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Vagrant Story

Nathan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:28:13 +0000

Yasumi Matsuno’s second Square effort, Vagrant Story, deserves every bit of praise it has accrued since it’s initial release in February of 2000. Like Matsuno’s Final Fantasy Tactics before it (and Final Fantasy 12 after), Vagrant Story broke new ground within it’s genre.

with Final Fantasy Tactics, Matsumo added a level of customization and depth of story and character development that was unrivaled in the genre of the console strategy RPG and in Final Fantasy 12, he merged the traditional JRPG with the Western influences and characteristics of the MMORPG.

Vagrant Story, like his previous and latter efforts, was a scrapbook of styles and genre defining creativity. Vagrant Story is part dungeon crawler, part action game, and part strategy RPG.

The underlying strategy aspect of the game may not be readily apparent, excluding the many environmental puzzles peppered through-out the game, but they play an enormous role once you start to peel back the games many layers. The combat system is a marriage of hack and slash action and calculated attack, as where you choose to deal damage (you are given a choice of head, body, left arm etc. depending on your position and proximity to said areas) and the way in which you chain your attacks plays an integral part in your ability to proceed past many of the games battles, both boss and standard.

Custom weapon and item creation, done in workshops scattered through-out the games 3D maps, add an additional element of strategy. Smart and efficient use of this mechanic can often times mean the difference between success and crushing defeat.

Set in the medieval-France inspired world of Ivalice, Vagrant Story’s art design is ambitious and nearly perfect. Everything from the stunning architecture of the city of Lea Monde, to the isometric catacombs has been meticulously detailed and flawlessly executed.

I won’t venture too far into Vagrant Story’s plot, because I personally feel that it is one of the best aspects of the title. Suffice to say, by the time you gain control of Ashley Riot and begin fighting your way through the catacombs en route to Lea Monde, the story will have drawn you in with no signs of letting go. Political infighting, corruption, deranged cult leaders and secret alliances all play their part in unfolding a masterfully crafted story. Much of this is thanks to the outstanding translation and localization efforts of Alexander O. Smith who has been praised for expertly relaying the games dark themes and complex plot.

The game shares many themes and plot devices as Yasumi Matsuno’s other Square Ivalice titles, and in many ways, is part of an unofficial series. In fact, Matsuno himself has mentioned in interviews that Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and Final Fantasy 12 take place not only in the same universe, but are relitively close to each other on Ivalice’s map. Final Fantasy 12 even includes numerous references, most obvious of which is the city of Leamonde (the spelling of which was altered in localization).

If you are in the mood for something a little different, I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised. Vagrant Story is a title that deserves to be revisited, or experienced for the first time.

Sidequest to nowhere.

crmerry — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:16:36 +0000

The Joker had taken over Arkham Asylum. I was hot on his trail when Harley Quinn tried to drop an elevator on me. Determined to put a stop to the clown’s scheme, I found an alternate route. Everything was going fine until I saw something out of the corner of my eye.

Oracle: Batman, have you found my father yet?
Batman: I’m still working on it. Harley tried to kill me with an elevator.
Orcale: Are you okay?
Batman: Uh, yeah.
Oracle: Okay, just wondering. You’ve been in the same room for, like, 20 minutes now.
Batman: I know, I’m just, uh.
Oracle: Please hurry.
Batman: Yeah, It’s just.
Oracle: What?
Batman: There’s a Riddler trophy behind a fence up here and I’m trying to figure out how to get to it.

Where the F*** is the last piece of the Arkham story?

There’s what, Riddler trophies, interview tapes and Arkham bug-stone thingies? That is a lot of shit to be looking for when you’re trying to stop the Joker.

Sure, you can ignore all of this stuff, but then you’re missing out on all sorts of nifty game content.

Maybe I’m the only one with this problem. I’m a big fan of storyline and the “feel” of a game. In recent years, games have so much stuff packed into them that has nothing to do with the main storyline, I find myself getting lost in all of the extra content and losing the “feel” for what I am supposed to be doing.

A good example I can use is Final Fantasy XII. It started out great, but as more things became available for me to do, I started to lose track of what the hell I was supposed to be doing. Instead, I spent all my time bounty hunting and doing little side-quests to get special items and Espers. At one point, I played the game for a whole month and hadn’t done a damn thing to progress through the story line. I realized, when I started to get back to playing it, I just didn’t care anymore. The “magic”, so-to-speak, of the storyline had been lost to me.

