Final Fantasy XII was released before it would have been accepted by the FF fanbase.

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Galvanizer said:

Otakumegane said:
I think Xenoblade is FF12's true spiritual successor. Aside from not being able to switch between characters, Xenoblade seems like what FFXII should've been.

Actually, Xenoblade is what FFXIII should have been had it evolved off FFXII.

Xenoblade is probably what FF12 should have been, FF13 should have been better. Final Fantasy should always be the #1 RPG of its time, but some of them weren't: FF9, 11, 12, and 13 in particular.

But of all those games FF12 was the one that really felt like it had the potential to be better, the other 3 bad ones represented poor directions.