Thats why I don't trust metacritic or any reviewer after FF13, I play the games and FF13 was the most dissapointing game ever for me, didn't even read a forum to avoid spoilers and same thing with all my brothers and friends who played it, I was actually shock that it reach a 8/10 but fans know the truth.

We must have played different games, then. Because I recall characters in XIII evolving throughout the game. Lightning went from a heartless bitch to a careful companion. Hope went from a coward towards a not-that-much coward. Fang kept her over-protective attitude throughout the game, but she opened her eyes at the very end. Sazh was well-developed from the very beginning though, so instead he's the comical relief of the team.

I can agree with Snow and Vanille being one-dimensional in the whole game.

I agree Sazh was good.

@people saying the combat was the best part of FFXIII. I disagree as it was mostly Auto battle. The soundtrack was probably the best, even bad games can have a good soundtrack.

Are Final Fantasy 10 fans hypocrites? 

Most people who have played Final Fantasy 13 hate the game, most of them I'd assume are Final Fantasy fans, meaning that a good majority of them are also Final Fantasy 10 fans.  Now Final Fantasy 13 has a lot of problems, from the auto battle combat system, the the mostly unlikeable characters, to the confusing story, terrible equipment system, and crappy dialogue.  Last and what you hear most people talk about, is how Final Fantasy 13 is a long 20 hour hallway.  Is it?  Yeah.  For around 12 hours or so, you'll almost walk straight the entire time with a few divergences here and there with treasure chests at the end.

So why am I questioning Final Fantasy 10 fans being hypocrites?  If you also like Final Fantasy 13, or like me you think both games are garbage, then this isn't aimed towards you at all, but those of you who have played and love Final Fantasyy 10 but despise Final Fantasy 13 and constantly use the long hallway reference, there's a good chance you're a hypocrite.  No offense.

One major difference in Final Fantasy 10, unlike 13 is there are towns.  However, other than that, Final Fantasy 10 is one long hallway after the next.  There are a few divergences leading to a treasure box here, and very very rarely leading to a story event.  It's not until you get to the calm lands that there's a few more open areas to explore then you're led back to that long hallway again.  Overall, like Final Fantasy 13, Final Fantasy 10 is mostly one long hallway as well.

I just wanted to throw that out there.  Just think about that next time you call Final Fantasy 13 nothing more than a long 20 hour hallway.

Actually, this is a perfect example of what I was talking about. The auto battle was completely optional, you can just switch it to manual. You don't see people hating on GTAV, Red Dead Redemption, Watch Dogs,  Metal Gear Solid V because of the auto-aiming option, do you? 

Edit: In Watch Dogs you can't even turn the auto-aim off, only reduce its effect..

Auto battle is possible in FFXIII and you can even do the whole game with only auto battle. You cannot auto battle throughout any other FF game. Sure you could say in FFXII that you can make it automated, but the player has decide what is within via gambits. Auto aiming is definitely different then auto battle though. I never really played those games so I cannot comment on them.

I know it is possible, the point is that Auto-battle is optional. If you hate it, don't use it. Also, just like in XII, you have to set roles for each character in XIII before the battle, and when you lose, you try different combination. During the battle you keep changing roles to adapt to the situation and to stagger the enemies. There is depth to the combat system even if you choose to use auto-battle

Auto aiming is not diffrent at all. press one button ( R2 ) and the pointer is exactly on the enemy... shoot. If the enemy moves, re-press R2 and the pointer is on him again.

I hope my point is clear this time.