I still haven’t beaten the damn game.

Now, of course I know we can’t go back to linear gameplay and beating a title completely in one night of hard play. Modern gamers demand more, and extra content; min-games, side-quests, hidden items and additional content is becoming increasingly popular.

It is a little overbearing though. I miss the days when you could explore an old castle on the map or a sunken ship to find the “hidden” content. Things like the weapons in Final Fantasy XII were fun to try and beat after you finished the game. Sometimes, I remember, characters actually gave you hints, like “punch the box on the fourth floor for something good”. It seemed a bit more natural than having to poke your head into every nook and crannies in a game because you are afraid of missing something you can never go back to.

Nothing like finding out you can’t do half of the cool shit in the game because you didn’t grab the purple orb from the statue after the second boss.

Wow, I opened a treasure chest in the very beginning of a game and now I can’t get the ultimate weapon? Thanks Final Fantasy XII! I should have figured that one out on my own, no RPG ever has treasure lying around in the beginning for new adventurers to grab. I could have at least done with a message afterwards.

Treasure Chest:“Awww, snap! You done messed up now boy!”

Chris: Blogger without a life

Chris — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:09:17 +0000

Well, sucks to be you if you are wondering what on earth I’m on about. You’ll have to wait.

Okay, so, Wednesday we went to Norwich to do some shopping. I prefer Norwich to Ipswich, just because it is cleaner and it all seems so much nicer. However I have no idea where to go. Most the shops are in a big mall like thing, it is all the other shops that are scattered about because they are so giant (for GIANT doctors). I just got another snappy shirt cause I needed another one. We ate at pizza hut and actually had stuff that didn’t cost like £1, we all had some chocolate milkshakes that were awesome. Really, that was it for me, it was actually REALLY hot, which sucked largely. BUT. I did get a new phone! Where I have given the background as Deadpool with a chainsaw. Well, I have remembered my number in one day which is odd, my old phone I didn’t know it after 5 years.

Thursday we went to a much less happy place, well, more of a hell hole. Ipswich. Well, my mother and sister went to go shopping for school shoes, so my brother and I went to geek it up. I got Ghost Rider on DVD for like £2 and then we went to Central City Comics to browse the comics there. This is where my title comes in, I like the character Deadpool. So, I bought issue 2 of Deadpool: The Merc with a Mouth and then got a subscription for it, so I know get to go into town once a month to pick it up. I need to buy back in that series (only 1) and in the Dark Reign: Deadpool series which I have issue 12 of… so yeah, geeked it up OLD SCCHOOOOLL. Afterwards we soon met up and ate at… Burger King, I only got through half the meal and felt REALLY ill, stupid Grease block that forms…. it was awful. My mother and sister then went to do… Girly things…. so my brother and I aimlessly wandered around until we were to meet up. I then got to walk about aimlessly a bit whilst my brother and sister got their hair cuts, but I settled for reading my comic and playing snake on my phone.

FIRDAY. We went to Aulberugh (?) for some fish and chips. Alas, it is now late summer so there are wasps FUCKING EVERYWHERE. I most of what I had, but my drink, a can of cloudy lemonade, had to be sacrificed… I got a wasp on my lip as well… creepy. After skimming stones and burying my sister fully in stones (if I could upload pictures from my phone I would, but I don’t have the right cable) we then went to get some ice-cream from a different place, but owned by the same people as the Fish and Chips. I had Mango and Blackcurrant Sorbet… which was fucking insanely tasty. Then getting attacked by more wasps, we went home.

Well, now that I think about it…. I did Friday on Thursday and Thursday on friday, so just swap them round and you have it.

After Ipswich (on the friday) we went to tesco, so my brother, sister and I just all stayed in the car listening to loud music and playing games and reading comics… well, that’s what my brother and I did, but we were sitting in the cool seats (the passenger and driving).

My grandparents also turned up on Friday, yay. I was pretty much the only one to talk to them when they came here… but even that wasn’t for long. Basically, I spoke to them, they gave me my present, my mum told me to take something away, then I avoided them the rest of the weekend. “What did they give you?” I hear you ask? Well, simple, I got… FUCKING CHRONO TRIGGER ON THE FUCKING DS!!!!! SUCK ON THAT BEN!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

Over the weekend I finished Jak 3 (just another game to add to the growing list) and then I think I half heartedly played maple… it’s lost its shine.

