Nostalgia

[Reslin]

But who is that person to say that they are forgetting this? Perhaps the person they are talking to never felt that way. I never did in XI, certainly. In fact I've never felt that way in any game since I was a child. You are in effect being told 'your views aren't valid because you aren't remembering it properly'

Except nostalgia does exist. Even if you could play vanilla FF11 and still enjoy it 100% doesn't mean that nostalgia simply doesn't exist. The word exists for a reason even if you are the exception. I typically will tell someone they're being nostalgic and point out the faults. If the person denies those faults from existing they're being blinded by nostalgia. If they acknowledge those faults but claim that it gave the game more character and it's partly why they enjoyed the game then my comment about them being nostalgic isn't valid. Instead, I'd point out that their opinion isn't shared by the majority.