Final Fantasy XII Predictions
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Final Fantasy XII should be quite a spectacle. The production team includes a dream team from Square. Sakaguchi’s back, and he’s still at the top of his game (see date of publication in case Final Fantasy XI flopped). Plus, he will be sharing his authority with a great in his own … Relm : Yasumi Matsuno, the director of Vagrant Story and the great Final Fantasy Tactics. They will also be joined by Hiroyuki Ito, whom directed Final Fantasy IX.
I liked all of these games, except Vagrant Story which I have yet to play, but plan to. If they can combine the Final Fantasy Tactics‘s storyline quality and deep battle system with Final Fantasy IX‘s fun character designs, and then add the passion from Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X, we will have an entry to rival Final Fantasy VI. And, if they can design a character that combines the coolness of Kimahri, Shadow, Red XIII, and Sephiroth together… damn.
O, all the wishes and dreams… Will they ever come true? *sigh*. We’ll see around 2004.
9/10/2014 Update
10 years later, I can say that I was pretty right about Final Fantasy XII. It’s still one of my favorites in the series and I think Fran met the role I mentioned when I said “a character that combined the coolnesses of Kimahri, Shadow, Red XIII, and Sephiroth”. She’s definitely cool. The game was also easily the most beautiful looking game on the PlayStation 2, and I feel ranks pretty well among even PS3 games for aesthetics.
Man, now I want to play it again.