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#1  A Random and Civil Discussion about FFII
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06-01-2007, 08:35 PM
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 | Although you can have the characters do anything you want, i usually keep guy as a fighter, if you don't bother on teaching him magic he can become really strong really fast, although on my last playthrough physical attacks weren't much use on the final boss. magic w/ firion and maria looks good so far, you should be alright for a while, but remember that weapon selection matters alot too. Monks deal a huge amount of damage in this game, and you want to decide if you want characters to specialize in only one weapon, if you want them to use shields, or if you want to have them use weapons two handed (no shield or second weapon). I really liked this game alot. I've only played the DoS version, and it looks good on the GBA player for gamecube, so i did that the second time around to give it a more console experience. I think this game was really great, ahead of its time with the battle system that almost foreshadowed VIII's customizability - how your decisions in battle determines how you develop in the game. That's something that you won't find in the other original FF's. It had a pretty good story and progression if you ask me, alot of good guest characters. All of these factors contribute to how much this game influeced FFXII. I know I might be alone on this, but I really think with the improved graphics and sound on DoS, this game competes with the SNES games. the only thing missing are sidequests, but the soul of rebirth is ok for that, considering. |
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06-05-2007, 12:41 AM
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 | Honestly... considering when this game was released, it was waaaaaay ahead of it's time. Leveling magic was annoying and it was difficult to have your characters grow strong without some "help"  but overall I found the game to be pretty damn good. I don't quite get why it gets so much hate.The cast was pretty good though I still have issues with Leon but Josef was my favorite with Mindu a close second. I feel FFIV was more influenced by this game than XII. The music it really well done as well. I love the Liberation Army theme  Also it had such cool concepts and ideas going for it. Also, the final boss is ridiculously weak to the Blood Swords... in fact most bosses are weak to it. I would actually be interested in seeing the battle system make a return to the series, though balanced out. |
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06-06-2007, 09:26 AM
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| | I would definitely agree that II influenced many of the later FF's, especially story-wise, and I think XII really copied many of the aspects involved in II. By the way, many of my stats have improved and I've realized that having loads of HP can sometimes be your flaw, due to the zombies/renevants. I just like to dual wield on characters, except Maria who uses a bow. |
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06-06-2007, 10:16 AM
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 | When I started playing XII I said...wow this is like Star Wars and the Story sounds like a recycled verion of FF2 - but yeah FFII rocks - I really liked the Story and how it was like Mission based - you were always on the go - checking in for new orders and going to rock that next mission. It was really fun and leveling up they way you want - But like they said - I was strong but I tried to have to many of my characters versitle, which like red mages...can hinder your overall strength, so try to make them specialize in what you want them to become. |
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06-06-2007, 04:41 PM
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| | If you mean XII took the "Rebels vs. Evil Empire" story from II then it's actually a fairly tried and true story arc in story telling and has been around longer than even Star Wars  On the surface, if you generalize the story of Rebels vs. empire then yes the games seem similar from a story perspective but when you really look at the stories in detail then the games are very different. XII definetly took the "Fortress in the eye of the storm" and the fourth guest character ideas but little else IMHO. IV fleshed out many of the archtypes and characters first presented in II. Gordon is very similiar to Edward/Gilbert from IV as well as Gareth having some minor influence on the developement of Kain. |
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06-06-2007, 07:33 PM
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 | I can't remember what I did the first time, it wasn't very good  This time, I've made Firion a pure fighter training with shields, swords, knives and lances. Guy is a white mage and axe and shield or bare fists person Maria is the black mage (she got ultima as well) and uses either bows or two maces at once. PS. Gilbert was way worse than Gordon. |
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06-06-2007, 07:59 PM
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| | Well I actually meant the following features that I've noticed so far: 1st- Hilda is very similar to Ashe. Both princesses who were wrongfully forced out. Both conspired and lead a rebel army. 2nd- Guest characters 3rd- The Dreadnought, and the imperialists were very identical to that of XII's and helped base off a few ideas solely from II. |
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06-06-2007, 08:09 PM
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