Final Fantasy XII
Ok who all has ben waiting for some info on this one? i know that the main character is a dude names Vann he is Human with 3 other companions i think the setting is on van diel but i am really not sure if you have any ifo post it i really want to se teh final fantasy seris take root again.
Vaan
Age: 17
Race: Human
Weapon: Sword
Vaan is an easy going, positive young man who lives in the former Dalmaska Kingdom which is now under the rule of Arcadian Empire. During the battles with the empire, Vaan lost his family and now he dreams of commanding an air ship to escape the conquering Arcadians. Vaan joins the resistance to free the citizens and the royal family of Dalmaska...
Ashe
Age: 19
Race: Human
Weapon: Sword
Ashe is the daughter and only child of King Dalmaska, who died during the battles of the evasion on the Arcadian Empire. After the Dalmaska was conquered, Ashe dissapears and joins the resistance to fights against the invaders in order to free all the citizens of Dalmaska from the rule of the Arcadian Empire.
Fran
Age: N/A
Race: Viera
Weapon: Bow and Arrow
Fran is from the Viera race and travels the world with her partner Balfrea, she entrusts her faith in combat as she journeys with Vaan and Ashe, Fran is very useful when it comes to grappling and fencing.
Balfrea
Age: N/A
Race: Human
Weapon: Gun
Balfrea is a Sky Pirate who pilots a small ship around in the skies of Ivalice. With his companion Fran by his side, they roams around Ivalice and both are neutral in the war between the kingdoms of Ivalice.
Prologue
A warrior takes sword in hand, holds a stone to chest
Disappearing memories carved onto the sword
Trained skills entrusted to the stone
The story is told by the sword and continued by the stone
Now, let that story be told...
That is the story of a world called Ivalice.
The strong military kingdom known as the Arcadia Empire
That rules the Valentia Continent,
And the Rosalia Empire that rules the Ordalia Continent
Have been continuously at war for long years.
In the midst of it, Arcadia Empire invaded the small kingdom of Dalmasca,
Positioned in the hallway between the two continents and thus is geopolitically important.
Under the invasion of the Arcadia Empire, the Dalmasca Kingdom accepted defeat.
But Ashe, the rightful heir to the trone of Dalmasca,
Joined the resistance army movements to fight against the empire.
The enemy's chase and attack of this girl with the liberation of her mother nation in heart is severe,
But, she can not be defeated.
At this moment, she meets the young man Vaan.
With this meeting, begins the change in Ashe's heart.
And thus...
The meeting of these two people will greatly change the story of this world.
Story
Final Fantasy 12 is set in the world of Ivalice, for years the two kingdoms of Arcadia and Rosaria have been fighting against each other in a bitter struggle. Located in a strategically important corridor between the two powers is the small kingdom of Dalmaska.
Arcadia's invasion of the kingdom prompts its princess Ashe to join forces with the resistance. Vaan is an optimistic and bright young man yielding from the ancient kingdom of Dalmaska, which has fallen under the control of the Arcardian Empire. Due to the unsatisfactory conditions there, he has cut his ties with relatives there, seeking his very own personal freedom.
As an adventurer, he dreams of being able to command an airship someday. Ashe is the sole daughter of the king of Dalmaska and hence the next inline to the throne. Following the invasion of her country, she becomes the leader of the resistance against the Empire. During a wild pursuit, she loses one companion after the other. Despite her desperate situation, she still hasn't lost the pride of a princess. In this situation she meets Vaan, and before long loses her heart to him. Thus their joint adventure begins.
Originally posted by Lionheart
I wonder if square enix needs any game designers? yeah that would be one heck of a dream job.
I started playing FFX today, and I realized what exactly is wrong with the newer final fantasy games (excluding FFIX).
SquareEnix seems too be putting the battle systems of each game ahead of the storyline. Thier main priority seems to be to keep pushing the limit with their battle system, and making them continuously unique and fresh. This is great, but they also seem to be putting so much effort into this aspect of the games, that the storilines seem to be put in the back seat to new and innovative battle systems.
Also, the storylines of newer games are needlessly complex and filled with to many twists and turns aimed at shocking the player. This problem started with FF8, when throughout the course of the game many different villians were introduced, at one point we were lead to believe that the wich was supposed to be the main villian, then Sifer, then another which, then finally we found out within the last 30 minutes of the game, the villian was a wich from teh future that we had never seen. This makes it difficult to care about the story, because for a story to be good in these games, it needs to have a well developed bad guy, and most of the new games tried to twist and turn so much that the villians are never really developed well. Even Sepheroth wasn't developed very well, after about 15 hours into the game, he just disapeared as the other characters were developed, then later he showed up again only to kill Aris. This was just an easy way to try to make us hate him again, probably because the makers realized they forgot to incorperate the main villian into the storyline for a long period of time. Then after he kills aris, he disapears again for a while. Not a good way to keep the hate on a villian.
Kefka was the last villian I remember really being developed well, by the end of the game, you truly hated him, he never left the story for long periods of time, and was always doing horrible acts to the different characters we had grown fond of. He was the best villian of all time as far as I'm concerned.
Anyway, I'd like to say that I'm hopefully for FFXII, but I'm not, at the current rate of the games, I think the game will be very disapointing for hardcore FF players who have been with the series for a long time. I hope I'm wrong, but from what I've seen and heard, it doesn't sound like I will be.