Final Fantasy XII Comments by Robert Purchese

"if u can't unerstand the colex story pleaz pleaz pleazzz shut up stupid noobs SIGH!"

What "Colex" story? Pleaz pleaz pleaz explain this "Colex" story to me.

Blerk: If you don't intend to use it, what would it matter if FF supported a co-op multiplayer mode? I wasn't saying they should remove the single player mode.

I think co-op is great and as it has started to catch on with the FPS genre, I'm hoping to see more of it in other. Metal Gear Solid (and II) would be an excellent co-op game, pretty much like Rainbow Six but more focused on stealth (a Death Match mode in Metal Gear would also be cool of course).

Getting back to FFXII, I think the game as good potential. I've never played an Enix game before and hope to experience a bit of that company's influence in this game. Graphics seem good as usual (although top notch graphics is not particularly important in my book) and I have great expectations on the music (which is more important to me).

The one thing I do worry about is the female lead. Square has often supplied good female extras (including Beatrix, Lulu and Yuffie) while the leads (with the possible exception of Tifa) have been weak and demure. I must admit I would feel kind of funny playing a girl, but since I gather girls would feel the same about playing a guy I guess it's not more than fair that the female lead should be heroic too.

Blerk: If you don't intend to use it, what would it matter if FF supported a co-op multiplayer mode? I wasn't saying they should remove the single player mode.

As long as it was an optional thingy then I would have no complaints whatsoever. The trouble is, the way they've done it in FF:CC has somewhat diluted the single-player game to the point that it doesn't look as though it'll be half as fun playing on your own. Which is a shame, 'cos I was really looking forward to it.

"I've never played an Enix game before and hope to experience a bit of that company's influence in this game."

I don't think Enix will have any influence on this game. Only Square staff will be working on it.

"I don't think Enix will have any influence on this game. Only Square staff will be working on it. "

One could always hope :)

Still, there seems to be a lot of new talent on the team so the game might be a bit diffrent after all.

I think a lot of the staff that worked on FF:Tactics Advance will be working on this. Some of them also worked on Vagrant Story (apparently), so we should see something a bit different from other FFs (hopefully).

Look everybody!

Tardemon!

dd, Someone has to tell you...

Square can't actually hear you ya know?

It never fails to amaze me that some of the people who come into Final Fantasy threads can actually play the games, given that you have to be able to read English and follow complex storylines. Maybe they just skip the dialogue?

One word: gameFAQs
You think it's a coincidence it's populated by tards, and the most popular games there are FF?

Awww, did it offend your masculinity?

Of course not, it's just when you start the game, but after when i progress in the game it's begun interesting. There a lot of actions, and the graphics is incredible. And my favorite character of the game is Rikku she's so damn good. And i have a question for ya, my friend told me''later in the game your gonna see Tidus it is true?

Yeah me too.

It looks shit

FFLXIX will 0\X/N koz it will feature gay pr0n FMVs!

EPIC fucking EPIC!!!!!!

"FFLXIX will 0\X/N koz it will feature gay pr0n FMVs!"

LOL

BTW my order is 8, 10, 7, 10-2 ... 9

BTW I am not happy about this half medival fantasy setting (I am simply bored of the traditional medival setting). The world of 10 or 7-8 was great. Why back to the boring schema?)

BTW I am not happy about another ultra gay character. (I want Auron like characters!)

But, the Nelo Angelo like very-very evil boss looks good. ;)

Are there Moogles, too? :D

I'm not usually an adept of tarding, but I just can't help it this time. It's fucking porn! Did you look at that girl's clothing (if it can be called that)? Come on! And then, honestly, how many of you have had girlfriends prettier than the game's male lead?

You've got a point. I've seen more masculine ladyboys.

I can see the ad tagline now: Make Vaan your bitch

I think it's pathetic how many thinks the new characters are so "gaaay" and so forth. Go to bed, you're all just a bunch of teenagers with an identitycrisis. So insecure of yourself.

I think FFXII looks ace. Vaan looks okay. I loved FFVI-IX, didn't think X was as good, but not because of the characters, but because of the boring story and no world-map. And wasn't Tifa's boobs overly large? Nobody complained about that. I would rather have a girl with little clothing, than a girl with huge boobs in a Final Fantasy game. Huge boobs in a game characters really makes the girl look like a whore. Or a porn star or whatever. None of the new characters even look close to the sluttyness of Tifa.

Hooray for cross dressers!

Sorry to ruin your argument, but I'm 24 and feel completely secure about my sexuality. That doesn't mean I have to like boys that look like girls. Mind you, it doesn't mean you should dislike them, either. It's a fact of life: some people like certain things, others don't. There is no right and wrong here, it's a matter of taste and I, as a person that doesn't like boy-dolls have the right to express my opinion.

It is worth mentioning that I never liked japanese RPG's, wich puts me outside of the game's target (that and the fact that I'm not a Japanese teenager; the "japanese school-girls love it" argument that comes up from time to time pisses me of. So what? Are young japanese girls the ultimate judges of taste?).

Oh, and I definitly think this looks like porn. The girl might not have big breasts, but her skirt isn't exactly huge either.

"identitycrisis"

I'm 26.

edit: And I like Ashe. My problem is Vaan.

Yah, I understand people have different tastes. But I'm just tired of all the "OMG, Vaan lookz like a girl, zo gay! He sucks, because I'm so 1337!" shit. And a lot of that stuff comes from teenagers who's afraid that so wants to be a real MAN. In other words, laughable. Teenagers can't be men, no matter what. And in my opinion, Vaan looks just like any other 17 year old I've seen. It's the clothing that's different, if he had different clothes, people wouldn't have complained. But clothing has always been strange in Final Fantasy. I didn't exactly find Squalls clothes very masculine either.

