 The game received critical acclaim , scoring a 92 on Metacritic . On March 16 , 2006 , Final Fantasy XII became the sixth game to receive a perfect score from the Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu , making it the first Final Fantasy game and the first PlayStation 2 title to do so . It is also the second Yasumi Matsuno title to garner a perfect score , the first being Vagrant Story . The game was praised for its graphics , scenarios , game system , and the freshness it brought to the Final Fantasy series . It was praised for its seamless transitions between full motion video segments and the in @-@ game engine , and was voted number one for Best Art Style on IGN 's weekly Top Ten . Newtype USA named Final Fantasy XII its " Game of the Month " for November 2006 , praised the gameplay , graphics , and story , and called it " the best RPG to have been released for any Sony platform " . 
