[PS2] Final Fantasy XII

Is the local EB stores going be selling the Collector's Edition? I cannot pay $59.99US for it. It sucks that EB doesn't have a Canadian version of their store :(

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Awesome news. Thanks a lot, Spatula. Since it is a Collector's Edition, I'm wondering whether I should pre-order too. I never pre-order games since there's always a gazillion copies in every store I go to, but it could be a different story with these fancier editions.

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Well, my reason for not pre-ordering games is because there's no reason to do so. I live in a big city, so I can always get the game on opening day when I go to stores. They always order a lot of copies.

I can understand pre-ordering if you live in a small town, so getting the game isn't always guaranteed if you have smaller store sizes.

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I guess it really all depends on where you live. There's only been TWO instances where a game was actually sold out on opening day, but a quick trip to another game store solved that issue.

That said, I've never actually felt the need to pre-order anything. The only game I've ever done so was LoZ: Wind Waker, but that wasn't my decision to make anyway.

However, I believe I will pre-order FFXII, mainly because I'm worried more people will be getting that instead of the normal edition, and I don't want to miss out.

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Full screen better than wide? Surely you jest.

As for the NA cover, it's definitely better than FFX and FFIX and whatever, so I have no complaints. The CE cover is still a lot better though.

I already pre-ordered the CE version last Monday, woot! Now to wait for the end of October to come around >_>

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Arainach

the EBGames here said the Limited Edition is Pre-Order only, and won't be stocked.

Okay, so now I may have to pre-order it. However, I refuse to do so unless I know exactly what is IN the damn thing that's not in the normal guide. For ten bucks more, it had better be worth it!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

There's trailers and developmental footage IN the book?

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Yes! The guide, the guide! What does the guide include!

Anyone know? I'm not about to pay 10 bucks more for a guide with a different cover!

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Originally Posted by Technophile

It's really odd that the extra contents of the LE guide are still a mystery. I wonder if they'll ever officially reveal the contents rather than just letting consumers find out when they buy it by reading the back of LE guide.

I get it now. They want you to pay/pre-order it without letting you know the contents beforehand, just to increase the hype, and they KNOW people will pre-order it anyway just because. It's all a big scam, see? :D For all we know, it will just have the different cover without anything extra!

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Oh wow, and I thought the FFX Chocobos looked cool. Imagine if it dies? It could probably feed an army! Mmmm...fried chocobo...
FFVIII and FFXII Chocobos for the win!

Can't wait til I get my hands on it! Sucks that it comes out at the end of October though >_>
Luckily, Sims 2 Pets comes out in the middle of October so I'll have some fun before then.

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FFX's voice acting isn't that bad. Sure, it's not perfect, but I've heard worse.

That said, if FFXII's acting is better than FFX, then it'd be even better. It's a good thing I got other games to play with until it comes out. Why does it have to come out on the very last day of the month? >_>

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Originally Posted by Spatula

Yuna: I...want...this...journey...to...be...full...of... .laughter....

MUUUUUUUUUUHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH.

GOD!

To tell you the truth, Yuna was the only person whom I thought had crappy voice acting. I'm not saying FFX has the best voice acting ever, just that I've played other games that are much worse than what FFX had.

Originally Posted by JazzFlight

FFXII feels like Shakespeare (mixed with Star Wars).

The game sounds good already!

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Finally! Facts about the LE guide!

Damn! A 100 page artbook? Now I want one >_> I don't care for the cover, I just want that book! I just hope it's not like the crappy FFX one and more like the FFIX one.

I was speaking idiomatically.

This thread went from praising the game to disliking it. For example, the initial comments were "The story is awesome!" Now it's "the story isn't that great." Hmmm....well I never usually pay much attention to comments anyway, so I'll judge for myself when I play it.

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I went to EB today (they don't have Clubhouse Games, WTF?) and saw they had the covers for the CE edition out. It looks very nice, and much thinner than I thought. I assumed it was going to be one huge tin case. That alone makes it worthwhile to own.

