Quote Originally Posted by Xenor View Post
I think a lot of the hate for XII came from the plot not being the typical FF plot that most games have. Unfortunately that hate led to SE making XIII linear so they could focus on the plot more. They succeeded in that, it probably has the best story since VII but the linearity was awful until you got to Pulse. That's why I hope SE can take the best from XII and XIII when they produce XV. By the time it comes out the PS3 will be in it's final years so there's no excuse for not maxing the technology in the same way they managed with XII on the PS2.

They should have just made an MMO sequel to XII set in its world with HD graphics, it would have been released sooner and far better than XIV. Makes you wonder where it all went wrong with XIV's world design when they put that much effort into a single player world.
Kinda like Mystic Quest got a ton of hate when it wasn't a bad game at all.