Buggy Loop
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Even though critics praised FFXII, to me its a dumbed down FFXI with a story that falls apart.
FFXI has the better combat system than FFXII, way more depth with its weapon chain system (really, quickening was a mess in 12), XP chain which required a lot more skills than just killing the same goddamn enemies over and over, you had to be fast and perfect teamwork to go far with it. FFXI's job & subjob system makes it the most in depth FF customization to date, combining 2 jobs opens up a whole lot of possible combos for both solo and xp parties, playing a red mage myself, it had white mage, black mage, as main XP party subs, solo or HNM it could have Ninja, dark knight, warrior, as pure support you could have bard & summoner sub, etc.
Story wise, i do think FFXI had the best this gen, i'll mention that i've only read the whole story and watched the cutscenes because honestly, it takes a shitload of time in the game to get throught all of it, but yes, not only is the lore of vanadiel better than 90% of other RPGs out there (lets not even go with MMO here, it trounces all), but its a blast to learn about it, and its not in your face kind of deal where you're forced to watch it throught cutscenes, you can learn about some of vanadiel's less known lore throught say monuments scattered through the land.
GAF hates this game, but then again, majority of GAF didnt go beyond Qufim :lol Or heck, even the dunes.
*puts flame coat on*
Even though critics praised FFXII, to me its a dumbed down FFXI with a story that falls apart.
FFXI has the better combat system than FFXII, way more depth with its weapon chain system (really, quickening was a mess in 12), XP chain which required a lot more skills than just killing the same goddamn enemies over and over, you had to be fast and perfect teamwork to go far with it. FFXI's job & subjob system makes it the most in depth FF customization to date, combining 2 jobs opens up a whole lot of possible combos for both solo and xp parties, playing a red mage myself, it had white mage, black mage, as main XP party subs, solo or HNM it could have Ninja, dark knight, warrior, as pure support you could have bard & summoner sub, etc.
Story wise, i do think FFXI had the best this gen, i'll mention that i've only read the whole story and watched the cutscenes because honestly, it takes a shitload of time in the game to get throught all of it, but yes, not only is the lore of vanadiel better than 90% of other RPGs out there (lets not even go with MMO here, it trounces all), but its a blast to learn about it, and its not in your face kind of deal where you're forced to watch it throught cutscenes, you can learn about some of vanadiel's less known lore throught say monuments scattered through the land.
GAF hates this game, but then again, majority of GAF didnt go beyond Qufim :lol Or heck, even the dunes.
*puts flame coat on*
