God yes... good thread is good

The Quasi-FFXII story has potential... and I realize it's unfinished...
But if someone was baking a cake and they used cement mix instead of flour... you don't have to wait until it's done baking to know its not gonna turn out right

The NPCs really do have no life or purpose.... Yoshi talks about building the atmosphere around this impending doom... but other than the moon being ridiculously big... no one in Eorzea seems to give a shit

Its not even about voice acting... the Chrono Trigger/FFVI era characters had much MUCH more life

then the story is told in annoyingly futile little parts.... The level 42 main scenario quest is so bad that it hurts...
Its so bad that one of my friends didn't even realize there was a 42 quest... he thought 42 and 46 were both a part of the same quest

I repeat... It is not due to the unfinished story...
there is a great story underneath... some really awesome shit brewing...
But the story telling is HORRIBLE....
Its like your awkward friend struggling to tell you a joke
Im sure if the story was rewritten by Akiva Goldsman and narrated by Morgan Freeman it would be a hit...
But come on....

The NPC dialogue is subpar.... Character Development does not exist....
The most memorable characters in the game are in the Culinarian class quests.... Seriously SE? The cooking quests are your best work?
The fact that the entire community is cheering for this moon/meteor/machine thing to destroy everyone and everything in Eorzea is a bad BAD sign