Prince of Space
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I noticed that too -- good to see I'm not the only one. Also, the bonus DVD is probably the best bit of bonus content I've seen for a game in a long while. You can tell Square Enix put a lot of effort into it.
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The Official Final Fantasy 12 (NA) Thread
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brandonh83
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Prince of Space said:
WEIRD. I was expecting a pretty ho-hum bonus disc.
Naked Snake
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So when do we get a torrent of the videos in the bonus DVD?
brandonh83
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Ugh, bad VA quality? Not good... the acting is superb though so whatever.
Junpei Heat
Junior Member
:lol It gets better
charlequin
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I don't have the game yet (and probably won't get to play it until tomorrow...) but I did want to report that the opening movie definitely did a number on my wife and I too and also the awesome orchestrated version of the FF theme that plays over it went over very well as the recessional for our wedding.
Bah at work now, just picked the game up on lunch. The bad news, 4 more hours left. The good news, 5 day weekend starting tomorrow
Guess I know what I'll be playing for a good amount of it. Didn't realize the gambit system was so involved and the licensing system looks a lot more free-flowing than the Sphere Grid.
Adding gambits will really make the fights smoother I'm thinking, not having to micromanage my team will be nice.
Guess I know what I'll be playing for a good amount of it. Didn't realize the gambit system was so involved and the licensing system looks a lot more free-flowing than the Sphere Grid.Adding gambits will really make the fights smoother I'm thinking, not having to micromanage my team will be nice.
dark10x said:Somehow the grinding never really bothered me all that much with FFXII and I really enjoyed working through the dungeons (which are really well done).
If things aren't clicking for you yet, fear not. I wasn't completely convinced by the game initially either, but upon reaching the dungeon requiring you to kill energy draining buggers in order to proceed, I was hooked. That was the first time I really started to appreciate the gameplay and enjoyed it all the way through.
I'm jealous of the 16:9 mode added to the US version, though.I really would have enjoyed that option as I always felt that my view was constricted somehow. The world is beautiful and demanded a wider view.
How are the voice overs in the US release, by the way?
FF12's 16:9 mode is the fake ass kind though. You actually see more with the game set to 4:3. But I guess guys with widescreen TVs won't care.
distantmantra
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jett said:FF12's 16:9 mode is the fake ass kind though. You actually see more with the game set to 4:3. But I guess guys with widescreen TVs won't care.
So it's like God of War's 16:9 mode. Oh well, if I never play it in 4:3, I'll be blisfully unaware.
As for the 16:9 mode, when are you given the option to enable it? At the "press start" menu, or once you actually get into the game? I'd rather not watch the opening FMV in 4:3 if I can help it.
Red Blaster
Member
Gah, fuck a duck. Must finish Tales Of The Abyss and not succumb to the hype...
BobTheFork
Member
geez heres a question: Where the heck is the 2nd level black magic?!?!?! Im 27 hours in and I dont have fira, bizzara, and thundara yet. No shops I can find anywhere, in town or otherwise have it. It driving me nuts, magic is so far totally useless.
Shawnwhann
Banned
Any word on whether Frys has FF12 in yet?
Junpei Heat
Junior Member
perplexcity said:
For 1: I'll say yes i havnt had audio problems like i've been reading.It's pretty good but I have mine on anyway
perplexcity said:
The flicker filter is a fullscreen 'blur' filter that is useful for those with CRT televisions, in order to prevent flickering on colors like white. I personally prefer it off, even on a CRT, because everything is much sharper. If you can stand the minor flickering with it off, I highly recommend using it.
Junpei Heat
Junior Member
Y2Kevbug11 said:
You will say "WOW"
Let's see!
I have a few minor complaints...
- As mentioned, voice samples can tend to be a little low... no idea why! Really distracts me, 'cause I'm a sucker for good sound quality.
- I hate the loading, I wish things were more seamless! It pisses me off in everything, although in here it seems to annoy me more 'cause there's always those little blue orbs that indicate you're about to enter some loading and I'm all "damn do i have to". I guess understandable given PS2's limitations, though, just a minor niggle!
