Ivalice

[Galuf]

a dumbed down summary of the plot:

Princess is maried with prince during warring times.
The war between 2 countries has culminated in a battle in the neutral region of dalmasca.
Prince rasler is eliminated during the war.
Vayne solidor arranges a peace treaty with king raminas of dalmasca, however he intends to kill him and take dalmasca over.
A small group suspects his false promise and tries to stop the murder, however they are too late and "Captain Basch" kills a young soldier named reks and the entire group
Flashforward a few years, and a teenager named vaan is hnting rats in a sewer.
He goes to see his caretaker Migelo, who asks him to find out what happened with his deliveries.
Vaan talks to a friend named tomaj who tells him a tomato scared off the supplier, so vaan goes out to kill it. upon his return he is locked out of the city of Rabanastre, because the parade for Vayne Solidor is about to begin.
Migelo convinces the guards to let vaan in, while scolding him for leaving the city.
Vaan, migelo and Vaans friend Penelo watch the speech by Vayne, who convinces an entire city of haters, to give him a second thought. Vaan and penelo are unconvinced.
Vaan plots to enter the Royal palace to steal stuff, and after some fetch quests in the Giza plains, he gains acess.
Once at the Vault he finds a mysterious treasure, which is later discovered to be a stone belonging to Ashes bloodline. All the while a resistance faction plots to eliminate Vayne.
Two bounty hunter, thiefy people named Fran and Balthier however discover Vaan looting the palace, and chase him to the rooftops.
After a chase scene the trio end up in the sewers and have to work together.
Towards the end of the sewers they notice a girl belonging to the Resistance group is trapped against imperial troops.
The group team up and defeat the imperials and make their way to the end of the sewers. Unfortunately the resistance failed in their plot and the entire amy captures the group.
In prison, Vaan meets a trio of dickface Seeq, and the saddest scene in gaming history occurs. Balthier and Vaan fight off the seeq, however a high ranking imperial "Judge Magister" Enters the scene, with another bonty hunter named Ba'gamnan. With balthier hidden, ba'gamnan is dissatisfied with the loss of his arch rival but is quickly put in place by the judge Magister (Gabranth)
Fran enters and the trio make their way out of the prison.... or rather deeper inside.
They spot a lone prison hanging over a large pit, inside is Captain Basch.
Vaan gets extremely angry that the Captain who killed his brother is infront of him. His brother being the soldier in the intro. named Reks.

as for a little break, remember this is like 2 hours into llike a 60 hour RPG if youre generous.
I will continue if you really want cos it gets alot deeper than this.

Also it bears reminding that disliking a plot and having no plot are completely different things.
I dont like FF8's plot much but i acknowledge its existence. Hell i even acknowledge FF15 has a [plot its just not well told.