I started off liking FFXII but ended up not caring for it for the same reason I despise FFVII. No character individuality. I like character customization to a point. I liked the spear system in FFX, the license system pales in comparison. Even if you try to make each character different, the license board fills up so fast they will end up being pretty much identical by the time you get half way through the game. Could have been worse, it been FFVII. I could go into detail about FFVII but I've done it many at time on many forums for the last decade and I just don't feel like doing it anymore.
IMO the Final Fantasy series has been in a slow declince since the World of Ruin in FFVI. FFVII was bad, FFVIII was terrible, FFIX was okay but great in comparison to VII and VIII, FFX I actually liked although it was very linear so I can see why some hate it, FFX-2 should be buried with the Atari 2600 ET cartridges, FFXI was an average MMO at best that becomes completely group dependent very quickly, FFXII had several good ideas that looked good on paper but were terrible in practice.
