PS2 - Final Fantasy XII

[rookiyong]

For fans of FF! :rock:

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[rookiyong]

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[rookiyong]

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[Hades]

nice graphics but not sure how the gameplay and story plots are... Looking forward for this title anyway :mrgreen:

Just miss the old FF6 and FF7. The game plots are the best :thumbsup:
FF8 ~ A great romance love story about Squall and Rinoa
FF9 ~ weak in side quests esp when searching for those hidden treasure
FFX ~ another romance storyplot but not as good as the previous series
FFX-2 ~ probably the weakest title which only concentrate on the 3 main female characters
FFXI ~ online game which doesn't interests me at all [-X
FFXII ~ unknown yet 8-)

[Cloudimus Prime]

Just miss the old FF6 and FF7. The game plots are the best :thumbsup:
FF8 ~ A great romance love story about Squall and Rinoa
FF9 ~ weak in side quests esp when searching for those hidden treasure
FFX ~ another romance storyplot but not as good as the previous series
FFX-2 ~ probably the weakest title which only concentrate on the 3 main female characters
FFXI ~ online game which doesn't interests me at all [-X
FFXII ~ unknown yet 8-)
Agree with most. But I disagree with FF8 having a good romance story. I found many parts of the story rather forced into the game, like Squall's change of character and the abrupt introduction of a final enemy boss. FFX's love story was way better with the wholesome recurring themes of cycles and circles and spheres, showing very involved planning of the game plot.

My opinions would go something like this:
FFIV: simple classic RPG which kept the gamer going for its story
FFV: character building that gets the gamer so involved
FFVI: best gameplay with memorable characters and epic story line
FFVII: classic epic for its characters, story and the jump from 2D grids to 3D free roaming
FFVIII: yet another technological leap in graphics, introduction of usage of orchestral bgm
FFIX: attempt to return to roots, but ended up being too tough for the casual gamer. Maturity of Uematsu's orchestral music composing.
FFX: tho lacking in gameplay, the story and plot was very well planned with memorable recurring themes that drew the gamer involved
FFX-2: ho ho, I dunno wat to say about this one :P
FFXI: Online, sigh. no $$.
FFXII: Let's hope for the best yea? I hope we'll see some emphasis on game play this time, a rarity in today's games.

[Hades]

wow, u described very well :thumbsup:

Me just can't types out those bombastic words as I'm quite weak in English :laugh:

Most of my frens doesn't likes FF8, but I'm not 1 of them. I feels that this is a great games with nice storyline. Perhaps this is the 1st rpg game that the graphics are so great(during that time) left me a very good impressions and good artngs for this game.

So we shall patiently awaits for the upcoming FF~XII to release

Not sure that how u guys think about this... I feels that FF series is getting downhill now. In terms of graphics, they r getting better and better. But the storyline wasn't as good as before like FF6 & 7. Am I the only 1 having these kinds of feelings here?? :scared:

[Cloudimus Prime]

Yea I feel it too. But sometimes I think it may be juz dat I'm not growing with the era of games...my own commitment towards gaming has also dwindled over time, especially ever since I started collecting Transformers. Today's games seem to emphasis so much on graphics and "realism" rather than the actual gameplay.

Man, I feel old. Haha.

[Fire]

wow!!!
those cg artists are really amizing.....juz look at those details.....so detail until when i llook into it i faint.... :)
since i'm not a ps player...yet to try this title...hope the coming one is going release for xboxer too

[rookiyong]

Wah you all played almost all FF series ah? =D> I agree that FF VI is the best, even those type of graphics are still my favourite. :rock:

[Jankdev]

The architecture is amazing..as usual Tuk Gong graphics from FF, Of All FF games i played, i like FF4 and FF8 best.

[Stunner24]

The only thing that I liked abt FFVIII is the song ;)

[LoneWolf]

FF VII is the only one i played :(

[rookiyong]

Maybe I am a bit outdated also, but the Japanese version of FFXII is out :rock:

[Koo]

Like the graphics but hate the rabbits! (I dun like games with rabbits! they must be crazy!):laugh:

[Jankdev]

English version estimated to be out at the end of the year b4 christmas

[rookiyong]

English version estimated to be out at the end of the year b4 christmas

They will take almost a year for translation?? :o

That's too long....by that time FF XIII may be in the process for PS3.

[Hades]

US ver always lidat. Dun know what the hell they doing :shooting:

[gunner13]

The only thing I like about FF is the artwork! Fabulous!

[Jankdev]

US ver always lidat. Dun know what the hell they doing :shooting:

Have to wait no choice.. or else can play the jap version warm up first:D
Actually my first FF i played and completed it, is in Jap.=))

[starscream]

FF XII :) maybe that'll get me started again..

[Hades]

Have to wait no choice.. or else can play the jap version warm up first:D
Actually my first FF i played and completed it, is in Jap.=))
But I wants to know the storyline while playing along :( I always go for US ver for RPG games :)

[Jankdev]

ya me too.. anyway too much games to tide over now. Jus play those while i wait for the translation. :)

[bingren]

Just saw a intro of the game on TV. The battle has been changed from turned based to semi-realtime and you don't jump into a battle mode, you battle right from the map like FF online. Why do I say it's semi-realtime? 'Cause you can pause the game and set commands and press the resume button.

[Miracle]

I am hoping FF can become like Kingdom Hearts like that, so that will be more involved in the game.

[waverider]

Eng version is released. bought it and playing now.
story is shorter then i expected, just 15hours through the game and im 1/4 done on the story progress, judging from the guide book.

- battle system is a good change, no more random battles that throw party into instance battles.

