Quote Originally Posted by King Edgar View Post
I've hardly played any of XII at all, just the demo years and years ago. The battle system turned me off, but I"m willing to give it a try if the game world and story and soundtrack immerses me.
The demo only represented at best a fraction of the final games battle system. I'm not sure how anyone could not like it to this day though considering you can pretty much play it any way you choose and it was like a breath of fresh air after years of the tired old turn based systems.

Also, the story in FFXII isn't like the other games; it's very good and has plenty of depth and even more than enough character development but it is spartan in it's approach to telling it all. It doesn't waste hours on needless cut scenes. Instead it says what needs to be said then gets back to letting you play the damn game. This was also a change I appreciated greatly in XII. It also features the deepest and most developed world of any entry in the series. If you like finding out the backstory of the worlds in these games you will love XII.

Overall, I will go on record as saying that XII is the best game in the series since IX and easily in my top four or five in the series. Maybe even top three depending on my mood. Few games are as rich, enjoyable and satisfying as this one, especially after sinking over 80 hours into my first play through.