FFXII's Japanese Release 90
1up has coverage of the Japanese launch for Final Fantasy XII. The much-anticipated and very delayed game began sales yesterday, prompting more pictures of Japanese gamers in line. If you don't mind spoilers, they also have a fairly extensive preview based on the import version of the game. From that article: "FFXII begins with a stunningly gorgeous full-motion video which depicts a royal wedding in Dalmasca, a small kingdom wedged precipitously between the warring nations of Archadia and Rosarria. But the celebrations are cut short as Dalmasca is dragged into the war and the newlywed prince is felled in battle by an arrow, leaving one very bereaved princess to mourn her loss."
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Also chickens you can ride on and little white cat things.
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Looking back, I actually think it's one of the more unique elements of FF6. The last boss is actually pretty tough. Some of the other fights in the game are hard due to limitations or restrictions, but the 4-in-a-row boss fight took me about 3 tries before I beat it.
Of course, after I played a bit more I learned some tricks that made it easier (yay life 3) but it's still one of the harder fights in the game.
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Reflect Rings + Osmose. Getting to him is cake. :)
The concept is to bounce your spells off your own characters, not to reflect theirs back at them. Also note that Osmose can't be reflected. Using this technique you essentially have infinite MP (Osmose drains MP from a target), and you can easily wail on them with magic.
I'm told casting Beserk on your characters works well too, but I haven't tried it.
I used to grind t
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Actually if you cast Berserk on him it works wonders. He stops changing his weaknesses and only attacks physically...No magic. That is, of course, until you beat him and he nukes you with Ultima. I didn't know about Life 3 until my second time through the game.
I used to grind that place to learn spells - you get good "spell experience" (I think it's AP?) in there. Taught everyone Ultima that way.
I go to the deser
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And then you get near the end of Sphere, and fight all 1 million HP of boss...
then you get to the END of Sphere and fight Lenneth and her 3 million HP and near-instant kill aoes. Amazing fights.
Atma in FF8 (Score:2)
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I would perhaps suggest calling them "more dedicated" or "players with longer attention spans" instead of "more advanced.
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Try Skies of Arcadia for the Game Cube. There's a boss in there that is incredibly powerful compared to the final boss. It's like climing a mountain vs. stepping over an ant hill. I don't think he's in the Dreamcast version, but his minions are. Some treasure h
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Was that the possessed guy you fought in the bottom of a dungeon? If so, I agree. He was extremely hard. That game was actually fairly hard compared to a game like FFX. I wiped quite a few times in ToS. I only wiped once in FFX, and it was because I didn't bother to heal before a boss battle.
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On the other hand, there's my old roommate, who played the games for the stories and cutscenes. He was a big Final Fantas
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*= Unless you're talking about another ice gorge, I mean the one before Zanarkand. With endless talking before you can fight the boss and the boss wiping my party with one combo attack.
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IIRC, there are multiple targets, and one of them can be d
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The first battle was rather pathetic. Selecting the first of the special bosses, the battle starts with the boss getting the first turn. WHAM! Tidus goes down in a single hit without being able to
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I have stopped caring about the story in FF since it's been rehashing the save the world formula, but many many people keep insisting that the scenario is always deep and moving and whatnot.
What does the
So please explain why I should buy it. Better graphics? Nice cutscenes? Good music? How about the Gameplay? Is it any fun?
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The enemy is now called 97,246. Quick!! Use the magic spell of 22,189!
The enemy's down to 75,057. Good job! Can you use your bag of tricks to get him down to 0? Tune in to the next episode of Final Fantasy XII to find out!
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I'm not going to try to explain to you why you should buy it, especially since you don't seem too interested in the first place, but I'll tell you why I will.
I buy Final Fantasy games for one reason and one reason only - I like that kind of stuff. Even if it is "standard generic fantasy anime fare", hey, that's fine by me. Sometimes when something turns out to be exactly what you expected, it isn't a bad thing.
The combat system in XII seems like it could be a little wonky, but I thought the same thing about Star Ocean 3 and ended up absolutely loving that game.
Just my two cents.
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As for originality, FFIV was probably more original than any of the others. It was the first console RPG with an antihero (albeit remorseful), and had a novel story regarding redemption and the evils of secrets and competition for love. There's a lot of subtext there not really present in the others
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Arn't most games somehow about saving the world, especially most RPG games? Simply saying that Final Fantasy is about saving the world is like saying Moby Dick was just about a whale.
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The very first Final Fantasy was Square's last game. They were almost broke, and had pretty much exactly enough money to produce one more title. Lo and behold, it boomed! They were immediately able to bring themselves back out of debt and start making new titles. In homage to the title that brought them out of their slump, pretty much every subsequent game has been a "sequel" of the original Final Fantasy, despite huge differences in plot, location, and characters.
I realise your post was probably just a joke, but hey, I had the info.
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"Ultimate Fantasy" has that cheesy console RPG ring to it.
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I hear you on cheesey, though.
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This is no more strange than calling some one a fireman. Would you ask, "But does fire not really mean burning? I have often wondered why they are not burning down to the ground."
So just like firemen are not actually on fire, "Final Fantasy" is not actually the last fantasy. Firemen stop fires, and Final Fantasy is a series that was started with a then ailing Square as their last game.
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So who cares. I'm getting in line!
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I've also been playing FFXI for over 2 years now and I enjoy the combat system a lot. I makes sense to me that while engaged in combat, attacking is the default action and doesn't require pressing the X button repeatedly. You're left instead with the decisions (Use magic? Defend? Order the other characters? etc... etc...)
I loved the demo that came with Dragon Ques
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The music is awesome. (Score:3, Interesting)
Watch out for the remix of "Clash on the Big Bridge"
http://oddigy.com/ [oddigy.com]
Hurry up and grab it before the Chinese leechers suck down all my bandwidth.
You're welcome.
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Although Troll is probably the wrong moderation to show this view.
Grandparent: And linking to Slashdot is goint to help with your bandwidth issues?
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Impression from the demo (Score:4, Interesting)
In summation, the only thing new this time around is the battle system and I find it a fresh experience, although the jury is still out on whether it is "better".
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"One excited fan asked Wada to release a remake of Final Fantasy VII for PlayStation 3, to which Wada responded "We'll consider it." "
If there is ever a killer app for the PS3, it would be an exclusive FF VII. Right now, I am rather disgusted with Sony, but my love and support for Square-Enix would be enough to overcome that with FF VII. I would go so far as to saying it could rival Halo as a console seller (if done right; though I could still see Sony screwing it up).
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But thinking about it more and more, if Sone can keep third party support, the only winner this round will be Nintendo. Yep. Sony will win 1/2 of Japan, MS will win half of US, and everyone e
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The easy answer to this is that the Final Fantasy Franchise is HUGE in Japan, and until the 360 starts actually selling there, Square won't be in any rush to put what may be their #1 franchise on it.
As the 360 is currently selling WORSE than the original Xbox in Japan, don't look for this to happen anytime soon.
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*= I know, it's not like GTA3. But it's not that different from other GTA games and people only buy a console for very unique experiences that can't be had elsewhere.
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What most RPGs are like! (Score:1)