I don't think there is anything wrong with critiquing games on social failings (particularly when said game is plot heavy) much like there isn't anything wrong with critiquing a game's level design or game mechanics. Criticism is what drive people to improve, be more creative, be more daring and stifling game criticism stifles interesting game ideas. Like I'm sure many developers in the late 90s-mid 2000s thought having an underwater level as part of their game design was a great idea. It was, after all, what they wanted to do for their game. But after receiving criticism from the audience after releasing those games, they kind of stopped doing that. It's why Blizzard abandoned the Auction House in Diablo 3 or why KH2 decided to put the camera on the analog sticks. Developers are ultimately always the one to decide what gets put into a game and what doesn't (disregarding any business decisions such as DLC or micro-transactions) so obviously if they want to change something within their game because of critiques, it's because it's something they wanted to do. Otherwise they would just ignore the critique because it's something they didn't feel it was wrong or wanted to change it.
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Your last point is kind of the reason why I don't expect FF themed worlds because there has been an established origins for the KH version of the Final Fantasy characters. I mean it is KH so established points can always be thrown out the window but for something like Midgar, we already have established that Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, Cid, etc. homeworld is Radiant Garden. Same with Wakka and Tidus being residents of Destiny Islands (instead of Spira) and how certain characters don't even know eachother (Tidus/Yuna or Squall/Seifer). It could work for games that haven't had representation, like XIII, but yeah lol.
