this game was really cool even though some people hated this game it's one of my favorite final fantasy games.

Graphics 9 the graphics on this game probably had the graphics than any other game PS2 they were really awesome looking they looked so realistic. as it portrayed the characters and how they saw the world and how it has become. there was really nothing wrong with the graphics for me.

Sound 9 the sounding was really realistic their voice actors were really cool sounding the music made me grin till my smile touched my ears the music was so happy and sad sounding every song has it's own emotion it wants to show off to the player. but sadly there is no battle theme to this game which made me think it was broken cause in this game you have open field battles so instead you have area themes which are still nice sounding. The Final and  normal boss themes are really fun to listen too but the Esper Battle theme is pretty odd sounding and creepy.

Addictiveness 8 this game is pretty addicting to play because of all the fun things you can play in the game like do some monster hunting quests or play a mini-game called fishing which you are able to do in south bank village i believe. and the game play just makes you wanna play again but a harder mode to see how better you've gotten. 

Depth 8 FF12's Depth is high cause this game does take a while to beat for my first play of the game it took like 100+ if you don't use a walkthrough or anything. there are so many quests and Esper Missions in the game. there are so many Dungeons,Caves,Sewers,etc to fight and explore earn great treasures fight bosses or find rare monsters(Rare Monsters give you tons of XP and AP but are hard)

Difficulty 9 this game is really hard even if you over level the monsters are always a few levels higher but the bosses stay the same level but that doesn't mean that their stats are overly high and they can beat sometimes even if your ten levels higher than them i know this from experience so level but get the best items as much as you can.

Story 9 the story starts with a boy named Reks who is waken up by the a rebel army leaders Vossler and Basch and has to fight to help the king of dalmasca they get their but sadly it seems like commander Basch murderd the king and all the rebels and some dead solidiers and then Reks get's stabbed by a sword and dies. then the game starts with Rek's little brother Vaan and his friend Kytes and they are clearing out the basement from rats so Vaan kills all the rats and they get out of the basement. and thats all of the story i'm telling

Overall Well I hope you guys enjoyed this review i had fun making it. I think you guys should at least try this fun game out. It does have lot's of hate but you might really enjoy playing it and I would love to hear any comments or questions about it.

if the graphics were in your opinion on par with most ps2 games, than how is that possibly a 9? if thats truly how you feel, than it would be like 4-6 since its average.

what is addicting about this game? is there 1 thing that makes you keep coming back, or perhaps even a plethora of things?

how exactly does time speant equate into depth? describe what is actually so deep. describe what you do throughout the game, not the story, but the actual actions you take, the actual things you do as a player, that make the game take so long. is it so long only because youre constantly running around, and everything is at a slow pace, or is it because of a large amount of things to do?

overall, another 2/5 due to the large lapse in details and single sentence review points for everything except story.