I admit that VII was good but it wasn't the best. In fact, I loved most of the FFs that ever came out so I can't say which one I prefered more.Now let's put that aside. FFXII is so addicting and fun. The license board is great. I get the feeling that I can shape my character in any way I want. There's like no restrictions. I can even have the main character become a black mage if I wanted.
[OFFICIAL] Final Fantasy XII (FFXII)
Started by
Guest_Kaos316
, Oct 01 2004 05:39 PM
365 replies to this topic
#252
Guest_MZSM
Guest_MZSM
-
- Guest
Posted 08 November 2006 - 08:22 PM
FF12 is rather a disappointmentI thought this because it feels like im playing a single player MMOanyone who plays MMORPGs can understand sorta how I feel about itvoicing/story wasn't so fantastic eitherthey always been creative with the series, if one fails for the fan, just gotta see what else they will bring up later on!
#253
Guest_juyoung515
Guest_juyoung515
-
- Guest
Posted 08 November 2006 - 11:41 PM
i dun think that will be an issue cuz i had a demo of it and you can choose between action and tradidtional if u like dun like the new system u can always stick with the original lol i cant wait to play it tho my gf just bought me it lol
#254
Guest_ChaosDS
Guest_ChaosDS
-
- Guest
Posted 09 November 2006 - 02:31 AM
The characters are so hot, (i mean the girls) The game is also very fun. I was like addicted lol.
#255
Guest_Koba163
Guest_Koba163
-
- Guest
Posted 09 November 2006 - 03:12 PM
I would like to make some comments;"It's not all about the story anymore."I'm sorry, what? The reason Final Fantasy was so successful before was because they brought forth interesting stories. To say that it's more about graphics now is completely wrong. The fan-base for Final Fantasy has been lowering tremendously, as well, the player-base has been getting more of the quote "graphic whores," rather than the RPG enthusiasts, which made the game successful in the first place. The people have a right to be displeased in the direction that the game has taken -- they feel betrayed by Square Enix, and quite frankly, I have to agree with them. Final Fantasy X was a great game; not because of the graphics, though they were stunning, but because of the story that it brought out. The same thing that Final Fantasy VII and VIII messed up on; both were horrible, and nearly made me vomit on numerous occasions. I couldn't even finish Final Fantasy VIII myself, it was so bad!"You don't know how long it takes to make a game, nor how much it costs."It takes a couple of years to make a video game, and runs about a few million dollars ( it isn't as high as what they thought it was -- they wouldn't spend fifty million dollars on every game; lest they not make any money ), with twenty-five to a hundred plus people working on the game. It's not a joke in time or money; however, to produce games that are a complete joke, while pushing them over the Final Fantasy title, is disgusting. That's what came with Final Fantasy VIII, X-2, and XI. And now, continuing the track of MMORPG based combat systems; sad and pathetic are only a few of the words that I can use to describe how I feel about that, personally."The FF fan-boy who just want play FF and wants everybody else to shut the hell up."I think I fall under that category the most. XDBut at times, I just feel that they've made many mistakes, which have attempted to pull the games down on a large scale. I'm serious, too. It falls into the RPG category, which means that the game is suppose to be more derived from the story than anything else. An MMORPG doesn't allow the story aspect to fully develop, because of the freedom and PKers that flock to those games; there is very little to drive stories, rather than just to have everyone powergame. And many of the previous games up until this point ( VII and VIII mostly ) have had poorly constructed stories, which were incredibly hard to follow. For as many fans that were drawn to them; I won't say what I think about them, to be nice. =)-----Okay, enough ranting from me. I have yet to play the game, and I will admit that I'm not going into it expecting much, but I will play it as soon as I possibly can. =(
#256
Guest_Limited
Guest_Limited
-
- Guest
Posted 09 November 2006 - 04:16 PM
Combat system sucks =(well i dont like it anywaysure the storys great but combat is alot of the game play so imma pass on it
#257
Guest_Zero_808
Guest_Zero_808
-
- Guest
Posted 09 November 2006 - 04:54 PM
my fried hates it to. because the origianl was great and they changed it to an adventure RPG style. which is dumb. but i like it. they changed to MMO style. but not being able to control all my characters at once kinda bothers the heck out of me.Combat system sucks =(well i dont like it anywaysure the storys great but combat is alot of the game play so imma pass on it
#258
Guest_Go Go
Guest_Go Go
-
- Guest
Posted 10 November 2006 - 08:07 AM
Balthier's James Bond-esque voice is hot. ;D Fran is as cool as ever still, but I really do wish her voice was a little deeper like in the JPN version of the game.
