Final Fantasy XII Comments by Robert Purchese

Mmm... pretty. And Chocobos! :-D

Doesn't look that different to X though...

Looks great.
Can't see a huge leap in technology from these screen grabs, but to be honest since FFVII it doesn't seem to matter how good the graphics are, the game hasn't IMHO been up to scratch story wise.

We will have to wait and see.

~Fish~

FFIX was excellent on both story and game fronts, but was ignored by many because of the fantasy setting. X had an excellent story but lacked a little in the execution. I'm hoping that XII will mix the best of 7, 9 and 10. :-)

Nice. Can't wait to see the CG work on this one, always loved the Square stuff.

How long we gotta wait?

Round about.... forever? Near as dammit, anyway. Bet we don't see this one before 2005.

Bit silly making the male lead look so similar to Tidus. Hopefully it doesn't feel like FFX-3.

At least the female lead looks a lot sexier. Hopefully she's not a goody two-shoes! :-)

yeah how come we gotta wait so long after the bloody yanks!

Putting on those huge borders takes a long time, y'know!

Yes, but will it have a 60Hz mode?

Ashe is quite attractive. =)

/curtains/

/feels shame/

Vaan looks like a cherub for crying out loud. See how goofy he looks close up.

Is anybody else reminded of Star Wars episodes 1 and 2 when looking at the fourth screenshot and the last one?

Also, I was really hoping they would break the popstar pretty boy trend when I looked at that early advertisement....but....

Hell, why don't they just cut the bullshit and start making interactive hentai movies. You KNOW that's where they're headed.

Vaan is even more feminine than Raiden! What's up with Japanese character designers these days? Also, these 2 leads got to be related (maybe that's old news).

Incest. Now there's a plot direction for FFXII.

The rendered version of Vaan doesn't look half as bad the painted version - And yes they do look related, but maybe that's just the style of the artist.

Ooooh, can't wait!

(by the way, all people who moan about Raiden in MGS II are OFFICIALLY dickheads and insecure in their sexuality - Okay maybe the last bit was stretching it...)

Hmm... a little androgeny with the characters... typical.

Still looks good tho.

It doesn't come any better than the Final Fantasy Series, though it hasn't been the same since the day of VII and VIII. Though the graphics seen in X and XI online are obviously afar cry away from VII and VIII the narrative has done nothing but got worse! I don't know about other gamers, but isn't a game much better with a strong narative regardless of the graphics? Only time will tell whether XII will live up to the high standards laid before it.

You lot do realise that girly blokes (aka bishounen) are incredibly popular with young Japanese ladies? They're also becoming popular with the young lasses over in the West too, it seems.

Notice how it's only males who complain about male protagonists being "too feminine"?

This is what the world wouldve looked like in the year 2100 if the Nazi's had won. Seriously, why is everyone dressed like a cheap underage street crack ho?!?!?!

Still, hopefully the gameplay makes up for art, looks good though.

If I did not know any better I'd swear that Square were American. What boring character designs...

Give me Cloud back. Sure he was blond haired blue eyed too, but he was super deformed and really f'd up. Vaan will have one weapon and one single line of speech:

weapon: surfboard
speech: california dude!

"NOTHING WILL EVER COME CLOSE TO Final Fantasy 7 (had to be said, didnt want to get your hopes up)"

That's only been said about 12,294,983,756 times, but I never tire of hearing it. Thanx for that... whateveryournameis.

> I'm hoping that XII will mix the best of 7, 9 and 10. :-)

So we all agree that VIII was bobbins then?

Loved 7. LOVED IT. 9 was also very, very good. Never played 10 (still haven't got around to actually buying a PS2 ...

OK. It's another Final Fantasy fantasy rehash. I' guessing that the baddie nation (ie: the one you're not fighting for) will revive some sort of ancient evil that will prove to be the real enemy about mid-game?

And I bet that the main character is a whiny bitch.

I like the look of a few things on the battle information. HP seems to be capped at 9999 once again (woohoo!), 999 Max MP are back and it looks like there's three status slots, which makes keeping track of what's wrong with your character a lot easier if each is limited to three ailments and they're not flashing around above the characters head.

