FFXII

[scorpio1690]

Didn't feel like digging up a thread if we had one recently. This was released on Hallowe'en in North America and I have a friend who has it. He says it's absolutely amazing so I'm gonna pick it up on my birthday in eleven days.

I've been going around the net looking at it and it seems like a mixture of Tactics, Tactics Advance (Boooo), and FFXI which I never played. The Gambit System seems alright, I don't think I'll mind it and I'll probably learn to like it. The License Board is what really catches my attention; there is no preset classes like in the other FF's. For example, in FFVII or FFIX people like Aerith and Dagger/Eiko were the white mage types. In FFXII on the other hand you can set anyone to anything. You can make your main character anything from a barbarically strong knight, to a skillfully swift thief, to a fragile summoner. That aspect of customization reminds me of Fable which I had a grand ol' time playing. The story of the game seems... bleh, for lack of a better word. Yes story does make up a good percentage of the game but in my opinion I'll work with it even if I don't appreciate the story at all. And lastly, the music strongly resembles FFT which I love dearly.

Once I get it and start playing I'll update what I think of it more and how it feels. I'm kind of wary of letting the computer control the other characters in battle even if I have set their priorities though...