Edited by Go Go, 10 November 2006 - 08:07 AM.
#259
Demohiei
-
- Member
-
- 76 posts
Hatchling
Reputation: 0
Neutral
Posted 10 November 2006 - 09:35 AM
FFXII is really far from disappointment. The thing that I think people hate about it is that it's a new battle system, and they want their overused ATB. S-E used a system that works, and added into the mix Gambits and Licenses that allow you to completely customize how your characters will act and what kind of abilities they'll be able to use. The way I see it, the game can have a lot of replay value because you have a lot of freedom this time around as far as jobs go. The story's pretty good, a bit of cliches so far, but what FF doesn't have them? The settings, well, not what you'd normally see in a FF game, but it works for me. I'm not too crazy about settings as far as games go, moreso the gameplay than anything else will catch my attention. Voice-overs aren't too bad, they seem to fit their expressions and attitudes. Graphics are really neat, there's quite a bit of a change from FFX(the last true FF I played), and it's not hard to spot either. Personally, I'd give this game a 9.5/10, but most of the haters 
will obviously disagree.
will obviously disagree.
#260
Guest_jefffffm
Guest_jefffffm
-
- Guest
Posted 10 November 2006 - 10:04 AM
i like it a lot, but i think i like grandia iii more
#261
Guest_kentang_bakar
Guest_kentang_bakar
-
- Guest
Posted 10 November 2006 - 11:41 AM
I think FFxii is good but the system battle is weird
#262
Guest_kunk
Guest_kunk
-
- Guest
Posted 11 November 2006 - 11:39 AM
I think the game is amazing, a nice fast paced battle system, the game has a ffxi feel where your using your tanks to point mobs away from healers (breathes and other status stuff) and kiting to get the aoe to only land on yourself.The story has a nice touch, isn't a cheesy love story. A cool story about war between empires.
#263
Guest_ohood
Guest_ohood
-
- Guest
Posted 11 November 2006 - 01:25 PM
thanks POINTS were deducted for this post by .BM
#264
Guest_shuyin_the_ultimate
Guest_shuyin_the_ultimate
-
- Guest
Posted 12 November 2006 - 08:07 AM
This game is AMAZING!!! Simply AMAZING!!!!!!
#265
Guest_Demothic
Guest_Demothic
-
- Guest
Posted 12 November 2006 - 11:52 PM
I personally like the battle system i ahte the random encounters of the older Final Fantasies. As far as im concerned the story of this one surpassed all Final Fantasies ive played excluding seven.
#266
Guest_Darkslayer
Guest_Darkslayer
-
- Guest
Posted 14 November 2006 - 03:00 AM
The battle system is absolutely great. The gambit system lets you do so much. Your choice of how to play the game is limitless. Its VERY intuitive and you quickly pick up on it. Seriously you can say screw the gambit system all together and smash out orders at your leisure or you can go in full automatic mode. Think of it as a macro list that you have to expand upon with liscense and purchasing gambit lines from shops.The boss fights are simply amazing. And hard as hell but I love it! You cant rely on gambits so much, you can use a few but unless u de-activate some you can end up wasting mp/pots/lose to bad choicesMy favorite part of this game has to be the hunts. You go to a pub, and you can pick up hunts off a bulletin board. Basically a petitioner will ask you to go to the wild and hunt something down. (One of the last ones is a King Behemoth hunt @.@)
#267
Guest_masterqdawg
Guest_masterqdawg
-
- Guest
Posted 14 November 2006 - 04:26 AM
I just got it, The jury is still out on the battle system, and I have found they exciting minigames, yet
#268
Guest_Shiro_Amada
Guest_Shiro_Amada
-
- Guest
Posted 14 November 2006 - 04:48 AM
I thought the same until I got lv 2 quickens. Now all I do is quicken the hell out of every boss and hope luck and quick fingers will do the rest.The boss fights are simply amazing. And hard as hell but I love it! You cant rely on gambits so much, you can use a few but unless u de-activate some you can end up wasting mp/pots/lose to bad choices
#269
Porumy
-
- Dragon's Elite
-
- 1,778 posts
Smoked Cheese
Reputation: 129
Excellent
Posted 14 November 2006 - 05:12 AM
I find that the new battle system is more enjoyable than the old one. It saves more time and is not as annoying as having a freaking Glass shatter, Whirlwind, etc. (you name it) scene and going into a battlefield.It's a lot more strategic with a system like this. For example, turtle mark hunting. Whenever they follow one character, switch to that character and run around while the others bash the turtle. I took down a high level turtle(took 15 mins) just like that.