-gambit system is good addition too, so player dont need to micromanage every battle. good set of gambits lets player breeze through most encounters

-new limit break system, quickenings, the only factor determine usage is mana. If there is enough mana, you can cast the 'limit break' (still prefer calling that lol) which sort of abusable. i.e getting full mana before the first esper boss fight(belias) lets player cast total of 6 'limit break', which is usually a flawless victory, if 6x not enough throw ethers can cast somemore!

review to be continued... :supz:

[Dio]

didn't manages to hands on. But i saw the shop owner play at sunshine plaza. the battles feels kinda like vagrant story meshed with phantasy star online:D

[waverider]

-summon/esper
It feels more like summon now. Espers will follow and aid the summoner for some time. How their actions on conditions such as <10sec summon time remaining will trigger their powerful special attack.

-story
Usual epic war era storyline again with party members from various backgrounds

-graphics,sounds,ambience etc
little improvements imo but the standard maintains. some very familiar tunes from ff8 present.

bottomline- recommended to try for a new rpg experience.

[Miracle]

Is the gameplay like Kingdom Hearts? The summon is kinda similar to Kingdom Hearts, which is what I like. :)

[Jankdev]

Went down to get this game, but sold out -_-", read some review which stated that this FFXII serie has to acquired license points after fights to unlock slots for equipting armours/weapons and stuff. Added on difficulty.

[defunct32]

FF XII is kind of hard though, especially in later part of the game, it could be because, I didn't level up enough, or I didn't buy the right license for my team, this game's becoming a chore to play.. :\ My loss, really.

[waverider]

Is the gameplay like Kingdom Hearts? The summon is kinda similar to Kingdom Hearts, which is what I like. :)

It may feel that way, but the typical action time bar is still there so its not yet an action rpg like KH.

FF XII is kind of hard though, especially in later part of the game, it could be because, I didn't level up enough, or I didn't buy the right license for my team, this game's becoming a chore to play.. :\ My loss, really.

FF XII needs more planning then any other rpg imo. A player can have completely different set of equipments,magicks, etc from another who is at the same stage of playing. This is what i like about this game.

Here is my character layout as reference, idea borrowed from world of warcraft :yeah:

Basch (tank) Hes the one that takes major amount of damage inflicted to my party. So i spent most of my cash on him to keep his defense at highest possible.
License.priority on equipments,white magicks,green magicks
Weapon. 1hand sword and a shield

Vaan (backup) 2nd frontline.Mainly a damage dealer.Provides backup if Basch falls
License. Weapons,all schools of magicks, few points on armor
Weapon. spear/ 2hand katana

Ashe(aka. paladin) spents most mana on healing and buffs.
Liscense.weapons,light armor. all schools of magicks,technicks
weapon. 1hand sword and shield

Barthier(reserve dps/healer) use him on fights where enemy deals deadly damage/status effects. So hes the one staying out of enemy's attack range
Liscense. range weapons,all schools of magicks,technicks
weapon. gun

I never lvl up the other 2 character as it would take much more time then necessary. Only spent their stored LPs on quickenings and recovering skills for worse case senario.

Currently doing all the side quests and getting final 2 summons/esper before taking down last boss.

[Jankdev]

I'm leveling up nowwith Vaan alone in the stargaze field in Giza plains, beating the two 20+level werewolves. Actually follow a guide to powderlevel at the initial stage, it took me like ten hours to get to level 22 and aquired 2 quickenings.

There's a uniqueness in this game, deciding which area you wan to developed your characters, you can even decide for them what kind of armours and weapons they hold. To make one character a full allrounder would not be efficient in this game. So ya one could say everyone could have their own unique Vann, penelo...etc.

[waverider]

There are some good gameplay videos on ff12 at youtube, like how to get the zodiac spear as soon as possible, or a quick way to lvl max fast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K_6pZy38Ao

[Lord Nike]

WooT! Finally Completed FFXII!!!

Anyway i got some complaints. I admit overall its a good game but missing some key Final Fantasy trademarks.

1. Hardly any "funny" moments.. FF7 - FF10 had whimiscal moments like funny senarios of the side characters..

2. You can't really relate to any of the characters

3. Hardly any backstory to most of the characters

4. Theme song is sung only during the ending! @_@

5. Hardly any character interaction. i mean how often you see Penelo,Basch, etc talk?

6. Plays too much like FF XI (Which i gave up coz it was quite lame)

7. Airship (Cannot self pilot >_< )

But i will give points to:

1. Moogles... goddammit they get cuter with every game....

2. Lord Of The Ring meets Star Wars (Basch = Aragaon, Balthier & Fran = Han Solo & Chewbacca etc) Even Rescue Ashe from Leviathan = Rescue Leia from Death Star. LOL?

3. Gambit system... Just run up to enemy and it does the rest... no more button mashing!!!

4. Excellent voice acting! Reddas = Phil LeMarr of Futurama & Justice League
Migelo = John Dimaggio of Futurama "BENDER"!

5. Airship designs which look awesome

6. Viera (which i think looks more hot than elves considering they're all female!)

7. FMV & In Game Cutscenes are well played out.

[starscream]

Will this game come to PC? :D

[Jankdev]

This game is addictive for me..i'm only halfway done, the best part about this FF serie is able to determine the action and movement of the characters during battle. Much more interative and it's not so mundane anymore. Running through to get the Zodiac spear was exciting, just imagine if it was the old battle system, just take a chunk of the excitment away.

Got to be one of the best FF series for me so far.

[lost]

i haven start the game yet.. is it that nice? erm.. btw gt any tips to gif any starter?

[KiraDude]

late as usual - just started on FFXII yesterday.

e gambit option is fantastic ! no more pressin buttons everythin, jus walk near enemies and e char will do e rest. :D

still need explore many stuff and do some serious level ups.

another cool game ! :hello: :hello: :hello: