Final Fantasy, it's one of those games that almost anyone enjoys. Most of us are FF fanboys here so this thread was inevitable. :P

Anyway, let's talk FFXII. :P

As most of us know, it's set in Ivalice, and while it isn't the same world that existed in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance it does have each of the races from that game. So far five Playable characters have been revealed.

Vaan - Vaan is the main character, as with everyone else, very little is known about him so far. :P



Ashe - Definately looks like she'll be the love interest. She's shown in the trailer in a wedding dress, lined by loads of people. It definately suggests that she has some importance in the land of Ivalice.



Balflear - I know nothing of him, he's dressed a lot more formally than Vaan, so perhaps he's of a more noble heritage. He reminds me of Zell. :P



Fran - The only character revealed so far to have a character class that isn't Hume. She's of the Viera race. The rabbit-like people from FFTA.



Panerra - I believe that's the correct spelling. Apparantly she's a friend of Vaan's. She's supposedly energetic and enjoys dancing and singing. Every FF game gets a female character like this, Yuffie, Selphie, Eiko, Rikku. (basically she sounds like she's going to be annoying :P )

A lot of people are speculating from the trailer that battles could be in real-time this time around, we could also be seeing the abolishment of random encounters something that's been speculated on after seeing Vaan running around with his health bar on display.

I'm looking forward to E3 to get more information on what could be a great FF game.

Sounds really cool. I've always been a FF fan but mostly I didn't start playing them until FFX I always watched my bro but never got involved. Now that I'm playing 10 I'm up to Seymore in the Gagazet Mnts and Kihmari is my strongest but I've still got a long way to go. I've also played Crystal Chronicles with my friends and its really really fun I recomend it for those who have it but its funner with more people. Well anyway I just thought that I might post in here because I'm really excited about FFXII

I loved Mt. Gagazet, if only for the fantastic music and Kimahri's showdown with Biran and Yenke. It was a great part of the game.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If that's true and it turns out to be another FF:CC I'm gonna murder some Square-Enix CEO's!!! :angry: RPG's should stay turn-based, simple as that. There's no room for tactics or thought when everything's real time. If i wanted an adventure game with a story I'd play CC. :rolleyes:


EDIT: I take that back, there's no story in CC. :P

Heh, if Square added the ability to say, pause the game while planning attacks in a real time system that could work. But you're right, turn-based action is much better for placing strategy into battles. I think both systems definately have their pros and cons. However, whichever Square choose I'm expecting them to do a fine job of it. (remember, CC had a very different team working on the game then who usually work on on FF games. At least I'm pretty sure that's the case ^_^;;)

Yeah I must agree with you guys, I love FFX a lot better than CC but when I play CC I get to interact with friends instead of them just watching me play and I love that

Nice info there Nartak!
I for one can't wait for FFXII. Even the little bit of info so far is getting me excited!

Actually Panerra is Vaans girlfriend. Vaan and Ashe will have a special relationship that is supposedly different to previous FF leads. Do your research properly Natrak. :P

Balflear is an air pirate like Vaan, and they have some kind of special history (cant remember off the top of my head). His weapon of choice is the pistol, and looks to be the requisite 'cool' character of the game. He also works with Fran.

Hopefully, Square will remove random battles but still keep the game turn based, ie. instant battles no loading times. At the moment it just looks like the appearance of weapons etc on the field screen is to navigate traps and obstacles.

Anyway, thats some info I remember reading off the top of my head. Theres more info out there though.

Good news is that Square-Enix have announced their E3 titles. And I'm damn glad to see FFXII on the list :)

Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia (PC, PS2)
Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Front Mission 4 (PS2)
Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel (PS2)
Kingdom Hearts II (PS2)
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (GBA)
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PS2)

Finally finished FFX.

Beware Spoilers if you haven't finished the game Hit page down or something!


Jecht wasn't as difficult as I thought. Seeing as I had Break Limit for Yojimbo, Bahamut, Shiva, Valefor and Ixion he didn't provide too much problems. I used Valefor and Ixion both doing around 30000 respectivley with Ifrit chipping for another 9999. Then it was down to Kimahri and Auron, Auron dealing out 9999 everytime and Kimahri averaging 9600. He fell down to Aurons Shimmering Blade.

