I need to update my personal rating system to be out of 10. Currently I rate out of 7 stars. I give Final Fantasy XII 6 out of 7 stars. Here's a short review...

Graphics - PERFECT! Movies, backgrounds, characters, monsters, special effects, world map, menus, everything!
Sound - Great music from Hitoshi Sakimoto! Although I prefer Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy soundtracks and Hitoshi Sakimoto's earlier works.
Controls - The controls are great but need a little improvement. There is no option to invert the camera controls, which is the biggest and most obvious error. Also, I prefer more configuration options. Also, L1 and R1 should have been used for page up and page down in menus, but weren't.
Story - The story is kinda good but it needs some improvements.
Characters - The characters are kinda good but some of them need some improvements.
Battle system - Great gambit system but you get little money and items after a battle, which makes it necessary to level up more.

Final Fantasy XII is great! It doesn't reach perfection level. I also drastically understated the great aspects of this game. Buy this game if you like traditional rpg's definetely and you should probably buy it if you like rpg's. For gamers in general, they should probably rent it.

Also, the sidequests are great in this game. It takes 100 hours to beat this game with no sidequests, then 50 more hours for most sidequests, then 50 more hours to level up to a very high level and finish up the rest of the sidequests. This is a main Final Fantasy game, beat it to 100% completion! Also, don't forget to buy the special edition version of the game from EB Games or GameStop that has a metal case and a bonus disc. Get the special edition version of the strategy guide also. Get all the soundtracks and singles next!