The PS2 was the first and only console to achieve this level of face animation in 2006, despite being a hardware from 2000.
Only later, as motion capture became increasingly common, the newer consoles was able to compute everything necessary to output such animations smoothly and in real time. Even compared to LA Noire, the PS2 animations look more realistic and natural in FFXII.

>>715921746
FFXII is more natural
I pick FF

It's called Emotion Engine. No other hardware was capable of creating such realistic face animations in real time (not CG).