Then onto the Aeons Kimahri and Auron killed each one 'Overkill'. Onto Yu Yevon this thing started off as a pain until I decided to Zombie him with Auron. So Auron was taking off 9999, Kimahri 9600, Tidus around 5000 and he was Curaga'n himself off 9999 as well.

As for the ending it wasn't as great as I was expecting, really sad to see Auron sent but hey he died at least 10 years ago, He had to go sometime. The whole Tidus and Yuna scene on the ship was very emotional especially when Yuna told Tidus she loved him.

OldSkool, if you wanna kill Yu Yevon REAL easy, just cast Reflect on him. Everytime you attack he cures YOU, not himself. :P You literally can't lose.

Trin, you literally can't lose anyway :P

Since you have auto-life on constantly. Which is ridiculous.

Besides, an even easier way is to use Zombie Attack and then Phoenix down. :P

Well its too late now, I whooped him. In other news I have began my ultimate weapon guide and the guide to get the other Aeons mainly the Magus Sisters and Anima.

Yes, can't wait for Final Fantasy XII, FFX-2 wasn't enough to keep me satisfied for long. And yes, I hope they don't go too far down the path of CC with XII. I know it's reactionary, but I like the FF series the way it is... turn based and random encounters. I say don't mess with a winning formula.

:blink: Is that a Paupu fruit Vaan is holding?

It definately does look like one, only green. :blink:

I beat Yu Yevon by casting doom as Kimahri's Overdrive, I'm pretty sure its the only doom that works. He was gone in 4 turns!

I've always found random battles to be a bit of a mixed bag. When I wanted to do something without interuption they were horrible, but on the flip-side in each FF I spend hours just leveling up and can't get enough random battles.

I hope the go back to the battle system used in FFX, it gives you more time to think about your strategy. I'm used to FFX-2's and have finished the game but I still love FFX's the best.

Final Fantasy XII has already been confirmed to have a world map and in particular, the world map will resemble Final Fantasy XI's in its vastness - this is fantastic to hear. I remember first stepping onto the overworld in FFVII, seeing it in 3-d for the first time, and that music - nothing short of magical.

Yeah, the lack of a world map in Final Fantasy X made the game seem much more linear, so that's definately good news.

FFXII was been pushed back to winter (our summer) 2004 - spring (our autumn) 2005 in Japan. Apparently though, it'll have little affect on the US release date, though I can't imagine when it'll eventually Oz. Oh the agony... :(

Wow!! I watch my bro finish FFX and I must say I really loved the ending, but now after reading all these posts you guys have just givin me easier ways of beating him!! Muhahahahaha...... uhh... *coughs* uh yeah even though I'm like no where near the end.

same. that has to be one of my favourite gaming moments of all time. after being stuck in midgar for all that time and all of a sudden having an entire planet to explore... joy.

Seeing as FFXII is going to take place in Ivalice - the same world as FFTA - does that mean that we get to customise the world map just like in FFTA? That was an interesting part.

Or not. It doesn't look like it could work on a fully-fledged FF game like this.

Maybe I'm just overly pessimistic, but with a schedule as vague as winter 2004 to spring 2005 (a six month period by definition), I don't sense much confidence that it's going to be done anytime soon. Not good.

:(

After the Jump Festa video there was an interview that discussed the game's development and Square admitted that it has been slow lately. I just hope this game doesn't become the next Star Ocean III.

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Above is Penelo, the character that I had little information on in my original post.

wow, those models are looking nice and high res... i wonder if square will keep the lower and higher poly models in this inst6allment.

@markymark - probably. For important plot-development scenes they'll use high-poly and for scenes that just need to advance on quickly they'll use low-poly. It stands to reason.

yeah... i guess. i just hate the low poly models in x and x2, whenever i see them i always cringe.

When ever I heard Tidus, Rikku or Yuna speak I cringed.

Beautiful - I can barely notice the lower polygon count. The only thing that bothers me is Vaan's odd placed nose, and his rib cage seems out of place on his model when designed as 'muscles' - i'm sure, however, that they'll clean it up by release. Other than that, it certainly looks playable, and I eagerly await it's now slated 2005 release.

I'm with you OldSkOoL, sometimes I think i'd prefer it if they left the voices in Japanese.

