FFXII Scores Max In Famitsu 101
Famitsu, the premiere Japanese videogame magazine, evidently really likes Final Fantasy XII. From the Insert Credit post: "Meanwhile, Final Fantasy XII has scored a perfect score of 40 -- all four reviewers scoring it 10 out of 10 -- from Japanese gaming bible Famitsu. It joins the club of five perfect-scoring games, one of which is a fighting game with a sequel that's better (Soul Calibur), two of which are Zelda games (Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker), and two of which (Nintendogs and Vagrant Story) didn't even make it onto Famitsu readers' top 100 list."
So talking of scores... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So talking of scores... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:So talking of scores... (Score:1)
That's what Nintendo is trying to make of the Revolution, the solution to all our problems, but this can only be solved by inovative game developers, writers, directors, etc....
Of course, I might be completely wrong, and this problems with games is only part of a larger problem envolving
Re:So talking of scores... (Score:1)
With games that have storylines like "The president has been kidnapped by ninjas! Are you a bad enough dude to save him?" or "Aliens are invading Earth!
Re:So talking of scores... (Score:1)
they just have to know...
Re:So talking of scores... (Score:1)
The trick is to actually do this and produce content to go along with it, then slap in on a lunch box and sell it. I'm sure you could make ass loads of cash if you had enough to pay off the game reviews sites to give you favorable marks given that a review of the story will be pretty much impossible.
Though this might be easier to do starting with a first
well that's great (Score:1)
It is getting released soon (Score:2)
Dupe (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Dupe (Score:3, Funny)
konnichiwa! Wercome to srashdot.org.jp!
Re:I'm curious... (Score:2)
Re:I'm curious... (Score:2)
I don't know. Personally, I thought that FF X was the absolute peak of the FF series for combat systems. It was the good old ATB system made more transparent and strategic by showing the resulting attack order. It also just flowed more smoothly thanks to the animations and quick responses.
I have mixed feelings about the system in FF XII. I'm almost certainly going to turn the system to wait mode like
"Burn the demo disc" (Score:1)
Well, that's good news for everyone who felt a bit down after trying the demo (that would be most people from what I've heard). Instead of inspiring desire, it seemed to suck the energy out of the room. Maybe a Potion would have helped us feel better.
Anyone know if Famitsu is plagued by accusations of buying out like other gaming magazines? I loved Wind Waker, but I still wouldn't give it 10/10.
Re:"Burn the demo disc" (Score:1)
Re:"Burn the demo disc" (Score:1, Interesting)
The whole reason anybody cares about Famitsu scores in the first place is because their reviews are famously accurate and impartial. They have a six-person review team (high and low score are thrown out, meaning a game that gets a 40 was rated 10/10 by at least 5 of those 6 reviewers) that are very highly regarded by the Japanese gaming public. The Japanese press isn't immune from payola, but Famitsu? You're treading on thin i
Re:"Burn the demo disc" (Score:1)
Having said th
Re:"Burn the demo disc" (Score:2)
Wind Waker (Score:2)
With the leap in console generation, I was expecting some kind of gameplay innovation... but it turned out "Wind Waker" was just "Ocarina" with cel shading and a boat. And the boat was kinda dull after the first half hour or so.
Re:Wind Waker (Score:2)
Of course it seems with Twilight Princess they're determined not to make the same mistakes again, so hopefully th
Famitsu, the Final Fantasy Fanclub? (Score:1, Interesting)
Yeah, that really sounds like unbiased reporting there. Gee, a magazine that apparently has a hard-on for Square-Enix games rated the latest Square-Enix game perfect. That's almost as surprising as the Official PlayStation Magazine saying that the PlayStation p
Re:Famitsu, the Final Fantasy Fanclub? (Score:1, Insightful)
"Biased reporting" has very little to do with it.
