@kkslider5552000 Nah. The side-quests in FFXII are much more fun (the quests where you find and kill marks, in particular, were a highlight of the game for me), and the gambit system is significantly more interesting than Xenoblade's irritating positional combat system. I'll even so far as to say that I like the characters in XII more.
@DarthNocturnal Other annoyances: quicktime events in battles; the lack of any dedicated healing items; the lack of anything to do in the giant open world outside of aggroing enemies and collecting random doo-dads for sidequests; the terrible NPC dialogue; accidentally falling into the ocean and having to spend ten minutes trying to find a way back onto land; and, last but not least, the annoying accents everyone has in the English language track.
The actual plot isn't bad: sort of like Attack on Titan if they were fighting killer robots and the main character had a magical sword. It takes so long for the plot to go anywhere, though. It took about 40 hours before the game seemed to remember that the characters weren't traveling the world for the fun of it.
Not that FFXII is any good in the plot department. I barely even remember anything about the story, which is unusual for a game I invested 100+ hours into.
to be fair, I didn't put a ton of time in FFXII so I can't fully critique it compared to Xenoblade but my main thoughts seemed to be "if this wasn't irritating or boring at points, it would be great" and Xenoblade didn't irritate me in similar ways. (even if it has its own irritations at points, but borderline only in a select few side quests)
I will say I do agree, I don't remember too much of FFXII's story, but I remember it wasn't VIII or X or XIII so it probably deserves an A+ by later FF standards!
@DarthNocturnal Thanks, very interesting. I may have to bust out IX soon.. I def need to catch up on a few that I missed along the way. That's been in my backlog a loooong time. Ha...
I don't have a PC at the moment, other than a laptop that isn't really for gaming.. I may be stuck playing the old fashioned way... :-/ But it is good to know the option is there. Is there an iOS version? I can't see myself playing on a phone though, but curious.
I imagine a game like FF9 would probably work just fine on a phone. It's realtime reaction-based gameplay that sucks on a touchscreen. FF9 has almost none of that.
I would think FF9 would be even better because it was designed post-analog stick. More directions of movement make for easier controls. Whereas FF3 has the same hideous 8 directions as FF7 did (assuming it's the DS version). I think...
One of the worst things about FF7 by far was the almost random process of trying to guess which direction counter as "up" on each new screen.
FF3 on mobile is a port of the DS game, it has "analog" movement. Because touch.
I think. Haven't been able to play it recently because I don't have an iPad anymore.
FF7 it a bit hard to enjoy in general because it's hard to comprehend in multiple levels. The story, the graphics, the maps... It's all convoluted and a bit ugly.
My slightly special edition copy with the steel book and kingsglaive Blu ray is shipping today! I'm anxious to try it out on my ps4 pro. Hopefully this lives up to the hype
Sweet! I'm excited for you.. I'm not sure which version to grab. I usually reserve FF's, but I'm sure I'll find a copy in the wild - don't have time to start it just yet. I'm trying to stay away from the leaked gameplay videos in the meantime.. Oh, and I'm sure if you ignore the hype and don't go in with any major expectations other than enjoying a new FF experience, it's going to be awesome. I would assume it would be pretty polished by now - at least. It sure took long enough to complete
Yeah, I really need a tablet for those few games worth playing on them; I'm not big on mobile games, but there are a few gems out there I'm missing out on. I'd play the FFIV tablet version for sure. I'm a sucker for endless runners, and those seem nearly exclusive to phones and tablets (other than BitTrip Runner and maybe Race The Sun). I'm surprised, actually. I'd buy an enhanced Temple Run game on PSN for $5-10 bucks just for leaderboards and TV play..
Sorry, off topic lol. I was thinking of playing FFIX via orig. discs on my old PSOne combo with the little Sony screen, or through the PS3/TV, or even on PSP... but now you guys have me thinking.. if the loading times between battles are bad and battles are slow.. I may have to try another solution. Maybe an emulator with a fast-forward option.. lol.
I should pop in FFXIII for a few hours just to check it out, before playing XV. Since I mostly play the old classics, I know I'm going to have to give in to the changes.
The reviews are going up for Final Fantasy XV now!
Jason Schreier seems to like it (on Kotaku):
I'm amazed that the story can be completed in twenty hours!
That's a big positive for me, seeing as I thoroughly dislike RPGs that artificially bloats the running time. Xenoblade Chronicles is one such example, even though I enjoyed playing it.
@Peek-a-boo I imagine it's sort of like a Bethesda game, where it has hundreds of hours of content but the actual story is pretty short and straightforward.
@Dezzy It's more that magazines and websites don't dish out 9's and 10's like they happily did last generation.
I prefer a subdued approach and write about the overall positivity of the game whilst singling out and describing some of its not-so-good points. This is why I like Kotaku and their good/bad review summary template.
And like it or not, it's becoming much more difficult to please folks. Even albums, books and films are struggling to be reviewed quite as generously nowadays too.
I'm just happy that we got a worthwhile Final Fantasy after a decade long hiatus!
Maybe. Or maybe it's just that as videogames have become more and more mainstream, a more varied group of publications have started reviewing them.
When newspapers and generic "tech" sites review games, it leads to a greater range of opinions than when it was just typical "gamers" working for enthusiast websites.
It certainly seems like the 99% on metacritic of Ocarina of Time is nearly impossible today.
And quite a few of them have reiterated that you need to watch Kingsglaive and the anime.
People really should. I'll repeat that Kingsglaive is a terrible movie as a standalone product but a very good introduction to the lore of this world, which really did make me want to play the game. Everyone should watch it for that purpose.
The sad thing is that FF XIV, an MMO, is the best FF game we've gotten from them in ages.
I'd like to hear people who have played both Episode Duscae and the full game compare the gameplay between those two. ED felt super unpolished in terms of the combat and enemy encounter rate. It was a miserable experience.
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