Or, he could just put a frickin shirt on, problem solved :P

I swear, weather has no meaning in these games :S

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfanta...ew_6097934.html

Finally some more solid information on the gameplay! ^_^

Random encounters are confirmed to be gone, and the battling is played out in real time, however as you can read in the above quote, you are able to pause the game and issue orders. It sounds like Square may just hit a nice balance for those who are sick of turn-based action and those who still want it.

this seems familiar... i remember reading a post at hyper that i'm pretty sure was by you saying that at one stage you had to turn the sound down because tidus was annoying you so much.

that made me laugh.

natrak: wow... that's... interesting. it actually sounds like a lazy turn based system. 'attack that until i say otherwise'. ...brilliant!

Hey I know this isn't a Playstation game but Its a Final Fantasy thread so yeah. Today my friend and I finally defeated Crystal Chronicals. We were having such difficulty with the last boss and unable to find any decent help guids or walkthroughs I decided to post what I thought was the easiest way to beat him. First of all you DO NOT need Phoenix Downs, they are good to have yet they take up command slots. As long as you have cure and life and a command slot free you will be fine.

The Parasite Meterorite- This boss has three stages and both all are very easy. For the first and second level pick a side and drop your chalice defeat the annoying plants and slash at the boss tentical. For the third stage you have to take out both plants and be careful of the Meterorites firing attacks and the tenticles huge attack which he starts doing on level two, just keep on the move.
After defeating this boss you will be sucked into the chalice where you have to listen to this spirit called mio to blab on and on and on, after awhile she will ask you five questions about your memories, which was very hard for me and my friend considering her memory span is about as bad as a goldfish (lasting only 3 seconds)

RAEM 1st form- This is very easy, just kill the two little spirit things that sound just creepy and then slash the crap out of the boss. I personally suggest a Lilty for a character because they are small and hard for large enemies to hit and they are also very fast. Soon this form will be dead.

RAEM 2nd form- This form we found really hard. He takes on like a huge sword shape. Slashing at the claw does not hurt the boss. use this time to cast cure on the memories of your family that appear in bubbles to gather magicite. ( blizaga, curaga, thundaga, firaga and an invincibility shield. this comes in handy) Although the magic is strong your physical attacks are usually stronger. After slashing at the claw a few times RAEM will lower to the ground and fire some terrible dark beams, these take off a lot of hearts so make sure that your timing is right and slash at the eye in the middle of his two arms. If you have the invincibility shield you don't have to worry about dodging that is until it wears off then you should run like mad.

After a fair few amounts of hits he dies or actually you find out that RAEM and Mio go to "sleep" for awhile then the ending comes up. Which I must say I didn't really like. It was stupid it was just my friends character (1st player) who walks around the background constantly changing with different characters running around the Miasma free world. Although the ending was pointless it still was a relief to defeat the game.

Well hope you guys enjoyed my post. Wow its like the most I've ever writted. well ciao peeps :lol:

It looks like FF purists are going to hate this game. I'm gonna love it.

*dances to the demise of stupid random encounters*

I'm quite excited about it, as it sounds a lot like I thought it would be; a mix of tactical RPGs like BoF:DQ, but given a bit more vagrant story-esque action. It's going in the right direction for me, although this is going to be less successful/popular than FFX I think due to it's requirement for strategy, and it's darker story, but who knows, it may just strike well with a large audience.

While I don't mind a change in the system. I wish old school touches like these - "no signature Final Fantasy victory music as you collect you gil and cure potions after you win" were still in. Hopefully they didn't cut out post fight poses.

Wow a change in the series. I suppose it's due time for a change.

I'm with Mach as well. God No victory music. That was a highlight for me!

markymark: Yeh I posted that on Hyper.

If Vaan has a Tidus voice I will cry.

I think the change is good. Not that the series needs a refresh, but just to keep things lively and not as predictable.

yeah, i finished it in 3 player mode on the weekend with my mate and his girlfriend and it was her character in the credits at the end. i thought it was a little bizazrre because she was second player and overall, probably did the least amount of anything while fighting the boss.

couldn't work it out.

also, we finished the eighth year and went onto the ninth... which spun me out because i thought there were only eight years. how far does it continue on, i wonder...