All this week I was expecting to do something, but that didn’t quite work out. So instead I finished Final Fantasy 7 for the 3rd time at level 70 and 60 hours. In short, I started playing Sunday again (basically the start of Disc 3 (last disc that only has the final dungeon and extras on)) where I spent the entire time racing around the world chasing after Ultimate Weapon waiting for it to stop so I could beat it up some more. Then trying to breed Chocobos. On the monday it turned out the guide was unclear and the chocobo I was trying to breed was bad not good… so I had to start again, I then spent an entire day just breeding chocobos and racing them. Thankfully the W-item glitch helped because it means I can easily duplicate use items in battle, which I needed to do because the greens needed costed 5k each, and I think I used…630… so yeah. Really, Green Chocobo, Black Chocobo and Gold Chocobo (which I didn’t use for racing, yet) are the best for racing, cause they don’t slow down in space. Wonderful Blonde Chocobo is good as well. I then spent about a day training my people up and getting Omnislash (the awesome final Limit Break for Cloud) then I think wednesday morning I burned through the last dungeon killed one boss with no Knights of the Round, then the next without it then 1hko the final one with Knights of the Round, a bit over powered. Then I got the final final boss. In all… I FUCKING LOVE Final fantasy 7, and Sephiroth… Which is why I played it 3 times, watched Advent Children twice, watched Final Fantasy Last Order once and fucking loved it, played Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 and loved the Cloud and Sephiroth bits and…. I just need a PSP so I can play Crisis Core… but hey, it’s an awesome game. See my twitter for the whole ordeal.

Because I finished 7 and I didn’t feel like getting to 99 and beating up Emerald and Ruby weapon then finishing it again in the same week, I continued my second play through of nine. I’d gotten to where I got to on my first attempt at a second play through where everyone was unleveled and sucky. I then got to the really hard confusing plot bit, which was a bit… woah, but I get it, I still like nine, cause I like Zidane and VIVI and I think Kuja is a pretty cool villain, apart from his look. I’m now on Disc 4 and after leveling on Grand Dragons for a bit, I know just need to do the final dungeon and add nine to the games I finished over summer. Then I’ll probably start 8… *shudders at the thought*