PSN: Porumy | Steam: Porumy
#270
Guest_dragonstriker
Guest_dragonstriker
-
- Guest
Posted 14 November 2006 - 05:44 AM
I believe FFXII to be excellent myself. For one thing, due to free roaming(I went to Westersand 6 times and got wiped each time in the first hour) and the ADB system I actually have to pay attention to what is going on instead of just pressing attack/walking around repeatedly, and I can't run away from a battle, then leave the game there for an hour(due to monster persuit).Also who has only 4-6 monsters attacking you at once? I end up with 10+ monsters on me alot of the time even unintentionally so. The boss dificulty has also significantly increased, even with some of the higher end weapons (koetsu,gladius,etc), some bosses are still medium-hard to beat without investing in a few level/loot runs. The new LP system makes it feel like your characters are truly customizable, unlike the sphere grid was a bit more linear. Levels actually require effort to gain now as well, same thing with cash.I enjoy using Gambits as well, because they help me when I'm distracted, or am just doing loot runs. I don't use them most of the time, or manually override them due to the waste of mp/items or the status of monsters.The graphics are great, voice dubbing is good as well. I would complain about the music being of worse quality, but the music fits the environment fairly well so I'm statsified.I'd give it a 9.7/10 myself.
#271
Guest_Batuimon
Guest_Batuimon
-
- Guest
Posted 14 November 2006 - 06:13 AM
Here are my gripes with the game (just got second storyline esper):Gambit system is poorly designed. There are so many useless gambits, but no gambit to tell my thief to steal from a target when she is successful, and I can't find a proper gambit for the Cura spell.Game doesn't tell you what stats affect a weapon's attack power. Related, shops only tell you how armor affects one stat, when many armors affect strength and speed.Random treasures for all treasure chests is a terrible idea. Some random treasures are good (a good diversion for when you're chaining monsters or filling the bestiary), but I really wish there were one-time treasure chests where you were guaranteed a certain item, just like in the previous FF's. Story is really well translated, but it there isn't much of it, and it takes a backseat to the action. Also, a lot of the scenes have cool character interactions, but then you realize the plot didn't go anywhere.Other than all that, this is a wonderful game. I need to play DQVIII some more after this to figure out which is my favorite PS2 game.
#272
Guest_couch_kamote
Guest_couch_kamote
-
- Guest
Posted 14 November 2006 - 07:04 AM
i've already been playing it and it's so cool! the new gameplay is cool...there's no more ramdom battles too plus the movie graphics are impressive! definitely worth every penny!
#273
Guest_Fritter
Guest_Fritter
-
- Guest
Posted 15 November 2006 - 01:33 AM
Unfortunately it's not being released here for 4 months, i'll probably import it after exams though. As for the actual game i'm holding of judgement till i play it.
#274
Guest_JP585
Guest_JP585
-
- Guest
Posted 15 November 2006 - 02:35 AM
One tip when you play this game. Read about the Zodiac Spear. There are a few chests which you should not open, opening will make the Zodiac spear disappear.
Edited by JP585, 15 November 2006 - 02:36 AM.
#275
Guest_wune2001
Guest_wune2001
-
- Guest
Posted 18 November 2006 - 06:44 AM
I just love this game!!!
