towns like most people. if Square-Enix PDD1 team had made FFXIII design structure like FFX then that have made it a better Game.
Edit: Final Fantasy has Constantly changed and experimented with the formula over the years to try to best meet what the current market trends and customer expectations and FF will continue to changed and experiment with the formula for as long as there is a market for JRPGs. But SE will always focus on Japan as its primary audience for FF that us way there has been a very high Manga/Anime influence.
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