I also started playing Final Fantasy 12 because I hadn’t played it before and I ran out of games to play (plus Disgaea 2 requires more time to do much.). Personally, I don’t like it. The combat system is horrible. If you’ve ever played like WoW or really any 3D MMORPG, then it is like that, where you just select attack on the monster and just sit there as they trade shots for some time till one is dead. It isn’t turn based, so you just walk about and when you see a monster (no more random encounters ) you hit x then attack then the monster… you can tell your person to do other stuff, really your person is the one you have the most control over, cause you can move. The other people of the party attack on their own, with this “gambit” stuff. So you can set up a load of gambits on one person, so when allies are below 50% hp, the AI will use cure on that ally, it then attacks monsters closest… and that is really all you can do. You can set gambits in order of importance, so you have your cure one at the top, then attack. Because I guess you could have a black magic one above the attack, but at the rate you end up burning through MP, that would be a serious burn… I guess I am limited to like: Ally HP < x%, Ally MP < x%, Ally: )NAME HERE(, monster closest, monster HP equal to or greater than x%. I hope I soon get like, Weak to ____ element. Then I guess there would be a better use. Oh, and each Final Fantasy game has to have a new way of learning abilities. This one has licences. So as you kill stuff you get licence points which you can then spend on slots on this board that will have an ability or like HP + 50 or something, then the surrounding abilities are available. This is pretty good. However, you also have to do this for equips… so you all start with like leather armour 1 and a weapon, to then equip higher weapons you need to put licence points in there… and the problem is, the board is EXACTLY the same for EVERYONE. There is no difference between characters, you have to do that yourself, but everyone becomes a mage of sorts because everyone needs cure or you all die and the “Technicks” suck monkey droppings. That is another thing. They made this game seem racist. You start off in a desert area, and there is one guy who sits in a room, smoking a drug from some kind of bong whilst stroking a pink rabbit with a really thick stereotype middle east accent. At one point he says, “All the magicks in the rock is gone” I think it wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t instantly have it sound like stereotypical bad grammar… Also, you basically have two forces (It’s star wars btw) you have the Empire, who are all American and evil. Then you have various rebel groups, and currently, most the people I’ve come across that are or will be in my party, have shitty british accents… Oh also, with the Technicks and Magicks, once you get the Licence for it, you then have to buy it from a shop. All the basic ones are fine, but the ones that are good (Technicks anyway) are expensive when they are available. The only way to make money is either by the bounty things which eventually become impossible for the strength you are at when you get them, or by selling monster drops. Yeah, monsters no longer drop money, instead about 50% – 75% of the time they will drop an item, “Loot”, which you then sell in the NPC shops. From there that bit alone, it just makes me feel like I’m playing an MMORPG. With the combat system bosses are hard… I recently fought a “Queen Mimic” where I, being able to move, stood under it (it was a giant robo-spider) and just wailed on it’s dangly Vagina (it lay new baby mimics from it) whilst everyone else got caught up on the legs and got completely raped. With the bosses, they are really easy, mostly, until you get them to 50% of their hp where they then use their big moves that stop you attacking as a small scene is shown, where you come back to see everyone on red hp or dead. It makes me wonder how it will work when you have, like, people bosses where they are completely surrounded by people wailing on them but still able to slace them in the face… Also, the weapons are stupid. You get the normal stuff, Spears, Maces & Axes, Swords, guns, bows, daggers. They also have, Measures (wtf?) which from the small pic, I think are just like engineer rulers… and Hand bombs… which I’m still wondering about now… but you don’t know who is to have what, so you just stick them with what they had when they joined, meaning you have about 4 people all using 1 handed swords and a shield then you just swap between light and heavy armour depending on what is near you. That is another thing with the licences, you find yourself only putting the points in when there is a shop nearby for you to see if you can buy anything to make it worthwhile. I’m sure it will get better. OH! The graphics of the FMVs are REALLY nice, like droolingly good. However, Vaan (pronounced Von (Like Yvonne)) outside of the FMVs looks FILTHY, his face around the cheeks and brow are just a dirty brown, then his six pack looks like they just got dirt and smeared it over them and then cleaned in between them… Fran looks like a rabbit whore cause you can see her underwear and the thing she wears is like an armour thong. Baltheir is cool but he has a crazy british accent but kinda sucks with his guns (and soon to be hand bombs till I can get it to the next guns bit). Oh, the bounty system is okay, I enjoy this kind of side quest. There are loads apparently, however, you pick them up at bars via the board or you clan leader (Montblanc (omg, just like in Tactics Advanced (it’s the same FF world, I believe)). However, you pick them up, then you have to hunt down the person that put it up, talk to them, they should then tell you where the monster is, but normally they will say, “I saw it south of the village somewhere on the bank” meaning you need to go to South Bank, but some of the maps are large and take a while to scan over, they are so vague. Then once you find it, you trade shots with it, its shots being stronger, then when it is dead you go back to the person to get your reward then BACK to the message board to pick up the next one. There is this one that I can do now that the monster is a bitch. My people have like 400hp – 500hp. This thing hits for like 200 -250 damage and at the start casts DOOM on everyone, and it has a 10 second timer… oh good. You have to hope that Doom keeps missing on one person so it just keeps trying as you slowly beat it to death. MOOGLES. The moogles and Chocobos in the game… well, I’d say in 10 and 10-2 they kinda ruined the Chocobos a lot. In 12 they do have a better image, one that looks like a more realistic version to the old school version. The moogles though. WTF! Moogles should stay the small white bears with a bobbly thing on its head. NOT a small furry child thing (that looks like a smaller Thing 1/Thing 2 from Doctor Zues without the blue hair) in a snappy waist coat and it’s bobbly thingy should be more bobbly and less fury! *sigh* I think that is it. Unless something pops to mind that invokes more rage-ahol. (this blog has taken me about an hour so far and it’s 2.5k words) A good thing with FF 12 is that the environments are busy. In most games it could be a big city, but you could only find about 10 people. This time, there are more people to talk to, but they also put a load of people who are just there. This gives a nice feeling of a busy city.

