[PS2] Final Fantasy XII

Hoooooly shiiiiit. East Dalmasca Desert is the most awesome thing I've ever heard. If the rest of the soundtrack is anything like this, I certainly won't regret having bought the limited edition OST!

This is the first time in a long time any piece of music has brought a smile to my normally stone-hard face.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I especially love the part from 1:00 to 1:20... (and again at 2:45) it just sounds so... carefree and adventurous! I only hope the game itself can live up to the music!

It's moments like this that make me glad to be a Sakimoto fan. Down with all of his detractors, especially those that say he can't compose a good melody. (I used to be one of them though, gah!)

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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What I'm really loving about these pieces is how varied and expressive they are. They're not just one little motif repeated over and over. He really goes places and makes you want to hear what happens again. It's stuff like this that leads me to listening to it over and over and over again.

I know, I've listened to East Dalmasca Desert about 20 times already.

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

Well, that confirms it. Elixir is dead on the inside.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Elixir

I don't know what you see in it. It's a song from a game, but I don't think it stands out.

I see wonder, I see adventure, I see an interesting and varied composition, I see something exciting and engaging. I suppose different people just "see" music differently.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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You see all of that out of how much playtime? See, you can read as much as you like into what the song may represent, but you won't know until it's here.

Actually, I was talking about the song as a stand alone entity, but whatever. I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out exactly how I imagine it, however. That's what happened for "Truth". I thought to myself "Wow, it sounds like you're surrounded by an infinite white expanse." And a few months later when I played the game, BAM, there it was.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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Anyone here imported original from Japan?

I downloaded it. It's done now, but of course, I can't understand a much of it. Somehow, I've made my way out into the town. After a few minutes of figuring out what does what, The battle system seems fairly straightforward, although I'm sure I'm only scratching the surface, because I can't read any of the menus.

The voice acting is top-notch, and the graphcis seem very sharp, nice textures and character models. The music has been great so far. What's really nice is the ability to pan the camera around and look wherever you want. The lack of this ability was a fatal flaw in FFX, IMO.

I really wish that I could read Japanese, because I really can't get any more out of this. Well, it's nice to have anyway.

FELIPE NO

I fully intend on buying a copy when it comes out here, at which point I won't need the Japanese copy any more. Besides, it's not like they actually lost any money.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

You could just install a copy of cogswaploader onto your memory card. You don't even need any preexisting tools to do it either. Just a CD-burner and a quick hand to swap out a normal disc for the cogswap disc before the loading screen vanishes. It then automatically installs itself onto your memory card. You have to configure it to work with a specific CD though. Mine is activated by the greatest hits version of Chono Cross.

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Originally Posted by Spatula

Nah, I used to get lots of burned PC games but then stopped since I really got bored with PC gaming.

And I really couldn't be bothered with this game, even though this is my most hyped up game of the year, I can't really pull myself to get a burned copy, no matter how easy it may seem. I don't blame any of you for getting this early, since most of you will still get the retail and that's fine. Even if you didn't get any retail copies, I'm not in a position to judge, so.

Anyways thanks for the suggestions.

Hey, I have a copy of the collector's edition waiting for me at my local Gamestop.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Awesome, I can't wait.

And yet, I shall.

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

Hey, don't diss FFX.

The execution may have been lacking, but at its core, the story of Spira is truly wonderful.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

These past few posts have been really discouraging, especially the ones relating to the battle system. A good battle system is a must, otherwise, there is no point in playing.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I've only just started playing, but it has been awesome so far. The voice acting IS very good, but I haven't seen much story yet. The in-game music sounds kind of dull compared to the CD music, but I suppose this is to be expected.

You know, I really hope the timer doesn't run when the game is paused...

How ya doing, buddy?

I just saw Solidor's (sp?) speech, that was pretty damn awesome.

FELIPE NO

Has anyone else noticed that the voice samples sound really loud, even when they shouldn't? The voice acting is great, but whoever mixed and mastered the vocal tracks obviously didn't know what they were doing. The voices in FFX sounded far more natural.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by DragoonKain

My thoughts on the game:

Solid game so far, but I'm not digging the characters at all, Vaan is just ugh, and the battle system doesn't seem to flow as well as I'd like.

I'm baffled as to why Square has abandoned making heroes badasses. I miss the days of Cecil, Kain, Cloud, hell even Celes was badass, as a female character.

The battles aren't as fun as they could be, because I'm just not eager to fight with a character like Vaan.

Still a good game though, but I miss the old character types...

I dunno. Basch seems pretty badass.

Edit: SHIT-DAMN, I just got killed by a werewolf! And I didn't save! Oh well, I only lost about ten minutes of progress.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I've always pronounced it "Ba-ha-moot"... and "ee-freet" too... I thought everybody knew this?

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Well, I'm quite a bit behind all of you, with Okami and work taking up all of my precious play time. I just recently got to the Sandsea, and since I had Vossler in my party again, I thought I'd take advantage of him and go elsewhere and do a bunch of stuff. So far, I think the story is (what little I've seen) is very interesting (if only real-life politics were half as interesting) and the voice acting is top notch. Now that I've got the hang of it, I'm loving the battle system.

Right now I'm in the Lhusu minds killing skeletons. I'm trying to build up a ton of money so that I won't have to later. I had a chain of about 300 skeletons before I left the mines last time, and had about 30,000 gil in loot. I'm also trying to fill up as much of my license board as possible. I'm going to keep doing this until I simply get bored, but knowing my tendency to power-level, I will probably have everybody's board finished soon. Why? Because I HATE dying. It hate it, it makes me want to just stop playing. So, I'm gonna have tons of cash and tons of abilities and armor available at all times. (Right now, all of my characters have the best swords and armor available at any of the current shops.)

And once I'm strong enough to easily kick some enemy ass, I'll actually be able to sit back and enjoy the game.

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

I realize that I can't do it forever, but I will as long as it seems fesible. I've nearly finished everybody's enhancement section. You know, speed + 10% and all of that good stuff.

Also, I have a problem. I signed up for a hunt in the Giza Plains, but when I try to go out there, the game crashes. What do I do?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Excuse me? I own a copy of the Collector's Edition. Why do you assume I downloaded the game?



Honestly...

Anyway, I cleaned the disc off and it's still doing it. I hope there isn't a problem with my game data.

I was speaking idiomatically.

You know, it didn't start doing this until I requested mark information from Montblanc and then tried to go to the Giza plains. It always worked before.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I noticed the Valendia reference as well.

FELIPE NO

Riskbreaker, huh? Coolness.

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Ok, so luckily, I had another save that I had made just before entering the Raithwall area, so I restarted from that, beat the tomb (that esper was no challenge at all) and NOW, for some inexplicable reason, the Giza Plains are open again. Phew. They look much nicer when not all dried up, too.

Jam it back in, in the dark.