I thought FF13 was a better than what the negativity suggests. The thing is, I have been disappointed, to some degree, in every Final Fantasy game since 8; I was on guard for this one, so I played it with lower expectations than what I had for 9, 10, and 12. FF8 got a lot of negativity towards it, but personally I was blown away by it, and felt it was one of the finest RPGs ever released - it was more content filled than any other game in the series. I think that from FF6, and onward, I was somewhat blown away by each game in the series; I really liked FF4, I was blown away by FF6, I was blown away by FF7, and blown away again by FF8... FF9 was very disappointing, and FF10 less so, but still disappointing, FF12 was disappointing because it felt like there was a lot of cut content from what would have been the ultimate FF game; and the overdose of battles in FF12 was too much too. FF13 I wasn't expecting much, I bought it because I knew there was value to it, and it turned out there was... I would be lying if I said I liked this much as much as other FF games though; but I do like it more than a lot of RPGs I have played.
To me, it is a game that is still worth playing. I am not really a fan of Mass Effect type games, so I have no interest in playing those. I will, however, buy FF13-2 and FF15 (or FF14 if they scrap the old project, give up wasting time on these stupid online RPG attempts, and make FF14 a true Final Fantasy title).
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