Hmmm, I think I had more to write… I know I have more…. but what was it… hmm… in the week to come I might be doing stuff, being from wednesday – Friday. What, I’m not sure… but something…

Spotify is very odd with its adverts. I keep on getting adverts for safe sex…

Yesterday I got my Explore 16+ card. My question is. WHEN THE FUCK WERE THOSE PICTURES TAKEN!? I mean really? They must’ve been in year 10, but I have no idea when they were done. I don’t remember it, I just have a picture of 14 year old me…

Today I’ve been really tired but I only went to bed at 2am and woke up at 6:45 cause I was talking to Max about ways about stuff. Then the day before was a sort of sleepless blur. Great, my music stopped…. Well, Spotify just crashed…. hmmm…

Oh, my brother finally got Assassin’s Creed back from his friend so I can now play that, so I look forward to jumping about stabbing people right in the face…. That’ll teach them. OH!!!! I just remembered something about FF12. It was a good thing!

Well, I’ll probably write another blog on the 27th unless something more interesting happens… OH MY FUCKING NONE EXSISTANT GOD! Look what I’m gonna be getting soon: Sexy

Lol, whilst getting that link, eBay said “Pokemon Cards” but the image was for Yu-Gi-Oh Cards… what nubs.

Oh, Ghost Rider…. meh really, it wasn’t great. But it wasn’t too bad. There was a plot twist that, wasn’t much of a twist and Nicholas Cage changed in age drastically from lying down to standing up. The female main was meant to be the same age… yeah… good luck with that.

There was no new Bleach Chapter today… WHAT A FUCKING JOKE! But at least the dubs are out of the mini filler and onto the story again. Luppi and people have gone back to Las Noches. Luppis’ voice wasn’t nearly as bad as I was expecting… on the other hand… Wonderweisse, fucking annoying voice. He doesn’t speak much, but just the voice… URGH!

Um, this was a very long blog post. Mostly the FF12 rant, I seemed to hate it more than I thought I had… I’m sure I’ll enjoy it soon enough. I am still in FF7 o = accept and x = back mode at times. Well, if you read it all, good job sir/Ma’am.

Seems I need…. 4 words to make it 3k on the dot…

There it’s zero now.

Final Fantasy 12 Review

MusiM — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:06:00 +0000

This is a game that isn’t very good, but the more gaming news websites I read and the more podcasts I listen to, I have come to realize that a lot of people consider this the definitive RPG experience, which is absolutely absurd. Its an RPG game made for people who don’t like RPG’s.

Gameplay

The gameplay is the one place where FF12 shines, but not because the gameplay is RPG like. FF12 is closer to an action RPG more than anything.

You can’t equip anything unless you buy the license for it. You buy the license with license points which you obtain from battle. You also obtain experience points from battle which will increase your stats. Final Fantasy has many formulas they keep from game to game. The carried ones from previous games to FF12 is that your character level only matters if you don’t do any of the side quests. See if you want to beat FF12, you don’t need to be a very high level. But if you want to get everything in the game, as in do all the side quests, then your level doesn’t matter because your stats will never get to where they need to go unless you get the proper equipment.

The actual combat is live action and there is no separate battle screen. The only way to tell your characters what to do is by them learning the proper “gambit”. Gambits are instruction sets your characters can learn. You basically have a top to bottom priority list of these gambits and the character basically operates based on a Boolean (if/then, and/or, etc) logic system. I’m making it sound more complicated than it is. You want your character to cast ice on someone, then you need them to have the proper spell and gambit. If they’re out of magic, then they’ll hopefully go to the next option on the list. Gambits also have to be purchased.

The combat is genuinely fun and does have quite a bit of planning to it. As I said, this is where the game shines. But the combat didn’t shine enough for me to finish all the side quests, which I usually do in my RPG’s on the first play through (unless there is a save game +).

The thing is, you don’t have to pay attention to any of the numbers to play this game. They’re really just there to make it feel more RPG-like. All you really need to know is your enemies weakness and how to get there. The license system was a black mark in my book. Oh yes it was fun to tout off to my friends that I completed all the license boards for all the character but such an achievement is really the equivalent of pressing the attack button over and over again while sleeping. The only time you will have to strategize for this game is if you take on the side quests.

Story

The story is absolutely horrendous. For one, the main character, Vaan, isn’t really the main character. The main character is Asche, who you is either the 4^th or 5^th (out of 6) characters you get. Vaan is that character in the game that you’re constantly asking, do we need this guy in our party? All he does is make dumb jokes and mess things up. Asche is the heroine with all the big decision making. Final Fantasy storylines are typically massive in scale. The amount of politics, personal character grudges/beliefs, twists, and turns if often to great to count. Well this games story has so little to the plot, the story can be summed up in a couple sentences. The whole story campaign can probably be finished in under 12 hours, but if you do all the side quests (most of which have little to no story), the game then turns into a 100+ hour game. This is a huge failing on Square Enix’s part. Extra content is nice but not at the cost of the story.