It'll be interesting to see how the game looks only using half as many polygons as FFX (Gamespot) looks like those spot shadows are back after the realtime ones in FFX-2. The shaky cam footage I've seen looks fantastic enough, especially the new magic eye candy.

Try "you're fuckin' dreaming time" instead and you might be closer to the mark.

I liked 8 actually.
What was wrong with it?

(Apart from the World Map)

I prefered 6, 8 and 9 to 7 :p

The cliche is that 7 is the most popular because, for a lot of people, it was their first Japanese RPG and so it came as a bit of a revelation to them. Before that, J-RPGs were rare in the West, the only ones ever being released in Europe being Secret of Mana, it's abysmal clone Secret of Evermore, and the Quintet trilogy (Soul Blazer, Illusion of Time and Terranigma). And they were all action RPGs too! FFVII may have been the first of its type in this country...?
And the US only had FFI, FFIV and FFVI - neither of which gathered much mainstream appeal. When FFVII came out, with it's flashy CGI, everyone took notice. And even though many of the characters were obvious stereotypes or cliches, no one noticed because this was their first experience of the genre.

And anyone who says VIII is the worst FF obviously hasn't played II...

My personal preference:
VII, IX, VI, X, IV, VIII, V

Not played I, II or III to any great length so I can't really comment on those. :-)

Wow. It IS possible to make chocobos look like cool monsters.

Love FF, but haven't played any except 6, 7 & 8 because I don't have a PS2. Even 2nd hand they seem to be a rip off.

Vexx, please just..die, or something...

As for the 8 debate, It's my favourite - dodgy romance or not...

We seem to have quite a tard gathering here.

Umm, I could be WAY OFF here, but I always believed 'XI' came before 'XII'.

I don't know where I got that stupid idea from. Anyone care to enlighten the innumerate?

Thats it, please no more Final Fantasy news items or threads, really brings out the tards.

lol

More FF features!
They really bring out the tards!

/waves at squallz

um, VIII remains my favourite, probably because it was the first one i'd played - took me over a bloody year to finish it though, 120+ hours!

erm.. i got lost so just wandered around fighting..

though by the end my characters were so strong the final battle was loooong but pretty easy

g

edit - scratch it all, I dont want to get dragged into this. damn alcohol makes you type things.

Is this thread about FFXII?

Wil it have motorbokies in it?

Umm, I could be WAY OFF here, but I always believed 'XI' came before 'XII'.

I doubt we'll ever see XI over here unless they really do decide to launch the PS2 HDD in Europe. I guess it depends on how it performs in the US.

...

I want a special Eurogamer feature comparing a FF story's intellectual level with that of its mainstream audience.

To PAiN3 & PaIn3,

The game you're describing is FFX-2. This thread is for FFXII.

I never expected a Final Fantasy thread to deteriorate into such a cesspool for tards. Very disturbing.

Whats occurring in here then?

I thought it was a WWE thread for a minute.

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?

This thread makes me feel dirty. I thought a reasonable amount of intelligence was required to play RPGs? Apparently not.

I've got a name for your little game.

Final Fantardsy: Advent Tards

(In an attempt to bring more FFXII related discussion to this thread)

Havn't Squares lead character(s) always been kind of bland? To my eyes the extras have always been the colourful ones. I can understand such a choice since Squenix would want as many as possible to be able to identify with the leads. Personally, I don't mind. I've played all FFs since IV and liked them all (in various degrees of course).

The setup with the princess and the thief is surprisingly close to the FFIX plot background, but it could still turn out quite diffrently I suppose.

I know it's immensly unlikely but I'm hoping the multiplayer combat system from FF:CC would spread to more of their games. Co-op multiplayer is great and it would give me and my wife a way of playing the game together instead of fighting for control of the PS2 whenever they release a new RPG.

I'm hoping the multiplayer combat system from FF:CC would spread to more of their games

Ugh! I'm hoping it doesn't!

I generally get to play multiplayer games about once a year, for about an hour. And then it's usually a FPS. Getting someone to sit with me and co-op play a Final Fantasy game for 60+ hours would be absolutely impossible!

/revives Aeris with joint Limit Break from Sephiroth and Zack who are both in my party.

/flies to the moon on the white chocobo to kill Onyx weapon.