The Official Final Fantasy XII Thread

[War Party]

yeah, that was it... the necessite (sp?)

and i used my (vaan's) quickening on Ghis, too; but it didn't give me the option to do a combo, just the one, so...

argh. and i just spent 2 hours in the refinery area, leveling up, and some big sun looking thing came along and killed my party in one fail swoop (he hit us all for about 4000 hp's each) and now i'm pissed. i'm going to bed.

Was the element attacking you? Usually if you don't bother them, they won't bother you. I just ignore them and nothing happens.

 

[Speedball]

You probably had the nececite(sp?) equipped, right? I thought Ghis was easy. I just used one of my quickenings and it pretty much took all his HP.

Lol, I got to Ghis. All but two of my team members were down and I didn't feel like using an PDs. So it was just Vaan and Basch. I had Vaan attack him, while Basch did nothing but use Cure and Potions on him. It worked pretty well.
And it's Nethecite. The Silence was an effect from the nethecite Larsas gave Penelo before they left the Airship.

Did anyone else notice the similarities this game has with Skies of Arcadia? The Empire's name is Archadia, there are Sky Pirates and Airships in both, and both are about bringing down an empire. Could this have just been a reference by Square to acknowledge SoA greatness? or a ripoff?
It's still a great game, but this kinda bugs me.

 

[Zenien]

Skies of Arcadia isn't that good. :|

 

[Speedball]

Skies of Arcadia isn't that good. :|

Have you played SoA? It's one of the greatest games ever made. not according to me, but according to many websites.

 

[Substance D]

Arkadia, Arcadia, etc etc is a common name amongst fantasy stories. Airships and sky pirates are nothing new to Final Fantasy. But who knows, I've never heard of SoA. Is it really that good? I might have to try it out.

 

[Speedball]

Arkadia, Arcadia, etc etc is a common name amongst fantasy stories. Airships and sky pirates are nothing new to Final Fantasy. But who knows, I've never heard of SoA. Is it really that good? I might have to try it out.

Yeah It's really good.
It's called Skies of Arcadia Legends on the Gamecube. I'm not sure how esy to find it is though.

 

[Substance D]

Yeah It's really good.
It's called Skies of Arcadia Legends on the Gamecube. I'm not sure how esy to find it is though.

Maybe when I get a Wii. I'll need something for my Final Fantasy rebound.

 

[Zenien]

Balthiers Japanses voice actor > Ba;thiers English voice actor. THe voice acting is still really high quality. The voice actress of Penelo does a really good job. THe first time we heard her she had said something like "Don't leave me!" in one of the english trailers and she sounded pretty bad, she's actually probably one opf the best sounding characters in the game so far.

 

[Substance D]

Balthiers Japanses voice actor > Ba;thiers English voice actor. THe voice acting is still really high quality. The voice actress of Penelo does a really good job. THe first time we heard her she had said something like "Don't leave me!" in one of the english trailers and she sounded pretty bad, she's actually probably one opf the best sounding characters in the game so far.

Not really. Balthier has the best voice ever. You'll soon realize that when you remove your head from your bottom.

 

[Speedball]

Not really. Balthier has the best voice ever. You'll soon realize that when you remove your head from your bottom.

LOL! Yeah...It's super glued in there.
And Balthier's english voice is the best of the bunch. Fran's the best of the females. GOD her voice is sexy!

 

[War Party]

I love Fran's voice.

 

[Substance D]

HOLY FUDGE!
[BLACKOUT]
Balthier used to be a judge![/BLACKOUT]

I just got to level 40. I'm at the Phon Coast. I hope I'm only 10% through the game.

 

[Speedball]

Thanks...Please no more Spoliers.

And yeah, Fran's voice is TEH SEX!

 

[Zenien]

Not really. Balthier has the best voice ever. You'll soon realize that when you remove your head from your bottom.

He sounds a bit over the top, maybe it's just the opening act, I'll see how it goes with the rest of the adventure, but his Japanese voice has all the same charm to it while still portraying a nice measure of roughness or edge that would be fitting for a sky pirate. His english voice makes him continually sound bored.

I don't really care if you disagree.

 

[Avalanche]

From the trailers, there seems to me to be a lot of characters speaking with an English accent. Except Vaan, who has an American accent.

 

[Substance D]

I think the Dalmascans have American accents. Archadians English accents.

 

[Avalanche]

Do the English accents equate to being a bad guy? Are the Archadians the bad guys? I'll be most annoyed if we English have been tarnished as the bad guys again!

 

[Speedball]

Hmm...Another Similarity to Star Wars...Hmm...
Larsas is has an english accent and doesn't seem like a bad guy.

 

[Iceman]

How does this compare to the previous Final Fantasy games?

 

[Substance D]

Do the English accents equate to being a bad guy? Are the Archadians the bad guys? I'll be most annoyed if we English have been tarnished as the bad guys again!

No, so far only a few of the antagonists have been painted black & white. Many of the Archadians have been presented with good intentions.

 

[Substance D]

How does this compare to the previous Final Fantasy games?

Up there with the best. New and different, but in a good way.

 

[XwolverineX]

I haven't been able to come here in awhile, so I need a recap. How good is this games? How's the story?

 

[Iceman]

Up there with the best. New and different, but in a good way.

I can't wait

Only 3 months to go

 

[CrypticOne]

I haven't been able to come here in awhile, so I need a recap. How good is this games? How's the story?

The story is great. The characters are great. This is one of the best FF's. You definitly need to check it out.

 

[XwolverineX]

Out of all people on this board, your opinion is probably the least valid to me, CrypticOne.