FFXII

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I don't think it would be sold here...

FFVI Advance might not be, but FF Anthology (the Playstation version) has been out for years. It has both FFV and FFVI. You don't sound THAT into the Final Fantasy Series, but it should be relatively cheap, and can be a good time filler if you ever become bored.

I tried vi briefly, but I found it hard to get into due to the graphics... I have become so accustomed to playing very realistic looking characters... I know the gameplay is more important, but I also tend to rely on visuals quite a lot. I have no doubt it will get another try though. I had the same issue with ffvii to a degree.

I consider Final Fantasy 10 the last "real" Final Fantasy game, since the creator/executive producer left. I'm really hoping his upcoming Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon recapture that magic.

That said, I did find Final Fantasy 12 fun. The battle system actually worked surprisingly well. The idea of "programming" your characters is worth exploring more...but...

-overall I didn't like the battle system as well as probably any of the other games. It was great for quick random fights, but no fun for bosses. I would have liked even more customization, more complex "gambits" that could kind of handle IF/THEN type statements.
-the plot wasn't all that much better than "typical Japanese RPG"-it had a few good bits, but didn't come anywhere near the later Final Fantasy games (I found 9 and 10 especially moving-but even 6, 7, and 8 were all a lot better than 12 IMO).

So for me, it did exceed my expectations, but didn't lesson my desire to play the "Final Fantasy Guy"'s new games.

I love FFXII, it is a very playable, open-ended game, in the character sense.

I found it to be the first Final Fantasy that I truly disliked, for a couple of reasons.

Firstly, the characters themselves. Vaan annoyed me no end, and while the graphics were good, the way he's built is just wrong for a human. As in, no human will ever look like Vaan, in all time, ever, despite how good the graphics are.

Secondly, the character development. Final Fantasy 7, you added to your characters with materia. FFVIII, with Junctions, etc etc. FFXII, you unlocked your character slowly. Thats a crucial difference in my opinion- the previous systems allowed you to customise ways of making your character more powerful, while the new system was more to the lines of a way to bring your character up to par. It's difficult to explain the difference, but it's an important difference.

Thirdly, the story had potential, but I honestly couldn't bring myself to care about it. Oh no, you're country was attacked, and your brother died. Life goes on. The guards are as*holes, but it's not like they're killing the planet or making your life particularly bad. You have food, shelter, friends, a past, a present and a future. So does everyone you know.

At some point I might give it another go, and I did think the bounty hunting system was pretty cool, but compared to being able to play C&C 3, it doesn't seem appealing.

I think it's a great game, but it doesn't feel like Final Fantasy to me. It just doesn't evoke the same feelings that earlier Final Fantasies did. That's not to say that XII isn't fun game though. I think it would have worked well under a different title.

I think the license grid is kinda cool. I'm glad that pretty much everything gives LP unlike X where you had to fight, like, a million guys to get a couple spheres.

The story's okay. I'm not usually way into deep political plot lines that games featuring Ivalice normally contain.

All my characters are about level 27 and I'm stuck at the Stilshrine of Miriam. We've all got good weapons and my characters have almost all of their augmentation sections of their grids filled. We're still too weak though. I think this is one of those games where it's unwise to evenly level up characters (Which sucks because I insist on doing it).

I like Fran a lot because of her voice.

I think the only complaints I have are:

1: Boss battles are pretty uninteresting.
2: There's no world map like there was in the games prior to X. I really like world maps...
3: They should have kept the term "Mist Knack" instead of translating special skills as "Quickenings."
4: The music's lacking.

Overall though, I'm definitely having fun with it.

They still technically are Mist Quickenings.....

They both make sense to a degree....

Well, XII is killer. Killer as in hard. I got annoyed with it.