2. Its Story Is Very Star Wars and Pirates of the Caribbean
It’s nigh impossible to miss Final Fantasy XII’s thematic and on-screen inspiration while playing through this game. It’s even more apparent when you realize that Final Fantasy XII originally released in 2006.
Here’s a quick synopsis of Final Fantasy XII’s story: There’s an encroaching and omnipotent imperial force threatening our main characters and their world and the only thing standing in their way is a group of rebels.
Wait, did we just describe Star Wars?
No, but the parallels are there and it makes sense — during the development of Final Fantasy XII, the Star Wars prequels were playing on silver screens around the world.
Another popular franchise making money on the silver screen around the development of this game was Pirates of the Caribbean and no character gives away this franchise’s inspiration on Final Fantasy XII more than Captain Jack Sparr…err…Balthier.
Naively confident, charismatically lovable and quite literally a pirate, Balthier is, for all intents and purposes, Final Fantasy XII’s Captain Jack Sparrow and he is worth your time.
