Why was pic related so good while FFXV was such a shitshow?

Jade.

because Dragon Quest is a love project co-owned by all its 3 creators, while Final Fantasy is shovelware piece of shit ever since the creator left (FF9)

>Selling better means everything and it means you're wrong
No it doesn't, Barry.

I liked FF12

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i can see from your pic you liked it for the game itself and not for other reasons.

>majority of XV was full price
No.

I liked it for the game itself, the artwork, incredible graphics for it's generation, the music, partially the story, it's open world design, and also the combat system (which I think more FF games should utilise).

My main gripe with it is that it was fucking long and dragged on and many sections were really long, and also the endless side quests and hunts and optional stuff to do really kills any long term interest to finish that stuff.

I don't care if you think I have shit taste, it's my third favourite mainline FF (after 7 and 9, not counting Tactics as a mainline FF) and I've played 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12, 15 (and a bit of 14 )

Small/medium budget = Soul
Huge budget = Soulless

FFVII - older, thus a smaller fanbase and sony having a console was new at that time, furthermore sqauresoft wasn't that mainstream
FFXV - square is practically an AAA game company, FF titles are very mainstream, sells on the FF name