Wired FFXII review, not so good.

[yanamaster]

noname2200 said:

Khuutra said:

noname2200 said:

yanamaster said:

For me FF XII was a big letdown.

No. It wasn't because of the battle mechanics or general overworld experience. It was the story around which the game unraveled.
It was so uninspiring that if it wasn't for all the extra goodies in the game like the sidequests, locations etc. then i wouldn't have bothered raking in some 120 odd hours of gameplay

I don't mean to be rude, sarcastic, mean, or anything of the sort, but this REALLY doesn't compute. Do you play most other Final Fantasies for longer than that?

FFXII is pretty easily the most massive Final Fantasy, especially considering how much less grinding it takes to finish out than is necessary for equivalent tasks in the other games (killing Yiazmat is nothing like maxing your Materia)

That's fine, but I was more getting at the "this game was a letdown. I played it for 120 hours." I almost never play a game for over a hundred hours; when I do, it's because the game is GREAT.

You know, you have to find the logic that i had put in my post. I was let down by the story of the game, which is a big deal for me in the game. Of course i didn't know the full story until i played to the end of the game, so there you have one reason for which it took me so long to play. 

Now i also have this fetish that i want to do all possible side quests available which actually made up for more than 70% of my total game time.

I personally also don't understand the "i was let down so i put away the game" thing. I bought the game so that i could play it, not look at the boxart so even if i don't particularly like the game i will still beat it for the sake of beating it. 

Is that enough sense for you now?