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banes's Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
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| [January 31, 2007 05:34:35 PM]
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I actually played this game for quite a while the other day, and I am writing on that previous experience. We can just treat it as another 45 minute session. Anyway, after having difficulty with that boss, I decided to venture out for more exp. Maybe a couple of levels will help me conquer that ass. As I begin to take down regular mobs, I find that I might need some better equipment as well. Problem is, everything is so damn expensive at level 40.
In order to get a lot of money quickly, you can either sell a lot of old armor and weapons (which give you quite a lot of gil), or you can obtain items from enemies and sell those. Stealing is part of the latter process and I have come to use this skill instinctively every time I encounter and enemy. All it does is treat the skill like an attack. Your action bar scrolls to the right until it reaches the attack action, and instead of attacking you steal. Vaan (the main character, sort of) is equipped with thiefs gloves. These allow me to steal more than one item upon such action. There nice for making money even quicker.
Now I go back to a town close to my next story destination, and I sell everything I have acquired (plus I am happier about being higher lvl). Looks like I have enough to buy some new weapons and some new armor. I can also get some new spells, which seems like a pain to have to get the license and then buy the spell. Whatever I guess.
One more issue I have with the game's fighting system is that there is no que for actions. I would like to be able to attack one target, and then put a magical attack in que upon another target. This was done quite well in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Sadly, square decided to leave this nice battle advantage out. If they decide to go with this fighting system in another FF game, hopefully they will add the que in.
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| [January 31, 2007 05:24:45 PM]
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Let me just say, that after playing this game for about 30 hours now, I really don't like it. The gameplay is quite unique and ads a lot of variety to an already diverse Final Fantasy universe. Combat is interesting since it is all real time, but you do have control over each of your individual characters. When choosing an action the fighting does cease until the action is selected and then the battle commences again. I give the gameplay itself a lot of credit for this unique battle system.
My main quarrel with the game comes after hours of playing through the story. At first I was really drawn into the world. I jumped right into the new gameplay mechanics and really had fun aquiring new skills through the license system. As you kill enemies, you gain license points. The points accumulate over time and you can then buy licenses with enough points to build up your character. Again, a nice gameplay element, but the fun in this only lasted so long.
Currently my characters are level 40 and I am trying to obtain the 3rd esper in the game. First I had to go through a gauntlet of battles to get to the ancient city. That is my main problem with the game, it just always seems to be punishing you. Fighting regular opponents in dungeons can just be infuriating, when they keep taking your health down and adding all these status effects to your characters. Granted, this goes for all final fantasy games, but with XII's new combat system, it makes it a lot tougher to stay alive. I've not gone through a single dungeon without having my characters die at least five times. Then comes the bosses. The boss I am trying to fight currently seems to be fine at first, but as you take his health down he then unleashes his real power. His defense goes way up with low hp (a skill) and he deals more damage, devastating one of my party members in one hit. This goes for most boss battles, and I find that more tedious than fun.
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banes's Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Thursday 4 January, 2007
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