Does any one else realise it,s smurfing Star Wars?

[Joethulhu]

The story starts out pretty original, but the first similarity is the music. When you let the opening go, this game's version of the Final Fantasy theme begins like the celebration music from Star Wars IV. Several other songs sound familiar, but I won't recite them now, mostly because I don't feel like it.

Now for the story. Okay, besides the basics of an Empire and a Rebel Alliance, there are still a lot others.
Remember rescuing Ashe on the Dreadnought Leviathan? Hmm, I seem to remember something, once again from Star Wars IV, where some other people did the same thing with another princess! SURELY it's a coincidence, RIGHT?

Some characters have drastic similarities, also. Vaan is Luke, Balthier is Han Solo, and Fran is Chewbacca. AND BALTHIER'S A SMURFING SKY PIRATE. WITH A SMURFING BIG SHIP THAT FLIES.



Granted, though, FFXII does have original parts, like everything until you escape the Nalbina Dungeon. It also doesn't rip off EVERYTHING, so you guys tell me, am I right or is it just my RAGE at this game for being an adequate Real-Time RPG with Final Fantasy slapped on the cover.







On a side note, Balthier's name would be pronounced BAHL-THEE-EHR if you follow Japanese grammar, but everyone in the game says it BÁL-THEER. Why?
And yet, ddespite my anger at this game, I really want to play it, if only because of the empire's hilarious Britishness and the fact that Balthier's dialogue is the best since "this guy are sick", in my opinion at least. Sorry for ranting so much, I swear I'm done.

















For now.....