I didn't see any guides though, the LE or the normal edition. I'm now seriously thinking of picking the LE version up when the game comes out instead of getting Clubhouse Games (I pre-ordered from a much better EB). I just hope they're not sold out by the time I get there. Does it come with anything cool besides the artbook that's not with the normal version?

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Originally Posted by Motsy

Yeah, the artbook's on par with the Art of Final Fantasy IX book we got way back when -- much better that the FFX-2 artbook, IMO.

Most awesome words I've heard all day. FFIX may not be one of my fave FFs, but man, that artbook rocked. The FFX-2 artbook, in particular, was absolutely horrible. Now I'm definitely going to get the LE guide.

So who's going to be glued to the TV set for weeks when it comes out? I can't. My sister doesn't like it when I play console games in the bedroom, so I have to wait til she leaves, unless she wants to watch me play.

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Originally Posted by JazzFlight

The dungeons near the last 1/3rd of the game are HORRIBLE (as in, the ABSOLUTE WORST I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED).

Oh come on...it can't be as bad as the dungeons in Star Ocean 3, can it? I mean, every dungen in SO3 is horrible.

Man, I gotta get me Abyss : /

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Oh, oh, I keep forgetting to ask this, but is the game a blue disc? I doubt it is 'cause I haven't seen any S-E game so far that was, but I just want to make sure. My PS2 doesn't play them anymore.

And since we were talking about Abyss earlier, is that a blue disc?

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Can someone answer my question? :3

I have work on Tuesday, so I can't pick it up til like, 4pm. Should I be worried? : /

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Yay thanks for the replies. I wasn't expecting several though :D

Yeah, I did reserve at EB. I wanted the Collector's Edition. Only four more days to go :3

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It's weird. The first half of the thread was all about praising FFXII once it was leaked out, and then it shifted a complete 180 degrees. Can't people appreciate a game despite it's flaws? Don't all games have flaws?

I think I'll probably enjoy FFXII. Heck, FFVIII is my favourite FF game, and that's generally considered the black sheep. I think every FF game has something good about it that makes them fun to play. Well, except FFII. Blah. A game has to be really bad before I'll actually start hating it, and that rarely happens.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yok yok! I totally forgot about FFX-2. I hated it too, and yes, I understand what you mean. As long as any future FF games doesn't play like FFX-2, I should be fine :D

To me, I think an opinion feels more valid if you give bad points about a game, in addition to stuff that's good about it. It gives a fairer review of the game than one that does nothing but complain about everything in the game. I doubt FFXII is that bad :D

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I got it I got it! Yok yok. I think the EB I pre-ordered it from only got the CE editions, 'cause I haven't seen any copies of the regular editions whatsoever. As for the limited ed. cover, there weren't many left from what I saw in the box, as opposed to a gazillion copies of the regular version. My cover is of Balthier.

My sister is in the bedroom, so I'll play it a little later tonight. Nuts that I have to go to work! XD

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I spent three hours playing!! 7 to 10pm! Oooo!!

I decided to attack a werewolf. Then another one appeared. Then I died :(
*note to self. Do not fight werewolves!*

Did anyone else get a Star Wars vibe at the beginning? The opening FMV is awesome.

Damn! The people who said the voice acting rocks was actually right!

I love the beastiary! It actually has several paragraphs for every monster so far, even the extra easy ones like Dire Rats. I like how each monster has a nice closeup. It'd be awesome if you could rotate them too.

The dialogue is indeed awesome like people said.

Does anything else think that the new consul of that uh, City (starts with R) look a lot like Laguna? The hair mostly anyway.

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I just finished watching the History of FF featurette on the bonus DVD. It was pretty interesting, but some words/names mentioned in it were totally not what I've been pronouncing all this time, like Mako and Bahamut (Bahamoot? What???). I like how I pronounce them.

P.S. I always thought Vaan's name was pronounced Van, until I heard them pronounce it as Vaughn. D'oh!

It's funny when the guy mentioned that the first game had a deep interactive story :D
I guess he's talking only about the RPGs made in that era.

Well I'll be playing FFXII soon :3

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