For me its quite the opposite, past games ruin FFXII for me because theyve instilled in me a preference kind of RPG gaming that ive grown to love for over 20 years.

Its one thing to start mid life in the series and work your way back playing the older ones, but its another to start with the very first the day it came out and go on up each installment for years.

Ive literally grown up with the series and i like it a certain way, and XII is such a drastic change it just makes me wish it wasnt a Final Fantasy game...but it is and ive accepted that, i just know that my love for the series remains in all past installments and it looks like it may stay that way from here on out.

I enjoy XII but not like i did with past installments.