FFXII unveiled

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-11-13 09:29pm

http://gameforms.com/news/?1048

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2003-11-13 09:33pm

Interesting. I'll probably buy it when it comes out so long as it bears no resemblence to FF8.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-11-13 10:12pm

http://newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=58184

I got reminded of that Flash instantly...

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-11-14 12:26am

Final Fantasy XII: Yeah We Made Another One. Coming next year!

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-11-14 12:27am

Durandal wrote:Final Fantasy XII: Yeah We Made Another One. Coming next year!

shhh...you'll let the cat out of the bag.

Overall...looks like an advanced engine of FFX.

Right now...who knows.

www.rpgfan.com

The Penultimate Ninja · Post by **The Penultimate Ninja** » 2003-11-14 01:09am

This game will be the best. It has pirates in it!

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-11-14 02:24am

Does Final Fantasy even have a coherent fucking plot?

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-11-14 02:27am

Vympel wrote:Does Final Fantasy even have a coherent fucking plot?

You mean within a single game...or within the series?

As a single games...yes.

As a Series...nothing more then a name brand. Means as much to Square as Sprite does to Coca-Cola.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2003-11-14 02:51am

Does Final Fantasy even have a coherent fucking plot?

From what I know, FF1, 4, 5, and 6 do. Haven't played the others in their entirety (still working on X, but I'll tell ya, so far it's been the typical Anime "Don't Question The Weird Shit" type of story, at least in the beginning hour... I guess the Japanese really like loose ends).

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2003-11-14 06:16am

Where does the animated Final Fanatasy movie fit in ?

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2003-11-14 08:48am

There is no continuity between the games. Until now, of course.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-11-14 09:05am

Then why bother with "Final Fantasy" at all? Meh. Bah HUMBUG I say.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-11-14 09:15am

Can somebody post details or PM them to me?
I can't get to the site. it keeps getting blocked.

(I'm on a school computer right now, they block jist about everything that has to do with games.)

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-11-14 11:53am

Vympel wrote:Then why bother with "Final Fantasy" at all? Meh. Bah HUMBUG I say.

Hironobu Sakaguchi called the first game "Final Fantasy" because he intended it to be the last game he produced before leaving the industry. It seems that he changed his mind after the game was released, but the name for the series stuck.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-11-14 12:09pm

Vympel wrote:Then why bother with "Final Fantasy" at all? Meh. Bah HUMBUG I say.

Because then they don't have to think up any other names.

I mean look how easy it is just to attach numbers.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-11-14 04:05pm

Damn! They went for the whole "Era of swords and sorcery" thing again.

Ever since FF9 i was hoping they'd do another futuristic one.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2003-11-14 04:28pm

Prawn's brief history of Square games:

Final Fantasy, NES - I rented this as a kid, was underwhelmed, and went back to playing the port of Ultima 3.

Final Fantasy II, SNES - Here's the one that really caught my attention, and made me aware of the Square name in particular.

Secret of Mana, SNES - Amusing, I thought at the time, but where the hell is my FF3 already? Bonus points for the downbeat ending.

Final Fantasy III, SNES - It was about goddamn time, and I was not disappointed. Narrowly defeated as Square's #1 game of all time by...

Chrono Trigger, SNES - Every console RPG in the universe can bow down and kiss this game's ass.

Final Fantasy VII, PS1 - You mean our FF3 was actually FF6? No wonder it took so long. Anyway, I played through this, but it just wasn't the same. It wasn't horrible, but I never played it through a second time, and never really had much enthusiasm for FF afterward.

Xenogears, PS1 - Ahahaha! Square has redeemed itself! This is awesome! Insert disc two? Okay... Egad, suddenly this blows! I quit.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-11-14 05:22pm

For once I'll agree with Prawn. I was massively underwhelmed by seven after playing 3/6. Then again, the real disappointment didn't come until 8. My god that one pissed me off.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-11-14 06:45pm

Again, I stand as the sole person who really, really liked 8 because of its story and character development.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-11-14 07:16pm

Durandal wrote:Again, I stand as the sole person who really, really liked 8 because of its story and character development.

I kept getting distracted from the story by the incredible fucking tedium. I probably would have liked the plot if it wasn't such a mind-fuckingly slow-paced game.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-11-14 07:41pm

I liked 8, but it's been so long since I played it that I can't really remember how much.

I'll probably play it next, after I'm done with Tactics.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-11-14 09:27pm

Badme wrote:There is no continuity between the games. Until now, of course.

I think all the FF games have a few things in common...like chocobos. I've heard they're in every game. And some character is, too...can't remember his name, but he's the one that swears a lot.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-11-14 10:00pm

Andrew J. wrote:
Badme wrote:There is no continuity between the games. Until now, of course.
I think all the FF games have a few things in common...like chocobos. I've heard they're in every game. And some character is, too...can't remember his name, but he's the one that swears a lot.

Woo! The oxymoronic titular game rolls ever forward!

Cid's in all of them. It'd be cool if in the final final fantasy it turns out that cid is a timelord or something and unites all the heroes for a multiverse-spanning be all and end all fantasy game.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-11-14 10:39pm

Andrew J. wrote:
Badme wrote:There is no continuity between the games. Until now, of course.
I think all the FF games have a few things in common...like chocobos. I've heard they're in every game. And some character is, too...can't remember his name, but he's the one that swears a lot.

Chocobos, Cid, and airships are the only common elements across all the games. Though they might have gotten away from the airships in the later installments. Airships, by the way, were just that: flying galleons and man-o-wars, either suspended by a big air sac like a blimp or giant propellers. FFII had the best take on the airship, where entire fleets of them had made regular ships mostly obsolete.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-11-14 11:07pm

RedImperator wrote:
Andrew J. wrote:
Badme wrote:There is no continuity between the games. Until now, of course.
I think all the FF games have a few things in common...like chocobos. I've heard they're in every game. And some character is, too...can't remember his name, but he's the one that swears a lot.
Chocobos, Cid, and airships are the only common elements across all the games. Though they might have gotten away from the airships in the later installments. Airships, by the way, were just that: flying galleons and man-o-wars, either suspended by a big air sac like a blimp or giant propellers. FFII had the best take on the airship, where entire fleets of them had made regular ships mostly obsolete.

I dont' know.. I liked the Airships in FF9. Everybody had one that could fly on/over the Mists, but only two ships could fly without it, both of them 'Cid Specials'.

But yes, FFII you could do more with them, like use a wrench, or fly over lava.