I don't know how many of you were on my friends list 1 year ago. But non the less, 1 year ago on October 31st 2006 I went and picked up the 12th installment of the Final Fantasy series (main numbered series). On October 31st 2007 (1 year later) I beat the final boss, saw the ending, and the credits for the first time. That's right people, it took me 1 year to beat Final Fantasy XII. Well, it took me 1 year to see the ending, because I put the game off and put it off and put it off. Till around Oct 29th I said "Wait... I need to beat FFXII on the 31st of this month.". I was close to the end (just a few hours out) so I didn't have to run around like crazy. But it is strange how it took all this time for me to beat the game. I don't plan on doing the same with every game I get... but here I am thinking about Twilight Princess. No, I haven't beat it yet (my brother beat it and I saw the ending, but on my file I just got the Master Sword), and it's close to my 1 year mark on that as well. Who knows, maybe I'll get LoZ:TP done on it's 1 year mark.

FFXII was a nice game, and I loved the battle system. But with FFXII I just couldn't get into the story. And when it came to the main character... not only did he need to put a shirt on but he could drop off the face of the earth and all the party would say is "Aren't we missing someone?". Through almost the whole game he does nothing, he just says a few lines (most of the time someone else can say and be fine), and that's it. I mean he isn't the main character (even if he is...) that title goes to Ashe. Vaan was just a tag along person who did nothing and sit in the background saying "I'm a special boy". But still I liked the game, and it had some of the best FMVs in there (the big battle in the sky was great). Over all, I think it's a good game. I'm a bit biased because I liked FF numbered games so I'd have to go with a 9.0 (I did like the battle system, it was a nice big vast land, it wasn't too hard or too easy and all of that).