Quote Originally Posted by Roto13 View Post
Only for story whores. (And even then, only for story whores who don't want to follow a story about a situation instead of a story about magical young adults.)
Joy, turns out I'm a whore. Well excuuuuuuuuuuuse me, Princess. Heaven forfend that I might actually want to play a JRPG for the story. I mean it's not as if the vast majority of them are so convoluted in their gameplay elements and grind-up-the-ass that the story is pretty much the major part of the game. Calling me a story whore is like calling someone who asks for tea leaves mixed in their tea a flavour whore. Granted you could tell them to not complain about only having hot water to drink, but they've still got a valid reason to be irked.

Quote Originally Posted by Big D View Post
Agreed; I consider FFXII's story in the simple-but-well-told category. A reasonably straightforward plot, but with depth and back-story to make it rich and engaging. A nice change from the trend of plots that are so convoluted they almost require re-playing the game just to have a clear idea of what's happening and why.
If by straight forward you mean tired, dull and uneventful then I concur. It's not so much the simplicity of the plot I hate (though that is one of the things I don't like), it's the sheer poorness of the way it is presented and the main characters. I've yet to have anyone on this planet legitimise the presence of Penelo in the game apart from to fill out the last party slot. Everything you do and everyone you talk to just seems so inconsequential to the proceedings (which incidentally are, as I say, tired, dull and uneventful) I can almost feel my brain glazing over everytime someone opens their mouth to utter out stilted exposition dialogue. And that's really what it comes down to; the game pretty much just has every NPC advance the plot. That's about it. There's zero character development, zero motivation, no growth in terms of the story, no interesting internal conflicts, no philosophical musings (granted it's usually pseudo-intellectual but at least it's interesting), absolutely nothing which is said that isn't designed to punt you from point A to point B.

In a word, FF12's story is horrible. It's easily the most boring game I've played in my life by a long margin. This is without me even mentioning the other reasons why I hate the game.