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July 25th, 2007
 | 03:49 am - Ftw.
After a couple of months of not playing at all, this afternoon i played Final Fantasy XII and finally beat it.
I could have beaten it a long time ago, but i'd bee working on doing a lot of the extra quests. I realized i hadn't even been doing that for a while, so i decided to go ahead and just beat it. After all the levelling i'd done, it was really easy.
I still plan on doing those extra quests.
Current Mood:  accomplished
Current Music: Ikimonogakari, "Ryuusei MIRACLE".
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January 5th, 2007
| 04:45 pm - Poison.
Time for some complaining.
The game has lulls. Huge lulls. If you don't immediately run off and do what is suggested to you by the "plot", there's not much else to do. Okay, there's a lot to do, but when you keep trying to do a hunt and you're not strong enough, and you waste an hour trying to kill something you can't, multiple times, it feels like you're just running around in circles.
Now about that "plot". I remember hearing people being like "Yay! There's no love story in this one!" Why's that something to be happy about? What else develops characters as well? Career aspirations? "I'm a Sky Pirate1 I wanna steal something worth a lot!" "Oh look at me, i'm a kid, but i wanna be a Sky Pirate someday!" "Oh, hey, i'm a princess, but kinda not. Hope i get to be queen someday!" And? That's not characterization, that's your school report on what i wanna be when i grow up. Also, (fictional) wars and politics don't interest me a bit. Then there's the whole situation: why are these people together?
Vaan: A thief who wants to be a space pirate. May as well want to be a cowboy, kid. It's just as lame and inrealistic. Sure, there really are pirates and cowboys, but you stop wanting to be one when you're nine. It's not cool anymore. Sure, i can see why he's hanging out with Sky Pirates, but why are they hanging you with everyone else?
Fran and Balthier: Sky Pirates. They want money. That's not a plot. That's a motivation. Fran almost had a plot, but it fizzled out after a boss fight "saved" her sister, and ended up the same way she started, by not living in her village anymore. Why's she hanging out with some wannabe kid and a powerless princess?
Ashe: The princess who can end the war. She escaped with the Spy Pirates and the kid when she needed their ship to get away, but after that, what, insted of ending a war, she decides it'd be a good idea to run around the countryside with some strangers doing hunts? Mmm, makes sense.
Penelo and Basch: Friends of the other characters. Pfft.
I know, i'm not nearly finished with the game, so there's a lot of time for the story to flesh out, but right now i don't feel motivated to go on with the story, and don't have much else to do. To me Final Fantasy is random battles you have to get through to get to the next part of the story. If i don't care what happens next, why am i playing? Well, right now, it's because i hope i start caring. I also wish i gave one crap about any other character besides Fran. At least in other games, even if i didn't like many characters, i cared what happned to the party as a whole. Right now, i don't even want most of them on the screen.
I hope it gets better. It's fun, but the story just isn't grabbing me.
Current Mood:  calm
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January 2nd, 2007
| 10:41 pm - Snow.
Been playing so much, i haven't torn myself away to make any posts.
My party (Fran [bows/crossbows], Ashe [staves, katana/ninja swords], Penelo [hammers, maces, rods if i ever find a good one]), is at level 32. I've played 39 hours and 40 minutes. About 24 hours in i just mauled the License board and had my characters so beefed up i haven't had much trouble with anything, even surprise bosses, since. I have all the magicks and technicks i've seen for purchase. Fran's Gambits are set up to steal from everything we come across. She's got thief cuffs, and is making me rich.
I just met Al-Cid and was charged with getting some sword out of some place. (It felt like Larser was in my party for 20 hours.) I'm a little burned out, and think i'll go hunting for a while first. I really want to finish Sorbet's hunt. She's so cute. The last Moogle i hunted for was so awesome, with his pet named Carbo. Cute, too.
I need to show the letter to four more sisters. I really should level up the people i don't use in my party, for those times when i need them to bail me out in a boss fight. I visited the village of the Viera, and while i'm a drooling idiot for the bunny women (Jote! ::sigh::), i liked the village with the... guys with the horns - i'm terrible with names. They're not as hot as the Viera, but they're a lot friendlier.
So, my three favorite characters of all time in Final Fantasy are Edea, Lulu, and Fran. I think i'm noticing a pattern here...
Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Brand New Idol, "How Soon Is Now".
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December 26th, 2006
| 08:08 pm - Potion.
I got through the castle, and out the railway, fighting horrible horrible battery mimics. I don't liike them at all. That took a few hours.
Got back to town and now i can now teleport around there. Kinda nice. Saves time.
Did work on a hunt, ran an errand.
Fran left the party, and i already miss her.
Now i suppose i should buy some armor or something, but i need a break. I'll do that next time i play.
Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Aural Vampire, "Economical Animal Superstar".
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| 01:01 pm - Bunny Love.
Fran has made an appearance. Time to storm the castle.
Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Utada, "You Make Me Want To Be A Man (Bloodshy and Avant Mix)".
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December 25th, 2006
| 10:15 pm - "Level 1" OR "I'm in ur desert, killin' ur wolfs."
Needless to say, this journal will be full of spoilers if you haven't played Final Fantasy XII. But that's obvious. I'm only a little over three hours in, and a bunch of that was spent levelling a little while i was on the phone tonight.
First impressions:
Details: It seems there are so many more options and little things to fiddle with and do in the game. Lots of management and tweaking to do. I kinda like the idea of hunts. It's nice to have small goals to take care of.
Graphics: Pretty! I can't wait to ogle Fran.
Battle System: Mmm. Gonna have to wine and dine this thing. Not sure what i think of it, yet. I mean, i've only got Vaan, and no party, and no skills or magic, so i'm sure it will change, but right now this "click attack, wait, wait, wait, wait" thing is leaving me sitting scratching my head. I'm wondering why i should be able to run around freely, when it seems the only thing that affects is how far i'm standing from the monster.
NPCs: Too many! My biggest pet peeve in RPGs is too many people to talk to, and every single one of them changing what they say every time you do one small thing... And listening to them repeat what everyone else said. I'd be perfectly happy if the only people you talked to in RPGs were shop keepers and people involved in the story. Little dude in a hut talking about how hot it is is not going to help me save the world. Yet i feel obligated to talk to everyone, especially when one random guy already asked me to run an errand. i know i'll miss something if i don't talk to every one, every time, multiple times. -.-;
Giza Rabbits are so effing cute.
Back to it, soon.
Current Mood:  amused
Current Music: UNDER 17, "Love Slave".
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| 06:12 am - Phoenix Down.
I got Final Fantasy XII for Christmas. This journal is now revived. Expect activity.
Current Mood:  ecstatic
Current Music: Fans.
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December 17th, 2005
| 10:03 pm - You Spoony Bard!
So i've begun playing Final Fantasy IV: Advance. Final Fantasy IV is one of my favorite games, ever, only second to Final Fantasy VI. I'm at the point where i've just beaten the Antlion, obtained the Sand Ruby, and need to go heal Rosa.
Spoony bard, indeed.
Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Theme song to FullMetal Alchemist.
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July 16th, 2004
| 05:03 am - Shiva is the Queen.
I just beat Final Fantasy IX. :)
Current Mood:  happy
Current Music: The end music of Final Fantasy IX.
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June 22nd, 2004
| 03:12 am - "It's hard to let it go."
I just beat Kingdom Hearts. :) I got the secret ending.
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Utada Hikaru, "Simple and Clean", and the end music of Kingdom Hearts.
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