Music

Maybe I’ll have to rethink this category since I can’t remember a single tune from the game. But seeing as how I am a music fiend and musician, if it was good, I would remember it. I don’t remember it being bad though. So mediocre marks here.

Characterization

Here are one word summaries for the different character’s personalities: Vaan – dipshit, Penelo – dipshit for loving dipshit, Bathier – I am captain witty, Fran – I wish I was Storm form the X-Men but I’m not quite black, Asche – Princess with no army (she actually isn’t a 1 dimensional character like the rest), Bosche – I look like my brother. You gain several sidekick style characters through the story that either retire or die. Most of these characters are more interesting than your actual party. The main party is so absurdly one dimensional. I honestly cannot stand pretty much any of the characters. My favorite character in the game was a sidekick who dies.

Modern day opinion seems to be steering towards, all a game needs to be good is gameplay. Well, that’s bullshit! A game has many faucets that appease many senses including your brain and it does this through music, character interaction, story, riveting sequences…. If all you want is flashy lights and buttons to press, then why the fuck are you reading my blog? Go take whatever it is they prescribe to the ADHD kids.

Final Fantasy 002

strideeer — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:10:56 +0000

Fran

Holiday nearly over

dannytwinkle — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:19:23 +0000

It's very zen u know...

I am back to work on Thursday having completed my short holiday and also having reached my objective of saving money and not driving the car too much (cos I have to pay for the petrol now ).

I have been quietly discovering my own sense of “wabi-sabi” by completing Final Fantasy 12 on my now ancient PS2 and then also having the occasional drum workout as well.

Replacing my bed ‘o nails mattress has also been a very worthwhile activity, as has starting this blog, It’s fun to try and remember how to write sentences in English (No wonder I struggle with Japanese ones), it’s quite therapeutic writing a blog and I much prefer it to Facebook’s meaningless applications or Twitters ‘10p a text’ soundbites (although Stephen Fry’s dedication to it is quite amazing, but I guess having 300,000+ followers helps).

Final Fantasy XII - All Espers And Thier Limit Break

paperollz — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:29:14 +0000

Great and Beautiful Images of Final Fantasy Summons.

Final Fantasy XII English Video

paperollz — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:38:13 +0000

Game : Final Fantasy 12
Platform : Playstation 2 (PS2)
Company : Square Enix
Release (North America ): Oct 31, 2006
ESRB : Teen

This is My favorite RPG games series , when I play the first RPG game Final Fantasy IV on nintendo super famicom and then I love this series very very much. This FF12 very different from other FF , It’s like MMORPG, but I think it’s still a great game.

Bin noch da..

magmaton — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:20:58 +0000

.. und ich geh auch nicht so schnell weg *g*
Dieses Posting liegt seit knapp einer Woche hier als Entwurf rum und in diesem stand eigtl dass ich voll mit WipeoutHD und Burnout Paradise auf der PS3 beschäftigt sei. Trophies sind ja so cool ^^
Aber es hat sich nun etwas geändert: Hab die Gelegenheit genutzt und mir bei Aldi eine PS2 für 77Euro zugelegt. Nun bin ich zusätzlich noch an so Perlen wie MGS3 (damals nur zu 1/4 gespielt), God of War2 und FF12 (völlig an mir vorbei gegangen, da ich keine PS2 mehr hatte) dran.
Und richtig geraten: Freie Zeit ist nun ein fremdwort und muss in der Wikipedia noch nachgeschlagen werden *g*

Später kommt noch ein Eintrag zur PS3 ^^

Achja: Nebenbei wird auch noch Solty Rei fertig geschaut. *g*

The Rant: Collector's Editions and Pre-Orders (and Warhammer Online)

Link — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:44:38 +0000

by Link (Now with a map, miniature figure, graphic novel, in-game non-combat pet, BONUS in-game char

Final Fantasy XII Review

Mitch — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:45:52 +0000

Rating: 9 Out of 10

Final Fantasy XII has finally made it into stores and it doesn’t disappoint. This game has a compelling story with great graphics and audio that pull you right in. It also has a new redesigned combat system, lengthy gameplay, and no more random encounters with enemies. However, the new gambit and license systems are a little hard to get used to, and there is a bit too much running back and forth in some parts of the game. Overall, this game was what everyone was hoping it would be, and it is a very good game to have.

