Ok first off... final fantasy x-2 sucked, as for 11... never played it never will. Seems like ever since 10, the rest of them have sucked. (not including III, i have not played it)

I just bought 12... and i am praying that it gets better. The battle system where enemies hit u if they come within a foot of ur body is stupid. Why make it so ur character can move as he WAITS to attack if moving serves no real dodging purposes. Now granted i'm very close to the start of the game... and i am hoping if you get a shield there will be a block button.. or something because the moving character with waiting attacks and no dodging just isn't that great.(wtf is up with waiting that long in a game where the char moves anyhow?? it's like a first person shooting with a 1 bullet reloading gun it's gay)


am i the only one that thinks the ff series is going down hill? Or that this battle system sucks??
~blitze

PS
for thos of us who have not played it... u select attack then run around until the bar is full and ur character can attack. u press attack once and u don't have to select it again.. u just run around until the bar is full the ur char auto hits the enemy, the enemy hits u, then u run around some more, u auto hit the enemy, the enemy hits u... and wow this si boring

PLEASE if some one is further tell me it gets better

This post was edited by Blitze105 on Nov 24 2006 03:41pm

Yes, it gets better. Reaction time improves and you gain many different tecknics/magicks/summons. As for the Active Dimension Battle System, it is only slightly different from the ATB system we all love. You still have your bar that you have to wait on to fill before you can do something. Instead of waiting until it fills to make an action, you chose your action and then wait for it to fill. Just like on many previous FF's (most, not all), you block randomly. There are licenses that improve your chances to block, but no block button. I did find it rather weird that a monster could hit you if you ran or not, but is it really any that different from any other FF? You couldn't move on any of them to dodge an attack, so it's not much different here either.

To the downhill question: Yes, it was starting to really annoy me how they released many untraditional FFs that never added up to the fame of the older FFs[III(snes), VII, VIII(was decent)]. Some example of the worst FFs ever released(IMO), Crystal Chronicles, X-2, and XI(i hate paying to play a game). XII on the other hand is an improvement. You shouldn't look at the fact that XII still doesn't add up to past games, you be saying, "At least I'm not stuck playing that F****** GAY A** Crystal Chronicles."

I say if you like many of the GOOD final fantasy's, you will be satisfied with this one.

Well alike other final fantasies or not... i still don't like the fact that ur shield is in view and you can't use it. That slightly bothers me, seeing as they just say block they don't show u using the shield to block. So why bother showing it if it makes no difference?

I have to admit it is getting much better as you get characters and can set up gambits... however if you ask me there are many more things they could have done (especially with the battle system) to make this game better.

As for moving and not being able to dodge... sorry it's just so redundant that i think the non movable fight would be better. I just don't understand, why move if it makes no difference???

i don't like licenses... for many reasons. First when to use them? second which to get and not to. will u get enough points in the game to use the entire "board?" or do u have to pick and choose? third... license to use a weapon, how gay. u bought it / fought for it and worked your ass off for it now u have to go gain license poinits to use it..?

Haven't played the crystal chronicals yet sorry. 7 and 8 were awesome, gotta admit 9 wasn't popular but was great.
~blitze

Started going downhill from 7, 8 was ok, 9 sucked, 10 hoped back up because of the amazing graphics, 11 sucked, 12 sucks.

does 12 sucks? 97 of 100 in famitsu in japan >.< I think it ghonna rocks

final fantasy 12 is CRAZY!!!!!! i cant stop playing the game. trust me final fantasy is not going downhill. once the first final fantasy gets realeased on the PS3! its gonna be one crazy game. ive seen trailers of both the normal FF13 and FF:Versus 13 and there looking NICE! cant wait
Final Fantasy XIII and Metal Gear Solid 4 are the only reasons as of rite now why i want to get a PS3!! which prolly means ill by this bad boy in 2008!

i recon gone down hill since 10, all the ff's on PS1 where good

LOL, you can get gambits for every type of action there is. All i do is smoke bongs and use my right big toe to play. cant fucking beat that with a lead pipe. After i got the optional esper Cuchilain or w/e, i friggin cant stop playing. The summons are fucking crazy. 5 in game you get along the story and 8 optional.

Laff, 9 was the best ff next to 7. That was untill i played 12. only one that has sucked imo is 8.

I didn't like 9 due to the cartoony aspect of it but storywise 9 was very solid
I liked 8 due to the non cartoony i.e. human characters n such.
7 is best due to the story and just the amount of time effort and skill it requires

10 was hugely enjoyable but I did not like the linear aspec of it where you really couldn't go anywhere.
I played 11 for a while and enjoyed that but I don't like mmorpgs where u can't do anything solo and always have to play with a bunch of douches.
12 so far has been fun I compare it to everything good of 10 and 11 and combined into one game.

definitely not going down hill.
although I'm not so sure about the idea of a cell phone game (turks) but those japanese are into everything no matter how retarded

and the pre 7 ffs are just all classics


This post was edited by BIGASSHAMMM on Nov 28 2006 01:43pm