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Why Square Enix should remaster Final Fantasy XII for Playstation 3

Bubblews: "Square Enix is releasing Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix and Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster for the Playstation 3 this year. If the company is smart, they should also remaster Final Fantasy XII."

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fsfsxii4001d ago

No, just release the damn game as a PS2 classic. A remaster would be announced and no one would hear anything for a year about and then we'll hear news again.

Baka-akaB4001d ago

No way . They never released the Zodiac version with tons of additional content and fixes in the west , and would never release it on psn for the wet .

HD remaster is the only , or emulation

jc485734001d ago

I almost forgot about the zodiac version.

hkgamer4001d ago

Did they fix all the glitches in the Zodiac version?

I was getting really good at glitching the original game, was 60-70% done with collecting every item 100x i think.

It was also fun breaking the game by becoming OP within the first 2 hours.

Now that I think back, I must have spent atleast 500+ hours and I still haven't completed that game.

MaxXAttaxX4001d ago

Just saying, because by the time it's announced(if) it's be a PS4 release.

ScubbaSteve4001d ago

I wouldn't mind it if they "remastered" it by taking out the first 2 hours and deleting vaan from the entire game.

HarryMasonHerpderp4001d ago

Lmao awww come on he wasn't that bad. I do think Ashe should of been the main character though.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Name Last Name4001d ago

Basch was supposed to be the main character but they changed it.

DragonKnight4001d ago

Balthier should be the main character. Everyone knows it.

guitarded774001d ago

@ DragonKnight

I absolutely agree.

Also, I would be down for a XII remaster for PS4. This gen is at the tail end, and we'll be lucky to see FFX launch before the PS4 is out, so if they do it, it should be for PS4. I prefer the gameplay (real time combat of FFXII to X anyway).

Imalwaysright4001d ago

Ash and Balthier are FF12 main characters.

Baka-akaB4001d ago

Yeah all three are the main characters of the game .

MaxXAttaxX4001d ago

It was pretty much her story the whole time, along with Basch and Balthier(who is cooler than Vaan).

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Alos884001d ago

Disagree completely, a HD remaster would get me to replay, I already own a PS2 copy so a PS2 classic rerelease would be worthless to me.

Kte4000d ago

Yeah I would actually love to play the Zodiac version remastered. Specially the Espers, that was my favorite portion of the game really. The summons were epic, and the specials they all had were even more epic.

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Baka-akaB4001d ago

Do want , hell it's one of the reason i'm getting the X/X2 remaster ... i still enjoyed X but vadly refer XII .

Qrphe4001d ago (Edited 4001d ago )

I quit 15hrs into FFXII because I had found the International version for which there was an English language patch. Being able to control the actual summons is pretty awesome and should've been in the original version.

Snookies124001d ago

Ehhh, I liked Final Fantasy XII for what it was. It had a fantastic world with fun combat and some great ideas. The color palette, characters (with the exception of Balthier), and story however were just not that great.

I suppose I'd like to see a remaster of it on PS3. I did sink in over 150 hours into the game. Still... I just feel like it was a little lacking. Not as much as the XIII series, but I felt they could have done better in making the characters and story more interesting. I've gone through the game 3 times now and still don't understand what the hell is happening in the story... -_-

contradictory4001d ago

well, the story is that one day Vaan wakes up and decides to go on an acid trip. exploring the far reaches of humanity, always ready to be there for no real reason...truly he is a successor to Tidus.... also writing on a virtual keyboard is tedious.

Bimkoblerutso4001d ago (Edited 4001d ago )

I liked the story. It was a nice alternative to the soap-opera-like melodrama of the rest of the series.

It was good to just get some hardcore fantasy politics and an interesting cast of characters that didn't feel like they needed to discuss their feelings every moment they weren't battling (Vaan and Penelo notwithstanding).

Kingthrash3604001d ago

I want this too, but for vita/ps3 cross play. awesomeness in a bottle.

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Final Fantasy 12 Has The Worst Cid, Says Ben Starr

Clive actor Ben Starr plays kiss, marry, kill with Final Fantasy characters, and decides to off Cid from Final Fantasy 12.

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CrimsonWing693d ago

I’d give it to 8, but whatevs.

mastershredder3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Ew VO actors and their cringe core. Fiverr voice actors could out perform this chump.

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Final Fantasy XII Is the Perfect Final Fantasy Game to Play After XVI

Final Fantasy XVI makes big changes to the series. It has a new approach to combat and a mature story, that makes XII the perfect game to play after.

Flawlessmic299d ago

It's always a good time to play ff12. But more importantly absolutely everybody that has a ps5 should be playing ff16!!

What a game yoshi p and his team have delivered, we can only hope they have been handed the keys to next main line final fantasy and they can go back to back!!

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GhostScholar298d ago

He turned final fantasy into a 3rd person action game. A good one for sure, but not final
Fantasy.

Flawlessmic298d ago

What is final fantasy?

If your telling me it's turn based/party then people aren't actually final fantasy fans they are mechanic fans of turn based games not final fantasy.

