Quote Originally Posted by Skyblade View Post
3. Yeah, the lack of a love story did not help the game. Love stories have been a staple of FFs since the beginning, and I would have liked to see one in this game as well. Not that a game needs a love story to be good, I'm just a sappy romantic who prefers them.
They have not been in FF since the beginning. FFI-III didn't have one, and FFIV would have been the first. FFV also didn't have one; FFVI had one, though it was hardly the main focus of the game, and was never as blatant or forced as many of the others. FFVII and on up until X obviously had their love stories (each of varying quality), while FFXII didn't (we'll exclude FFXI here). So essentially, not only have love stories not been present in the series since the beginning, only about half of the titles in total have even featured a love story at all. Love stories aren't integral to an FF.