True of False? Lack of any character development? Lack of any plot twists?
So, hopefully I'm not breaking any rules...
I just finished beating Tales of the Abyss (I picked this up the same day I got FFXII, but since I really enjoy Tales games more, and the art style, I ended up playing it first) Now I'm VERY tempted to play through it again (all almost 100 hours of it) because from within 15 min the game grabbed me, the characters are all very memorable, the story was pretty good (I thought) and it was just very fun, I kept playing because I wanted to know more about the characters. That and additional things open up during the 2nd game play...but 100 hours could be used better (like homework...and studying for finals...)
Now my fav FF games are 6, 10, 9 and 8. I've played every other FF to date. (cept for XI and XII) I really liked them because not only was the story pretty good (although some were kinda predictable) but what made me go on and keep playing was I wanted to find out more about the characters (all the characters are memorable) and more about what will happen on with the story.
But I've been reading alot of reviews...saying there is almost no character development, and the story is just straight foward, and often times you don't even know the exact cause of the character's motivation, basically you just end up not caring about the characters.
So I'm just wondering if I'd enjoy playing FFXII, which I'll probally play after Zelda: TP on the wii, but I'd rather not play it (for now) and play something else if the characters are really that bad.
As you can tell I really like things that are gripping, I don't really like playing games just to play I guess, I need to be involved, cept for FPS or side scrollers those are just for mindless fun which I can put down at anytime. But my expectations out of an RPG should have a good gripping story and a strong cast of characters. A strong cast of chracters meaning they are memorable, and you know you want to get to know them. I mean in FFX I was sad at the ending, and the only reason I played FFX-2 (although everythign else was HORRIBLE about the game) was because I wanted to see if there really WOULD be a happy ending (ie characters gripping me enough to get me through crappy game play)
I'm already 100% sure I'll love the battle system, as it seems very similar to the Tales series battle system (ie real time fighting) and that is always ftw :)
It's the story and character development I'm worried about.
Does FFXII have this problem or not? I'm trying to get a wider range of opinons than just nits and picks of reviews I read off the internet.
