Journal #6783
Posted 14 years ago2010-09-20 09:16:46 UTC
Over the past few months I have been replaying my final fantasy games, and I have finished Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2 and just entirely completed Final Fantasy XII. I don't really have much to do at the moment so I figured I might as well write little reviews for each one of them, So If you're interested in them or want to see what I have to say, read on (also feel free to discuss in the comments)!
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Final Fantasy X
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Over all I have to say this was a brilliant game. It was a good game and it exceeded in some particular areas, like music and story; Everything story wise was laid out perfectly, you'll be fascinated with it all the way through. The game is also very challenging, there is almost never a moment where you over power the content due to being too high level or too well equipped, it always throws new things at you to make you die over and over again. It is also very strategic. The only flaw to this game I can think of is lack of freedom; something that exceeds in final fantasy xii, but this is not a major problem.
Game-play: 8.5/10
Sound: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Character progression system: 9.5/10
Battle system: 9/10
Entertainment: 9/10
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Over all around: 9.5/10
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Notes: If you do choose to buy the game, buy the international version. There are a few different variants of this game, but the international version has better graphics, additional end-game encounters, and more equipment and quests to be acquired/done than in the normal version.
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Final Fantasy X-2
This game to me overall was a big disappointment. Over time I grew to somewhat like it, but it did not have the same impact on me as the previous game and in no way was it better. The music was worse, the story was worse, even the graphics were worse which was weird since the game was released at a much later date. The battle system in this game was the one you see in ff13, you don't take turns but you still engage in the same manner. It was also way shorter than ffx and the character progression system was awful. I don't advise you to buy this game unless you really want to, in fact the only reason you should buy this is if you want to know what happens next.
Game-play: 7/10
Sound: 7/10
Story: 7/10
Character progression system: 6/10
Battle system: 9/10
Entertainment: 8/10
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Over all around: 7.5/10
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Notes: Again, there is a normal and an international version of this game. There is a big difference between them and I can't say which one is better, this is what you get to choose from: In normal version a story that still makes some sense but you get less content or in international version the same thing except you get this new in-game tournament which when beaten allows you to acquire new weaponry and characters; which completely go against the whole story.
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Final Fantasy XII
This game was equally good to FFX, It was very good over all but it exceeded in different manners. The music was very good and the story was equally good, but not good enough to beat FFX. It did however have better game-play, it was more entertaining, and It gave me much more hours of play than the other two games. This game has a complete new battle system to the other final fantasy games, rather than opening a new battle screen whenever your character is under attack, you are in an open world with all the monsters already roaming the area, allowing you to freely attack them. This game gives you massive freedom, more than any FF game has ever seen besides the on-line one.
Game-play: 10/10
Sound: 9/10
Story: 9/10
Character progression system: 9.5/10
Battle system: 9.5/10
Entertainment: 9.5/10
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Over all around: 9.4/10
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Notes: I don't advise you to buy the international version, It only adds some over powered weaponry and a new character progression system (which is not better than the old one in any way), If you want a real challenge buy the normal version, The game contains several very hard supper bosses, including the longest fight in all ff history: Yiazmat, it takes around 3-6 hours to kill him. With the international version you get weapons and armour which make this fight four times easier, which is pretty terrible.
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Final Fantasy X
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Over all I have to say this was a brilliant game. It was a good game and it exceeded in some particular areas, like music and story; Everything story wise was laid out perfectly, you'll be fascinated with it all the way through. The game is also very challenging, there is almost never a moment where you over power the content due to being too high level or too well equipped, it always throws new things at you to make you die over and over again. It is also very strategic. The only flaw to this game I can think of is lack of freedom; something that exceeds in final fantasy xii, but this is not a major problem.
Game-play: 8.5/10
Sound: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Character progression system: 9.5/10
Battle system: 9/10
Entertainment: 9/10
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Over all around: 9.5/10
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Notes: If you do choose to buy the game, buy the international version. There are a few different variants of this game, but the international version has better graphics, additional end-game encounters, and more equipment and quests to be acquired/done than in the normal version.
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Final Fantasy X-2
This game to me overall was a big disappointment. Over time I grew to somewhat like it, but it did not have the same impact on me as the previous game and in no way was it better. The music was worse, the story was worse, even the graphics were worse which was weird since the game was released at a much later date. The battle system in this game was the one you see in ff13, you don't take turns but you still engage in the same manner. It was also way shorter than ffx and the character progression system was awful. I don't advise you to buy this game unless you really want to, in fact the only reason you should buy this is if you want to know what happens next.
Game-play: 7/10
Sound: 7/10
Story: 7/10
Character progression system: 6/10
Battle system: 9/10
Entertainment: 8/10
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Over all around: 7.5/10
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Notes: Again, there is a normal and an international version of this game. There is a big difference between them and I can't say which one is better, this is what you get to choose from: In normal version a story that still makes some sense but you get less content or in international version the same thing except you get this new in-game tournament which when beaten allows you to acquire new weaponry and characters; which completely go against the whole story.
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Final Fantasy XII
This game was equally good to FFX, It was very good over all but it exceeded in different manners. The music was very good and the story was equally good, but not good enough to beat FFX. It did however have better game-play, it was more entertaining, and It gave me much more hours of play than the other two games. This game has a complete new battle system to the other final fantasy games, rather than opening a new battle screen whenever your character is under attack, you are in an open world with all the monsters already roaming the area, allowing you to freely attack them. This game gives you massive freedom, more than any FF game has ever seen besides the on-line one.
Game-play: 10/10
Sound: 9/10
Story: 9/10
Character progression system: 9.5/10
Battle system: 9.5/10
Entertainment: 9.5/10
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Over all around: 9.4/10
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Notes: I don't advise you to buy the international version, It only adds some over powered weaponry and a new character progression system (which is not better than the old one in any way), If you want a real challenge buy the normal version, The game contains several very hard supper bosses, including the longest fight in all ff history: Yiazmat, it takes around 3-6 hours to kill him. With the international version you get weapons and armour which make this fight four times easier, which is pretty terrible.
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FF12 was also a great game, but its story, whilst really entertaining, was a far cry from the more epic tales from the other games in the series. Still, it was really enjoyable, with a number of fun twists.