I have never played FFXII...How long/difficult is this game?

[Mirage]

There are many videos around with kills way less than 10 hours. If you know what you're doing, you can do it in 3 hours, and in izjs, 1 hour.

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Actually, here's a vanilla FF12 Yiazmat kill in ~90 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chHeBen4Yuo

[Flaming Ice]

There are many videos around with kills way less than 10 hours. If you know what you're doing, you can do it in 3 hours, and in izjs, 1 hour.

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Actually, here's a vanilla FF12 Yiazmat kill in ~90 minutes

Final Fantasy XII Final Hunt Yiazmat (part 1/6) - YouTube

Ah, I played the game but only a bit because its my cousin's. I think he lost the game or something like that =/ (or knowing him he could've broke it in two >.>)

[Heath]

Echoing what others have said, it's not necessarily a difficult game but it's certainly a long one. Ironically, the way the game is set up, it's much less stop-start than the previous entries which had random battles. I think it's very much a game you can make as long as you want, within reason. If you like exploring, getting various Espers and hunting the marks, then that'll considerably lengthen your game. It's the only FF game I think I've ever clocked up 100 hours on in one playthrough.