Wada on FFXIV and DQX

[Konachibi]

The only things I would have changed about FFXII:

• The Last 20%: The story was intriguing , but it fell a bit flat at the end (I'll chalk this up to Yasumi Matsuno leaving)
• Vaan: He shouldn't have been in the game. It was an ensemble cast, but Vaan always seemed like a 5th wheel.
• Gambits: Should have automatically been disabled for main char. (no auto-play).

Things I would have changed:

Not used the FFXI battle system
Run it in a better resolution, no idea why XII has a lower resolution than X...
Replaced the main character with someone else, 'cos he was just... ugh.
Better sound quality, when people talk it sounds like they're speaking through a pipe
Have a progression system that didn't seem quite so.... dumb (I have to teach him how to wear a hat??!?!)

I wish I could find the picture my friend showed me a couple of years back, it was of Vaan holding a hat in his hand and going, "Now what do I do with this?", then he starts pulling it over his leg and goes, "Ah, hat go on foot!" XD

[Zantetsuken]

Things I would have changed:

Not used the FFXI battle system
Run it in a better resolution, no idea why XII has a lower resolution than X...
Replaced the main character with someone else, 'cos he was just... ugh.
Better sound quality, when people talk it sounds like they're speaking through a pipe
Have a progression system that didn't seem quite so.... dumb (I have to teach him how to wear a hat??!?!)

I wish I could find the picture my friend showed me a couple of years back, it was of Vaan holding a hat in his hand and going, "Now what do I do with this?", then he starts pulling it over his leg and goes, "Ah, hat go on foot!" XD

LOL, the license system was very goofy for low level gear. but it made sense for spells and abilities.

I agree on the resolution issue. The game was gorgeous, it's a shame that we couldn't see it more clearly. They must have really been pushing the PS2's graphics engine.

I'd be all over an HD re-release of it though.

[Konachibi]

LOL, the license system was very goofy for low level gear. but it made sense for spells and abilities.

I agree on the resolution issue. The game was gorgeous, it's a shame that we couldn't see it more clearly. They must have really been pushing the PS2's graphics engine.

I'd be all over an HD re-release of it though.

Indeed, the resolution is the one thing that really deters me from playing it. I know graphics don't make a game, but my eyes have become so adjusted to high resolutions now from playing PC games that looking at FFXI just hurts.

FFIX had a similar problem. The textures in that game look awesome if you run the game in Direct3D, but because it was released on the PS1 which was software rendering and couldn't manage high detail textures properly it all looked fuzzy and smeared.

[Zantetsuken]

Also, I have a first gen PS3, so I actually played the game upscaled. But an HD release would be better.

FFIX is a great game with a lackluster main char (and villian) as well... We need more main chars like Cecil or Locke/Terra

[Konachibi]

Also, I have a first gen PS3, so I actually played the game upscaled. But an HD release would be better.

FFIX is a great game with a lackluster main char (and villian) as well... We need more main chars like Cecil or Locke/Terra

I always liked the main characters that had some deep awesome power they didn't know about, it's always hinted at through the game but you never see it unleashed till near the end, and it makesd you go "YEAH! He/She is gonna bust stuff up!" kinda like what Terra had, or in a way, kind of like Cloud once he got his memory back and had that big speech thing, or Advent Children when Sephiroth appeared, you KNEW it was gonna be a bad-ass fight.

Little things like that get the adrenaline pumping, and with enough character building players can really connect with the main character, so when he/she goes nuts on the screen you really feel it. Zidane was just kind of.... meh.

[naaros]

FFIX is a great game with a lackluster main char (and villian) as well... We need more main chars like Cecil or Locke/Terra

Aww, I loved both Zidane and Kuja. XD Zidane is actually probably my favorite lead in the entire series. :x Although really, I always thought of Vivi as the main character up until Disc 3 (when Zidane's past started to be revealed).

[Konachibi]

Aww, I loved both Zidane and Kuja. XD Zidane is actually probably my favorite lead in the entire series. :x Although really, I always thought of Vivi as the main character up until Disc 3 (when Zidane's past started to be revealed).

The only good thing about Zidane was he was a thief and almost a miqo'te, other than that he was just predictable and boring. Vivi was awesome though.

And call me weird but I thought eiko was an awesome character. She gave Zidane so much lip it was hilarious XD

[Eekiki]

The only good thing about Zidane was he was a thief and almost a miqo'te, other than that he was just predictable and boring.

Shut your mouth.

Zidane was a breath of fresh air when it comes to a main character.

I mean, geez:

Cecil: emo
Cloud: emo
Squall: emo
Tidus: E-M-O

Zidane was confident, good-natured, heroic, and genuinely good. He was the quintessential hero, and he didn't need a goofy hairstyle, giant muscles, or impossibly bulky weapons to do it.