The way I see it, people didn't like FFXII because the story wasn't over the top.
I had problems with it because it's repetitive, and that the story gets lost in the shuffle, at least to me it did. The gameplay is GREAT, but there's too much of it during the main game. It's about 10-15 hours too long, and some more cutscenes like the ones towards the end would be nice. Those cutscenes are absolutely fantastic, it's a shame I had to wait 50+ hours for them. Hell, the beginning hours of the storyline are pretty damn good, but the story just gets lost with the tens of hours you spend on battling enemies just to get to one place.
Not to mention that Ashe, Fran, and Larsa are some of the worst characters in any game ever. I absolutely despise them. Balthier, however, is epic.
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