Why Final Fantasy XII Didn't Measure Up to the Rest of the Series

xztence - 288 days 6 hours ago

The story didn't appeal to me as much as the other ff's .
I didn't particulary like the art style either altough it was refreshing.

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iamtehpwn - 288 days 4 hours ago

RPG's I've ever played despite the great production values.
Everything about it was wrong. The story, the characters, the combat system, it was just.....Wrong.

Final Fantasy X has YET to be topped by any other JRPG of it's generation, and so far, of the next.

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chaosatom - 288 days 2 hours ago

1)The Battle system was awesome. Just have to give it some time.

2)The Story sucked, there is no way anybody can defend that.

Back to combat, the random encounter combat being eliminated made my life so easier. Although the difficulty is really high at first, it becomes fun after that stage passes. And having the characters set to a command doesn't make them less fun to control, since you can still control them and make them do other stuff if u want to. Ultimately, you get fast and swift battles, which is Why it's so Awesome.

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Panthers - 288 days 2 hours ago

I liked the battle system too. It was really easy to level up since there were no load screens between each fight. But I admit I still liked FFX battle system the most.

Plus, Summoms SUCKED in FFXII. I NEVER used them.

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chaosatom - 288 days 2 hours ago

the Summoning. There were insane.

I mean FFX did so many things right, but it would be unfair to compare.

Riding the Chocobo or playing Blitzball, there were so many things to do in that game.

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AAACE5 - 288 days 1 hour ago

FFXIII seems more closely related to FFX, and FFXIII versus seems more closely related to FFXII!

Don't get mad, let me explain. FFX had a more traditional FF type story and feel. FFXII felt more adult and seperated from what made fans like the franchise in the first place. It seemed like they were forcing the game to appeal to a more mature audience. I hope they get it right with Versus.

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ThanatosDMC - 288 days 1 hour ago

The game was trying to do to many things at once. I'm still at below lv20 stuck at that area with the lightning elemental monsters the kill everybody in one attack.

I loved Blitzball not the X-2 though.

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SaiyanFury - 287 days 23 hours ago

I loved Final Fantasy XII. It was the first FF that I was able to get into since FFVIII back in the 90s. FFIX was decent enough but I could never get into it for some reason. Then FFX I couldn't get into. I tried, I really did but for some reason the game just never clicked with me. FFX-2, same thing. Extension of FFX. FFXI was online and I'm not the kind of person to continue to pay for access to the game after I've already laid down the cost of the game. FFXII was a revelation for me. Done in the same style as the beauteous Final Fantasy Tactics, I got absorbed into the game and it lasted me over 100 hours. I know a lot of people have a gripe with the battle system, and rightfully so. It doesn't match everyone's style, I just found it quite amicable personally.

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Danja - 287 days 22 hours ago

The Battle system was the only thing I liked about the game , other than watching the CGi scenes which looked awesome.

everything else about the game just felt dry and boring....

@Above : I consider FFIX to be the best and most underrated FF game of them all it was perfect IMO..

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Omegasyde - 288 days 1 hour ago

All of the characters blew except Balthier.

Vaan was a cross between a girl and a boy who tried so hard to be masculent while wearing a vest taylored from West Hollywood. He was a twink.

The Other lead character was pointless. Her limit was cool, but she wasn't interesting. Who cares about her empire?

The bad guy, was horrible and having a connection to his little sister is silly. Wait it wasn't a little sister it was a boy! The "Cat Chick" was cool, but had no memorable scenes like Balthier did. Balthier should of been the hero, not some exiled princess or a twink boy.

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Marceles - 287 days 23 hours ago

Yeah I agree, the characters were forgettable except Balthier, and there really wasn't an advantage of using any specic character since everyone pretty much starts off on the same part of the license board. At least in FFX certain people started off on certain parts of the Sphere Grid so you know what they would specialize in.

Also I enjoy the story of Ivalice...well mostly FF Tactics's simplified but still deep story, but FFXII's story started getting too confusing, or I just started to not get interested. In every FF I always wanted to know what would happen next, but on FF12 I didn't care, I just wanted to know where to go and what new abilities I could learn. Ashe's story just really got annoying

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Danja - 287 days 22 hours ago

I agree about Balthier , and funny enough Balthier was actually suppose to be the lead character until last minute changes were made and Van was selected....it wouldn't be a FF game without the lead guy looking gay..lol

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Cheeseknight28 - 288 days 2 hours ago

But it wasn't even an interesting political story. Large country invades small country, small country fights back, small country receives some aid from the other large country, small country wins.

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dchalfont - 288 days 1 hour ago

agreed colbert, your truthiness astounds me

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40cal - 288 days 4 hours ago

That's funny because Basch, Balthier, and Fran where the characters I liked the most.

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Marojado - 288 days 1 hour ago

While i stand by what i said below, i am really glad that some people were able to get some enjoyment out of this game. That's me being completely sincere too :) The potential was there, i just never felt it met it.

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Marojado - 288 days 1 hour ago

I'm not taking a shot or anything, i just want you to give your honest opinion. Do you think it was as enjoyable as the majority of the previous entries in the series, and if it was, what was it that made you enjoy it? I know a lot of people disliked it, but obviously a great deal of people had fun with it. I'm just intrigued.

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Danja - 287 days 22 hours ago

FF9 >>> FF8 :P

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littletad - 287 days 13 hours ago

I feel the same way Danja.

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N2NOther - 287 days 17 hours ago

I agree that it had the best gameplay of all the games, but I disagree that the other games didn't require strategy. They all have it to varying degrees, but XII had the amazing Gambit system. If someone didn't like it, then I'd venture that there's a good chance that they couldn't figure it out. It took me about 10 hours to really get the hang of it and when I did, I fell in love with it.

I loved the Hunter's Guild as well. The story was good, not great, which didn't bother me because with rare exceptions, I find most game storylines to be subpar. I play FF for the story MOMENTS rather than the whole and certain much more for the gameplay. I couldn't care less about a story if the gameplay isn't there which is why I couldn't stand Crisis Core.

For me, FF XII is up there ith FF III (or VI or whatever).

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