I have done plenty of times, but the come back along with many is "But I liked not having minigames" " I didn't mind the new challenge of selecting gambits to do all the work for me" "I didn't mind the new political story, I don't like all that character development stuff" "I didn't like NPC" "I didn't like traditional towns"
The come backs ignore everything people say on the matter because one can't accept the games one likes are low quality and dumbed down and contrary to what the basics of RPG are.
Nothing you like or excuse is going to change the fact that XII had a bare bones story and an awful gameplay compared to VII-X, no excuses you can make can hide the flaws of XIII and its 2 AI characters auto mode and its gauntlet play through. There are real flaws, numerous and game breakers in both these games, and that isn't an opinion. It is a fact.
You are asking me to pretend that there is some sort of opinion based discussion going on but like many things that is an illusion. Again, what you like is what you like. It is possible to like something that is flawed and/or dumbed down. That is your own personal preference... but please don't try to argue like because of this, the flaws don't matter or don't exist.
They do.
We have long since established that some people just can't get around to let go of their goddamn fanboyism and use logic
Because that'd be behaving like actual sentient life.
Maybe it just comes down to that.