FFXII... why the hate?

[kahlzun]

I'm not really sure, but XII just didn't 'drag' me in the way that 7 through 10-part-two did. Even 9 (which i passionately dislike) had more immersion.

I guess I don't like the games where you play as a thief character?

 

[Baldr4500]

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[DracoSuave]

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You've no idea how much I love you for saying this. I found that XII had the similarity to VI in that it didn't revolve around just one character and that more than just Terra (or in XII's case Vaan) played a large role in the plot.

I also liked how XII took a step away from the epic adventure story and a step closer to the political unrest story, sort of like Tactics (no surprise as XII was made by the same folks who made Tactics) and it makes for a much deeper story in my opinion.

Ironicly, I actually felt FF13 had a closer story structure to FF6, which is what gave me a lot of enjoyment.

But really, any comparison to FF6 is a favorable one, that game was -hella- good.

And the music... oh yes.

 

[Manji187]

The story was okay but mostly what got the ire of the fans was this guy

He was the person you played as yet he had no essential part in the main story Basch should have been the main person you controlled.

Yeah...but you know how the Japanese feel about a FF main character who is older than 21.....that's like OMG geezer!!

 

[Joshroom]

Some people who liked previous FF games didn't like this one because of the combat. FFXII was, I think, a good game, but it wasn't really Final Fantasy in the same sense that titles 1-X were.

I think this sums up my opinion as well. I enjoyed it myself and I'm no FF newbie but it did change a lot of the core mechanics that fans had come to expect and that was bound to cause aggrivation for certain fans. Also, Vaan didn't help; whiny, dumbass main character that he was.

 

[fenrizz]

I don't know to be honest.

I liked it.