Re:Famitsu, the Final Fantasy Fanclub? (Score:2)
Re:Famitsu, the Final Fantasy Fanclub? (Score:1)
Re:Famitsu, the Final Fantasy Fanclub? (Score:2)
If it was as much trash as you evidently think everyone else thinks, how has it lasted this long? It's not just Famitsu, I've yet to see any publication call an FF game shite.
Re:Famitsu, the Final Fantasy Fanclub? (Score:2)
Wake us up when some relatively unbiased gormet restraunt reviews rate eating establishments.
Why not link to the actual site? (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.ff12.com/ [ff12.com]
Or a more intersting site:
http://www.ffxii.net/ [ffxii.net]
Re:Why not link to the actual site? (Score:1)
Isn't the blurb a little too negative? (Score:5, Informative)
Previous famitsu scores:
FF: 8.25
FFII: 8.25
FFIII: 9
FFIV: 9
FFV: 8.5
FFVI: 9.25
FFVII: 39/40
FFVIII: 38/40
FFIX: 38/40
FFX: 38/40
FFX-2: 34/40
FFXI: 36/40
Re:Isn't the blurb a little too negative? (Score:2, Informative)
FFVIII: 38/40
hahahhahah
oh my god, that game was the worst of the series, with the draw system being possibly one of the worst game mechanics ever to grace a JRPG.
Re:Isn't the blurb a little too negative? (Score:1)
Re:Isn't the blurb a little too negative? (Score:2)
I mean, could you imagine if everyone at a popular, trusted review site had the collective stupidity to say that FFVIII is the greatest game ever to bear the name? Now that [gamespot.com] would be hilarious!
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Re:Isn't the blurb a little too negative? (Score:2)
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Re:Isn't the blurb a little too negative? (Score:1)
Re:Isn't the blurb a little too negative? (Score:2)
In the long run it would have probably saved him a lot of time despite being tedious. He was one of those guys who played for the storyline though, and hated just mashing things to level up.
Re:Isn't the blurb a little too negative? (Score:2)
Rob
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Re:Isn't the blurb a little too negative? (Score:2)
FF1 was a great game. I wish it had a little more content, but damn, it was impressive for a NES title.
FFVII was crap. Nonlinear, shoehorned, crap. I
Re:Isn't the blurb a little too negative? (Score:2)
Sure, if you want to deliberately try to suck all the fun out of the game for yourself, you go right ahead and do that. You know what, you can also over-level
Re:Isn't the blurb a little too negative? (Score:2)
Guess what? As far as I could tell from the demo, there is a mode to auto-switch to a character when its their turn to control them. That means you get all the con
Re:Isn't the blurb a little too negative? (Score:2)
>>they can't play video games worth shit
You, sir, are a wise and noble person.
Sure, FFX-2 overdid the fan service -- instead of 10 minute long summon sequences in FFVII, we have magic girls with their clothes flying off and back on, but at least you could skip it after you watched it a few times -- and the voice acting was horrendous, but in terms of actual gameplay it is so much better than FFX that I get pissed
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Re:"Sequel that's better"? (Score:2)
Re:"Sequel that's better"? (Score:1)
It's some dude's blog. He has every right to post comments on it - it's his blog! Slashdot, on the other hand, should know better than to post opinion as a factual story, but if you've been around here long enough, you'll know that Slashdot doesn't bother to actually check links... (Check out this article [slashdot.org] where the link to the "New York Times" actually went to Hooters until they editted the story...
Re:"Sequel that's better"? (Score:2)
And the his bit about Soul Calibur.
Re:"Sequel that's better"? (Score:1)
That said you make a good point that when SC came out it was simply the best fighter around and arguably the SC series still are the best fighters around. (
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Re:"Sequel that's better"? (Score:1)
They must get a better demo (Score:4, Interesting)
"Yech" is about the only word I can come up with for it. If that demo is an accurate representation of the final game, I want to know just how big a bribe it took to get the rating these reviewers gave it.
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:3, Interesting)
It's a pretty large leap from the traditional interface (and possible scenario setup), which might irk some people. But, it is that sort of thing that is refreshing to others. Personally, I enjoyed it quite immensely, but then again I also very much enjoyed the archeypes for the system (presumably a variation of the FFT/A scenario system and a battle system akin to FFXI's).
