Final Fantasy 13

Glad too see I'm not the only one who loves 12. Im not the biggest Tetsuya Nomura fan, it's probably why I liked 9 and 12 the best during the past decade of FF releases.

I didn't care for 12 because I hated half the characters and the battle system was FFXI-lite.

I actually enjoyed FF12.
It felt like an offline MMO with great detail in the world and dialog and various elements that are too often overlooked in most modern RPGs these days.
Though I unfortunately never beat it (lost my memory card D:)
I will say it was certainly enjoyable thanks to the vast open world with a granted sense of exploration, item and spell roster were impressive and the gambit system was unique and innovative in that you could actually control all three characters in real time rather than taking turns.

Also it was nice to see a storyline and plot revolve around a war rather than your typical hodgepodge of emo protagonist, awkward romance, deviant villain and save the world ***.