Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
For the 1000th time, I enjoyed this game. it was alright. However, I think the game serves as an example to question the path that Square is headed and where they're taking it. Rather than making a new Final Fantasy it feels more like they made a KOTOR rip-off, and threw in moogles, crystals, the prelude, espers, and tried to see if anyone would notice.
I think it's been stated that this Final Fantasy isn't a pre-cursor to where the series is head, but an installment where Squeenix dabbled in new themes and taking a risk. And maybe it's just that you're comparing FFXII to a game with a similair atmosphere and gameplay.

And considering that this is a Final Fantasy game, moogles, crystals, the prelude, espers, and all of the other FF references weren't put in to "see if anyone would notice", but to truly make it a Final Fantasy game.