Final Fantasy XII Appreciation and Strategy Thread

[forevercloud3000]

Dulfite said:

forevercloud3000 said:

Until recent years the FF series was the pinnacle of my gaming library. I played games before it but i did not BECOME a gamer until I played FFVII. Just one of the most awe inspiring games for me. They are like a good book with multiple layers of spiritual intrigue and captivating world lore that usually speaks to something very realistic and poignant. 

Finish VII, the Materia System is grand, the story amazing.

But after you should hop onto this FFXII train because it was a refreshing twist for the series in many ways. I would say I would hope the series progresses more into it's form of "Action" combat rather than FFXV's.

I was planning to do FFX-X2 next, since that released before FFXII, or are those games not good?

My hierarchy goes as follows...

VII > X > XII >IX >VI

Final Fantasy X holds a special place in my heart because it is maybe the darkest FF plot which is skillfully undermined by it's bright colors and appeal. It's themes of the Price/Value of Hope, What Makes You You, and Afterlife are just superb. The localization is honestly not as bad as people make it out to be. It's just pretty anime in it's execution. Yuna is also my favorite Protaganist in the entire series. So FFX is definitely worth playing as well. FFX-2 is an acquired taste. It's bubblegum crisis Charlie's Angels motif turned many people off but on the surface it is actually one of the most well utilized forms of FF Job Change systems seen in entries like FF3. The storyline seems more light hearted than X but it digs deeper into the anals of FFX Spira's darker history. I think it's one fault is it's heavier reliance on mini-games and strict chapter based story progression (there is a percentage thing that has many many missables and it's annoying without a guide)