Well I thought I make post about the Game of the century and that Being Final Fantasy 12. Right now I'm about 20 hours into the game (most of that timing leveling up.) So I start with the ratings

Sound (including voice and music) 10/10.

This was the first thing I notice as I watch the intro, They gave some voice to the Final fantasy theme song which made it it even sweeter to watch. Voice acting is awesome this time. The use of British accents, German accent still haven't figure out the accent to the Viera (bunny girls). But whoever is doing Fran's voice is awesome. It makes the character unique. Music what can say you can't go wrong with the man Nobuo Uematsu when he does the musical scores for the FF series.

Game Play 10/10.

the use of the real time battle mode is awesome, plus it makes the fights a lot harder to win, but thanks to the gambit system it make it more strategic then ever and a lot longer if you trying to steal an item. The locations are huge as well so you can be spending most of your time wandering around just so you know where you want to go. But the maps help out just for a refresher, but still HUGE!!. Theirs more interactivity with the NPC so as to make it more realistic and interesting to find out what people have to say about what is happening. The license grid helps make customizing your characters a lot better, although with me I plan to max out all their abilities just so I can I did it. The use of chain battles is ok, it helps get better items as you get higher and higher, but it does take awhile to get there and what not. I stopped over 100 (beyond the max). I also like the new Limit system (quickening) although you allow three per character, also the fact you can chain them for huge amounts of damage. Of course you got 4 seconds to select a person and press the r2 to randomize it as to select another person to keep the chain going. I haven't got one of the summons yet, another 5 hours at least so I let you know more on that.

Weapons/armor/accessories 10/10.

With so many Weapons/armor/accessories it's insane as to what you can use for maximum carnage, but to come on that as well.

Story n/a.
Well just barely scratching the surface of the story so I let you know when I beat, but right now it is pretty interesting, you got traitors, rebellions, wars, evil people and all the other good stuff that makes this game sweet.

Secrets 10/10
Put it like this their so many of them I could score a few hundred credits listing all of them

Monsters 10/10
With the ones I seen so far they have been well designed and well put together as well. Made the harder to kill this time .

Gil
Well they decided to do something different this time, to make your money, you have to sell loot (items that monsters drop), you get it that way some items can help you net a few thousand just like that, it just takes time to collect these items and sell them off.

So unless you hate the Playstation I suggest you get this and have your mind blown away for the Final Final Fantasy for the PS2 ever.

so thats why u didnt answer me in my time of need this morning(j/k) i just had a question about my avatar.... anywayz... staying on topic....


so where did u get it??? how much?.... !!

Great review, I can't actually get this game until next year unfortunately as I live in Australia but thats ok, lol. Anyway I am looking forwward to this so much, I was gonna download it from Bittorrent but cant cause dont ave a dvd burner to burn it onto a disc and would rather wait for it to properly come out, I read like a 14 page review in PSM a while ago and really got into the mood to play it as they described it so good, the new battle system and license board looks good and can't wait for it to come out!!

hah. when i saw the topic to this i was like "of course SM made this." but pretty solid review. are there any points in the game where it is just IMPOSSIBLE to get past? i dread the games!


just order it over the internet. that will get you the game in a few days.

I think though they could have hold out til November and used it for the starting of the PS3. I don't think anyone would have mind.

Some pointers would be when you get the lhusa(might have spelled that wrong) mines lvl up there easy exp and the items they drop will get you about 32,000 gold a piece (99 items)

Well i would download it off bittorent or bought it off the internewt but one small problem... I dont have a mod chip in my PS2, I been really meaning to get one, but just dont have the time and money to get one at the moment so I guess i'll just have to wait until the Australian release next year oh well.

This post has been edited by rldowling03: Nov 10 2006, 01:51 PM

Heard nothing but good things about Final Fantasy XII - apparantly it has lived up to all expectation, and is well deserving of all the hype surrounding it. I'm guessing with the faster battle system its a bit closer to FFX-2's gambit system rather than the standard ATB we're all used to in the PSX Final Fantasies?

IGN's review raves on about the richness of the storyline. I really can't wait to see what it's about. Any further insight into the levelling up system SM?

Yeah at first I wanted this game. But after reading this and how you said this game is just awesome, plus reading outher sources about it, well lets just say I REALLY REALLY want this game now....