Did the Xbox 360 indirectly damage the Final Fantasy brand?

[NightDragon83]

RolStoppable said:

Panama said:
Maybe. Something fishy is definitely going on though. 13-2 improves upon 13 in every single aspect yet has a lower aggregate score on Metacritic. Just seems like critics are trying to beat down on the franchise every single opportunity they get.

Final Fantasy is the new Sonic. The one big name you heavily criticize to have something to point to as an example that not every big name brand automatically gets high scores. Therefore, the entire review system is credible.

Except the Sonic franchise was considered a trainwreck for the better part of a decade, while the FF series has only recently fallen off its perch with the releases of FFXIII and XIV.  FFXII-2 appears to correct alot of mistakes that its predecessor made... I think it just gets a lower score because it's a sequel instead of its own full-fledged installment, and direct sequels like X-2 tend to get extra flack just for being sequels in a franchise where every games is supposed to be its own self-contained story and such.