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I never put attention to detail. I thought the arrow had managed to pierce his armor and was thinking it was retarded.

But would he really die if the arrow struck there?

I can't believe there's so many people who think this game has a barebones plot. I know the game seems almost universally loved, or at least not hated, now but back on release tons of gamefaqs-tier dipshits were whining about there being no story and how the characters sucked.

>>13719915

>male armor

>no helmet

>some kind of window

the fag deserve to die

>>13719940

Considering Basch is a dumbass who never bothered to learn cure and revive, sure. Doesn't explain how he sniped the guy back though, since he doesn't start with a bow license.

>>13719963

This shouldn't have made me chuckle. In any case FFXII was pants on head retarded despite making some good changes.

>>13719984

It really says a lot that the guy wearing a sweatshirt, corset, skinnyjeans and crocs is the most sensibly dressed person in the game.

Should I believe Ondore's lies?

>>13720050

I really feel like ff12 started development as vagrant story 2.0 and they just slapped the final fantasy brand on it with all the baggage, including vaan and penelo.

>>13720050

They kinda did with the manga since he's just a retarded punching bag for every other character rather than anything remotely like a protagonist. That never got finished though and ended on a cliffhanger with Ashe getting her arm blown off

>>13720060

Thats pretty much what it was, Vaan and Penelo were just thrown in because they were afraid the audience wouldn't understand the story and they wanted the fujo crowd

>>13719915

>male armor

>has cleavage hole

Seriously?

>>13720060

I would slap Penelo on me

>>13720078

>that cliffhanger

After such a great cliffhanger I can't imagine why they would stop making it. What's the name of it?

>>13720190

It's just called the FFXII manga as far as I know. Also, that cliffhanger was probably done after they knew it was going to get cancelled just to end it on as sour of a note as possible.

>>13720227

It's the only real gore in the entire run. If that's not a sour note I don't know what is. It's not like we'll ever get to see just how more hardcore it would end up getting either, since it happens right when Vossler defects.

>>13720322

This game actually managed to do it mostly right, same with 11. There's a few instances of them fucking up though.

>>13720302

I love guns+armor bits there and there combination, shame it's so under-presented in vidya.

And the jrpg's that mostly portray it just do it in a retarded way like Valkyria Chronicles where everyone had armored nipple/breast-covers in addition to arm/leg-guards.

>>13720322

>when will breastplates be animated correctly instead of bending magically?

Never. They haven't even tried to do musculature right.

I liked XII a lot. I also like Vaan once he grows up a little bit. But Penelo is forever a cutie pie and that combat system was not awful, so…

Gameplay 8/10 i think gambits and licenses are fun but that's just my retarded opinion

Waifus 9/10 something for everyone even a trap

Plot 5/10 tolerable but not a strong suit whatsoever

>>13720322

Probably never. Most models have the entire torso as one flexible piece, so the breastplate just moves with it. Animating it correctly would mean extra work for a minor detail that most devs and publishers won't consider worthwhile, especially since the mainstream audience won't notice.

>>13719948

The plot is boring and the main character is annoying.

>>13721054

>The plot is boring

You have shit taste.

>the main character is annoying

Balthier is not annoying.

>>13719977

if Basch stayed the main character as was originally intended I feel like it would have been significantly less retarded.

>>13720050

Remember when they put a white shirt on Vaan and he looked actually okay?

>>13720280

>realistic armour is best armour

pic unrelated?

>>13721381

Then why doesn't Rabanastre have air conditioning? What do you say to that?

Actually the best FF game despite its protagonist.

Would be cool if they decided to remake IV in the same style, but a IV remake itself is a pipe dream.

>>13719915

The clavicle window, while believed to be foolish, was actually a tactically sound addition to some armors to distract the enemy with the beauty of one's erotic collarbones.

>>13722154

That's true, but it didn't really feel like a remake. Wish they would have made it in a more realistic style.

Haven't even beaten Revenant Wings yet because everything is in the fucking 50's while basically everyone is still below LV 40 for some reason and I have a vague grasp of XII.

Does Balthier fuck Fran?

>>13720287

This.

>>13722231

pretty much all the time always, yes

>>13722265

The sheer asymmetry with Cecil and Golbez triggers the fuck out of my autism.

How's the DS remake and The After Years, which I'm sure directly follows in its footsteps? I love the armor redesigns in it, especially Dark Knight.

>>13722272

Fuck yeah.

>>13722305

if you want to play the After Years, play the PSP FF4 collection. It has an additional chapter bridging 4 and AY

The DS remake of 4 does a lot of cool shit and twists up a few things.

Because there's voice acting (it's decent though not great), Namingway can't rename you and goes on a journey of self-discovery.

When a character leaves you they give you a goodie that lets you assign their skills to another member of your party

Edward/Gilbert is actually useful

The Tower of Babel robot isn't as cool, as it's now the guardian of the tower instead of a transformer

Palom and Porom depetrifying is still unexplained

The endgame is harder than before, with a level 99 party still having a tough time.

>>13720060

Vagrant story's director was directing 12 but he left halfway through development. They finished the game without him so you're not far off the mark really.

It also means this game is literally fan fiction.

>>13722305

>Cecil and Golbez

That's Cecil's dark knight

>>13720770

shouldn't it be easier? assuming it's not some fruitcake design and covers the whole torso.

>>13720100

>he doesn't know

Look up Ashley Riot pls

>>13723894

That's obviously Batman.

>>13722305

>>13722272

>>13722231

He fucks Ashe too.

>single player mmo

>>13720050

I never noticed it when i was a dumb kid, but after replaying it again a couple years ago you can really tell Vaan was never intended to be in the game at all. Like most of the major cut scenes he's in, he's either not there or they just show him by himself reacting to the story happening around him. Why the fuck did SE slap him onto the game so late in production? I mean Tidus worked as a blank slate protagonist because he was written into the story that way from the beginning. You can't take a fully written detailed story and slap a self insert protagonist in at the very end.

>>13723964

There's an interview with one of the writers floating out there somewhere that pretty much sum it up as Vaan and Penelo being re-written at the last second to be more positive and marketable characters. Vaan actually is instrumental in making Ashe not fall for the Occuria's plan but he and Penelo were still supposed to be more important. We'll probably never know the exact details though.

>>13721054

can confirm. first playthrough of the Zodiac version a few months ago, had to put it down. just as bad as FF XIII

>>13722028

w-whoa

>>13720050

He grows on you by the end of the game.

Specifically the part where he impersonates Lhasa.

>>13721381

>THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO HEAVY ARMOR IS RETARD ARMOR

Dude just cast aero to light up the heat lmao

>>13722305

>The After Years

Fucking terrible, might as well just replay FFIV

>>13730348

And the one weapon that would make total sense to dual wield, as well as being mandatory in the previous game, is now two-handed despite only using one hand in every animation. I guess they thought they game was easy enough as is.

>>13730695

Also literally only the JRPG were the English dub was done by actual stage actors and not just the importer's cronies and steve blum

>>13734638

DQ8 had theater people do the dub as well, but it's not nearly as good.

>>13734706

*nor

I would bang that girl.