FF XII - Your thoughts as of now

All the posts i saw were too old, so i thought i may ask. I've seen mixed reviews of this game, people saying its the best, others saying its not much fun. I was just wondering, from those who have played it, is it a buy, a wait, a rent, or a dump?

I was very disappointed with this game. The story is only moderately interesting, the characters are boring with the exception of Balthier and Basch and the battle system is horrible.

It's a really long game... I'm over 40 hours into the game and I checked the guides to realize I'm only halfway through the game. I like the sidequests and monster hunts, but this game feels less like a Final Fantasy game, and more like a back to back dungeon crawler.

I'm not really a fan of the battle system.

I don't like gambits at all.

it's not too bad, though

It's pretty good. Most of the people who don't like it becuase of the new battle system never really gave it a chance, but once you get used to it you'll like it fine.

Also the game is very long so you'll be enjoying for a long time.

The game would have been great as an MMO but it falls pretty short as a FF game. The storyline sucked so did the repetitive battle system and the characters including the useless Espers. Final Fantasy X is way better than this and at least X has a great amount of CG-cutscenes wich I think is a must for a Final Fantasy game.

The game would have been great as an MMO but it falls pretty short as a FF game. The storyline sucked so did the repetitive battle system and the characters including the useless Espers. Final Fantasy X is way better than this and at least X has a great amount of CG-cutscenes wich I think is a must for a Final Fantasy game.

azad_champ

The game would have been great as an MMO but it falls pretty short as a FF game. The storyline sucked so did the repetitive battle system and the characters including the useless Espers. Final Fantasy X is way better than this and at least X has a great amount of CG-cutscenes wich I think is a must for a Final Fantasy game.

azad_champ

No doube it's a very good name and a nice ending for the series on PS2 platform. However, I'm not used to the battle system yet. IMO, XII is much much better than X.

It's a good game, though I expected a little more from Final Fantasy in terms of story. It felt somewhat bland.

But, like someone said, you can't expect that every Final Fantasy will be like 6 or 7 (or wichever is your favorite).

It's not the best in the series but it's far from being a bad game, it's worth buying it. (after all, you'll probably expend more money finishing a rental than aquiring a copy...)

I'm thinking i might wait a little until a price drop, then buy it. Even if i dont love it, i would still love to play around with it.

I'm not going to lie. X bored the living hell out of me. TBS usually do, but not to this level, and the story was not good enough to justify continuous playing. I had about ten hours on it before I threw my hands up in disgust. I mean, there's only so much  I can take, but random battles and enemies that don't move bug the crap out of me. I want a living breathing enviroment. I want an enemy that can chase me if I chose to run away. I don't want to just sit around and wait for my turn. There's only so many times I can watch the complete and total moron that is Tidus jump foward and use the same damn sword attack for every swing. And then....I have to hear him speak in a cutscene every five minutes. It really takes me out of the game. I like the way XII did it. Less frequent cutscenes that are longer, so you get a nice breake instead of a bunch of annoying intrusions. Someone said it was repetitive. LMAO! Regular TBS like FFX are the epitome of repetitive! Its random battle. Attack. At least with FFXII, you have a real struggle to partake in. And you CAN control what each character does. All you have to do is hit X, scroll over ot them and tell them what thier next action should be, or *gasp* change the gambits!

It just appears the increased complexity and realisme just doesn't do it for some people.

On a side note, what's the deal with Vaan? He just stands there...looking girly...
AssKicKa

You could always make life simple and play better RPG's.Dantes_Girl

[QUOTE="Dantes_Girl"]You could always make life simple and play better RPG's.Terami

Trust me. It wouldn't be that hard if you tried.

[QUOTE="Terami"][QUOTE="Dantes_Girl"]You could always make life simple and play better RPG's.Dantes_Girl

Trust me. It wouldn't be that hard if you tried.