Pros:

+ Pulls you into the world

+ Lengthy Gameplay

+ Redesigned Combat System

+ No Random Encounters

+ Excellent Music and Voice Acting

Cons:

- Gambit and License boards are hard to get used to

- A bit too much running back and forth in spots

Extras:

# Final Fantasy XII Cheat Codes

Final Fantasy 4 on the Nintendo DS

Jonathan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:00:16 +0000

I picked up a copy of Final Fantasy 4 for the Nintendo DS at the weekend – it will be my travelling companion on the train over the next few weeks, and likely late night insomnia partner.

Square Enix have done it again – Final Fantasy 4 looks fantastic, plays well, and perhaps most importantly appears to have a really good story. Unusually for the DS, the game features a lot of voice acting – most of the main characters dialogue is spoken. I’m not sure what kind of capacity DS cartridges have, but it’s impressive – especially given the orchestral soundtrack that runs throughout.

I was a late arrival to the world of Final Fantasy, and role playing games in general. My first taste of them was Final Fantasy 12 on the PS2 – probably one of the finest RPGs on the platform, if not any platform. I was spoiled immediately. The kingdom of Rabanastre became a living, breathing place – with thousands of non player characters and diverse locations.

Having jumped into the Final Fantasy universe at a plateau of sorts, I have had the opportunity to work backwards through the various games to discover where it all started, and see the progression in terms of software development, story, character design, and game mechanics. It’s tremendous.

The DS Final Fantasy games are wonderfully well designed for a touch screen interface, and in most cases would not work anywhere near as well without it. Each game tends to stand on it’s own, with different mechanics, different characters and different styles of presentation. All of the Final Fantasy games have astounding levels of production values compared to other role playing games.

If you had shown Final Fantasy 4 (or Revenant Wings, or Crystal Chronicles) to anybody at the launch of the Nintendo DS, they would have sworn it was faked – that such games could not be built for it.

Pictures of You by The Last Goodnight

Jessica — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:47:48 +0000

Final Fantasy’s 7 through 12 - Pictures of You - The Last Goodnight

Posted by Akarai92 on YouTube

This video uses simple effects to create a great video that is well timed and has a good flow, even though, I personally, would have ended with a different clip. It has couples and clips ranging from Final Fantasy’s 7 to 12

5/5

Remake do "Final Fantasy IV" para o DS.

blogygames17 — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:40:41 +0000

Um dos grandes trunfos de “Final Fantasy IV”, na época de seu lançamento original, em 1991, foi sua narrativa, envolvendo o trabalho de alguns mestres como diretor Hironobu Sakaguchi, o artista Yoshitaka Amano e o produtor e roteirista Takashi Tokita. À frente de seu tempo, devido à grande complexidade e riqueza de seu enredo, o jogo mostrava a saga do cavaleiro negro Cecil, que depois de prestar seus serviços ao monarca do reino de Baron por muitos anos, se rebelou, cansado de tantos atos de violência e tirania.

Agora, para a alegria dos fãs e estudiosos da série, alguns trechos até então inéditos do script original do “Final Fantasy IV”, aparecem nesta versão para o DS, na forma de flashbacks que explicam melhor a relação de certos personagens, por exemplo. Além dos novos trechos de história, algumas outras adições e ajustes foram feitos neste remake. Embora o esquema continue o mesmo, de falar com todo mundo, explorar mapas e enfrentar inimigos em batalhas aleatórias, o processo parece ser menos doloroso e enfadonho, obrigando o jogador a enfrentar menos inimigos do que antes.

Mesmo com os ajustes e extras, o que realmente conta em “Final Fantasy IV”para o Nintendo DS é o caprichoso trabalho gráfico e sonoro, que reconstruiu o jogo do zero. Agora tudo é em 3D, tanto os cenários quanto os personagens, com um design marcante que evoca o original de Amano e respeita o clássico do Super Nes. Provavelmente são alguns dos visuais mais belos da plataforma portátil, levando em consideração as limitações da mesma.

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