I was able to convince my last girlfriend to play FFXII. She wasn't keen at first because she wasn't a fan of turn based combat. I explained to her that XII was a little different, and whilst it is technically turn based, it's quite seamless and fluid - that it felt more like an MMO rather than a traditional JRPG. Then I think she got into her head that it must've been exactly like WoW and became even more against the idea of trying it. I gave up.

Weeks later, she saw me playing.

Turns out I just needed to show her Balthier to get her hooked.