I strongly disagree about the sucking part, although the S-E meddling is very true.
Matsuno's original vision was awesome, even before using Basch and Ashe as the main characters. Heck it was supposed to be Balthier.
FFXII is my second favourite FF of all time, mainly because of it's story and it's gameplay, but I agree that it could have been so much better if they had kept the original vision.
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