Banjo's Banjo
1st November 2006, 11:01 PM
Well you knew it was coming...and I know some of you already have it as well. :)
Today was the first chance I've had to sit down and play the newest entry of the Final Fantasy series, but from what I've seen I wish I had time yesterday as well: This thing looks to be bloody epic.
Anyways, I'm fairly impressed with the game so far, although...it's not really...mainstream FF. While I'm digging the new battle system, I sort of miss the random encounters and battle fanfares that tag-along with it. It literally feels like KH style controls without being to jump, roll and the like (or button mash at times). I mean that's not a bad thing, on the contrary the system is pretty cool, but it just doesn't feel like FF really. Edit: Other sites have said it's basically the same system Vagrant Story had. Sadly though I never played VS to compare or whatev'.
The music is the one thing I am disappointed about though. So far there just hasn't been anything memorable. I'm sure there will be some later down the line, but it's certainly nowhere near Uematsu or Mitsuda level by any means.
The story is, however, full-blown FF style. Seeing how it relates to Tactics in ways is just an awesome kicker. I've barely scratched the surface of it, but from what I've read it looks pretty bad-ass.
So what do you all think so far? Feelings on the the battle system/Gambits?
Today was the first chance I've had to sit down and play the newest entry of the Final Fantasy series, but from what I've seen I wish I had time yesterday as well: This thing looks to be bloody epic.
Anyways, I'm fairly impressed with the game so far, although...it's not really...mainstream FF. While I'm digging the new battle system, I sort of miss the random encounters and battle fanfares that tag-along with it. It literally feels like KH style controls without being to jump, roll and the like (or button mash at times). I mean that's not a bad thing, on the contrary the system is pretty cool, but it just doesn't feel like FF really. Edit: Other sites have said it's basically the same system Vagrant Story had. Sadly though I never played VS to compare or whatev'.
The music is the one thing I am disappointed about though. So far there just hasn't been anything memorable. I'm sure there will be some later down the line, but it's certainly nowhere near Uematsu or Mitsuda level by any means.
The story is, however, full-blown FF style. Seeing how it relates to Tactics in ways is just an awesome kicker. I've barely scratched the surface of it, but from what I've read it looks pretty bad-ass.
So what do you all think so far? Feelings on the the battle system/Gambits?