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February 15, 2007
200 dollars well spent, or, I love Final Fantasy XII
So, I did it. I splurged. I bought a new PS2, Final Fantasy XII, and Okami. I'm sure Okami is great, although it sits there unopened, as I have basically played FFXII nonstop since I got it. I did manage to complete some homework, though, which is awesome of me. Go me! But seriously, my clock is 14 hours at the moment. Granted, I do quite a bit of pausing or idling while I play such things to chat, but seriously. 14 hours. I got the game yesterday. Yeah.
It's fucking awesome, though. The Battle System is every bit as rewarding as I hoped it would be, and the Gambits are nice to have. Much better than relying on the computer and having them make idiotic moves. Now, if there is terrible companion AI, it's all your fault because you programmed them badly! You can go and micromanage too, of course, which I honestly need to do more of during bosses, so my characters actually focus on one target... apparently Brer has played the whole game with Gambits off. That seems painful, especially since he's the sort that would do a lot of grinding. Gambits were MADE for grinding.
The party I'm going with is Fran (mostly because of the bunny ears, even though she's all... indecent), Balthier (who won me over the moment he started talking. I love his voice) and Ashe (mostly because I wanted another female and I sure as fuck didn't want Penelo).
In other news, the Giants concert this weekend is going to be cold as fuck. I'm still planning on going.
Also, Talking Time had a Mario Kart DS day on Wednesday, and it was Hardcore Awesome. And thus, Hardcore Awesome Wednesdays is being born, a weekly night of hardcore gaming with awesome people! Once the new forum gets made (if, I suppose... Parish has to make it, but I have a feeling he will, as everyone in the thread is agreeing with my suggestions) we'll keep planning stuff for every week. I hope to be in charge of it, but who knows. If I'm not, I'm not. I just want to game with everyone. It's awesome.
Anyway, Final Fantasy XII: Every Bit As Awesome As Advertised. That's basically what I'm trying to say. If Renevant Wings isn't up to the same level of awesome, I might cry.
Posted by poetfox at February 15, 2007 11:33 PM
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