Thursday, November 16, 2006

Final Fantasy XII

Because my computer is on the ‘Craps’, I’ve been knee deep into Final Fantasy XII. I really love this game a great deal. I’d like to give you some thoughts on the game.

~The gameplay is cool. I really like that the series has moved toward a more North American action-based battle system, and Final Fantasy XIII will continue with this action based system.

~If I had one complaint, it would be that the music isn’t as good as FFX or even FFXI. Strangely enough, I found Final Fantasy Tactics to have better music. Nobuo Uematsu’s sweeping music is greatly missed.

~This game has MANY similarities to the Star Wars movies.

~I’m really attracted to Fran and her English voice actress isn’t too bad to look at either… Nicole Fantl

~The Giza Plains completely change when the rain season starts and different and more powerful creatures roam the area. The pathways are different as well. If you’re in the nearby area when the rain season starts, it will rain in the areas closest to the Giza Plains, other zones will have dark cloud above. That was a nice little touch.

~ Balflear is probably the best character out of all the people in the game. He’s kind of a cross between Han Solo and James Bond. Very cool character.

~Thank goodness there aren’t any useless comedy-type characters that only serve the purpose of being cute and annoying. (Think Cat Sith from FF7). This is a very serious story.

~Like FFXI, watch out for Elementals. They will wipe out your magic users, and then everyone else.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The hubby wants this game so bad he could spit Materia....
Glad to see it's worth the buy!

Semaj said...

The biggest drawback to the game is the Characters aren't as interesting as the other FF characters,

Anonymous said...

ouch. that bites. i love the characters (minus cat sith) in FF7 and 5 and 2

Semaj said...

Yeah, gameplay is the main focus of this game, but once you start playing you'll want to keep playing for hours, because the gameplay is so fun.

 
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