The storylines are all the same basic thing anyway. World is in danger. Group of heroes saves the world. The end.

As far as XII's being a lot like II's... I've never heard that. If that's the case, I dont particularily care, but I'd really not stressed about it yet, seeing as the game isnt out yet. I wouldnt care if they used the same story lots of times, so long as it was always interesting. If they can make it interesting and compelling, that's all that matters to me. I'm not arguing semantics.