The Lessons Not Learned.

[Absimiliard]

Yes. By critics. FF13 was received rather decently by critics as well if I recall. The issue comes with the community reception itself. Both games were seen as underwhelming, with 13 having quite a lot of community backlash over the linearity, the plot, the style and the characters. Hell, even the lack of the Prelude was brought up. FF14 1.0 coming right after did not help :|

I don't know many people that will call XIII anything but hot garbage. I've not bothered to look into its sales, but I know I would rather get a lead injection to the dome than play that game again.

Also, why exactly is your post framed as if to imply I did not say basically the same thing your reply just did? You essentially reiterated my point while acting as if I said the opposite. This is confusing.