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dont know if its been posted yet...
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What month did that come from?
I get PSM and don't remember that issue.
Oh and this makes me even more excited about it!
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This Gambit system intrigues me to no end... along with these supposed bosses that take hours upon hours to kill...
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Thank you, I enjoy reading reviews like this. It kills me that they're reviewing the ENGLISH version, which means it's just sitting there waiting for Dirge of Cerberus to sell as much as possible before they let it out. Rawr!
I'm glad they said there's a lot of cutscenes and story, because I require lots of plot. But just like the import reviews I read, they also complain of little character development... Hmm :( I can sort of see what they mean. In Final Fantasy Tactics, sure Ramza talks a lot, and sure he's there all the time, but the focus is usually not on him exactly but normally just on situations that are happening to him. Er, I guess. Anyway... That's the impression I get that FXII will be like. If I can love the Shadow Hearts characters, some of which barely say anything (Lucia...Vincent... I'm looking at both of you right now), then these characters should be just fine in my book regardless of no past exploration anyway.
Even after reading this I still don't quite get the License Board. I understand how it functions perfectly, but if everybody starts in one spot more or less, and everybody heads off into one direction, and accessories are in one corner while other equipment is in another, well, then how do I license accessories while still licensing other equipment. Ah well, I'm sure it all comes together in the end.
They also say the bosses are super hard. Those judges are gonna give me frustrated nightmares I can tell <3
I think the gambits sound good. It does sound sort of auto-pilot, but that doesn't mean less involvement... It's actually pure customization. If anything, the gambits only expose how completely repetitive and simple RPGs are.
I'm so pumped for this game. Even if the reviews were horrible I'd be pumped for it, but I admit seeing all these perfect scores and 9's and 9.5's is definitely nice... I even loved the demo and most people puked over that thing. This whole game looks absolutely amazing to me. October 31st, October 31st, October 31st....
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They got the Cid bit wrong. The guy they called Cid is supposed to be Al Sid Malgaras. The actual Cid is a researcher for the Archadians.
Hmm...I'm sure the young fella they highlighted was Al Cid.
Not just Cid.
~Setzer Gabbiani
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Originally Posted by
Tsukasa
FFXII has my full support for best next gen game.
Obviously, you've forgotten that Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra comes out this year :p
Square has teased me for so long with FFXII that I honestly don't care enough anymore to read any of that. I hear it's a pretty good game so I'll probably buy it when it's released in PAL sometime in the next ten years.
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Setzer Gabianni
They got the Cid bit wrong. The guy they called Cid is supposed to be Al Sid Malgaras. The actual Cid is a researcher for the Archadians.
Hmm...I'm sure the young fella they highlighted was Al Cid.
Not just Cid.
~Setzer Gabbiani
Yep, that's definitely Al-Cid (or Alside, or whatever transliteration I've seen so far :p), and not Doctor Cid.
Thanks a ton for sharing those pages with us! Great review; I don't agree with the character under-development bit though (I loved FF VIII, but there you could definitely say there was character underdevelopment; you still have more than enough in FF XII to understand where the characters come from, why they are here and why they take the decisions they do, and grow fond of all of the members of the main party, which imo is enough in a video game - I don't need to know their favorite color:p ).
Where I agree though is about the lack of mini-games. I was surprised how little of them there were (actually, apart from the mob-hunts, which do take a lot of time to clear, alright, they are close to none). That for me is the one most annoying thing about the game
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Lilliputian Hitcher
Obviously, you've forgotten that Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra comes out this year
I have been sorely disappointed by Xenosaga, where I only really like the story. That being said, it will be the last of the series (unless Square somehow gets the franchise back, but I doubt it) so I guess we'll have to play it :p That being said, from all the previews I've seen, I'm not too excited. Oh well, hopefully, they'll prove me wrong and will go out with a wonderful game!
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Cid's hot this time. <3 Man-candy. Anyway, I'm definitely buying this game, no questions asked. This review sealed the deal.
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I'm grabbing hold of Zargabaath, Ghis, Vossler and Al-Cid, so you can have the Doctor Cid haha!
~Setzer Gabbiani
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its going to be so unfair... I am going to have to wait like.... 8 or so months for it to come to AU :(
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Seriously,that must be the October issue.
I'm freaking out!I'm too lazy to read all of the pages you have posted!That has to be the Oct.Issue which I haven't gotten yet!
OMG!I hope my subscription hasn't ended!OMG!Is that from the October Issue!
P.S.I'm a total fanboy when it comes to FFXII,and it's not even out yet!
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Yes it's the October issue.
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ZOMG!!!I NED THA OCTOBR ISSUUE!!!
Sorry,i'm such a fanboy,i've started using noob speak...
Anyway,I seriously think my 12-issue subscription has ended...The last issue I got was the September issue...I hope it's just like,late...
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I should not have read that. As if I wasn't getting psyched up enough already. I've been going mad ever since I preordered it. D=<
Of course, that's not to say I haven't been going mad the past two or three years. >_>
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I know how you feel,Ouch!
I NEEDthis game!I wish October would hurry up and come already!Good thing,it's just around the corner.
October 31=Bliss...
