Quote Originally Posted by fusional View Post
ff12 didn't really have a central love theme or story arc, and i really appreciated that about it. you had some implied flirting between vaan and penelo, and it was clear enough that balthier and fran were an item, but none of it really had any impact on the story. i think that's an important distinction.
I know the popular thing is to lothe on FFXIII, but there was a subtle, hinted romance on top of the obvious one in that game as well. Which I found to be the better one and quite a nice step for SE to take.