Never Again...

[crazybayman]

^ Man, I agree with all that, I've put in more hours on FFXII than any other RPG except maybe DQVIII, I can't even believe how much better this game gets every time I play it, and I'm always finding new things to appreciate about this amazing application of a script with a fantastic translation almost unequaled voice acting, BUT!!!:

It doesn't feel like a Final Fantasy.

And that's something I've been saying since dizzay uno. And I think that's what Crazybayman was getting at. That, and let's not be so quick to condemn the past simply because its battle system wasn't as "progresssive" [/fanboy drooling] as the latest installment. And for the record, no, you can't play it like the older games. Well, you can, but you'd have to turn the ATB to its slowest setting just for it to be sustainable. But even that's doubtful.

Well said!

No one's hating on XII. It is a good game. I'm even playing through it again (when I get the chance). However, when it comes to the battle system, it doesn't quite feel like a FF.

For me I find this especially so in the sense of enjoying a little bit of good ol' nostalgia.

And I suppose we could all argue until we were blue in the face about "why I like this one more than that one", with rebuttal from someone else about why their opinion is wrong, and they should like the game for the same reason that person likes it.

Its a farkin' crazy cycle I tell you!!!