my personal number one complaint against FFX

[Irvine78]

WHERE IS MY OVERWORLD MAP?!?!?!?

i was scarred for life by the absence of my beloved overworld map. i personally think FFXII should have some form of overworld map.

FFX executed itself alright, but didnt it feel just A LITTLE too linear when the entire game progresses pretty much in a straight line across a map?

the other problem with FFX is that it was not FFVI.

[nik0tine]

I agree. I was rather dissapointed when I discovered that there was no world map. Bummer.

[Shlup]

I thought it was a bit confusing, but I just rushed through the game to oogle the graphics, so whatever.

[Vyk]

I wonder why they scrapped it. I know they had a good portion of it coded. They released the overworld music. Which I thought was pretty. And in the beginning they released a buncha videos of Tidus running around in the overworld. It didn't feel much like a FF because of that...

[Old Manus]

Tidus crushed all the towns saying they were too small and he couldn't fit in. He held Yuna to ransom and Square, like fools agreed to his terms - which was an underwater sex scene - and scrapped the overworld map. Simple really.

[Spiffing Cheese]

Tidus crushed all the towns saying they were too small and he couldn't fit in. He held Yuna to ransom and Square, like fools agreed to his terms - which was an underwater sex scene - and scrapped the overworld map. Simple really.

LMAO!!!!

[SeeDRankLou]

You have a map in your inventory, and I'm pretty sure you can use it whenever you want and see the overworld. There are also several points where you can look at a map that is on display for travelers as well. The overworld map is not gone, it's just not constantly visible.

[Vyk]

Not a map map. That's not the problem. You're never actually ON the overworld. You just go from place to place automatically. There's no grabbing a chocobo and running across a continent to get to some far off town like in some of the other games. Y'know? Like in the other FFs when you leave a town or dungeon, suddenly you're this little dude, and there's lots of green, and mountains, and oceans you can't go into...

[SeeDRankLou]

Ah ok, I misunderstood.

In that case, I didn't notice the lack thereof until about halfway through the game (Macalania Forest). I found it iffy, but there were other things about the game that made up for it.

[Irvine78]

yeah, the map in the inventory is alright, but you can't fly an airship over the map, or ride a chocobo across it, or trod upon it, or navigate a ship in its waters. the lack of an overworld makes it feel like the entire game progresses in a very linear, though not entirely predictable manner. and i like the other fellow's idea on tidus holding the game ransom. worst lead character in an FF game yet (yes, he beats selphie AND strago).

[Destai]

The main purpose behind it was to try to be more realistic and partly to try new things. I liked the world map but I also like Square experimenting with there games. I did find it more realistic admittedly plus it'll be back in XII.

[rubah]

I don't really care for world maps. They make me more lost than anything-_-

Square had one started to be coded for ffx? and music too? Any chance to see/hear this stuff?

[Alder]

It looks like FFXII is going to use a full real-time rendered world.. similar to a MMORPG. So, it's not quite the same as any FF before... I'm guessing it will allow a lot of free exploration and wandering around.

[Big D]

I completely object to the absence of an 'overworld map' in FFX. I'm also vehemently opposed to this 'voice actor' business, and they have no business altering the battle system into something different.
Similarly, no real FF would ever use 3-D graphics. It's simply not right. It was bad enough when they brought in that 'pre-rendered' nonsense in FFVII.

Likewise, I'm appalled that the characters have names. There should never be names in FF, just job classes. Also, the game is a travesty because you don't get to choose which job classes join your party. That's how it was in FFI, the only TRUE FF ever made.

New ideas have no place in Final Fantasy.














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[ffrinoa8]

yeah it's a pity really...