There are a lot of factors like story, characters, side content, QOL, etc that effect the overall games quality.
Just because the games is newer and have better graphic =/= better game.

Xillia lack of side content with short story despite begin an anniversary game.
Zestiria is pure disaster
Arise is subjectively has the worst pacing in the second half in the whole franchise.
Content such as secret and side quest that usually consist of story-related or wacky fun events in older games. Now half of them are just a mere fetch quests for an example.

There are a lot of factors like story, characters, side content, QOL, etc, that affect the games' overall quality.
Just because the games are newer and have better graphic =/= better games.

Xillia is lack of side content with short story despite its being the first franchise's anniversary game.
Zestiria is pure disaster.
Arise is subjective to be the worst pacing in the second half of the whole franchise.
Content such as secret and side quest usually consists of story-related or wacky fun events in the previous games. Now, half of them are just mere fetch quests for an example.[/i]


Grammar Nazi is welcomed here.
Anyway you have your point, Mr. Potato Head.
I agree by the way.