Clive actor Ben Starr plays kiss, marry, kill with Final Fantasy characters, and decides to off Cid from Final Fantasy 12.
Final Fantasy XVI makes big changes to the series. It has a new approach to combat and a mature story, that makes XII the perfect game to play after.
It's always a good time to play ff12. But more importantly absolutely everybody that has a ps5 should be playing ff16!!
What a game yoshi p and his team have delivered, we can only hope they have been handed the keys to next main line final fantasy and they can go back to back!!
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He turned final fantasy into a 3rd person action game. A good one for sure, but not final
Fantasy.
What is final fantasy?
If your telling me it's turn based/party then people aren't actually final fantasy fans they are mechanic fans of turn based games not final fantasy.
I could point to 20 different reasons why this is a proper final fantasy but going off everyone opinions apparently what makes a final fantasy is the mechanics and nothing else lol.
I guess final fantasy hasn't been final fantasy since X-2.
I’m not saying just the turned based aspect makes a game final fantasy or not. It’s not that it’s not turn based only. I don’t like the combat at all in 16. It’s better than 15 for sure, but it just doesn’t feel like a final fantasy game. It reminds me more of the Witcher 3 than final fantasy. The setting, the look of the world. No sci fi aspects.
i still have to disagree dude, final fantasy games are made up of so much more, they have a certain heart & soul to them that make them easily identifiable and this game has all that heart and soul of a FF game as well ff staples below.
- the music
- chocobos
- moogles
- summons - Super heavy influence
- a grand epic story/ ps. they have done medieveil before like with ff9
- crystals - Super heavy influence
- cid
I mean the fact this game is basically all about crystals and eikons is about as FF as it gets, throw in the rest and i get it being action game may be weird but this is FF game through and through.
in terms of Sci fi, id say your probably still very early on in the game.
This is coming from an old school FF fan.
ff12 was the worst ff imo; no character was unique because of the class system, so in cutscenes no character had an assigned weapon; they were all different skins of one another; the game played itself, the main character wasn't the main character and it was just a big eh
I think I preferred 12 to 13 but I agree with your assessment. It was very bland and not much fun to play.
i liked 13 combat wise, and i think story wise, but then i really liked the 2nd game, and lightning returns was....odd but i liked it.
Sounds like you were late to FFXII and only played Zodiac edition.
FFXII is a great game, still today, and with Zodiac, it became even better.
not at all; while i love my ff7, ff16 is epic constantly; no game has epic battles the way this one does
The Zodiac edition was absolutely superb. Top 5 final fantasies, up there with 4, 6, 7 and Tactics.
Still the last one I really enjoyed.
Series is just all over the place anymore and, while people like the new arpg gameplay, it doesn't do anything for me.
The world is the real star of XII. I didn't care about the character nor the story but the worldbuilding was excellent.
First, the rumor itself. When Final Fantasy XII originally launched in 2006, plenty of players were left disappointed by protagonist Vaan, who many deemed to be dull and apathetic. From this, a rumor sprang forth than companion Basch was originally meant to be the protagonist of Final Fantasy XII, but was switched out of the role at the last minute.
This rumor has gained traction ever since, to the point where multiple outlets have reported it as fact, and Final Fantasy XII’s Wikipedia page (opens in new tab) even mentions it as part of the game's development. Now though, years after the rumor originated, original Final Fantasy XII director and scenario writer Yasumi Matsuno has stepped in to quash the rumor.
I'm still convinced Vaan and Penelo were placed in the game as a last minute decision.
It does feel like that tbh
It's why even though the theory has been shot down I can see why people came up with and believed it.
It makes sense
Vaan was there for the younger audience and to me that seems like a last minute development decision.
ok that doesnt change the fact that Vaan is the least intresting and biggest waste of a main character in the franchise.
like Penelo and Vaan are literally just there, to be there. any other character has more purpose haha.
The characters and writing for this game, just wasn't good, I have a hard time believing that there wasn't some major changes at some point (do writers just not leave notes for each other if one of them gets sick or leaves?).
I enjoy the gameplay a lot but tend to agree, the soundtrack was not memorable to me at all, either. Which is weird because the composer also did FFT which was tremendous.
I always think of Uematsu when I think of the FF franchise, but most of his music is pretty iconic, unfortunately I didn't get to play FFT (hopefully it ends up with a Steam release in the near future).
Back then I like the gameplay, but I just don't like the story enough to enjoy it as X.
It was obvious Vaan was of little importance. His brother or Balthier should've been the MC. They've already told us that Vaan was chosen just so the game can appeal to younger audiences. But well that's square for ya, always trying to appeal to the masses rather than just do what they really want to do and favor core fans.
Final Fantasy VII Remake's lead battle designer has said that he wants to eventually "surpass" the Gambit System that was featured in Final Fantasy XII
When Final Fantasy VII Remake released, its combat system was one of the things that almost everyone seemed to love. As great as it was, it seems that developers behind it are keen to make some big improvements to it in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, as an interview with the lead battle designer, Satoru Koyama, has the lofty goal of trying to outdo Final Fantasy XII’s incredibly detailed Gambit System.
Ff12 was great as was the gambit system, so hopefully ff7r leans more towards 12s systems.
Each to there own bud, I enjoyed every ff up until 13 then it went downhill from there.
I liked they did something new with 12.
I would rather them just keep it the same as part 1. Don't go chamging it even more please
This is about giving you greater control over non player characters. I think this is really cool.
The gambit system was horrible though. Since you had a tool that could automatically handle actions for you, it sped up the speed of battle so that you would be dependent on them. Then it was so overpowered that it turned the game into a movie. I literally got the platinum trophy and the only time I had to touch the controller during a fight was before I had heal on a gambit. I beat everything in the game, including the hardest optional bosses. I barely even updated my gambits that often and completely stopped touching them 2/3rds through the game with the exception of the reverse damage trick for the last 2 optional bosses I think. I'd rather FFVII Remake remain a game that you actually play.
So what you mean to say is,
You put in effort to learn and use a game mechanic, and it rewarded you the player for doing so?
"You put in effort to learn". No... Is "health below 50% = cast heal" really the bar you set for talking effort? Gambits are braindead tier. You don't have to know any strategy to set them up.
I did like the story and atmosphere, and it has a great Cid even if he wasn't in it enough. I would have preferred Vaan and Penelo weren't in it and instead focused on Balthier but I've gotten over that a little.
I loved the gambit system in FF12, when everything was set up correctly in the old PS2 version (non Zodiac Age) you could have the game play by itself with very little micro management.
Unfortunately Zodiac Age changed how some of that worked with the job system only allowing one person to have a specific job.
What was the point of playing then?? I absolutely hated this system I turned the game off after a couple of hours because of it. No reason to do anything just sit back and watch, or run away. Completely removed the point of playing entirely.
I got a platinum trophy in zodiac age and didn't participate in any fight once I got the heal gambit. It didn't seem like it was hard to accomplish but class choices could have played into that too I guess. Some games can be a totally different experience based on classes like FF Tactics.
I’d give it to 8, but whatevs.
Nope. 10
Ew VO actors and their cringe core. Fiverr voice actors could out perform this chump.