Final Fantasy XII

Something that I am VERY happy about. I DESPISE random encounters. From what I've seen, this way of encountering should be similar to Tales of Symphonia or Zelda 2, just seamless and with ATB.

Originally posted by Lana
The fighting system is supposed to be closer to Zelda-style while still turn-based, so it gets rid of a lot of the random encounters.

is it comprehensible.....

Originally posted by InnerRise
I thought that we just controlled Van in battle and the other characters did their own thing.

is it comprehensible.....

That I don't know about, because as I've said, I really haven't been keeping up with stuff on FFXII, because I don't want everything to be spoiled when I play.

I just know that random encounters will be more or less gone.

So will the creatures be visible on screen and you can just walk up to them or avoid them?

is it comprehensible.....

As far as I know, yep.

I loved the battle system of FFX...I had no problem with encounters. And the upgrading system was great too...You had to work hard to get what you want...

Originally posted by Lana
As far as I know, yep.

I wonder how this will affect the leveling up process. By taking away the random encounters, you won't have to battle as much and there for not level up as much.

is it comprehensible.....

The battle system is akin to that of an MMORPG. You only control one character at a time, the other characters in your party fight automatically, based on what strategy you have them set on.

And yes, random encounters are gone, monsters are on the screen.

The battle system sucks.

Originally posted by Rewmac
The battle system sucks.

Originally posted by Rewmac
The battle system sucks.

Heehee. The troll smells funny.

The full english game's been leaked onto the Internet through various Bittorrent sites. Sucks for square.

Already? Damn. That DOES suck. Then again, makes the legal players more likely to get a copy.

Originally posted by BackFire
The full english game's been leaked onto the Internet through various Bittorrent sites. Sucks for square.

Got the new issue of EGM today, in which they reviewed the game. Got 8.5, 9 and 9.5. Good scores.

For some reason. My Playstation U.S Magazine stopped coming and so did my Tips and Tricks.

For some reason though, Nintendo Power is coming.

I'm confused and pissed off.

I'm sure my demon of a mother stopped my issues somehow.

is it comprehensible.....

The lone EB employee in the store was hyping FFXII like there was no tomorrow, while I was picking up Tales of the Abyss. C'mon, it's not like any gamer DOESN'T know it's coming by now...

Umm....Her job is to sell games.

Nothing wrong here.

is it comprehensible.....

Hmmm, sounds like KOTOR's battle system, in which case... I have reservations.

Originally posted by InnerRise
Umm....Her job is to sell games.

Nothing wrong here.

is it comprehensible.....

True, his job is to sell games, but it's been mentioned to me the last three times I've been there. I'm just saying, do they not think the big window decal, the signs at the register, and the pile of "Coming Soon" cases on the wall behind the register aren't enough?

Wonder if they're being paid off by Sqeenix to hype the game... 😄

And I have a preorder already.