[PS2] Final Fantasy 12 - Unappreciated or underwear

If we're discussing whether FFXII is underwhelming or underappreciated:
Talaysen already pointed out that with an average numerical score of about 91%, and high marks wherever you go, it's certainly not underappreciated. Meanwhile, there are a vocal few that have found it underwhelming, perhaps becaus of how different it is from other Final Fantasies, in certain ways.

To chip in my own opinion, I ejoyed it more than any Final Fantasy in the last 10 years. Loved the battle system, loved the setup, loved the story, loved the presentation. One of my favorites for sure, and Zodiac Job System is even better. Shame that it won't be released in America. Shame.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Denicalis

If by a few hours you mean level grinding with AI that basically means you don't even have to touch a button. So if you want to watch your people run around a desert and then run away and hit something, repeat ad nauseum, then sure.

Yeah I really wish there was a way to turn gambits off. That would have eliminated that problem pretty much entirely. If only it were possible.

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Originally Posted by Monkey King

Does this really have much bearing on anything? As has been established by now, reviewers who don't give good marks to high profile games get fired. The game could be a giant steaming turd and it's still going to get 90%+ because it's a big name Final Fantasy game and nobody dares say anything bad about it because they want to keep their jobs and ad revenue.

So now "One incident at Gamespot" = "Every reviewer everywhere."

Quote:

AllRPG.com - Final Fantasy XII - Review

Suffering no loss of ad revenue or free games.

Also, there are *cough* a few places one can look for that...don't fall back on ad revenue...at all:
RPG Land: Merry Christmas » News » Square Enix declines to show gameplay, knows you’ll buy crap anyway

But the best counterpoint to that, perhaps, lies in forums like this one and aggregator sites that let users review things. When the users are also gushing and giving 90%+, well, that says quite a bit too.

Really though, there are counterstories lying all over the place, plenty numerous, that aren't worth delving into individually to avoid spending too much time on this, but in recent memory, lots of people gave Assassin's Creed -- a high profile game with lots of bucks spent on advertising -- pretty average scores. Such to the point that Penny Arcade wrote a counter-review saying "Hey, reviewers, I thought it was great, ease up" which IGN subsequently got pissed about. (LOLIGN)
Speaking of IGN, I think they gave Kingdom Hearts II something like a 7.3, which by most people's scales, is not a blockbuster score. That guy didn't get fired. So let's not take the practices of Gamespot/CNet and assume they apply to every single media outlet in the world, eh?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Rotorblade

I've seen it said to death, but FFXII isn't a game that spells it all out to you. And it isn't obligated to, it isn't a movie. It isn't a book. It isn't a comic book. It isn't a radio drama. It's a video game.

That's some pretty absurd thinking. Why would I ever want to have to do something? Is a game suddenly something I have to participate in? As if I have to play it somehow? WTF!? When did this shit start?

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