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Official Final Fantasy XII (JPN) Thread (read RULES in the first post)
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Lady Bird
Matsuno's Goebbels
Is that the part that proves that Matsuno was taken off the scenario? If so, I disagree.Shouta said:
There is still a lot of Matsuno stuff after that. Everything regarding the Solidor family, the Ondoll stuff, the relationship between Basch & Gabras and Balthier & Cid, the gods, etc. I recognized all that from Matsuno's previous stories.
The part that truly not felt very Matsuno-ish was the ending, imo.
Matsuno was only involved in Penelo's thoughts in the ending.
Leviathan
Shouta
Member
Grivenger said:
It may not be the point where he was taken off of the project but it was certainly the demarcation point for the change in narrative. It is true that you see a lot of the Matsuno stuff even after that point but the way its presented and the development of everything becomes very different from the first half of the game.
I think for me the point where it was clear Matsuno's signature style was gone from the rest of the game was
Shouta is right in when the narrative started getting odd, but there were still many bits and pieces of Matsuno left in the screenplay. The point I stated is when it was ALL thrown out of the window imo.
the event at the top of the Pharos.
Shouta said:
Well to be honest, up until the point you mentioned, I think Matsuno actually wrote the entire screenplay. But from then on they were going on his outline and notes, and the part I mentioned was when the credited scenario writers (mainly Daisuke Watanabe) had to totally start writing their own material.
Ah ok, so you're talking about the specific parts rather than the overall story? I was gonna say, 'cos everything to do with
is in the story from start to finish, and that's pretty much what everything boils down to really. Apart from a few mobs, I haven't really done much optional stuff, and I was at 73 hrs! Is there much scenario stuff in the optional dungeons?
in particular is one place I'd like to check out.
Mist, the dead, etc.
Nabdis
Jonnyram said:
There isn't much/any scenario stuff in the optional dungeons, but they're hard as balls and have some pretty cool wicked enemies, bosses and
summons
Yeah overall if you ask me the worldview, game design and scenario is definitely Matsuno through and through, it's the specific parts that bug us because it could have been so much better but it's not. Although, it's still VERY good. Definitely still my pick for RPG of the year. We'll see if Valkyrie Profile Silmeria changes that. ^_^
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
My OST shipped also!
No idea how many of these limited edition sets were made, but might as well place your order in if you want one
No idea how many of these limited edition sets were made, but might as well place your order in if you want one
DarknessTear
Banned
RaidenZR said:
Well it's done by the FFT and Vagrant Story composer. It's obviously a masterpiece.
Where do people buy their OST from? I see there's a limited edition for $38.90 which seems pretty nice.
Red Scarlet
Member
You bought the memory card too? How much was that?
Red Scarlet
Member
...what's wrong with the soundtrack? Songs sound as if they were in different tones, and sound different from in-game. ?????
Red Scarlet said:
It almost sounds like an orchestrated version of the in-game music to me, that's how good the sound quality is...
I heard that the music was of too high sound quality to be put in the game the way it sounds on the OST, and the way the OST sounds is how it was intended by Sakimoto.
Anyway, this soundtrack is amazing, definitely one of my favorites.
Servizio
I don't really need a tag, but I figured I'd get one to make people jealous. Is it working?
My humble quest to pimp Hitoshi Sakimoto to Uematsu and Mitsuda levels of name recognition requires me to post the following.
http://www.cocoebiz.com/sakimoto/discography/index.shtml
Hmm. This is new:
http://www.sakimoto.jp/
http://www.cocoebiz.com/sakimoto/discography/index.shtml
Hmm. This is new:
http://www.sakimoto.jp/
I just picked this up today, I was looking for DVDs but found this instead! The packaging is really awesome, and I'm listening to it now, WTF IS WRONG WITH THE SOUND. It doesn't really sound "better" it just sounds DIFFERENT. It's definitely not an orchestrated version, it's just mastered on CD with possibly different instruments, probably higher quality instruments but DIFFERENT from the in-game versions. This is just weird. ^^;
Oh well at least Sakimoto's compositions still rock.
Oh well at least Sakimoto's compositions still rock.
Red Scarlet
Member
duckroll said:I just picked this up today, I was looking for DVDs but found this instead! The packaging is really awesome, and I'm listening to it now, WTF IS WRONG WITH THE SOUND. It doesn't really sound "better" it just sounds DIFFERENT. It's definitely not an orchestrated version, it's just mastered on CD with possibly different instruments, probably higher quality instruments but DIFFERENT from the in-game versions. This is just weird. ^^;
Oh well at least Sakimoto's compositions still rock.
<3 I'm not going crazy. It sounds good, but I am used to the in-game composition. So it's very weird!