Someone explains this to me : FFXIII outsells Mass Effect 2 by 1'632'195 in the west

[Runa216]

Xen said:

Unexplainable - given how huge of a fucking travesty XIII is. It's easily the worst FF I have ever played. Everything but the music and graphics sucks so bad that it looks as if they deliberately engineered it to be horrible.

No character development. No story. Incredibly repetitive. Ends abruptly (did I mention that the story sucks?) Either way, it does.

I've never been so disappointed in a game, ever - unless the ending I got is not the real one or something.

I was pretty riled up seeing the first western reception, but hell, it's not nearly as harsh as it should be. I gave the game a 5 - and it now seems that I was overly generous.

Making a full review soon. UGH.

P.S: My apologies to EDGE - their review is the only fair one after "playing" this "game".

Sir, you have no idea how right you are.  Can I add "broken gameplay mechanics", "No sidequests/minigames", and "A Completely stupid and dumbed down fighting engine"?