Love It or Hate It? - Page 2

August 27, 2007, 3:44 AM

I love FFXII.

When images and trailers were first released for XII, I have to be honest and say I wasn't to thrilled with the way it looked or sounded.

Then I got it, and was obsessed with it. I had such low expectations for the whole game, that when I played it I was blown away.

The only complaints I have are

a.) the music (I find it boring)

b.) the complete uselessness of the espers

c.) the espers have such kickass back stories...and are useless. Yes that counts as a separate complaint

Otherwise it all kicks ass. Oh, and Balthier <3

August 28, 2007, 1:01 AM

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Originally Posted by VengefulRonin

It's a joke me and AG have. I was telling him how my characters will randomly decide to not make any actions at all, even though i have their gambits set and turned on. He said it was emo and couldn't make up it's mind whether it wanted my characters to die or not xD

And yes...that gambit malfunction really does happen to me, it's happened about 4 times in the past week. And VII isn't emo, but its crappy spinoffs are <.<

And i'm still waiting for that "both" option on the pole, AG *taps fingers against the desk*

ROFLMAO.

I love this game actually, even though my only grievance against it is also related to the gambit system. It's really frustrating; no, not that glitch that VR just mentioned. I hated how there were priorities so sometimes in the middle of the battle, my characters would just stop, cast a crapload of magick spells that served no purpose whatsoever, and then took about 3 minutes just to get back to hitting and killing again.
I could've switched the gambits around, I know, but I was too lazy too and was too dumb to figure it out so quickly through the game. xD

August 28, 2007, 1:10 AM

Just remembered something that was awesome and totally balls at the same time. The fact that the bestiary was so detailed and really gave the sense of a collection of folklores and legends... in spite of the fact that the story of the main game was so spare and seemed more like a montage of the actual events.

August 28, 2007, 1:20 AM

Of course the characters weren't emo. They never exhibited much emotion during the entire game. I call them bots. XD

Didn't really like XII. I've actually finally stopped playing because finishing it just isn't worth it too me. It's just boring to tell you the truth. And don't give me this "OMG it had such a deep story!" I've seen that same story several times.

August 28, 2007, 2:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeremiah

ROFLMAO.

I love this game actually, even though my only grievance against it is also related to the gambit system. It's really frustrating; no, not that glitch that VR just mentioned. I hated how there were priorities so sometimes in the middle of the battle, my characters would just stop, cast a crapload of magick spells that served no purpose whatsoever, and then took about 3 minutes just to get back to hitting and killing again.
I could've switched the gambits around, I know, but I was too lazy too and was too dumb to figure it out so quickly through the game. xD

SE should have at least fixed the damn gambit system and made it not so glitchy. Before boss fights i always read ahead to see what status-healing gambits i need so i set my gambits accordingly, for example:

Ally: HP<60% -> Curaga
Ally: status Blind -> Blinda
Foe: nearest visible -> Attack

But more than half the time, even though i'll have status healing as second priority, my characters just don't do it, so i have to manually make them cure statuses.

I'd be much more fond of gambits if they would actually decide to WORK properly for once.

August 28, 2007, 2:32 AM

i don't love it or hate it. i think its a good, solid RPG, just not a great final fantasy. im playing it right now, and whether id like to admit it or not im enjoying it much more the second time around. i don't love or hate, but i'd say im leaning more towards loving it than hating it for sure.

September 2, 2007, 12:36 PM

Well, I really like this game. Right now it is looking to be one of my faviourites.

I think that the battle system is great, and the story just seems so, well, human. I know it has nethesite and everything, but it seems a lot less like good versus evil type thing. If you get what I am saying.

All in all, I like it. Although I do agree that Vaan is not the main character. lol.

September 2, 2007, 12:43 PM

from what i've played i love it

September 2, 2007, 8:00 PM

I love it but I am still getting used to the battle system and gambits.

September 3, 2007, 3:45 PM

Since final fantasy VII this game has been the other one that set the standard for ff games because of its dramatic change in all the ways i was a costumed to play.