Should I give FFXII another shot?

[maybee]

Well personally I don't like Final Fantasy 12 either. Final Fantasy 12 seems to be that game that you either think that's the best Final Fantasy ever or the worst.

Personally I've given it at least 3 tries maybe 4 and I just can't get into it.

[Sylvie]

The only place you have a chance of finding it cheap is high street game shops, where it will be at a reasonable market price. The problem this has is that it will more than likely take a bloody age until you finally find it. People on ebay and Amazon typically think that an old game is worth millions of pounds, because they are stupid.

This is all bulls**t.

[Quindiana Jones]

Ah right, yeah, I see your point.

[Jessweeee♪]

I too was fifteen when I first played it! I wasn't too crazy about it. It was alright, but nothing special. I found the battle system to be super fun though, so I gave it another run and liked it much more the second time around. FFXII is one of those titles that grows on me with each run through the game. It's one of my favorites in the series!

[Alpha2099]

Well personally I don't like Final Fantasy 12 either. Final Fantasy 12 seems to be that game that you either think that's the best Final Fantasy ever or the worst.

The same can be said about FF8. When a game is that polarizing, you gotta give it some props. That said, I don't like 12 very much. I was 17 when I played it, and just never had enough interest to keep up with it. It didn't feel like the older FFs I had played and enjoyed.

I won't say it's the worst FF ever (I might reserve that for FF3), but to this point I have played/attempted to play eight FF games (1-7 and 12), and the only ones I abandoned before finishing were FF5 and FF12. Someday I intend to go back and give 5 another try, but I don't feel the same way with 12.

[Slothy]

That said, I don't like 12 very much. I was 17 when I played it, and just never had enough interest to keep up with it. It didn't feel like the older FFs I had played and enjoyed.

That was one of the big reasons I liked it (that and it being good anyway). After nearly 20 years of playing the other FF's in the series at the time, playing something that wasn't like the older titles was a breath of fresh air, and a much needed kick in the ass for a series that had stagnated a bit. Then they abandoned it and made FFXIII. Ah well, at least I got a brief glimpse of some hope.

and the only ones I abandoned before finishing were FF5 and FF12. Someday I intend to go back and give 5 another try, but I don't feel the same way with 12.

Quite the interesting avatar and sig choice based on this tidbit of info.

[Alpha2099]

Quite the interesting avatar and sig choice based on this tidbit of info.

Well...5 has cool-looking sprites. In most FFs, the characters look the same from the start to the end. In 5, you can change it up as much as you want. I like that.

[Bolivar]

I firmly believe FFXII is a game most people will have to pick up a second time before they appreciate it. I was very disappointed by it in 2006, but now it's one of my favorite games of the last decade. I used to hate the mindless hordes of monsters stopping you from any plot progression at all. Now, I love fighting hordes of monsters, exploring every nook and cranny of every area, mapping out each region and coming up with different equipment and gambit combinations. The story also hits you th at much harder when you get a gist of what the plot is before jumping in.

I just wish the camera controls weren't outdated.

Go for it - you can find the game for less than $5 if you really want to.

[Jinx]

Just bought the game off of Amazon for 8.64 after shipping. :P

It should be here next week.

[Jessweeee♪]

Nice o:

[Elpizo]

My PS3 died on me and the replacement just arrived today. Lost all my saved games, including my 192 hours on XII. Now I have a reason to go through this great game again!

[Quindiana Jones]

So... have you tried it again yet, Sam? Keep us updated!

[Sephex]

I would also like to know that.

I actually like this game. I don't LOVE it, but I appreciated how Square-Enix approached this entry so differently. I'm actually kind of bitter towards all the negative feedback XII gets because fans complained that that the FF series was growing stale. Hell, that argument still exists today! So they actually try something new and fans ended up complaining that it was too different. Fine, I can see that, but no one should have been surprised when Square-Enix went back to porting/remaking stuff, revisiting FFVII, and making another -2 game.

[escobert]

I enjoyed this game, it was decent compared to the last few FF's I had tried. Was it awesome and sucked me right in like VII VIII and Tactics? Hell no. But it did give me a good 30 or so hours of fun until I just got sick of it and stopped playing.

[Del Murder]

I think I gave FFXII an unfair shake the first time I played. I initially loved it and couldn't but it down. But the game was so massive and the mark hunts were so enticing that I got too caught up with that aspect of it and got bored with the game entirely. Then I didn't come back to finish it until two years later.

FFX is getting a HD treatment sometime soon. If they ever do the same for FFXII then I think I'll pick it up and give it another go.