Now that I think about it I'm beginning to appreciate what FFXII did more and more. It actually didn't do a lot of the common cliches in the genre and makes me wonder, do people hate the game because it didn't do so many cliches?

Quote Originally Posted by Roto13 View Post
Random battles have very little to do with the way the battles are actually fought.
Are you referring to turn-based combat or random battles? I know they go hand in hand but I don't get your problem with random battles while I could fully understand an issue with turn-based combat.