[quote=LunarWeaver;2024759...But XII is more play and less watchy, which will be good for some and bad for others I suppose.[/quote]

That is if you actually count battles as playing and not watching.

In terms of plot development the game was extremely short. Only the last 3 areas of the game offered any really interesting plot advancement, and they all end abruptly leaving a huge amount of things unconcluded.
Which is alright if you are going for the uncertain future ending, but does not work well with happily ever after.

I felt the game was very short but looking back at my play time it is a considerable length, guess it just seeped shorter because while other games have my undivided attention I was usually on the computer while I was 'playing' XII.