Quote Originally Posted by Imperfectionist View Post
Me and Final Fantasy XII have a bit of a love/hate relationship.
I've got to agree with Mr Cactuar on the music, it's just not memorable

The absence of random battles... I really miss them.

I don't think it's the absence of a love story that brings this game down necessarily, it's the lack of any real emotion from any of the characters. ...

And Vayne! What a bad villan..

The basic idea for the plot... Square failed to build on it properly, ...

However, I don't think this is a necessarily bad game. It's just that, when compared to other Final Fantasies, it doesn't live up to the same standards.
Agreed 100%

Quote Originally Posted by bucklebunny View Post
The battle system was brilliant

The graphics... yea, I don't even have to say anything <3

..Penelo and Fraan seemed void of personality to me, and yea, I didn't care as much about them as I did with other FFs....

The story... it was eh. I don't need a sweeping love story at all, but I just didn't really care... the threat of war seemed far away and things seemed far too cheery for me to worry. I'm all for political intrigue... as long as it brings the drama, which FFXII really didn't, in the end. There were threads that I got excited about, but they just ended, or weren't as interesting as I expected them to be. It had some major potential, but there just seemed to be a disconnect between the politics and people of the story. That was my biggest problem with it-- bland.
The wasted potential!!! It pissed me off
Quote Originally Posted by auberginedreams View Post
IMO this was a very good game, it just wasn't a good FINAL FANTASY game. It should have been a sequel of sorts to Vagrant Story, not part of the main FF series. I really enjoyed this game, but I was ultimately disappointed because I was expecting something along the lines FFVII-FFX.
Yup, same here