Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
I honestly feel that XII has the most human story in the series, the party actually distrusts each other, the adult look at the kids as liabilities as opposed to equals, and everyone didn't become all super "buddy buddy". It was refreshing afters years of the formulaic FF titles. It was the first FF to really take the series into a mature direction and not actually shy completely away from the darker elements like in the past.
I agree with this, and I think FFXII's story is definitely a step in the right direction for much better games with mature, intricate political plots. However, the pacing and development of it was just terrible and lacked enough substance to keep me really caring about what was going on, which is why it gets knocked down a notch in my rankings.