Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
The stories of X and XII were below industry standards? Two of the most well beloved FF games of the past 20 years?
Your mileage may vary.
In 10 I personally really disliked how much the plot relies on teleporting the party around.

On that note, many characters seem to make bad decisions solely for the sake of the plot trying to manufacture an exciting moment.

The actual beat for beat of the story gets really repetitive, especially with those three totally not Team Rocket stooges so consistently wasting your time and it seems like the characters are constantly rehashing the same conversation without saying anything new. 10 actually made me realize how much of each Final Fantasy game is the party just kind of fumbling around.

And having an obvious villain (Seymour) that everyone is so surprised is actually evil makes for some really limp drama that goes on for far, far too long.

I could continue, but I don’t wanna risk derailing this thread to make it about 10 instead.

Just because people like it doesn't mean it has a good story.

I can't speak for 12, but I don't understand how people can say 10 is above average unless they have a fairly low or resigned opinion of JRPG stories.