And the teenagers today dress like idiots anyway, so why should Final Fantasy be any different?

Where do you come from?

And yes, I know they're not having sex in the pictures, but they do look like they're going to have a go at it pretty soon.

"And the teenagers today dress like idiots anyway, so why should Final Fantasy be any different?"

LOL - You have a point.

And in my opinion, Vaan looks just like any other 17 year old I've seen.

Do you live in Androgynville?

I personally like Jap RPGs, but to say that their graphical style is a breath of fresh air compared to the huge-breasted scantily-clad barbarian pr0n fighter chick of western fantasy games is kind of missing the point. The Japanese style is at least as stereotypical and hackneyed as the western style, if you ask me. All characters look the same, the girls are ever so girly, the lead male is androgynous with stupid hair, and he'll have a tough sidekick and a cute animal sidekick. Don't get me wrong, I love that shit, but it's just as hackneyed.

I don't know. You should ask one.

Am I alone in being the only person who didn't think Vaan was a girl at first? Then again, I didn't think Kuja was a woman either, but these guys are nothing compared to some of the character designs in some anime/manga. Compared to them, Vaan looks like Mr T!

Shame they all have crap American accents eh Daryoon ;)

Nah, the ones in The Heroic Legend of Arslan were brits :p

"What ho, shall we tally-forth and retrieve the fabled sword of which there has been so much talk in the village?"

"Why yes, that's a splendid idea."

etc. ;)

why is it the more modern games. The blokes e.g Tidus are starting to look more and more like ladies

Well, He-man people went out in the 80s, with Arnie and co.

Now is the era of the lady-boy!

Like me!

*lol* good point WS!

I actually liked the trailer for FFXII and consider buying it when it comes out. The characters in (J)RPGs play quite a major role in these games so I suppose that's where the bitching comes from.

The "twist" they took with Yuna in FFX-2 is unforgettable too: "gee, let's rip most of her clothes off and stick two big automatics in her hands". Tomb Raider No. Whatever must've been released in Japan the week the character designers had their brainstorming sessions.

I mostly play JRPGs for the battle systems so I'll shut up about the characters now.

"I mostly play JRPGs for the battle systems"

I prefer the story.
...but I used to ~max out the characters stats in most games. ;)

Oh gosh.....yawn......

Played all the other FF games but, none come close to good old Cloud and Sephiroth. Even the final blow where you waited sweating for your overdrive guage to fill up as seth just stood there looking like he could kill you with one blow.

That was inspired. No girl to rescue (she was long dead by this point) no romance to get in the way, just two bitter rivals and one final battle...glory or death were the only choices either of them had at that stage in the game.

sigh.....FFXII just looks like another romance quest.

penhalion, there was still tifa, you know :-).



And Barret, for the truly disturbed.

LOL

just two bitter rivals and one final battle...glory or death were the only choices either of them had at that stage in the game.

Ah, but was that really Sephiroth in that last 'fight', or was it Jenova's conciousness attempting to gain dominace over her last remaining puppet? After all, the battle took place in Cloud's head...

who the hell was ultimecia anyway (introducing the main badguy/woman at the end spoiled it) and the ending FMV was just confusing telling you next to nothing about what happens

Uh, Ultimecia was there manipulating events from the beginning, and was first mentioned directly at the end of the second disc. And the ending was confusing?

Oh well, if you think Ultimecia popped up out of nowhere, it's no surprise you had trouble understanding things. Why am I even wasting time with this thread anyway?

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles is my favourite. Multiplayer is so much fun, and the olde world setting is excellent.

I have to agree on that.

why oh why dont they re-make final fantasy 7, but have everything realtime :).. they did it with rezi-evil and that was pretty good.

Well Stormcrowfleet, your wish may come true in the form of a new game titled "CIRIS CORE":FFVII. Square is working on this game. It's not a remake but it's during FFVII.

Here is an extract from IGN website:Described as an action RPG, this game becomes the fourth entry in the "Compilation of Final Fantasy VII" project which includes Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII for mobile, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children for DVD and Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus for PS2. Production is being overseen by Yoshinori Kitase, the director of the original Final Fantasy VII, with Hajime Tahata serving as director. Tahata and Kitase served similar roles on the development of Before Crisis. Character designs for the game are being handled by Square Enix superstar Tetsuya Nomura. (It's for the PSP and not PS2)

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII seems to be Zack, Cloud's buddy from his days with SOLDIER. In fact, the story seems to take place during that particular time period, pitting both Cloud and Zack against fledgling evil maniac Sephiroth. Tons of sword fighting ensues of course, with Cloud getting smacked around a bit by his old superior. But Zack is no slouch, and he takes on hordes of baddies despite overwhelming odds.


As for FFXII, looks like this game will be released sometime in Q2, as far as the info I read from IGN. Square had spent a lot of time in developing this game and some of the in game architectures are from Europe or based on European designs of old. So you guys should be very flattered that you'll be getting to see some buildings resembling the ones next door.

The game graphics are really good and you won't be seeing anymore random battles, only real time. Some of the ingame graphics do resemble some things from FFXI, we'll just have to wait and see.

FFXII, is scheduled to be released in March 2006 in Japan. I hope they do a parrell import of the English version during the same time, in the US and Asia. Europe and UK always seems to get their games at some later dates after the dust as settled in the states and Asia.

UPDATE:JAN 30 2006
I got to play the demo, which comes bundled with DQVIII. The demo plays well and the battle system is a far cry from yesteryears. Game graphics - excellent. Can wait for the game to be released.

lol

There's a lot of pics of the same people. Hmm.