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Thursday 21 February, 2008
Entry #1
SUMMARY:
In Final Fantasy XII you play as Vaan, a spirited young citizen of the kingdom of Dalmasca, who finds himself apart of a quest to restore peace to his city during troubled times.
GAMEPLAY:
When I first started playing Final Fantasy XII I was excited because of the reputation of the Final Fantasy titles. By the time I got through the tutorial portion of the game, it had me thinking, “Ok, now when is the Midgar bomb going to go off? When is Kefka going to poison the river? Is the city going to be consumed by Sin?” I was waiting for the ultimate drama found so commonly in prior Final Fantasy games. I’ve played 90% of the game so far and despite there being beautiful cut scenes and spoken dialogue, these story-telling mechanics are wasted on an empty storyline. At this point I don’t care to end the game, because the game hasn’t yet begun.
FFXII offers virtually no playable characters that you can be emotionally attached too. Furthermore, there are only 6 characters to choose from, which would have been fine if they were deep characters that the player could connect with like in FFX but FFXII characters are just plain flat. Also, on a more mechanical note, the characters aren’t very unique. All characters can choose from the same map of abilities and none of them have character specific abilities.
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