Like many others on this board I seem to be having trouble deciding between FFT and Jeanne D'Arc. I had a couple of questions about the two I thought may help me and possibly some others with their decisions.

FYI- I'm new to this genre of game so I'm not sure if these questions will be noobish or not.

1. When you buy/obtain items in either game are you able to see them on your character. If I get a new piece of armor does it show?

2. How many hours is the main storyline for each game. I know that FFT has only been out for a day but I didn't know if anyone had heard anything about this.

3. How many classes are there in each game?

4. Which game has faster moving gameplay? I know these are slow paced games but is one easier/quicker than the other?

5. Which game has better graphics, cinematics, spell animations?

Any thoughts or advice you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your help!

cbtrey3

1. In FFT you seea quick flash of your weaponwhen you attack, in Jeanne, you see them carry their weapons and use them.

2. About 30 for Jeanne, twice that for FFT. There'sA LOT of grinding in FFT. Abilities take a long time to learn and getting your soldier all the abilities you want for him can take many MANY hours. In Jeanne there are skill stones that you can equip once you meet the level requirement.

3. A bunch in FFT.There are six types of weaponsin Jeanne (spear, sword, axe, bow, staff, whip) that are basically "classes".

4. Battles in Jeanne are much faster than FFT cause of the turn limits and transformations.

5. Jeanne has better graphics. FFT probably has better spells. I haven't seen the cut scenes in FFT, but the ones in Jeanne are great.

FFT is really difficult and you'll have to be really careful with how you attack early on because your party will be so weak (no abilities). Jeanne will give you all the tools you need to succeed from the beginning. You can survey the map, see what enemies you're dealing with, and equip your party accordingly. You can save right before and during battle which also helps. In FFT you'll have to rely on your memory when in comes to terrain and enemy types.

Jeanne is a damn good game that brought a lot of great new ideas to srpgs, but it doesn't have a whole lot of replay value. Once you hit level 50 you'll be much stronger than most enemies and will find little motivation to keep powering them up.

FFT feels (and looks) kind of dated in comparison, but since you have so much control over how your party develops, you'll find yourself constantly thinking of new ideas that may (or may not) make your life easier. Enemies grow with your party so they'll constantly give you a stiff challenge.

I recommend both games, but FFT has the better storyandvalue.