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Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age coming out for PS4 on 7/11 (US/EU) & 7/13 (JP)

Kaisos

Member
I'm curious, can someone explain why she and Ashe are not as silly as Cidney design-wise, especially considering what their respective profession/status is, namely warrior and princess?

They're from an FF game people have now decided to like, so they don't count.
 

kromeo

Member
XII wasn't styled as a fantasy based on reality for one thing, Ashe's outfit just looks like fairly standard jrpg stuff. There's always been some people complaining about Fran's ass cheeks though..

Cidney just came across as an extremely cheap stereotype
 

Fisty

Member
Good window, should be still reeling from the mega hitters in the first half of the year, but I might be able to squeeze some good FFXII action in there
 

Byvar

Member
That's a really good date! I thought it was coming sooner, with the trophies being out, but I like that I actually get time to breathe between releases now.
Smh@Fran in the artwork (also looks like she's farting into Bash's face while he's sniffing it nonchalantly). I'm curious, can someone explain why she and Ashe are not as silly as Cidney design-wise, especially considering what their respective profession/status is, namely warrior and princess?
I haven't played FFXII yet, mind you, but I think it's easier to forget the design when the characters have an actual purpose outside of being ogled: story, personality, and so on. Cindy had none of those, so she felt shoehorned into the story just for sexy time purposes.

Purely design-wise I suppose it's easier to swallow that a warrior woman from a fantasy tribe that doesn't necessarily dress like humans, in a fantasy world, dresses like that. Still bad though (and terrible in that artwork).
As for Ashe, I think that outfit is actually one of the better Japanese fantasy girl designs. At least it doesn't highlight her boobs, like Cindy's outfit does.

The rest depends entirely on camera angles, which were also bad for Cindy. I haven't played XII, so I really can't say if that's any better in that game, but I think the other two points are.
 
Smh@Fran in the artwork (also looks like she's farting into Bash's face while he's sniffing it nonchalantly). I'm curious, can someone explain why she and Ashe are not as silly as Cidney design-wise, especially considering what their respective profession/status is, namely warrior and princess?

The secret is that they are that silly.
 

Bladenic

Member
I like Ashe's design and even her skirt, but I think it's objectively a horrible design especially for a warrior princess.
 
I like Ashe's design and even her skirt, but I think it's objectively a horrible design especially for a warrior princess.

Thats funny, I feel that Ashe is one of the best designed Final Fantasy characters and her design perfectly fits her as a warrior princess, especially if you use her as a red mage for example. Design-wise for me, she's just a notch below Balthier :p
 
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Ashe looks so French in this piece of artwork.
 

depward

Member
yeah, would've loved it a bit sooner (may/june), but this's very satisfactory :) ...

Me too. You think oh man, half a year? That's kind of a long time, if you think about it from that respect.

But definitely OK with how it isn't shoved into a very packed Q1, so it gives some breathing room.
 

bengraven

Member
The only FF to come out pre - PS3 era that I haven't played.

Just couldn't handle the ps2 graphics at the time.
 

Meowster

Member
Anybody remember those old, awkwardly translated early 2000s-era interviews where they talked about building a "French woman's" bone structure into Ashe's CG model?
Yes. I vaguely remember following the development of XII when it was being made. I was so young then but I would check once a month to see if there were any updates. So much of it is a blur these days though and I don't remember it as strongly as I do XIII and XV and Kingdom Hearts II. Fun times, though.
 

Son Of D

Member
Sorry to bump this but since I'm making the OT I'll be needing a little help with an OT title. Got nothing in mind right now outside of obvious stuff like Captain Basch jokes.
 

Mengetsu

Member
I didn't know if this was bump worthy or not but, I saw no one talking about this unless I missed it if so sorry for being late about it.

Local Best Buy had a PS4 Demo Unit and had the Demo For FFXII. I find it odd to be a a random Best Buy but, hey It was cool to see. This was in Queens NYC btw.

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Desmond

Member
I didn't know if this was bump worthy or not but, I saw no one talking about this unless I missed it if so sorry for being late about it.

Local Best Buy had a PS4 Demo Unit and had the Demo For FFXII. I find it odd to be a a random Best Buy but, hey It was cool to see. This was in Queens NYC btw.

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Daaaamn that looks good! Do FFX/X2 look that good on PS4?
 

Einhandr

Member
I didn't know if this was bump worthy or not but, I saw no one talking about this unless I missed it if so sorry for being late about it.

Local Best Buy had a PS4 Demo Unit and had the Demo For FFXII. I find it odd to be a a random Best Buy but, hey It was cool to see. This was in Queens NYC btw.

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Please tell me you looked at the license grids or checked the options to see if you could invert just one of the cameras axis!
 

Jake2by4

Member
I didn't know if this was bump worthy or not but, I saw no one talking about this unless I missed it if so sorry for being late about it.

Local Best Buy had a PS4 Demo Unit and had the Demo For FFXII. I find it odd to be a a random Best Buy but, hey It was cool to see. This was in Queens NYC btw.

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Runs to nearest in BK
 

King_Moc

Banned
I played FF XII when it came out but I really don't know why they call it Zodiac Age.Could someone enlighten me?

It's based on the International Zodiac Job system version of the game. There are 12 classes and you have to pick one for each character. Instead of having one all encompassing license board, they have a specific one for that job. It also had more hunts, a trial mode and new game+, so I assume this will have that too.
 

kevin1025

Banned
I didn't know if this was bump worthy or not but, I saw no one talking about this unless I missed it if so sorry for being late about it.

Local Best Buy had a PS4 Demo Unit and had the Demo For FFXII. I find it odd to be a a random Best Buy but, hey It was cool to see. This was in Queens NYC btw.

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That's awesome! Looking good.
 
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Deleted member 752119

Unconfirmed Member
Decent time, I maybe done with this next few month rush by then (Horizon, ME, Zelda, Persona, 1st FFXV DLC, last DS3 DLC, next Walking Dead S3 episode, Kingdom Hearts 1.5/2.5 etc.). :D

Also nothing on my list this summer with firm dates after those since I'm holding off on Switch for a while and nothing on PS4 beyond those listed (and the last two Walking Dead episodes whenever those come out) that has a firm date interests me.
 

yunbuns

Member
Smh@Fran in the artwork (also looks like she's farting into Bash's face while he's sniffing it nonchalantly). I'm curious, can someone explain why she and Ashe are not as silly as Cidney design-wise, especially considering what their respective profession/status is, namely warrior and princess?

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Never forget.
 
I didn't know if this was bump worthy or not but, I saw no one talking about this unless I missed it if so sorry for being late about it.

Local Best Buy had a PS4 Demo Unit and had the Demo For FFXII. I find it odd to be a a random Best Buy but, hey It was cool to see. This was in Queens NYC btw.

LLKXalO.jpg


YJLsglv.jpg


PcZYbrg.jpg

whoa! I work in Queens. Gonna stop there after work tomorrow to play.
 
I didn't know if this was bump worthy or not but, I saw no one talking about this unless I missed it if so sorry for being late about it.

Local Best Buy had a PS4 Demo Unit and had the Demo For FFXII. I find it odd to be a a random Best Buy but, hey It was cool to see. This was in Queens NYC btw.

LLKXalO.jpg


YJLsglv.jpg


PcZYbrg.jpg

Damn this looks good. Game cant come out soon enough.
 

Kremzeek

Member
hey do you think that demo will show up on PSN?

i can't imagine they'd make a demo specifically for Best Buy....
 
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