You list many positive things about the game that are spot on, but there are glaring flaws which you ignore or don't explore that deeply,iloveflash
 BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY ARE FLAWS. I THINK THE GAME IS AWESOME AND THAT THE FLAWS YOU MENTION ARE NOT FLAWS, AND THAT YOU ARE WRONG. WHAT THE HECK IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS? I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE FLAWS THAT I DIDN'T THINK ARE FLAWS.
I mentioned everything I thought was important.Just because YOU think something is important that I didn't mention doesn't mean I'm wrong!
Notes:
-Final Fantasy minigames are all terrible and the removal of them is a godsend. If you liked any FF minigames, you're the reason why we can't have nice things.
-"I list Tidus as a standard because yeah, he was a more engaging protagonist than Vaan. Not moreso than Larsa, but definitely Vaan. This is not all subjective"
"Interesting" is a subjective term. Honestly, are you drunk? You're usually smarter than this.
I thought Tidus was the worst protagonist in a game I've ever played because:
1) He was annoying.
2) He was annoying.
3) He was bloody annoying.
4) Every once in a while his entire personality would change out of the blue to suit the mood.
5) His daddy issues were boring and uninteresting, which made up 60% of FFX's plot
6) Every time he did something I was screaming at the TV. "NO DON'T DO THAT GOD YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOT"
7) He was annoying.
8 ) He was unrelatable.
9) He was so annoying I just wanted to stop playing the game because of him, despite the fact that the gameplay was a lot of fun.
Meanwhile Vaan is:
1) Mildly annoying, but at least consistant.
2) I wasn't screaming at him, except for the beginning when he wanted to break into the castle (though I thought that was pretty badass)
3) He may always be there, but the plot doesn't revolve around him. He gives us someone to relate to in the political heat.
-I don't understand the critisism that only some of the characters directly relate to the plot, considering that they came along for the ride. I mean, did you like KOTOR's cast? Not all of them directly related with the plot, but they were interesting; I'd say more interesting that FFXII's cast, but that's because KOTOR had about twenty times the diologue.
And FFXII's cast was far better than FFX's strong but silent type, strong but silent type, strong but silent type, strong but silent type, comic relief racist, and strong but silent type (whom were all so badly translated that none of them had personalities, just spoken words that sort of made sense if you bashed your head against the wall), or even FFVIII's cast of headstrong emo, headstrong emo, headstrong emo, headstrong preppy, and headstrong emo. And lets not forget FFVII's cast of dejected emo, dejected emo, racial stereotype, pretty face with no personality under the hood, pretty face with no personality under the hood, and so on.
As far as Final Fantasy parties go, XII doesn't have the best (that's IX's domain) but it's still better than most of the games in the series, as far as I'm concerned. It reminds me (again) more of a western RPG, like Baldur's Gate or KOTOR, and I like that.
-I liked the battle system, though I agree that sometimes a command can take too long to get around to being cast. But itt was just too slow. It was even too slow for MMO games. Compare XII to WoW or Everquest and you'll see that it's slow even compared to that. So I don't agree with your MMO assertion.
I said in the review that I think the game was trying to be more like KOTOR than an MMO, and I stand by that. I think they would have done better by ripping off KOTOR more than they did, though they took most of what was there. In fact, the main niggles of the battle system would have been fixed had they removed the legacy Final Fantasy cruft like the active time battle loading bar nonsense.
However, I'm not arrogant enough to think I know why a developer did what they did. I can make guesses, but I do not know. I honestly think they slowed it down because they were afraid if it was too fast the FF feel would go away, but so much for that.Â
-Foolz: I loved the story! I don't know why you're panning me for it. I honestly have no clue.
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I'm genuinely surprised at the negative reaction my positive review of this game is getting. Seriously. I effing love this game. Why is my love for a game so troubling to everyone?
I liked a game you didn't. Get over it. Seriously.
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