rather short?!?

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lolz, more flaming of FFXII Renmiri. She's hooked on it.

I agree that FFXII is visually beautiful and not to mention the story line is great, but i wish they kept to turnbased battles thats the true final fantasy combat system. thats the only thing i dont like.

How would you know? (Note: Seriously, how WOULD you know ) The games have only stuck with one type of battling system until recently, so let the creators experiment with more before making a final judgement. It only feels like that because we've had the same system for so long. BTW, if you want to include random battles, don't. It's not a FF element. It's appeared in other series.

Note: You can go back and talk to the fayth at temples, hunt for celestial weapons, find out what Clasko is up to...

How is fun dodging 200 lightbolts without getting hit and riding a chocobo purely to get a perfect time as part of the celestial weapon quest? FFX probably had 3 sidequests/minigames worthy of attempting. Blitzball, even though that got dull after while once you overpowered your team. Monster arena, and the Dark Aeon hunting.

FFXII in comparison... I haven't finished it yet (because it's dull) but I know I'm not far off the end and yet it's as if it's just started. The issue there is lots of places, but you just plough away fighting your way from one side to the other using pretty bridges and things, and there's not so much in the way of exploration (no specific hidden treasures, bah)

So hunting for the Zodiac Spear in the deadly Necrohol of Nabudis doesn't count? It's incredibly hard to find, especially if you open one of the four DO NOT OPEN chests. Not so much in the way of exploration?! Impossible. You had freedom to explore, there was a lot you could discover. Treasures don't always have to count as weaponry if you're thinking along those lines. Espers are hidden, and you can also fight trophy rare game in XII - collect the trophies, sell so much off to a certain bangaa at the hunt club for something worthwhile!

Back to the whole FFX thing..it was way too long. Well, maybe not in terms of gameplay, but the FMV's made things drag. Way too much.