What game should I buy after finals are over?

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04 Apr 2007, 7:20 pm

I played XII until it had to go back. I was upto some cave thing with electricity eating monsters.



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04 Apr 2007, 7:24 pm

RedMage wrote:
I played XII until it had to go back. I was upto some cave thing with electricity eating monsters.


Well, I meant VIII, but I think you mean the Barheim passage. That's a fair way in, but you're yet to get a summon, and I doubt if you found the joys of Mist Quickenings, either.

I'd say that besides the story/characters, you don't like:

*The new combat system.
*Configuring Gambits.
*Not having enough gil to buy anything.
*Repetitive combat/levelling up.


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04 Apr 2007, 7:27 pm

Yup, I hate it all. I'm sticking to my ATB FF games...



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04 Apr 2007, 7:43 pm

RedMage wrote:
Yup, I hate it all. I'm sticking to my ATB FF games...


:P

You don't know what you're missing.


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04 Apr 2007, 9:00 pm

The chocobos seriously look weird in XII. :lol:



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04 Apr 2007, 9:09 pm

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The chocobos seriously look weird in XII. :lol:


Yes, they actually look realistic! :roll: :roll: :roll:


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04 Apr 2007, 9:32 pm

I've just gotten past the Feywood, and I still think XII's characters are poor compared to earlier final fantasy games. And I don't think they have the capacity to improve much. What 7 and 8 had that 12 lacks was internal monologue - we always knew what the characters were thinking. So, you were able to sympathise and engage with the character far more.

It's a shame real people don't have little blue text boxes above their heads when they think... it'd make AS a lot easier :D



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04 Apr 2007, 10:50 pm

Quatermass wrote:
Yes, they actually look realistic! :roll: :roll: :roll:

But they're not cute. :(



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04 Apr 2007, 10:55 pm

RedMage wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
Yes, they actually look realistic! :roll: :roll: :roll:

But they're not cute. :(

Can a fictional creature EVER look realistic?



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05 Apr 2007, 10:21 pm

They can in Metroid Prime. :wink:



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05 Apr 2007, 11:33 pm

violentcloud wrote:
I've just gotten past the Feywood, and I still think XII's characters are poor compared to earlier final fantasy games. And I don't think they have the capacity to improve much. What 7 and 8 had that 12 lacks was internal monologue - we always knew what the characters were thinking. So, you were able to sympathise and engage with the character far more.

It's a shame real people don't have little blue text boxes above their heads when they think... it'd make AS a lot easier :D


Yeah, maybe that's true

And I prefer Tetsuya Nomura's character design.