Hello everyone,
As you may have noticed, there is a bit of FFXIII bashing lately, even on respectable websites like this one (see the GotY 2010). After rewarding it with high marks (8 to 9 out of 10 everywhere I looked), many "journalists" seem to have suddenly changed their mind calling it "disappointing", and that's when they have the decency to stay polite : some French so-called professionals from went trolling in their GotY and in every news involving FFXIII-2 as if FFXIII was hardly worth playing.
So if Final Fantasy XIII is the most disappointing RPG of 2010 (and most disappointing game for some) and Mass Effect 2 is the best RPG of 2010 (and best game for many), how do you explain the above figure? I know full well that sales doesn't equal quality, but FFXIII got so much hate ever since its Japanese release that it's safe to say people had been warned about the underlying problems and possible disappointing aspects (linearity, slow-paced, etc.).
My guess is that FFXIII hasn't disappointed that many people, but that haters were much louder than the silent majority who enjoyed the game peacefully. I mean if FFXIII was that bad I'm not sure 6 million people would have bought it, again because those kind of players stay informed and read reviews. And all time sales further increased 32% from the 10th week after release and now. Therefore either those millions of players are really gullible, stupid and have horrible tastes OR FFXIII is severely underrated and/or Mass Effect 2 is heavily overrated.
Of course this topic is absolutely not about saying which of FFXIII and ME2 is better. I have not played ME2 so I couldn't possibly pretend compare the two. I personally think it a mistake to put them in the same category since they are very different. No I'm just a passionate FF fan who barely wants to defend his beloved series at times it's so unfairly attacked.
