Quote Originally Posted by Neo-Omega Mk XXV View Post
The story arguably "borrows" from Star Wars and the history of the Roman empire etc., but it's unfair to compare it to Shakespeare, Lucas, etc. on the grounds that it does an "evil empire with political intrigue" story, while exempting the other FF storylines from similar comparisons on the grounds that they're marginally more original. Every one of them fails miserably when compared to literary classics. I've found that so far (I'm up to Giruvegan) FF12's plot is easily superior to the plot of every other FF in the main series with the exception of FF7 and FF10. The pacing is not uniformly bad IMO, just uneven. I agree that (SPOILER) the trip to Archades drags, but I haven't had major problems other than that. I don't think the dialog sucks, though I agree that there's not enough of it. So let's not try to pass off opinions as "facts".
My point is that a sizable portion of FF fans in Japan, US and Europe have noticed problems with the story. That is a fact.

When people in 3 continents, all with different backgrounds, different expectations, different levels of FF knowledge and different tastes all find a thing in common to say about a game, I listen. Even if I didn't agree, I'd listen

PS: The pacing is not uniformly bad IMO, just uneven I'd say the same about the entire FFXII game. Which makes me mad at it because parts of it are the greatest ever so the lame parts make XII loose it's spot on the "greatest games of all time" list