So, I don’t know if I mentioned this, but I bought FFXII the other day.
It’s a lot of fun. The one thing I don’t like about it is the lack of save spots… Goddamnit, the maps can get really confusing too. I don’t see how anyone can do this without the game guide. If you don’t know where you’re going, you end up going around in circles and then once you get somewhere, it’s taken too long and you have other things to do, so you have to waste time going all the way back to save.
But otherwise, the story is in depth. But there’s a lot to remember. What I liked about FFX is that everything was explained, probably because Tidus was new to Spira and so everyone had to give him a detailed reason behind everything. But in FFXII, there are barely any explanations behind why Fran is different looking, how the fucking hell to use Mist Charges, and who is who. It’s hard to remember all the characters because a lot of them don’t appear for very long and then there’s a long conversation about so-and-so and you can’t exactly remember what this person did or who they are to make them such a hot topic. A lot of vocab to learn. And it’s a lot like Star Wars. It’s a little retarded how similar it is. Treasure chests are also really annoying.
Okay, to sum it up, this game is very time consuming. The battle system are made for extremely lazy people. Haha, awesome. Reminds me of FFX-2 with KH. But it’s nice how you don’t have to stop each time there’s a battle and how the monsters are actually ON the field instead of having the screen look like it broke and then battle commences. Hahaha. I miss the equip customization though. An endless combination of whatever you want! I don’t like how the gear have really weird descriptions, but doesn’t just straight up tell you what it does. In FFX-2 too. Some equips do some real damage instead of helping. That’s fucking stupid. Why bother putting it in the game if anyone with minimal intelligence would never equip it?
I’m such a dork. But that’s okay. One thing I miss is having a particular character that I really like. For some reason, I LOVE Tidus from FFX. But I don’t really like any specific character in FFXII. Maybe Vaan. But he’s kinda stupid. Ashe is too stuck up. Basch is always feeling guilty. Penelo is annoying. Fran is special. Balthier is really cool though. Maybe my favorite so far is Balthier.
I dunno if I should bother sleeping. It’s almost Black Friday and I’m gonna try and raid Best Buy in a couple hours.