Regardless of appearances, I would purchase this if it were to be released. Given that I'm a newbie to the series.

Granted, I'd be better off going in with an open mind since my brother rented this once and hated it to a degree where he could not see how anyone would like the game at all. Granted, he was disappointed by FFVII and FFXIII, but he didn't slam them as bad as he did XII. At least he acknowledged with those games that he could see someone liking them.

Granted, I still plan on playing XII eventually. When I get to it, I will ignore my (younger) brother's complaints and promptly tell him "You're full of trout" (with sibling rivalry, of course) just like I did with FFXIII.