Well I and critics will disagree with you there.
FF12 dared to step out of a worn out formula....n it did it spectacularly.
If FF12's story was as brilliant as the gameplay....or if the story had Ashe & Basch as the main characters....trust me FF12 would've been seen as one of the best FF's by majority of the people.
All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey