[PS2] Final Fantasy XII

maskrider at Gaming-Age provided some direct captures from the game including the starting options menu and comparisons with the Flicker Filter option on and off:


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Originally Posted by Elixir

Not sure if this is mentioned, but it's the same world as in Vagrant Story.

I'm forced to buy this now. Not that I really liked Vagrant much, but more for the fact that I'm a graphics whore.

Here's the FFXII opening movie as a gift.

Huh? Not it isn't or at least it shouldn't be.

While FFXII takes place in Ivalice, the same name of the world in FFTactics and FFXI, all 3 are entirely different worlds and locations that just share some similarities and influences in design.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by magi

Not Final Fantasy XI though, the world in Final Fantasy XI is called Vanadiel

Oh is it? Maybe I got confused with the races then or some of the gameplay elements.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Shoeless

I don't believe there are any races in Ivalice that are also in Vanadiel, other than Humes. The races in FFXII originated (except Hume and Moogles) in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. There are the Bangaa, Viera, Moogles, Hume and Seeqs. The races of FFXI are: the Mithra, the Galka, the Tarutaru, Elvaans, and Humes.

Yeah I got them confused because some compare FFXII to FFXI but really it's FFT/Advance that shares the world name and races, even though FFXII was in development before Tactics Advance it's just the latter title made it out the door first.

Troidal at GAF was kind enough to rip and upload 5 of the 11 tracks from 'The Best of Final Fantasy XII Original Soundtrack'. A great sampler for the real deal out on April 19th and instead of YSI it I've thrown it up on Tappy's FTP for now.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by JazzFlight

Could you please do it as a YSI in addition?

Here you go, a fresh link since the other one I posted ended up on GameFaqs:
http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0...F2CGNZHPAN5WIA

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The 'Members' section on Square-Enix's official site has a few new wallpapers and 2 screensavers, 1 of which is an "Airship Gallery" featuring 10 airships named after summons in previous FF games that are in FFXII

I've attached them below but be warned since some of them haven't been seen before some might consider them a spoiler.

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Originally Posted by Elixir

33 mb? Hmm, seems kind of small for a soundtrack.

Oh well, currently downloading. I have hype over this game and I don't know why.

Simo needs to start creating sigs holy shit.

Double Post:
Eh, this selection isn't that impressive. Mediocre at best.

Eh, I'm crap at creating sigs but thankfully those "Avatar & Signature Requests" lot are pretty talented so I can't take credit for my current sig. Inhert was kind enough to make my signature and did a fine job at that.

Thanks to maskrider & BlimBlim at Gaming-Age we've got high quality downloadable versions of the Pre-Ppening FMV, Opening FMV and the first 6 minutes of gameplay. The direct links might not work so just go with the torrents:

Pre-Opening FMV
http://www.playsyde.com/leech_2277_en.html

Opening FMV
http://www.playsyde.com/leech_2278_en.html

First 6 minutes of gameplay
http://www.playsyde.com/leech_2279_en.html

Again BIG thanks to maskrider for ripping and encoding the videos and BlimBlim for hosting.

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Yeah so it looks like the US version won't be released until November...

Originally Posted by 1UP

Square Enix president Yoichi Wada and FFXII Executive Producer Akitoshi Kawazu were on-hand at the event to greet consumers and answer questions about the release. According to Wada, over 2.3 million copies of FFXII were shipped for the launch -- more than that of the previous FF title (we presume he was referring to 2001's Final Fantasy X). He also mentioned that the US version is currently in the process of being localized, and should see release sometime around Thanksgiving in the States.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3148802

Bollocks.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Yuna

I really enjoyed the intro Simo posted, even if I can't understand not 2% of what they say I can guess what it means.

I just don't see why use chocobos in a fight when you have flying machines with guns ... But I won't complain since the chocobos looked really cool in that armor.

Melee combat mostly, plus it looked like they were using Nephicite to create a barrier over the city to protect it from any air attacks.

Speaking of Chocobos, here's a short clip from Bebpo at Gaming-Age controlling a Chocobo. You also get a sample of the "Chocobo Theme" in the clip too:
http://www.playsyde.com/leech_2280_en.html

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Originally Posted by Teioh

Is it just me or does Penelo's Theme sound really familiar. The second part is obviously a variation of one of those FF12 themes but I'm sure I've heard the first part elsewhere before. At first I thought it would be Nobunaga's Ambition, but it's not...

Somebody mentioned 2 pages back that Penelo's Theme was originally an early track for FF Tactics that didn't make it into the game, so perhaps that's why it's familiar?

New CG FMV, again from maskrider and BlimBlim at Gaming-Age/PlaySyde:
http://www.playsyde.com/leech_2284_en.html

No real spoilers.

