FFXII could have been a masterpiece..

[reinward]

i feel like this game could have been the greatest FF game ever made, maybe even the greatest game ever created! as it stands it is just a good game. i mean, i really liked the plot but what killed it was the pacing and lack of character interaction. there never really seemed to be any small talk. the only way you can really get to know the characters is through dialogue... i just felt like the game lacked enough dialogue especially considering how much dungeon crawling there was... though i will say they did a FANTASTIC job fleshing out the world and NPCs.. pretty much the opposite of the god awful FFXIII

having said that i still really like this game... its my 3rd favorite behind only FFIX and FFX... but i feel like it could have easily been the best

just for perspective heres how i would rate the FF games i've played:

FFIX-10/10
FFX-8.5/10
FFXII- 8/10
FFVII- 7/10
FFVIII-6/10
FFXIII-2/10