Which is the greatest, VII or XII?

[Xanatos]

The characters and their motivations of XII we're just very weak, I couldn't for the life of me figure out WHY most of them were doing what they were doing.

Weak!

They were fighting against oppression, tyranny, to stop possible war outbreak on scale the world has never seen before, for better tomorrow. My father fought for the same cause, to defend his country so I may live in peace, would you call his motivations weak.


Final Fantasy XII offered us more than just pretty graphics as some seem to claim, it evolved the series in so many aspects, and people still moan about it. It distanced itself from usual teen characters, and cliched story seen countless times before with superficial difference at best.
Final Fantasy XII gave us freedom, huge open spaces, non random battles, battle system far superior to it's predecessors, Ivalice, live world with actual history, culture, and races, huge amount of content, challenge, music on par with other entries in franchise...

...still, there will be pricks who keep a blind eye to these facts when it comes to comparison with their favorite entry in franchise, therefor claims that Final Fantasy XII has only graphics compared to "input Final Fantasy game here" will still be common.

~EDIT~ Honestly I think people are just attracted to VII because it was the first FF game to majorly involve the american people err rather appeal to them the most, considering it was the first 3D FF game and at the time (let's be honest) not many people was totally into 2D games unless they were old school gamers. Let's switch places here, VII was XII and XII was VII, or rather let's use any FF game for that matter, I bet people would then say oh yeah FF__ is the best, just epic, superior in anyway shape or form.

Maybe I'm letting my feelings get in the way of this but still, no one has ever proven me wrong on thinking a majority thinks VII is the best bc it's the first 3D FF game on a new or rather popular console so I will stand by the above statement. I use to defend VIII, VI and Tactics against VII all the time when i was younger until I realized pfft why bother anymore. VI used to be that popular but because it doesn't have pretty graphics, a majority of people will forget about it. I think there's a rather handful of people who still consider VI one of the greatest FF games ever made, but in ratio, that's way smaller if you compare it to the VII fan base.

Ok I'm done with my little sermon...

There's some truth in your words. It's a common knowlege that Final Fantasy VII achieved it's immense popularity due to huge campaing no other title had before it in USA, and Europe, the fact that it was the first Final Fantasy in 3D, introduction to not just franchise, but RPG in general for mass amount of players.

On the other hand those who played other RPG-s before it, with few exceptions, rare though, fail to see the hype. Prime example would be Japan, where titles such as Final Fantasy IV, V, VI, Chrono Triger, and many more were already popular, and played by mass of players, Japan was wondering what the **** is with all those players, haven't they played a good RPG before.