[PS2] Final Fantasy XII

I think I'll throw in my 2 cents here...

FF12 will likely be the worst of the 12 standard FF games.
I think starting with FF8, the series started on eye-candy and so-so storylines with inferior gameplay. I'm no longer a fan of the series even though I love FF1-7 very much. My favorite game to ever come out in existance is FF4, too.

Goodbye FF, Hello Dragon Quest.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by zzeroparticle

Well, keep in mind that he enjoys DQ games, so take that as you will. I personally have issues with DQ games in the gameplay and story department. Other people like them, but I'm not one of them.

The DW series has the most creative monsters - besides their actual design - that i've ever seen. Metal Slimes / Babbles have such high defense that you either miss or attack 1. They also have a high running away rate. But if they don't run and you kill one eventually, you get 1000 or 10,000 EXP. Experience that makes you drool.
Goldman from DW1 was brilliant. Find one, kill it, get a large amount of highly needed gold to buy stuff. The monsters are overall filled with many status effecting magic spells which creates something more fun to deal with.

Even though I like a lot of spells in FF games, I believe that all the spells in DW are highly needed for different battles. I value the spells in DW.

The weapons & armor are creative. Some weapons attack one enemy. Others, like Boomerangs, attack all on screen, another attacks all in one enemy group-type.

The heavy amount of world & cave traveling beats FF games too. You usally get a boat very early in DW games and I feel like I'm really going around in the world and that I'm playing a game with no limits or stops. There are many area-limits in most FF games and many stops.

DW8 is the first DW with a true storyline with a plot and characters that have characterization. The amount of stops that the storyline uses are at opportune times instead of hinder the ability to travel the world and caves at my leisure.

Finally, in this series of freedom, going to casinos to spend lots of time winning the best armor piece(s) in the game is fun.
Collecting small medals in drawers, chests, wells, etc, is a great add-on for using these to buy exceptional stuff from a collector.

While I give FF4 a 10/10 and no DW game a perfect score, the DW series gets a 8.75 on average and the FF series only gets a 7.75.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Can we add a poll like "Rate FFXII on a scale 1-10" so I can get the idea if I should buy this when it comes to the average opinion of many, many voters?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Let's get some ratings here. What would you all give the gameplay & storyline out of 10, seperately?

How ya doing, buddy?

What is everyone thinking of this game so far? I bought it a week ago.

Please rate aspects & discuss if you want:

STORY: 8/10 -- Pretty good grade because its not bad at all but not over an 8 because it is slow at times.

GRAPHICS: 9.5/10 -- Great lookin'

MUSIC: 6/10 -- I am generally bored with the music except maybe a few in there like Rabenastre. I think that FF music has gone downhill starting with FF8. FF8 had a lot of good and a lot of boring ones, 9 was worse, 10 was even more worse, and now 12 is mostly boring stuff. (FF11 however is excellent. Gotta love Tanioka who did FF:CC music as well).
I wish FF12 coulda done what DQ8 did -- tokyo symph orchestra music.

GAMEPLAY: 8.5/10 -- Quickenings are okay, Espers are okay, the system itself it not too bad at all. The license grid is average. If everyone was a unique class with a unique grid of their own I would probably give the gameplay a 9.5, but that is not at all the case.

You?

How ya doing, buddy?