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Originally Posted by B4-Hunter

Maskrider is really Felix M.C. Li. He have the biggest collection of his favourite games like Silent Hill or Shadow Hearts I had ever seen. Besides his PC is just:

# Intel Pentium 4 3GHz 800MHz FSB w/Cooler Master Jet 4 Heatsink/Fan kit
# ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe
# 1GB Kingston PC3200 DDR SDRAM
# 2theMax HE550 3xIO 660W Power Supply
# ATI RADEON 9800 PRO
# E-MU 1212m Digital Audio System
# AverMedia EZ DVD Maker Gold (Philips SAA7130 based PCTV card)
# Hitachi T7K250 250G SATA II x 2
# Seagate 7200.7 160G ATA inside Sarotech USB 2.0 Hardbox
# Acer Ferrari F-20 20" LCD Monitor
# Microsoft Natural MultiMedia Keyboard
# Logitech MX518 Mouse
# Canon CanoScan D1250U2
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Well he like to make screen caps. He was helping me with my Shadow of the Colossus site. Great man!!

Yep I know. I usually check out his site for some SH caps and images of the various covers and whatnot.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by B4-Hunter

Yeah hes one golden man =D. Doh I can't get FF XII Cover Scan anywhere =(

Have you tried asking maskrider? I can drop a PM to him over at GAF if you like?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

Not really, considering FFIX was released around the same time as the PS2 launched and it did fine.

Somewhat true I suppose but there was also some "damage" to an extent considering between FFVII-X-2, FFIX had the lowest with sold units in the US with only 1.66 million copies sold compared to FFVII's 3.9 million, FFVIII's 2.34 million and FFX's 2.69 million copies. Even X-2 sold more copies in the US than FFIX.

I'd imagine FFXII would get hit harder given the hype and worldwide launch and limited numbers for the PS3 making it more sought after for the holidays. Besides how many casual gamers will really pick up a PS3 and go "Wicked, I got my PS3 so let me now put aside launch titles and get FFXII to really show off my system".

A summer launch would of been more beneficial for not only SE but gamer's wallets too.

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Originally Posted by Effloresce

All of this discussion is very interesting. The sources from other forums being brought into the same thread is a lot more info than I was looking for, but in a good way.

Seems like you people really are aware of everything being posted out there, so I have a question.

I read some stuff posted on 2chan on the 13th and 14th about some possible big game spoilers, mainly stuff pertaining to the final boss and who/what that boss is, and how they tie into the story of course. In that thread, I also came across the possibility of

Spoiler:

a character dying.

I find it hard to believe that people would know all of this, considering the first FF12 torrent did not hit the web until the 14th (correct me if I am wrong, please). I would hope this information is just speculation, I really didn't want anything spoiled and came across the thread by accident. I do not know how these people could post all of that info, seeing as how the game wasn't even released yet, and pirated versions JUST hit the web as they were typing all of that...

Anyway, does anyone know if that discussion is false or just a bunch of speculation? It was titled "FF12 ultimate capture" or something weird like that.

And the game is coming out in November? I thought they said October. Damn. Oh well, we've waited long enough... what's the difference at this point, right?

The info is most likely correct if it's on 2ch. Despite a few stores breaking street date last week the Chinese release was also before the Japanese release of the game.

As for the November US release...I'm taking it with a grain of salt for now until a specific date is announced considering Wada said only last week in Famitsu FFXII would be released in the US during the summer and then sometime before the end of 2006 for Europe.

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Originally Posted by Elixir

2chan is... japanese, I think? You can read japanese?

If so, please translate this because I'm interested in seeing what the Final Fantasy XII PS2 console offers aside from an engraving.

I can answer that. Aside from the "FFXII" edition PS2 you also get a copy of the game and a strap.

duckroll at Gaming-Age got it:


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Originally Posted by Effloresce

Simo: Dammit. Well I at least have one or two things spoiled for me. It's almost like, what's the point of playing now

Craze: Right, but the posts I read were from the 13th and early hours of the 14th (Japanese time I would assume). Were pics of the boss out that early? BTW, I didn't read your spoiler, your info could be much different than mine and I don't want to know!

This might sound ridiculous, but I'm pissed. It sucks when you have waited like, what is it now, four or five years for a game and you already have at least one, possibly two big things spoiled.

That's what I get for being curious.

Well I could of told you to avoid 2ch if you don't want the game completely spoiled for you.

That place had all kinds of spoilers including the ending before the game was even officially released in Japan.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I've been avoiding all the plot spoilers but checking out the various impressions over at GAF which have all been overly positive about the game so far. One thing I'm glad about is how diverse the locations and landscapes sound like which is relief considering most of the screenshots released by Square show mainly nothing but desert plains.

I guess the real time weather effects/change actually managed to stay in the game despite early word of the feature being cut.

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Originally Posted by Spatula

I'm wondering if there are any well...snow plains or terrain because I want to know of SquareEnix addresses the issue of characters changing their attire to suit the weather. This bothered me in FFX where Tidus and the gang would wear summer wear for like the Highland plains. As much as I'm hoping for, I doubt it will happen here.

