okay, I just played this game about 20 minutes ago and after about 7 minutes of gameplay I had to turn the thing off.
I'm sorry. It's so horrid. I have put my time into it as well. I'm about 50 hours into the game, and can't finish it. I (sadly) think even the characters (who have no voice overs) in final fantasy 6 have MORE PERSONALITY than the characters from ff 12 :/ These characters lack everything that makes them a final fantasy character. Final fantasy is known for such lovable/likable characters. Even the bad guys have loving fanbases (does this game even have a main villain???) Though I'am very fond of Fran's look/ore. And I enjoy balthier's accent/sly remarks... when I catch them xD What was cool is that they aren't assigned a certain role (the whole license thinger), so you can decide each ones fate. It gets severely boring after a while though if you don't know where your character is going.
The game was good when I actively played it, but it's very difficult to pick back up on. Nothing is really too memorable. Except the in-active scenery. The battles were sometimes quite fun, I loved loading my character with gamebits and watching them fail. It was defiantly a challenge. I do wish they would resort back to ATB or at least a controlled area. Also some of the monsters are challenging but for the most part are pushovers. I can't remember any bosses except the wall one. I died several times
I like the music for the most part (it needs to change during battle) You know to build the excitement, raise your blood, etc...
I will not share my opinion about the storyline, I don't know/remember anything, except a very vague word: Empire.
Overall, this game could be very enjoyable if I maybe had paid closer attention too what ever I missed. Frankly, most of the time I honestly felt distracted, by the voice acting (which was phenomenal) or rather really big words I'm not familiar with. Yet this isn't my least favorite ff, please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm just not praising this one with love it doesn't deserve. Or I'm just not using my dictionary enough. I just feel all square gives a s*** about now a days is GRAPHICS GRAPHICS GRAPHICS. Ugh. At least with this game. And anonymous up coming releases.
Like someone said, it's good to be refreshed with something new