To me, Final Fantasy XII stood up well as an RPG, but not so much as a Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy XIII stood up well as a video game, but not so much as an RPG. I like control in my RPG's, and even the character progression system was linear. Despite being disappointed with it as a representative of the genre, I did like the characters, I did enjoy the combat, the music was very good and awesome at times, and I enjoyed running through the levels which were very interesting for the most part.