Couple of quick questions.
Please, avoid the spoilers as I've only just got the game.
1) Do you get to actually walk freely across the world map, or is this game entirely done through a fixed route? Just a yes/no answer is fine, I don't need to know when, so long as I am able to in the future.
2) How long is this game, relative to games such as FFVII / FFVIII?
That's all, thanks in advance.
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1) No.
2) It's long, but not as long as the previous games such as FF7 and FF8.
Hope U could use my answers...
...I really screwed myself over on that first question, sorry. I just realised that I asked two questions rather than one, meaning that I don't get the answer I'm after. Let me rephrase it so I know what you mean. xD
Which of the following is correct?[*]You get to actually walk freely across the world map[*]This game entirely done through a fixed route.
Thanks. Sorry for the stupid wording. xD
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Correct: The game entirely done through a fixed route.
There is no 'world map', persay. There is a map that shows your progress, but that's it. You get to move about on this route and all, but you dont really get to wander around freely like in the previous FF installments.
Aww, crap.I loved roamin' around. *disappointed*
Oh well. Now that both of my questions have been answered I guess this can be the
Super Mega Hyper Ultra Discussion Thread About How Disappointing It Was That Squaresoft Didn't Let Us Roam Around On The Final Fantasy X World Map.
SMHUDTAHDIWTSDLURAOTFFXWM for short. *edits thread title*
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I dunno, it didnt bother me too much. Personally, I prefered it slightly just because you dont suddenly step outside of a town, become twice the size of all surrounding towns and trees, and walk around.
There's still things to find and plenty of hidden places, but not so much of a 'wandering' aspect.
Yeah, it's just something that I always liked about RPG's - being able to explore the world, the wind in your hair, the sun on your face, the sand between your toes, the the sounds of the wild all around you...
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What game were you playing?
Final Fantasy VII.
...uhm... like... on the beach! Yeah. That'd work.
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But then there's big dudes in little speedo's in that beach.
Not at the beach I was at.
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Not at all, I like that open-endedness. That's probably one of the reasons I love FFVI so much. I love the fact that the game is very non-linear in the WOR and you can do things whenver you want pretty much and there's so much wandering and exploring involved.
That's where I feel that FFX is lacking. I don't feel like I'm doing anything besides pressing the right buttons and watching the story progress - I'm pretty sure I've had zero influence on the story so far, and I've not really been able to move around more than one specific setting at a time (so far - I've only just got to the part where (SPOILER)Yuna goes off to get married to that Seymour fella, and we get attacked by the Al Bhed again).
I really enjoyed FFVII because of the world map, too. All the different vehicles and of course the chocobos made it all the more better. Here's hoping that they bring back the world map for FFXII. Whenever that comes out.
It feels like FFX is more like a movie that I have to press the right buttons to keep going. But it's a good movie, so that's okay.
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I've had the feeling that for the last four or so Final Fantasies that Square is so concerned about putting our the best eye-candy in a game to date that they make the game play more like a movie than an RPG. A lot of the feeling of exploring an adventuring has been slowly pulled out of the games. Even in FFIX you only get pieces of the world opened to you at a time, and it seems that when you can search the world over finally, one of the only benefits is that you can find all of the Chocobo treasure chests.
Eh, I like it both. It's a nice change for once, but I do hope the normal movements on the map return. What would be really fun is a combonation of the two... a realistic transition to the map... eh its hard to describe what I'm picturing in my mind.
Edit: And I agree with Mullet on this eye-candy stuff. The story, the deeper characters, they vary since VII. Some games are better, some worse, but none really measure up to the pre-PSX games.
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