More Final Fantasy then we knew it

[KiriA500]

By your logic, you also suck. Know why? Because they are both opinions. Not everyone enjoys mediocre games, get over it.

Final Fantasy XII is mediocre?

LOL, you're hilarious~!

[Forgo]

Final Fantasy XII is mediocre?

LOL, you're hilarious~!

Final Fantasy XII was a great game it put some old with new and made you earn everything lol

[Hanemakikaze]

Final Fantasy XII is mediocre?

LOL, you're hilarious~!

Yep, it was. Felt like an offline version of XI with a far more boring story. Couldn't even stomach playing through the other half of the game. Same with XIII, I felt like I was in a freakn episode of scooby-doo, mixed with some kinda cheesy ass teen flick. They are like, hey gang lets split up and search for clues! Throughout 90% of the game I had almost no party members since they were always separated and forced to play with who they threw at me, despite another huge disappointment of a Final Fantasy I was determined to get my 60 bucks out of that turd, sucked it up listened to snows teeth grindingly bad lines, quit at last chapter. Not to mention there was little to no character development outside a few of the main cast and they were all so bland, but Sazh, that dude was the best.

[Malakhim]

Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Whoa.

Did someone say Final Fantasy XII was less of a Final Fantasy game?

Say what you will about Final Fantasy XIII(which while I loved, am fully aware of its flaws not only as a Final Fantasy game, but as an RPG in general), but talkin' shit about FFXII?

Them's fightin' words.

[Hanemakikaze]

Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Whoa.
Them's fightin' words.

Fistycuffs, outside, let's go!

[Virtuso]

Yep, it was. Felt like an offline version of XI with a far more boring story. Couldn't even stomach playing through the other half of the game. Same with XIII, I felt like I was in a freakn episode of scooby-doo, mixed with some kinda cheesy ass teen flick. They are like, hey gang lets split up and search for clues! Throughout 90% of the game I had almost no party members since they were always separated and forced to play with who they threw at me, despite another huge disappointment of a Final Fantasy I was determined to get my 60 bucks out of that turd, sucked it up listened to snows teeth grindingly bad lines, quit at last chapter. Not to mention there was little to no character development outside a few of the main cast and they were all so bland, but Sazh, that dude was the best.

100% agreement with everything concerning XIII. There's a good reason XIII-2 sales fell compared to it's predecessor. As for XIV I think since Yoshi-P has taken over he's diffidently committed to making this feel like a "true" Final Fantasy game. Even commenting on why the recent FF games have lost their magic compared to the older titles.

Ever since I heard of an "Online FF" game back while I was still experiencing the PS1 era titles I had dreamed it would be like playing the single player games but experiencing it along side other players. Like a Final Fantasy world with a MMO play style. Or like the .Hack series but with real online play and players. Instead I got XI and found myself with an something entirely different with a FF skin. Not saying I didn't enjoy it, for years longer than any other MMO I've ever touched in fact. It just wasn't what I was hoping for.

To this day I'm still waiting for that Final Fantasy game in an MMO world. If the Grand Company storyline is any indication, Yoshi-P is on track to making it happen. Still get tingly when I watch that last cutscene after the White Raven final boss fight. I had completed various other story lines in XI but that Grand Company storyline was the first time in an MMO I felt the same way when finishing it as I had after finishing FF VII, VIII, IX, X and various other SE RPG's.

And THAT was only with a skeleton crew working with a broken mess of an engine. Can't wait to see what they'll pull off in 2.0!

[ZakarnRosewood]

I'm in agreement with Hanemakikaze. i actually did a detailed writeup of how i felt the final fantasy franchise was falling away from the mark but my post was deleted and i received a 3hour ban basically for disparaging SE. I guess i can understand why. That was back within the first few months of the game's initial release. Now reading interviews with yoshi almost all of the things i mentioned that were good about earlier games and what i didnt like about later games, he has agreed with and is putting into practice. i would love to post it again for comparason but i dont want to risk being banned again.

i will say kudos to the new team for taking the good parts form the Pre-FFX era and putting them into FFXIV. Smart move SE!