Final Fantasy XII - Must buy?

[DonTadow]

Definately a must by for me. I loved the demo and have been phening for some good console gaming for a while. It's the reason i'mpassing up buying nw2 (well that and i need to upgrade the grpahics card on the computer)

 

[DonTadow]

Like you, Ive had it preordered for a while now as well.

It's a FF game, that makes it a must-have for me. Even FF X-2 was *much* better than most FF games.

Heck, even DQ VIII was amazing. Square knows from RPGs.

So my answer is yes

Chuck

??? is the ff x-2 thing a joke? or as I like to call it ,Final fantasy DDR.

 

[Vigilance]

??? is the ff x-2 thing a joke? or as I like to call it ,Final fantasy DDR.

Nope. I liked FF X-2. Yes it has some silly aspects, including the clothes-changing thing and the Yuna-as-pop-star thing.

But it also has a great system of seperating character level from class abilities, the return of the real time battle system that was the GREAT heart and soul of FF VII and VIII, the return of some characters I love and some really buff mini-games.

I mean seriously. That sounds like a good game to me.

I think Gamespot's score for X-2 is dead on. It's in the 8's. Lower than FF VII, VIII and X (which are 9.5, 9.5 and 9.3) but still one of the better RPGs released the year it was put out.

Chuck

 

[Arnwyn]

So, are you picking this one up?

Special Edition has long since been pre-ordered.

 

[DonTadow]

Ah thus the difference. Whereas Final fantasy 9 and 10 reminded me of hte origiinal games 1-6 x-2 reminded me of some really bad rip off that pleased the typical gamer but left the rpg fan kinda empty.

In any case got my copy of fxii. The reviews look much better than the earlier stuff I saw. Back to bigger groups and more of an ensemble cast.

 

[LrdApoc]

Well the dress up aspect of X-2 aside I liked the mission based structure. The X games were always the more tactical FF games of late - since they were basically a return to turn based play.

A few hours in and I'll say XII is a good game.. slow to start but there is some great character development. These are far from carbon copy archetypes like many of the protagonists of the games.

 

[Shalimar]

Ok, so how is the license board system? I'm not really sold on it myself, but I haven't got too much info on it yet. I liked the sphere grid from FFX since I could make any of the heros into what I wanted (mostly making Kimari, Lulu, and Yuna full White + Black Mages). How does the license board stack up? Also how does the leveling system work for people not in the active party? I heard that they get License Points too, but is it the same amount or different?

How about the Gambit system? Is it hard to use? Are there any basic gambit set-ups that pretty much everyone should have?

 

[DonTadow]

Ok, so how is the license board system? I'm not really sold on it myself, but I haven't got too much info on it yet. I liked the sphere grid from FFX since I could make any of the heros into what I wanted (mostly making Kimari, Lulu, and Yuna full White + Black Mages). How does the license board stack up? Also how does the leveling system work for people not in the active party? I heard that they get License Points too, but is it the same amount or different?

How about the Gambit system? Is it hard to use? Are there any basic gambit set-ups that pretty much everyone should have?

Wish I knew. At first it seemed a good idea to go pick it up on my lunch hour, but now the 2 more hours of anticipation to play it is killing me.

 

[John Crichton]

Circuit City will apparently have FF12 for $38 this week. Pretty good price.

That is an *awesome* price. Too bad that I need to have the Special Edition version. I am a shill for the gaming industry.

 

[John Crichton]

Nope. I liked FF X-2. Yes it has some silly aspects, including the clothes-changing thing and the Yuna-as-pop-star thing.

But it also has a great system of seperating character level from class abilities, the return of the real time battle system that was the GREAT heart and soul of FF VII and VIII, the return of some characters I love and some really buff mini-games.

I mean seriously. That sounds like a good game to me.

I think Gamespot's score for X-2 is dead on. It's in the 8's. Lower than FF VII, VIII and X (which are 9.5, 9.5 and 9.3) but still one of the better RPGs released the year it was put out.

I don't want to tangent out too far here from FFXII, but I'll agree. I was impressed by the gameplay in FFX-2. Once you get beyond the weird girly stuff (which I didn't have to but many of my buds wouldn't even give it a shot despite loving X) it's a solid game that builds off the previous experience.