FFXII is bar none the greatest Final Fantasy ever

[pearljammer]

Khuutra said:

Gilgamesh said:

Wow I'm actually in before Twesterm?

Anyway I agree with you that it's a good game, not the best but it's in my top 5. But I really hated Vaan and most of the characters and the story. I'd prefer some emo pussy then Vaan, he was just annoying. But I'd have to say its probably the funnest Final Fantasy game I've ever played.

The problem with FFXII that most people had with it was the two things that Final Fantasy is mostly known for, good story and good characters. Both of which FFXII didn't have, but gameplay was probably the best even though it was so different then the others so it kind of balances itself out.

See, there's the thing.

Save for a few in the early games (Kain), the game had the strongest characters in the series.

And it easily had the best plot. FFXIII is gonna have to try real hard to match it.

I'm quite a ways into FFXIII now (chapter 11) and I would say that neither the game's characters nor its plot is as good, as a whole, as XII. I realize that it isn't exactly fair to come to conclusions yet, as I've played XII through 3 times and XIII still remains unfinished, but it's seeming that way thusfar. Of course, that isn't to take anything from XIII's cast or anything. I'm really, really enjoying the game in whole.

With its battle system, however, I'm having much more fun than I did with XII - and I had a blast playing XII.