I could point to 20 different reasons why this is a proper final fantasy but going off everyone opinions apparently what makes a final fantasy is the mechanics and nothing else lol.

I guess final fantasy hasn't been final fantasy since X-2.

GhostScholar298d ago

I’m not saying just the turned based aspect makes a game final fantasy or not. It’s not that it’s not turn based only. I don’t like the combat at all in 16. It’s better than 15 for sure, but it just doesn’t feel like a final fantasy game. It reminds me more of the Witcher 3 than final fantasy. The setting, the look of the world. No sci fi aspects.

Flawlessmic298d ago (Edited 298d ago )

i still have to disagree dude, final fantasy games are made up of so much more, they have a certain heart & soul to them that make them easily identifiable and this game has all that heart and soul of a FF game as well ff staples below.

- the music
- chocobos
- moogles
- summons - Super heavy influence
- a grand epic story/ ps. they have done medieveil before like with ff9
- crystals - Super heavy influence
- cid

I mean the fact this game is basically all about crystals and eikons is about as FF as it gets, throw in the rest and i get it being action game may be weird but this is FF game through and through.

in terms of Sci fi, id say your probably still very early on in the game.

This is coming from an old school FF fan.

Terry_B299d ago

I also recommend Devil May Cry 3-5 if you liked FF16 a lot.

MrNinosan298d ago

Played them all, and no... Not at all like FFXVI except parts of the combat

Gardenia297d ago

I don't know if this is serious or sarcasm, but it says a lot of what Final Fantasy has become.

lucian229298d ago

ff12 was the worst ff imo; no character was unique because of the class system, so in cutscenes no character had an assigned weapon; they were all different skins of one another; the game played itself, the main character wasn't the main character and it was just a big eh

Nacho_Z298d ago

I think I preferred 12 to 13 but I agree with your assessment. It was very bland and not much fun to play.

lucian229298d ago

i liked 13 combat wise, and i think story wise, but then i really liked the 2nd game, and lightning returns was....odd but i liked it.

MrNinosan298d ago

Sounds like you were late to FFXII and only played Zodiac edition.

FFXII is a great game, still today, and with Zodiac, it became even better.

lucian229296d ago

nope lol i got ff12 at launch

GhostScholar298d ago

Final fantasy 7 remake is better than 16 in every way

lucian229296d ago

not at all; while i love my ff7, ff16 is epic constantly; no game has epic battles the way this one does

Tapani3d ago

The Zodiac edition was absolutely superb. Top 5 final fantasies, up there with 4, 6, 7 and Tactics.

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MadLad298d ago

Still the last one I really enjoyed.
Series is just all over the place anymore and, while people like the new arpg gameplay, it doesn't do anything for me.

goldwyncq298d ago

The world is the real star of XII. I didn't care about the character nor the story but the worldbuilding was excellent.

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Final Fantasy XII director shoots down 17-year rumor about the game's main character

First, the rumor itself. When Final Fantasy XII originally launched in 2006, plenty of players were left disappointed by protagonist Vaan, who many deemed to be dull and apathetic. From this, a rumor sprang forth than companion Basch was originally meant to be the protagonist of Final Fantasy XII, but was switched out of the role at the last minute.

This rumor has gained traction ever since, to the point where multiple outlets have reported it as fact, and Final Fantasy XII’s Wikipedia page (opens in new tab) even mentions it as part of the game's development. Now though, years after the rumor originated, original Final Fantasy XII director and scenario writer Yasumi Matsuno has stepped in to quash the rumor.

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Hofstaderman364d ago

I'm still convinced Vaan and Penelo were placed in the game as a last minute decision.

-Foxtrot363d ago (Edited 363d ago )

It does feel like that tbh

It's why even though the theory has been shot down I can see why people came up with and believed it.

It makes sense

Vaan was there for the younger audience and to me that seems like a last minute development decision.

gold_drake363d ago (Edited 363d ago )

ok that doesnt change the fact that Vaan is the least intresting and biggest waste of a main character in the franchise.

like Penelo and Vaan are literally just there, to be there. any other character has more purpose haha.

Becuzisaid363d ago

We all know Balthier and Fran were the mains the whole time lol.

FinalFantasyFanatic363d ago

The characters and writing for this game, just wasn't good, I have a hard time believing that there wasn't some major changes at some point (do writers just not leave notes for each other if one of them gets sick or leaves?).

SegaSaturn669363d ago

I enjoy the gameplay a lot but tend to agree, the soundtrack was not memorable to me at all, either. Which is weird because the composer also did FFT which was tremendous.

FinalFantasyFanatic362d ago

I always think of Uematsu when I think of the FF franchise, but most of his music is pretty iconic, unfortunately I didn't get to play FFT (hopefully it ends up with a Steam release in the near future).

RedDevils363d ago

Back then I like the gameplay, but I just don't like the story enough to enjoy it as X.

GoodGuy09363d ago

It was obvious Vaan was of little importance. His brother or Balthier should've been the MC. They've already told us that Vaan was chosen just so the game can appeal to younger audiences. But well that's square for ya, always trying to appeal to the masses rather than just do what they really want to do and favor core fans.

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