Quote Originally Posted by Fynn View Post
Fran's real merit are her interactions really. There's so much going on in there that isn't outright stated but is just fine masterfully through the use of body language. You can tell how deeply they care for each other just by looking at them, whether you interpret that as romantic or not (though you'd be wrong if you didn't )
Fran only really interacts with Balthier, which I agree, is made great by subtlety and the emotions that are unsaid, but I can hardly remember any time she meaningfully communicates with Basch or Penelo.

That's probably the greatest weakness to me. The party just doesn't feel like a party. There's pairings of deep interaction, but there's not really much room for conversation between pairings, like with Fran and Basch, for example. I'm not necessarily saying the group should achieve Persona 4 levels of sugary camaraderie, but I do feel that the group could, you know, be a group.

They do a hell of a lot of walking in the course of the story, and they only communicate in cutscenes. I almost think FFXII would have benefited from party banter as seen in the Dragon Age series, which really flesh out character interaction.