Well I'm not naming locations but there is a "snowy terrain" but the character's attie don't change or anything. In terms of the weather change though there are moments in the game, not a plot related location or anything just weather specifics...

Spoiler:

....where you'll visit an area or village as part of a Mob hunt with various locals mingling about only for it to later rain like a downpour and visiting that same area during then and you'll see that most of the NPCs have all gone inside their homes to avoid the rain. It's not scripted either to my knowledge and this applies to other areas too including the "snow" areas.

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A couple other things is how come, not only in FF games, but pretty much every other RPG game the monsters will ALWAYS team up against YOU; do they have some secret vendetta against your traveling party or something? You'll find the strangest combinations of like a Flim Flan teaming up with like a Bird or something which really don't have much in common, but the only thing on their agenda is to KILL YOU. I think this is why I generally enjoy fighting human like characters (seeing in the first few clips of FFXII) because you know the enemies have a reason to hunt your party down - this time probably because its a political difference in their system that they will wage war against your party. I read somewhere that in FFXII you can actually see monsters fighting other monsters since it's all real time. It'd be a real nice touch if this really did happen.
<Megalith-like>Can any one confirm this.

Yeah I recall seeing a video of monsters fighting other monsters and they'll not only gang up on you. Sometimes if one or more monsters see you then they'll chase after you and attack regardless of their species and sometimes it usually takes YOU to attack THEM before they make any kind of move.

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Originally Posted by RYU

I know they shipped 2.3 M units but how much units are seller?is there any news for that?

No word as yet which is kind of suspicious since first day sales are usually released by now...

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Spatula

Usually The Magic Box has these stats, and they've updated for up to March 20th for the other parts, but the top ten sold list is still back prior to March 16th release date.

Well the thanks to Johnnyram at GAF, the preliminary sales report from syoboonline reports that 1.3-1.4 million copies of FFXII were sold on day one and the number increased to 1.7-1.8 million over the weekend. That pretty much puts the sales on par with FFX but remember these numbers aren't confirmed so it could considerably higher or lower than those numbers.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Spatula

Which is what Simo is so proud to display in his avatar description ^__^!!

Sup Simo.

Also, what order are the ratings in for Famitsu? Ie. Gameplay, music, controls, visuals etc. I'm curious because this will obviously help me understand reviews better with the Famitsu system of rating.

They don't break down the game like that but rather post their final impressions with each of them reflecting what stood out best. Like I said earlier though, Famitsu's reviews are pretty much worthless because of their review system and how how biased they are to some franchises that they'll rate others harshly. The magazine is so respected and popular however because of their news and exclusives that their reviews are primarily a "go to" source in Japan.

Originally Posted by B4-Hunter

Anyone got his hands on Cover scan yet? I'm still looking for it. It was easier to find MGS3 SUB Existance Cover scan then FF XII =P.

As for the game it self I'm on 8:30+ and having a great fun with it =D

Sorry about that but maskrider never came back to me with the request. Also is it possible for you to refrain from putting location names in your sig for where you are in the game?

It'd probably be best for a seperate spoiler thread since some seem to be having trouble grasping how to use the spoiler code.....

Oh and according to GPara.com FFXII sold over 1.76 million copies in 3 days. Not a bad number at all especially considering how expensive it is in Japan.

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Originally Posted by Spatula

Oh so they DO do group think. How sad. Megalith has spoken the truth.

"ZOMG IT'S FROM SQUARE ENIX SO IT MMMMMMMMMMMMUUUUSSTTT BE MADE FROM GOD SAUCE AND WIN"

Yeah....unless it's FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus.

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Originally Posted by Spatula

What reviews did DoC get? Again probably biased but oh well.

7/7/7/7.
7 being pretty much the equivalent to a 4 over here so usually when a game gets a 7 in Famitsu it usually means the game is shite even by their system.

No surprise their review for DoC didn't make press until 2 weeks after the game's release.

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Originally Posted by Kensaki

The big question is will Vaan dump her for Ashe?(Don't ansver that) If so I'll be very dissepointed. Give us one FF without the two focal characters in the story have to end up as a couple...

Then again this is a Japanese game so meh.

Impressions make it sound like Vaan isn't even the main or focal character for the story. Sure he's there to drive it along but he's not the lead like Tidus, Squall, Cloud and other past male leads.

Overall though I've heard nothing but great things about the story. No JRPG cliche plot point or revelation and all the characters being fleshed out and character interactions well written along with the plot. Somebody basically compared that aspect like the Fantasy version of Metal Gear Solid and as for being "Dark", well if you mean mature, gritty and serious then yeah that's all FFXII main plot is about.

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Originally Posted by CuteChocobo

Fraya from FFIX... is somewhat related to Fran... *IMO*

Anyway, i have started doing translation on FFXII accessories, weapons, and other stuff... do them count as spoilers if I post them here? Or else I will be posting them on the [spoiler] section.

Aye. It might be best for those to be in the [Spoiler] thread to be on the safe side.

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