BraLoD said:
I dunno how could anyone hate the best FF. |
Well, from what I remember a lot of the hate stemmed from three things:
#1, Vaan. It may be unfair, but after a stream of 'pretty boy' main characters, people wanted someone rough & cool-looking as the face of the game. When 12 was initially released, guess which character got the brunt of advertisement face time...Vaan. A collective OMG reverberated throughout the fanbase.
#2, Ashe, or more specifically, Ashe's then-scandalous outfit. Vaan & Ashe were the focus of 12 ads, and SE fans were irritated that the game focused not only on a boy band reject, but a girl dressed for a rave instead of an adventure. "This was supposed to be set in the same world as FF Tactics, where princesses still dressed like princesses." Etc, etc.
#3, MMO-style combat. People still wanted their traditional turn-based combat, and most fans were still sore over the last mainline FF being a somewhat crappy MMO. First the above superficial complaints poisoned the well, and then upon release the gameplay actively turned people off. This is the primary issue I always had with it, 12's nearly auto-battle reliably put me to sleep.
