Final Fantasy XII

[SuperNova]

Originally Posted by griever

Yeah FFXII is the final fantasy that takes the longest to complete the core storyline. Even after your first run through, once you know where absolutely everything is and are at your most efficient you will take longer to get through FFXII than anhy other FF. That being said (while I haven't played through FFXI) FFX takes the longest for stat maxing and the completing of sidequests in my opinion.

Strangely,I felt that Final fantasy XII was a bit short.(Including the sidequests I did while completing the main storyline)

[Haku]

Originally Posted by *~NeoAdamus~*

mine was over180 hours and my game is nearly complete, all i have to do is find the Ultima Weapon, and get all those rare monsters etc. but whatever....havent touched the game since Last year in December

The Ultima Weapon didn't take me more than 30 minutes to get when all of the bazaar items that are required to get it became available. But finding all of the rare game monsters were the most time consuming for me since a lot of them only appeared after certain conditions were met.

[griever]

Originally Posted by Relentless Blitz

Strangely,I felt that Final fantasy XII was a bit short.(Including the sidequests I did while completing the main storyline)

Perhaps you and I have different playing styles? But fair enough, I seem to get through teh core story of FFVIII done in 45 hours, IX in about the same, FFX in about 50 hours and I am still getting through FFVII, but FFXII seems to take me at least 70 hours even if I skip some side quests as I go (I always do some marks as I go through so that may take up the extra time, who knows)

[Kain]

FXII is not a short game
the story overall isn't the longest one i've encountered in a final fantasy game but still
for my file i have 400+ hours and i still haven't fought Vayne (i think that was his name)
only cause y bother u kill him and u get the ending start ur file again and ya have to kill kill him again so rly y bother
I wish the game would be like some games where u beat the game but get to start over at lvl 1 but still have ur items and skills and such

[*~NeoAdamus~*]

Originally Posted by Haku

The Ultima Weapon didn't take me more than 30 minutes to get when all of the bazaar items that are required to get it became available. But finding all of the rare game monsters were the most time consuming for me since a lot of them only appeared after certain conditions were met.

are you talking about that one weapon or the monster

I was talking about the extra hunt Mark in that giant crystal you find Ultima in. You can fight it after you defeat Yiazmat or something

[Kain]

its funny with all the hours i put into FFXII i havent played it in months
i'm thinking of doing the old lvling method for vaan in the beginning
where u kept using phoenix downs on dustia and right b4 xp gained showed up ya ran out of that area
got me from lvl 1 to 21 in a like an hour

[Haku]

Originally Posted by *~NeoAdamus~*

are you talking about that one weapon or the monster

I was talking about the extra hunt Mark in that giant crystal you find Ultima in. You can fight it after you defeat Yiazmat or something

Oh I misinterpreted what you said I thought you meant the weapon, its Omega that you're talking about.

its funny with all the hours i put into FFXII i havent played it in months
i'm thinking of doing the old lvling method for vaan in the beginning
where u kept using phoenix downs on dustia and right b4 xp gained showed up ya ran out of that area
got me from lvl 1 to 21 in a like an hour

Yeah that was in the Stilshrine of Miriam that you can do that leveling up trick, but I've never tried it myself though.

[*~NeoAdamus~*]

Originally Posted by Caboose

its funny with all the hours i put into FFXII i havent played it in months
i'm thinking of doing the old lvling method for vaan in the beginning
where u kept using phoenix downs on dustia and right b4 xp gained showed up ya ran out of that area
got me from lvl 1 to 21 in a like an hour

woah i didnt know that!!!

if im ever interested or bored, ill give that a try. lvl 21 at the beginning is just kick ass, not too mention you can run into strong enemies with your cast without them doing a thing

@Haku, yeah the Omega weapon

[Marly]

The dustia trick is old the knew leveling up is in the stilshrine of miriam... where you make the Nechlamore (wrong) appear and he summons zombies... and make your gambits so they dont kill the summoner guy... and just set your gambits a certain way... and then leave it on during night.. and there ya go... 50 levels in about 18 hours ;P

[*~NeoAdamus~*]

Originally Posted by X_Marluxia_X

The dustia trick is old the knew leveling up is in the stilshrine of miriam... where you make the Nechlamore (wrong) appear and he summons zombies... and make your gambits so they dont kill the summoner guy... and just set your gambits a certain way... and then leave it on during night.. and there ya go... 50 levels in about 18 hours ;P

yes, i remember this trick from GameFaqs

I did the same thing when fighting Yiazmat.

I left the game for about 5 hours and he was down to about 6 bars of health left

but it wasn't a leveling up type deal

[Kain]

ya but the dustia trick is for the low lvls i did the stilshrine one and is good i left my game on for 16 hours lol (4got about it when i woke up) got from like lvl 60 to 84 lol

[Haku]

For me personally I did all of my major leveling up in the second part of the Henne Mines with a Embroidered Tippet on everyone. It was actually a lot faster than I thought really once I forgot about getting to 99 as quickly as possible even though I knew how pointless levels were.

[Kain]

thats one thing i didn't like in this game :/
lvling up didn't do jack to ur ppl cept raise hp and mp

[Haku]

Yeah since it really gave a sense of more strategy combat rather than what level your characters are at, even though it isn't necessary its still a good thing to do if you aren't confident with your weapons, armor, and gambits.

[SuperNova]

Perhaps you and I have different playing styles? But fair enough, I seem to get through teh core story of FFVIII done in 45 hours, IX in about the same, FFX in about 50 hours and I am still getting through FFVII, but FFXII seems to take me at least 70 hours even if I skip some side quests as I go (I always do some marks as I go through so that may take up the extra time, who knows)

Well,our gameplay styles differ and I feel that the main storyline isn't too long.

If I start a new game and try to complete the game again,it won't take me long since I already know what to do and where to go and I may do some hunts and side-quests while completing the main storyline again but even so,those won't take up much time.

FXII is not a short game
the story overall isn't the longest one i've encountered in a final fantasy game but still
for my file i have 400+ hours and i still haven't fought Vayne (i think that was his name)
only cause y bother u kill him and u get the ending start ur file again and ya have to kill kill him again so rly y bother

But defeating Vayne counts as completing the game even though the game will restart from the last save the player did.

The story bosses are easy to beat and now,since my characters have powerful weaponry,have good gambitry and know how to use powerful magicks,I'm able to beat Vayne's final form,the Undying in a few hits.

I wish the game would be like some games where u beat the game but get to start over at lvl 1 but still have ur items and skills and such

A new game+ mode,eh?

Well,there are two new game+ modes in the international version.

One is weak mode where all the characters begin at level 1 and the other is strong mode,where all the characters begin at level 90 and the characters don't level up in either modes.

Also,nothing carries over to the new game+ files.

vl 21 at the beginning is just kick ass, not too mention you can run into strong enemies with your cast without them doing a thing

But leveling up isn't necessary in XII.

Leveling up only raises health points and magic points.

The things that do matter are armory,weaponry,gambitry and magicks.