- Also, the jaggies are ripping my ever-lovin' eyes out. I have a pretty good HDTV, but even it is not making it better... ugh, for the days of next-gen.
Besides that...
+ I'm on record as liking FFXII's soundtrack out of the game, but it really shines when it's connected to the scenes. It seems that while there is a lack of range and diversity (perhaps - I'm still only like ten hours into the game), the trade off is a soundtrack that is faaaar more cohesive and appropriate versus old FF games. I'm lovin' it.
+ Just like I thought, the battle system is excellent. It's not necessarily the combat itself that makes it so good (although, there's so many options that I'm tickling myself silly every other minute with something new to do) it's that the setup makes the game feel so much more immersive. I'm never distracted by annoying transition screens or awkward phasing, it's all right there on the field. When I'm out monster hunting, it feels like monster hunting should... and it's immensely more satisfying for the kill. There's no doubt the MMORPG influence, but it really works here. And with the utilization of gambits, it finally bridges the gap that before made it kind of irritating to go this route.
+ There's so much more to the story left, I'm sure... so I won't judge it yet except to say the translation is top notch and I'm very much digging the whole general "feel" of the game. It's much more mature than past FF games thematically, and it's sort of nice to have such a unique feeling world among the numbered FF games.
+ Oh yeah... FFXII cities >>> any other FF cities. Waaay more alive and the architecture is far less over-the-top and absurd (although, it gets close at certain points).
I have a few minor complaints...
- As mentioned, voice samples can tend to be a little low... no idea why! Really distracts me, 'cause I'm a sucker for good sound quality.
- I hate the loading, I wish things were more seamless! It pisses me off in everything, although in here it seems to annoy me more 'cause there's always those little blue orbs that indicate you're about to enter some loading and I'm all "damn do i have to". I guess understandable given PS2's limitations, though, just a minor niggle!
- Also, the jaggies are ripping my ever-lovin' eyes out. I have a pretty good HDTV, but even it is not making it better... ugh, for the days of next-gen.
Besides that...
+ I'm on record as liking FFXII's soundtrack out of the game, but it really shines when it's connected to the scenes. It seems that while there is a lack of range and diversity (perhaps - I'm still only like ten hours into the game), the trade off is a soundtrack that is faaaar more cohesive and appropriate versus old FF games. I'm lovin' it.
+ Just like I thought, the battle system is excellent. It's not necessarily the combat itself that makes it so good (although, there's so many options that I'm tickling myself silly every other minute with something new to do) it's that the setup makes the game feel so much more immersive. I'm never distracted by annoying transition screens or awkward phasing, it's all right there on the field. When I'm out monster hunting, it feels like monster hunting should... and it's immensely more satisfying for the kill. There's no doubt the MMORPG influence, but it really works here. And with the utilization of gambits, it finally bridges the gap that before made it kind of irritating to go this route.
+ There's so much more to the story left, I'm sure... so I won't judge it yet except to say the translation is top notch and I'm very much digging the whole general "feel" of the game. It's much more mature than past FF games thematically, and it's sort of nice to have such a unique feeling world among the numbered FF games.
+ Oh yeah... FFXII cities >>> any other FF cities. Waaay more alive and the architecture is far less over-the-top and absurd (although, it gets close at certain points).
Amir0x said:
I'm really not sure, either. And sometimes it's a bit jarring, it pulls me out of the atmosphere of the game cause it sounds so recorded, so in another place. I thought maybe just because of the massive volume of audio there is, but DQ8 had tons of audio and the audio of its VA was outstanding. Anyone got a clue?
Red Scarlet
Member
JayDubya said:
The teammate AI was crappy and slower to kill monsters with, though!
Check the FF3 topic please, JayDubya.
Prince of Space
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You can switch to 16:9 at the start.distantmantra said:
Naked Snake
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IJoel said:
It wont work without patching the game itself. You'll need to rip the game to your PC, patch the ISO, and then put it on the PS2 HDD. And even then, it doesn't work perfectly, the FMVs tend to stutter with the audio skipping every once in a while. But everything else pretty much works great, and load times are of course incredibly shortened.