Yes, the best Final Fantasy is even better now that it's portable

Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age is finally out on Switch, and playing the 2006 RPG on the go is every bit as wonderful as I'd always hoped it would be. There's something about the nature of this particular Final Fantasy that makes it perfect for portable play; spend a commute fine-tuning a set of gambits for your party, then put your Switch to one side once at work to let them do their worst in a fit of power-levelling. It's glorious, and helps put one of the most fascinating RPG mechanics into sharp focus.

[PhoenixUp]

Cuz everyone knows every game becomes better when it’s p-p-portable

[EddieNX]

If you think about it, portability is genuinely an advantage over a stationary console.
Although some games are best played on more powerful hardware.

Doesn't mean someone has to write an article about it every five minutes tho FFS. What's wrong with these people?

[dRanzer]

All games are better with more powerful hardware*

[Neonridr]

@dRanzer - didn't know that indie games are better on a PS4 Pro or One X when there is zero optimization for those devices.

[naruga]

non-stop shit articles from the shtyy Eurogamer against their arch enemy Playstation

[bluefox755]

"A tiny, low res screen is a genuine advantage over far more powerful hardware on a giant high res screen."
@naruga They do seem to have a weird animus against Sony. Glad I'm not the only one who noticed it.

[rainslacker]

Doesn't mean the game itself is better. Maybe if you're parachuting out of a plane, and the adrenaline rush makes the game better or something. Maybe if the smell while you play on the toilet adds a certain sense of realism to the city area of the game. Except, those things don't actually make the game better.

No one can actually seem to say why a game is inherently different just because you're playing it on a portable device.

Maybe one's experience with the game is better that way, but that's a highly subjective thing to use as a factual statement.

[Babadook7]

Games aren’t better when portable. Playing games at work, on a train, anywhere in public is worse than in the privacy of your home on a big screen.

[TheGamez100]

Holy crap the amount of fanboys hating on the switch lol. Ppl have their preferences.Ive played on many handhelds and ive always preferred to play my jrpgs there especially older ones like ff12. The more modern AAA games, id prefer on a big screen with a more powerful device yes.

[TekoIie]

"Holy crap the amount of fanboys hating on the switch lol."

Sorry but this isnt hate. Real hate is giving Day's Gone a 7.9 out of 10 when it's clearly an 8.05 out of 10. Nintendo fanboys have it easy with the media bias/s

[SamPao]

I dont think its about hating on the switch, its just that its a preference and there have been SOOOO many of these same articles. its laughable.

[himdeel]

No hate, people have been playing better rpgs and jrpgs on portables for years. I've been doing so on the Vita. Other people on a DS.

Just sounds ridiculous that people are screaming from the mountain top like they've discovering something. If you play games and not bandwagons or entertain these ignorant so called video game journalists you would might think the same. This like Columbus discovering someplace a telling a whole group of people they didn't know what they already had until you told them.

[SamPao]

I also prefer playing on the portable, smaller screen, its my preference. that said, is the game any better? nope. ITS THE SAME.
I just prefer it that way. Its no hate against the switch, its just these laughable articles

[Neonridr]

@himdeel - yes but you aren't playing FFXII on a DS or Vita. I think that's the difference here.

[rainslacker]

I've played FF7 on 7 different platforms over the years.

Each time, the only thing that was better was the graphics in some cases. Didn't matter if it was on PSP, Vita, PC, PS1, PS2, PS3, or PS4. Some of those times was through BC, where there were no actual improvements to the game, but in the case of the portable versions, I didn't find the game any better or worse because it was portable.

I don't hate the Switch. I really like the system, and it's replacing my Vita now for my portable gaming needs. But, these kinds of articles are really just ridiculous in their premise.

[AirJohnston]

lol this sounds so condescending. Y’all have the weirdest sense of elitism I’ve ever seen on this site

[DaDrunkenJester]

I'm surprised we haven't gotten one of these for mortal kombat 11 yet. Seems like we get an article about how late or worse looking ports are the best only because of portability.

[Tototot]

You're r-r-r-right fanboi

[bluefox755]

These articles really are tiring. It's literally the same nonsense every time.

[septemberindecember]

You should fix your keyboard.

[jjb1981]

Combine that with Da P-p-p-poWa uV dA ClOuDz from being in cahoots with Microsoft... 4K frames per second, 4K x 4K resolution, 4K Teraflops, GDDR4K, 4K Terabytes of storage.... unbelievable.

[MoshA]

Old games are superior on the go. Are these fake Sony low iq hiveminds really denying that?

[2pacalypsenow]

Another one... - “Dj Khalid voice”

[-Foxtrot]

Best Final Fantasy?

...

