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colliding posted...

I think it's fine to play ARR, quit and give the entire game the same score, tbh. It's the same as me playing half of the first Xenosaga and giving its overall story a bad score, I think. If the game's story is so boring it keeps you from playing, then that should factor into the grade.

I disagree in both cases.

You could say the first Xenosaga game's story is bad but you cannot by definition say the rest is bad because you've never experienced it. There is a significant difference between judging something halfway that is released at one time versus something later because the writers may have changed, or the current writer may have taken feedback and gotten better. They may have also adjusted the story to focus more on what people want and less on what they didn't, etc which isn't the case with judging something that is already out and done and can't really be changed.

I DO think it's fair to not be into something based on the first entry and never give the rest a chance, though.