Final Fantasy XII - PlayStation 2

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago at Apr 18 15:54

I was really taken in when I first played this game. I was immediately impressed with the graphics, the cut scenes and the huge scale of the game that was about to open up in front of me. It felt like every inch the epic and I was not disappointed. As I played further through it though, I did tend to stumble across things that bugged me or reduced my enjoyment of the game. My major concern was the repetitiveness of the dungeons. They can create a world with so many different landscapes and amazing unique features, but instead they've got lazy and reused the same format and textures for numerous dungeons. I still haven't completed this game yet, though I'm a good way through it and I think that if there is one more dungeon, I'm not going to have the energy to battle through it. The ba...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago at Apr 4 7:46

When I finished Final Fantasy X-2, I thought it was time to say good-bye to Final Fantasy. It's not that the game was bad, but the lack of genuine spirit of the series, flat characterization and rather thin story made me think that perhaps the creators of the series have finally run out of creativity. I say "finally", because up to that unfortunate installment, every single Final Fantasy game was blessed by artistic inspiration, no matter how controversial it was. I felt that there was a need for a radical change. A change that would take Final Fantasy onto a whole new level. The gameplay innovations of "Final Fantasy X-2" were too superficial and didn't make up for the lack of story-telling quality. I dreamed about a departure from the conservative, static battle system of Japanese RPGs...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago at Mar 16 18:13

Utilizing the fact it was created in a time when disks were capable of holding vast amounts of data FF12 is the most epic and vast Final Fantasy of the series. Its towns and villages are HUGE and the world map IS a world, unlike FFX where you had "big areas" but it felt like a small jaunt. The story in this is a little more adult than the previous titles, i think it decides that being a serious franchise is far better than selling out to the new generation of idiotic children we are spawning. Its like watching real films after years of watching teen flicks, you suddenly realize that you have been missing out on something brilliant all along. The characters in this are great, the voice acting has improved leaps and bounds since the days when Yuna laughed in FFX and all you heard was "ha.....Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 2 years, 1 month ago at Nov 3 6:06

7.5 is what I want to give this game, but it wont let me. I decided I would rent this game before I even thought about buying it because of the new battle system. After playing it, Im not impressed, but not to disappointed either. The battles lack any sort of action, half the time you just stand there waiting for the gauge to go up so your character can automatically attack the enemy you tell him to. It starts with choosing what you will do, say you choose attack, you then choose which enemey to attack, run up to it and wait, after that you just stand there, you cant even dodge and blocking random. If you choose to fast a spell, you choose which spell you want to use, then on who, you then wait for the gauge to fill up again, cast the spell and thats it, you will not do it again, nor will...Read more

Rating : 7/10

Posted : 2 years, 6 months ago at Jun 8 11:08

It's taken me a little while to get used to this one after playing X and X-2 so much. This one seems to be more "serious" and "dramatic" with all its politics and betrayals and such while the previous were light and fantasy-y (yeah, that's a word in my dictionary). Of course the graphics are amazing and the overall look of the game is great. There's plenty to run around and do, side missions and all. You can run around to try and kill stuff or explore whatever you want but you are (sort of) forced into the missions because you have to lvl up and upgrade weapons, armor, etc, or you will be killed. Quickly. As I said, at first I was "eh" about it but now I can't stop playing! I think I have plenty of game left to do, and I may try and cover the entire license board (or so I th...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 2 years, 10 months ago at Jan 29 13:06

This is without a doubt not only the worst Final Fantasy game I’ve ever played, but one of the worst games I’ve ever played, period. I believe that if this game was called anything other than Final Fantasy, game critics would have layed down the bitch-smacking it heartily deserved. I was a die-hard FF fan. I still consider Final Fantasy VII, the game that brought me into the series, a game I could still pick up and play with all the enjoyment I did back when it first came out in 1997. But apparently Square-Enix has no notion of its heritage beyond roman numerals and this year’s atrocious Dirge of Cerberus and now FFXII have brought the hard-death to my love of the series. The biggest problem among the many is the lack of character development. We’re thrust into a gigantic wor...Read more

Rating : 3/10

Posted : 2 years, 10 months ago at Jan 29 7:28

As Final Fantasy games get developed over the years, the developer keeps offering new systems that we grow addicted to over and over again.

The latest installment of Final Fantasy game, FF12, is the best one ever in terms of graphic, battle system, story, and game world. FF12 offers massive world players can interact with. Characters development are excellent. Voice-over acting is also top notch. This is a game worth having for all RPG lovers out there.

Rating : 10/10