>>716076923
3 isn't bad. None of the games are bad. FC is unquestionably the worst in the series and that's still an 8/10 experience.

3 has some moments that high incredibly highly, but it doesn't have the masterful pacing of 2, or the consistency of 2. It's like, you know how 1 had an incredibly start but meandered in the middle and only really caught up again at the end? 3 is like that, but the dropoff in the middle is a lot sharper because the world isn't as interesting as 1's when you've got the reveals.

It's fun to play, the cast is pretty good, it's got great mechanics and it's fun to tool around in. Honestly, I would have liked it a lot more if I hadn't been such a completionist. Imo, it's a game where you'll ruin the experience for yourself by 100%ing it, doing all the quests, getting to lv100, all that stuff. Do the quests that interest you and beat the main story. Do not worry about doing everything, don't put your heart and soul into it. Do that and you'll have a great time.

And after 3 you can play FR which is absolutely phenomenal anyway.