Anyone else think that a million dollars worth of fancy graphics don't lead to a better game than a simple sprite-based game? Even voice acting seems unnecessary to make a good game-- I liked FF12:RW just as much as FF12. But I will say the gameplay was pretty inventive in both of them, for different reasons. FF12 had a pretty neat, auto-pilot kinda battle system, and FF12:RW was pretty neat cuz you got to lead your armies in a wave of destruction all over the place. That and the story being a little bit lacking in both-- no clear winner for me. But I'd recommend the other to anyone who enjoyed one.

I thought that FFXII was vastly superior to FFXII:RW.
I preferred the story and battle system more. I love both RPG and RTS games ... but I didn't really like this interpretation of RTS.

The main thing I hate about RW is the Yarhi/Espers. Meh, no comment, otherwise I'll just ruin it for everyone.

RW's plot is lacking in comparison to XII's, I find, which is seriously saying something. I won't count graphics, as they're on different platforms.