[DS] Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

No random encounters pissed me off a first, but then I realized I didn't have the equipment to learn any new skills. And that I couldn't find any recipes for Rods, so my mages are woefully weak compared to my physical fighters.

Originally Posted by LeHah

Final Fantasy Tactics was a game that when people asked you about it, you could sit down and explain it to them and sell them on it. Its not a perfect game but I'll say its one of the very few PSX games that you can detail as the best of the system (and for those of us intellectuals - as one of the greatest games ever made.)

FFTA is the kind of game you played while no one was looking.

Now, if you enjoyed FFTA - more power to you. Liking fun things is what life is about, but the fact that you went from a deep, interesting story with phenominal battle system to a "kids game" (Im using that loosely) with an awful Judge system to hamper the gameplay was like walking out of a fine dinner and stepping in dog shit.

FFTA2? I hope a lot of people enjoy it - but truth be told, I'm considering getting a damn PSP off of Ebay just to play FFT; I won't buy a DS for this - even though its easily the better handheld.

FFTA2 is possibly worse than FFTA in some aspects. It feels a lot slower than FFTA, which is my main problem. Battles seem to drag on and they get pretty boring at certan points. Square is actually limiting your access to classes. The "tactical" aspect, I feel like it's weaker than Advance Wars. The story sucks, but what story really compares to FFT? It does help a bit that your main character is an assholish douche, sometimes. Overall, the game falls into the better than mediocre category. Nonetheless, I am enjoying it but I'm not sure that I'm liking it or loving it.

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Originally Posted by LeHah

I think the jury is out on if FFT was really hard or I'm just a crappy gamer. However, I think everyone can agree that both fights with Wiegraf were stupid, stupid, stupid fucking hard for no real reason. The first one at the windmill was just hard because of the way the level is set-up but the second one is just raining piss and bullshit. (You have to fight him one on one, which always results in Ramza getting his ass-kicked no matter how good you are - and then it goes straight into a second boss match with Wiegraf / Zodiac Monster and two demons.)

For the first battle, Weapon Break pretty much stops Wiegraf dead in his tracks. Weapon Break and Armor Break pretty much stops anyone who wields a sword or has any type of Sword Skill in the game.

For the second battle, Razma can just run around using Yell so his speed is crazy. Then Accumulate for 20 rounds and kill him in one hit. Chameleon Robe absorbs his lighting attacks and heals you.

FFT was easy once you figured out what attacks/skills the bosses had.

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Originally Posted by Zephyrin

So basically it's just a baby story stroll through the park. Blah. I'll play it in a couple of years, and just try and unlock extreme difficulty on TWEWY.

You need another pair of eyes and arms to do that. I can beat hard and some battles were pretty close.

FFTA2 does have a hard mode, but it's just 1.5 to your enemy's stats.

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

Oh. One major problem with this game? No map rotation. Bitch, please.

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Originally Posted by espressivo

is it just me or do the touch screen controls suck ass? i try to click on a point about 4 blocks away from my character so he can move there, and i have to keep tapping or drag the stylus to be able to select that square. it gets hard to select squares when there are characters near it.

are there more clan abilities to acquire or do you only get the ones you start with from the mini quiz thing in the beginning?

Touch screen controls with isometric views are terrible. Luminous Arc is a perfect example of ass-sucking.

You get more clan abilities by taking Clan Trials.

I was speaking idiomatically.