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Stompy · 11-16-2005, 04:12 PM

Just got done playing it... and damn, this is gonna be an awesome game! I found it on newsgroups, but I believe it comes packaged with Dragon Warrior 8 (Dragon Quest 8?), not 100% sure on that.

The best way to describe the feel of the map & battle system is a single player FF11 - you actually see your enemies on the map (no random battles), and it's free roaming with party members following behind you. It even has Mandragoras!

The other members are on auto - and with each action (attacking, casting, etc) there's a timer.. so if you realize you screwed up and did the wrong thing, you can change your attack before the timer goes down (although the timer will reset).

When you kill enemies, you get *gasp* EXPERIENCE POINTS, thank GOD. Personally I hate when they toy with the ability/experience system (ie junctioning or sphere grid), so this feels a lot like traditional leveling (although I'm sure you can customize abilities too)

When enemies drop items, they pop out of their corpses and you simply walk over the item to pick it up. Enemies also have a life meter above them so you can see how close they are to dying.

Summons... seem to be disabled, but they are espers.

White, Black, Green (protect/shell), and Time magic is in the game.

Running away is pretty neat - all you have to do is hold down R1 and you go into "flee" mode where you can just run past mobs, but you can easily pull a train of em behind you if you aren't careful, just like in FF11!

The demo is short and sweet with two scenarios to play through. One you are on a beach and you need to kill 3 types of enemies to summon a T-Rex looking thing, and the other scenario is inside a castle where you need to find a key to open a door to fight a Ryng Wyrm (HUGE dragon).

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..and I left out the FMV - but it is what you expect from Final Fantasy: beautiful and f'n amazing!

11-16-2005, 04:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Stompy Banned from being Banned Location: Donkey	Final Fantasy 12 Demo Just got done playing it... and damn, this is gonna be an awesome game! I found it on newsgroups, but I believe it comes packaged with Dragon Warrior 8 (Dragon Quest 8?), not 100% sure on that. The best way to describe the feel of the map & battle system is a single player FF11 - you actually see your enemies on the map (no random battles), and it's free roaming with party members following behind you. It even has Mandragoras! The other members are on auto - and with each action (attacking, casting, etc) there's a timer.. so if you realize you screwed up and did the wrong thing, you can change your attack before the timer goes down (although the timer will reset). When you kill enemies, you get gasp EXPERIENCE POINTS, thank GOD. Personally I hate when they toy with the ability/experience system (ie junctioning or sphere grid), so this feels a lot like traditional leveling (although I'm sure you can customize abilities too) When enemies drop items, they pop out of their corpses and you simply walk over the item to pick it up. Enemies also have a life meter above them so you can see how close they are to dying. Summons... seem to be disabled, but they are espers. White, Black, Green (protect/shell), and Time magic is in the game. Running away is pretty neat - all you have to do is hold down R1 and you go into "flee" mode where you can just run past mobs, but you can easily pull a train of em behind you if you aren't careful, just like in FF11! The demo is short and sweet with two scenarios to play through. One you are on a beach and you need to kill 3 types of enemies to summon a T-Rex looking thing, and the other scenario is inside a castle where you need to find a key to open a door to fight a Ryng Wyrm (HUGE dragon). [edit] ..and I left out the FMV - but it is what you expect from Final Fantasy: beautiful and f'n amazing! __________________ I love lamp. Last edited by Stompy; 11-16-2005 at 04:37 PM..