Lol

[Obelisk92]

The battle system is one of the best, but seriously... story and characters felt so uninspired to me, when compared to other installments.

I wanted to like this game, but I couldn't.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I had the same issue, I was indifferent to the battle system though, but it was the story and characters that really bogged it down, it took ages for me to finish it because I just wasn't invested in that story/characters.

[Gardenia]

Not the best, but it's a great game

[-Foxtrot]

Oh I agree

Just..."the best" out of all of them despite it's huge obvious flaws.

The only reason however more people appreciate it is because of how bad Final Fantasy XIII and XV were in comparison

[rainslacker]

Only thing I really disliked about it was how the story was presented. Seemed more like the characters were just going through the motions, while the actual story just happened around them.

[FalconofLucis98]

Best Final Fantasy? LOL. This game currently stands at a 7.5 for userscore on metacritic.

[nommers]

Not that I think 12 is even close to the best, but it’s even more laughable that you think the user reviews on metacritic have any value.

[Felix_Argyle_Catbro]

You are actually unironically judging the quality of games based on metacritic scores? You are one of the things wrong in the gaming industry.

[Lilrizky]

Using metacritic userscores to prove anything? LOL

[2BlackBelt]

This has to be the 10th article uttering the same thing in the past week.

[Gemmol]

Lot of people like rpg games on a handheld while prefer other games like shooting games on a big screen

[sssb]

in my opinion FF12 is last game you can called FF game, after FF12 downfall begin.

[FalconofLucis98]

This is the FF fanbase for you, they usually say either 9/10/12 was the last true FF. Were all responsible lol. I'd personally go for 10 as the last true FF. All it was really missing was just a world map, other than that I'd cast it with the previous 9.

[Gemmol]

It Gotta. Be X that’s the last one the creator of final fantasy made

[Pennywise138]

I agree it’s X but I knew once they took away control of the airship the series was about to change. I’m very curious what FFXVI will look like. 13 was terrible, 14 is an MMO and 15 was conceived as a spin-off game. So 16 can really go anywhere from here.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

The series actually never felt the same to me after 10, from then onwards, the series was a roller coaster of quality, I don't expect much from it nowadays.

[Mr Marvel]

...but FFIV & FFVI have been portable for years.

[chris235]

the switch is able to dissolve wars and is able to wash veggies. i am not sure why the switch is not president of a united world government.

[King_Noctis]

“i am not sure why the switch is not president of a united world government”

Because that belongs to the PS4?

[lellkay]

"best final fantasy"

Not even clicking the link.

[bluefox755]

Lol, it's not the worst, but far from the best one.

[JokerBoy422]

"The best Final Fantasy" Just because of that statement this whole article loses its credibility.

[CrystalFantasy3]

I really like ffxii. I played it recently for the first time on PS4. Love the customization options for all the characters. And there is so much extra content too making use of all the possibilities to power up ur party.

The story is abit weak and the main villain is whatever, but the journey is interesting enough.

It's really all about the combat system though.

[spambot0815]

ain't no best ff without lightning. ;-)

[lucian229]

Ff12 was one of the worst ff games to me. Made every character into nothing more than a skin. They all played exactly the same and had zero uniqueness

[pietro1212]

You could step up the license board and avoid that issue. Also the International/ HD version has character classes.

[pietro1212]

*set up

[lucian229]

Yeah but still, character wise, story wise it was the same thing. They didn't have anything signature except mist attacks. I mean I know it's more. Similar to the old school job games but still for me I didn't enjoy it. Also the fact you could autoplay made it even more annoying.

[BlaqMagiq1]

Not even close to the best. It's a good game but overrated.

[meep316]

can we just stop saying that, all it means is I dont like the game as much as others do.

[BlaqMagiq1]

That is what we call an opinion.

[pietro1212]

Overrated? It gets a lot of hate.

[BlaqMagiq1]

Lol what? FF12 has gotten a lot more praise than hate.

[micdagoat19]

I have all 3 systems and I would agree that switch is the only way I would play games like this. I just got a Vita too and also playing games like this on it.

[Lilrizky]

i agree with this in 2019. Playing ps2 games on a large 4k screen doesnt do it for me. so it works well for the switch

[meep316]

my way of playing games is better than yours!

[Dizzy11523]

Love that these classics are becoming portable! Bring more!

[Traecy]

Not again.

[TheHateTheyGive]

Must be a really slow day at eurogamer, good site none the less.

[drunkenspy007]

FF12 is far from the best final fantasy, what are you smoking?

[Tross]

I personally enjoyed FFXII when I played it many years ago and think it's really underappreciated, but calling it the best is subjective, and these articles saying "X is better on Switch because it's portable" are getting old.