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:2)
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:2)
"There was almost no interaction when fighting a monster. You simply ran your characters over to the monster and they seemed to kill it by themselves."
This is Final Fantasy we are talking about here, there really isnt much interaction with monsters aside from selecting what you want your little guy do and then watching the animation.
There is a tu
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:2)
I played both scenarios in the demo, I don't remember a big difference between them in terms of controls.
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:2)
What the heck is with you people who do this? I honestly never even thought of trying this until I read people online griping about it. I guess it just takes a certain mentality to actively try to not have fun with a game.
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:2)
Maybe the demo that comes with Dragon Quest is just badly designed and the actual game is better
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:2)
Change can be a good thing, but for the first 10 iterations of the game they managed to change a _lot_ of stuff while still keping it
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:2)
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:2)
Plenty of times - usually with games that I wound up buying once they were released... I remember plenty of old PC games were the demo was essentially just a limited section of the full game. You weren't playing some easy-mode version of the game, you were playing the actual game - it just ended far earlier than the real game did. I bought Ascendancy, Abuse, and Total Annihilation after playing d
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:2)
Sky Pirates don't bother me, and it's cool to see
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:2)
I hate demos like that, because they give you no feel for the game at all. Kind of like the FFXII demo, which is probably why it was so disappointing. After playing through it I have absolutely no idea what FFXII will actually play like. If the demo isn't going to give you a taste of the actual game, there's really no point
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:2)
Tidus was kinda like an Aeon in X, in the sense that he was a creation of the fayth. At the end of X, they killed the Aeons, releasing the fayth from their duties (no, I don't know why they didn't have to kill Tidus too) causing Tidus and all the other aeons to be gone "forever" (no, I don't understand what the thing with Tidus and Jecht and Auron was at the end
Perfect score? (Score:2)
I realize the game is catered to a market where anyone over 18 is considered old, but still, I wish they'd stop making such feminine lead characters. At least stop making them all look like 14 year olds. These guys look like they spend more time doing their hair than training for battle. It look
Re:Perfect score? (Score:3, Funny)
You mean like Gackt [mahamari.com]?
Re:Perfect score? (Score:2)
American/PC RPGs focus on simulation of a world whereas Japanese/console RPGs focus on telling a story, both with gamist combat elements thrown in. You are having a problem with a difference of gaming goals.
Re:Perfect score? (Score:2)
What Westerners perceive as feminine the Japanese perceive as attractive. Most women prefer tall and slim men here in Japan. Weight rooms are far and few here. It`s pretty much a free-for-all too, with regards to men`s fasion. Pink frilly shirt? Tight pants? Winnie the Pooh hanging off your bag? It`s all good, no one will challenge your masculinity.
In short, u
Cultural differences (Score:2)
The Japanese have a very different attitude about what makes an attractive man. They have long favored androgynous, effiminate males known as bishounen (Japanese for "pretty boys"). It might surprise you to know that the more "masculine" hero types with
Do you smell fish? (Score:1)
I hope it's good (Score:1)
Also, 11 was online only. Bleh.
The 12 demo had a somewhat confusing battle system (do i try to dodge attacks? etc.)
Since the original creator of Final Fantasy left after 10, (Nobuo Uematsu left too) and i've disliked every release since they both left, I don't have high hopes for 12.
Famitsu == BS (Score:2)
Re:Famitsu == BS (Score:1)
7/10 becomes 2/5
8/10 becomes 3/5
Once you do this thier scores seem more in line with reality.
Or on the 40 scale. make it out of 20 and subtract 20.
But most importantly... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:But most importantly... (Score:2, Funny)
Well, wouldn't finding that the hot female lead character has a tentacle kind of spoil the mood?
Who doesn't? (Score:2)
Maybe 12 won't be so bad after all (Score:2)
Re:Not quite accurate. (Score:2)