Quote Originally Posted by Rulakir View Post
I don't usually find political or wartime stories interesting. My first FF title was FFX, which I loved. Then I played FFXII, which I didn't care for at all.



Individuals have different sets of values and what's important to one person isn't to another. It's why I don't believe these conflicts work and you'd think they'd have learned that between ShB & EW (or real life for that matter). Especially given the way FFXIV tends to treat antagonists, it's condemning of the 'wrong' set of values regardless of what Yoshi-P says about accepting different ways of thinking. I wish more of the DRK questline mentality carried over to the main MSQ where the WoL struggles with whether or not they're doing the right thing.
I will concede that there are a lot of parts in FFXII that drag on a lot longer than needed-which isn't helped by the decision to make Vaan the starring character as opposed to Ashe or Basch.

However, a decent chunk of FFIX is technically a war story as well with tragic and impactful events such as the sacking of Burmecia, the annihilation of Clerya, Atomos laying waste to Lindblum, and the shocking destruction of Alexandria. I will argue that FFIX is a war story done right, balanced with excellent characterization and being able to play through such intense events as opposed to having them happen in the periphery like in FFXII.