could this be the best final fantasy?

[Renmiri]

Actually, the REAL bug of the game is that the Japanese are pointing with their eyes and elbows at Korea. Vayne is just like Kim Jong Il... The scary son of Kim Il Sung. It's their fear of him and the rest of Korea, basically. In fact, I'm a little scared of them, too. (The one thing I like about Kim Jong Il is that he's rumored to be the biggest Daffy Duck fan ever to exist. hehe.) I'm guessing that maybe Square Enix decided their fear of the future is a good subject to mold around and stuff into a game. I just hope that if this is true, the Koreans don't catch on.

Maybe... I do see some Nethicite / atomic energy similarities.

... i know that when it comes to books and maybe some video games i have not yet played that politics are done to death in them...

by the way i in no way consider myself of high intelligents so dont think i was trying to put myself above anyone...

You sounded that way... Which for someone who does read books, and a lot of them, wasn't very pleasant to hear... But you didn't mean it that way so no offense taken.

This argument that FFXII only appeals to "the more intelligent crowd" has been making the rounds lately. I find it funny because even if you don't read books, if you read your history or at least watched some old or recent movies you can't really say it is a "new" plot.

The Roman Empire had a Senate AND an Emperor, which made for some pretty dicey political situations. The Emperor couldn't rule doing all HE wanted and the Senate was always worried that the Emperor would turn into a dictator / King. One of their most powerful emperors, Julius Caesar was getting tired of the Senate's meddling and also really didn't trust his older son Brutus so apparently he was planing to close the Senate and give the throne to his younger son Caesarius. The boy who was pretty partial to the queen of a conquered land and didn't care much for war (her name was Cleopatra). Brutus got wind of this and killed Caesar, his own father. Sounds familiar ? Sure you probably saw a rerun of an old movie about Caesar and Cleopatra but also (SPOILER)It describes Vayne, his dad, Larsa, Ashe and the Archadian Senate almost to the T, does it not ? The only twist that FFXII "removed" is that Ashe is not dating Vayne's father and Larsa isn't her kid, whereas in history Cleopatra was dating Caesar and Caesarius was her kid with him

What about twin brothers Louis and Pierre (?), one evil and bent on power gathering and the other very nice and heroic. Louis was so evil that he made sure Pierre spent years locked in a dungeon, as a traitor of the State. Pierre was forced to use an iron mask so no one knew Louis was his twin brother.
Sounds familiar ? Yes, it is a recent Leonardo di Caprio movie but it is also (SPOILER)Almost exactly the Basch / Noah story (a tiny detail inverted on XII: Gabranth/Noah who is the evil one is the twin who uses the "iron mask". But Bosch rotted in a dungeon ad was accused of treason while Noah was living the good life

I also see some "Lawrence of Arabia" parallels with (SPOILER)Larsa's plot: A "son of the Empire" gets together with the conquered people and tries to help them regain their power, fighting side by side with them

In summary, you guys better rephrase "FFXII only appeals to the more intelligent crowd" to " FFXII has a strong appeal to the young FF players who just got politically aware" cause to anyone else it is not new, quite the opposite, it is a very old story being told for millennia by many good writers and story tellers.