Comments on: An Unbiased Review of Final Fantasy XII

By: korosora

korosora — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:00:30 +0000

@animekritik: err… I beat the game at level 42-45 so… O_o

By: animekritik

animekritik — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:03:05 +0000

what do you think about ff xiii coming up? now that looks good. as for xii, i stopped playing about level 58-60 or somewhere….

By: snes games

snes games — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:08:42 +0000

Good post, nice and clear, thanks. Are you going to do an update on this post? I will subscribe to this blog!

By: korosora

korosora — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:51:01 +0000

I adored gambits. I set mine like this:
1)Ressurection – Dead ally
2)Most powerful healing spell – HP Crit/HP<30..40% (Depended on Bubble status)
3)Various Buffs – Self/Party leader (Turned on and off for difficult areas, usually only Haste on for normal activities)
4)Charge/Syphon – MP NEEDED PWEASE
5)Attack Lowest HP

Also, I equipped the double LP item all the time except during tougher battles or for stealing (Thief’s Cuffs), getting the enhancement stuff and all my mist charges early in the game.

I did get the zodiac spear by looking at the guide. (It was a dumb game design choice).

Vaan and Basch has the highest str, the stat most important as alot of the dmg from normal play being the weapon physical dmg. So I had those two and Ashe for the first part. Then I realized I didn’t care much for Basch, as I much prefer to look at a woman’s butt while playing. So I put the ladies into play. Yum. Unfortunately, Fran was a underpowered character spec wise so I reluctantly put Vaan with Z-spear back in.

Defeated Gilgamesh (both parts) pretty early for the genji gloves+masamune combo to equip Ashe with it, as she’s the 2nd most competent wielder, behind Vaan who is overspec’d.

I also had 3 Fomalhauts for the other characters just for the hell of it.

I NEVER BOTHERED TO GET THE BAZAAR ITEMS BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS FRUSTRATING WITHOUT A BETTER WAY TO MANAGE LOOT.

I enjoyed the game. I died 2 times throughout the entire game. Once I attacked the goddamn dinosaur and died. The second time I failed to do a run for the zodiac spear due to the oversoul killing my characters as I did the run. After the z-spear, combat was easy.

Shadow of the Colossus is a rather short game. An epic game nonetheless. I recommend Persona 3 FES or Persona 4 if you’re looking for another JRPG. Other great PS2 titles: God of War I&II, the MGS series, Soul Calibur II&III, Silent Hill 2&3, Dark Cloud 1&2, Time Splitters 1&2, Deus Ex, Sly Cooper 1-3, Ico, Odin Sphere and Rez. You’ve covered Final Fantasy X, X-2, XII, SMT Nocturne, Kingdom Hearts, and Shadow of the Colossus.

Play Persona 3 FES and 4 though. Those are a blast. (OH BTW, if you havent figured it out, the progression of the Persona series has nothing to do with the previous titles other than recurring themes/gameplay mechanics, like Final Fantasy series.)

By: Shiro, Long Tail's

Shiro, Long Tail's — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:29:17 +0000

Penelo is there to make Vaan seem less pointless and out of place than he already is.

I used gambits to make everyone a healer, each with a different HP percentage before they start casting. I think it worked…the games a bit of a blur, all I remember is tilting the analog sticks until I hit more and more cutscenes. Occasionally there would be a boss battle and I’d have to wake up halfway through to see if I needed to do anything besides watch my murderous mannequins dance around.

I’m pretty sure Telekinesis was useful, if only for punching Pterodactyl’s out of there so you don’t have to completely rely on Balthier or pithy magics to win the day.

P.S. I love Crystalis.

By: Persocom

Persocom — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:02:20 +0000

I never did finish this game… mostly because I lent out my ps2 ages ago and never brought it home. I should get it and finish this one already. I liked the game for the most part but it wasn’t my favorite of the series.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:10:47 +0000

cool story aniki

i don’t like RPGs for the most part :/

By: Laguna Loire

Laguna Loire — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:40:56 +0000

(…) You’re right , those old nes catridges could be easily damaged…but cds damage MUCH easier…teheheh
(…) It was like a ritual… to blow all my catridges everytime i got to play them
(…) But not all “above average” playstation 1 or above rpg could easily beat Chrono Trigger up to this date…even that horible sequel Chrono Cross, which sucked… what’s the point of having thousand of characters to choose from , if you could only put two in your party (as the main character could not be taken off until late in the game)… ?

Is there a rpg that is better than chrono trigger ?

I challenge anyone to find me one.

By: Asperger's Anime Blogger

Asperger's Anime Blogger — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:43:01 +0000

I was born in 1990. The first Final Fantasy I played was the re-release of Final Fantasy III for DS, and I personally like the redo of Final Fantasy IV better. Something about how Phoenix Downs can be bought in a shop instead of peppered throughout the game is relieving.

I also tried Etrian Odyssey and died on the first level. Bah!

By: Baka-Raptor

Baka-Raptor — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:08:55 +0000

@Laguna: Cartridges were great until they got dusty. Then you had to blow into them or wipe them out a billion times until you stopped seeing random lines and boxes all over the screen. My biggest problem with cartridges was that my saved Crystalis data would often get erased. Crystalis was the best NES RPG, but any above average SNES RPG would easily blow it away. Even if you ignore the difference in graphics, the SNES games had much longer and more robust stories. The NES couldn’t compete with that.

@LJ: Congratulations, you just ruined my day.

“Basch was initially meant to be the main character of the story, but the focus was eventually shifted to Vaan and Penelo when the two characters were created later in development. The development team explained that their previous game, Vagrant Story, which featured a “strong man in his prime” as the protagonist had been unsuccessful and unpopular; the change regarding Final Fantasy XII from a “big and tough” protagonist to a more effeminate one was thus decided after targeting demographics were considered.” – Wikipedia

What the hell…

@natsuneko: Sounds like my experience with Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne. I put in about 60 hours (I think), beat most of the plot, but gave up on finishing it because most of the side quests I wanted to do were too damn long and tedious. Somewhere along the line it became all work and no fun. Anyway, I probably won’t play Revenant Wings because I don’t have a DS. Too many PS2 games to catch up on first. Although I’d like to call myself a game, it’s embarrassing how few games I’ve played in my lifetime. My RPGs:

NES: Crystalis, Zelda I (quit), Final Fantasy (quit)
SNES: Zelda: A Link to the Past, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, a few others I played on my computer for a day and then quit
PS: FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX, Chrono Cross
PS2: FFX, FFX-2, FFXII, Kingdom Hearts I, Kingdom Hearts II, Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne (played most of it before quitting)