Right I know why
[HEADING=2]The story[/HEADING]
The story was so dull and forgettable. Every single Final Fantasy managed to keep my attention throughout the entire game and every single one I can remember to this date. XII's bored me so much I had to come off sometimes to do something more entertaining.
The characters in XII were boring, annoying, half looked like transvestites and overall were just unlike-able
[HEADING=2]The combat[/HEADING]
Every single Final Fantasy before had a turn based combat system while XII's was a real time. In my opinion the community was drawn at this point because one half loved the turn based, while the other half loved the real time. I personally am among the ones who loved the turn based combat and since the other Final Fantasies sold so well with the turn based combat, it felt like Square Enix screwed the fans over. Granted the majority of complaints for the previous Final Fantasies was the combat system but at least they had the story, graphics or music to fall back on to if you didn't enjoy the combat
[HEADING=2]The music[/HEADING]
Do you hear people mention about music from Final Fantasy VII? Yes you say, that's because the music played was fitting for the settings and the instruments playing was usually right for the type of music being played. This is a massive factor, try playing a chase scene without any music and you feel no where near as motivated. While Final Fantasy XII's was pretty much remakes of previous scores but had an orchestra playing them. This may not sound like such a bad thing but if you hear the Final Fantasy IX's ukulele de chocobo and then listen to the Final Fantasy XII's version, you no longer get the light and playful feel for the chocobo but it feels much more dark. Even though it is exactly the same piece
[HEADING=2]The settings and graphics[/HEADING]
My final point, I didn't finish the game because I disliked it quite a lot because it had nor real sense of fantasy. It felt like I was going through a city with a few people in weird costumes. The settings also felt too random, one point you are walking through a sandstorm and the next screen you are on a mountain top. It felt really disjointed and random, not only that they were boring too.
I'm sure people will disagree with me and others will agree but it's my opinion and I didn't like it. Also there are much worse JRPG's and a lot worse RPG's out there but I don't tink anyone could convince me to ever actually finish it
