Great Game but a little easy.
User Rating: 8 | Final Fantasy XII PS2
Final Fantasy 12 is a great game and the new battle system works well with it. When people think of final fantasy what comes into people's minds? Summons, huge flashy magic attacks; all depends on the person. However, I have been playing final fantasy since FF7 and I know the games are a tad bit challenging but FF12 is just too easy. When I faced the first boss I always like to level up my characters just a little so the first boss didnt beat me down but also didnt go easy on me. So I didnt think the game was too easy at first. However, as soon as I got access to the limit breaks the games difficulty fell through the floor. My friend who also is a Final Fantasy veteran watched me play through the game and we were both amazed when after the cutscene of the boss was over I initiated the limit breaks and got a 8 hit combo with them unleashing another final devastating attack. Now in no way was I disappointed with the attacks since they brightened up my entire room with lights and flashes and explosions shaking my house due to my sound system. I was blown away by how cool they looked, but after all the limit breaks were said and done another cutscene played and it was the end of the boss fight. I laughed thinking "ok maybe he was a weak one". So I decided to test out exactly how powerful the limits are. I went to go and fight sauron the one in the beginning area. I let him eat a few wolfs till he was at lvl 64. I was at lvl 18 and attacked him. I immediately went into quickening mode and launched a devastating 11 hit combo which released yet another devastating finishing move and after all the flashes and lights faded sauron fell over dead. It might just be me but I believe it isnt right for 3 lvl 18s to take down a lvl 64 with limits breaks only. The hunts do provide more challenge but once you get the timing on the quickenings you can pull 9+ combos with them causing more than enough damage to fell foes that can kill you in one hit. I tried my best to not include any spoilers so I left out many of the bosses that I fought but the end result was the same either complete ownage or they have like an inch of life left after the flashy quickenings. But the quickenings are so powerful and easily filled that using them feels like im cheating. I do love the game though despite the fact that I laugh at all the bosses on my screen. But maybe this problem is only within the low levels as I am only lvl 25 atm with lvl 2 quickenings.
