Trauron
Dragon But Also Hyena
I know at this point it is a few months old, but I thought I would make a serious topic on it since the one I found was like "lulz and stuff, PRETTY GIRLS".
I admit that the beginning of the game is kind of rushed and throws you right into the other world right away, much unlike the original one which introduced you to characters and let you get to know what they are like before the game play actually starts, bit it is easily shrugged off by most players who just want to play the game.
I know a fair bit about FFTA2 since I have over 150 hours total in my two files, one of them being barely started and the other basically completed. Fights do take a long time since it is a turn based RPG where you have 6 people on each side at most times depending on the mission, I believe they can take from 15 to 20 minutes at times to finish.
The system is great though, it makes you think about what you will do next to create a strategy so that you don't get killed. Not to mention it gives you the option of expansive numbers of classes depending on the race to make strong combos to combat your opponents with.
My particular favorite one for healing is to have everyone wearing reaper cloaks and bone plate so that they absorb dark damage, then have a Scholar Nu-Mou use a certain skill (I'd have to go look it up) that does dark damage to EVERYONE, which means that everyone in my party is healed and anyone who can't absorb dark on the enemy side gets damaged.
Anyways...the weapon gaining system is somewhat annoying, but at least in this version you can't end up throwing one item away and not being able to complete every mission, that happened if you threw away a rat tail in the original one, which annoyed me back when I had that version.
It generally takes about 30 hours to get to the final boss and beat him efficiently on Normal difficulty, which isn't too bad, then you have all the game play afterward with all the extra missions you can get.
The game also actually requires you to think ahead about what classes your going to be since they all have their own special builds and give your characters certain strengths and weaknesses. So if you make a weakly built character, then you will be stuck with it. I built up a Bangaa that I made a gladiator, Dragoon and Master Monk through 83 of his levels, then I turned him into a Cannoneer...he can do 700 damage with Mortar if he is hitting someone from the back..with a ranged attack, isn't that just awesome and totally worth the effort?
I do admit that much of the storyline feels thrown together at times, and the ending could of used a bit more work, since it was all like "see you later" and stuff...though the twist from when you get back is kind of neat.
Anyways, If I were to rate the game, I'd give it a 9/10.
I particularly liked it, not to mention it is time consuming, which is something I rather like to see in a game, and it is overall fun!
If any of you have played this game, let me know of your opinions and such, I want to know what you guys think.
I admit that the beginning of the game is kind of rushed and throws you right into the other world right away, much unlike the original one which introduced you to characters and let you get to know what they are like before the game play actually starts, bit it is easily shrugged off by most players who just want to play the game.
I know a fair bit about FFTA2 since I have over 150 hours total in my two files, one of them being barely started and the other basically completed. Fights do take a long time since it is a turn based RPG where you have 6 people on each side at most times depending on the mission, I believe they can take from 15 to 20 minutes at times to finish.
The system is great though, it makes you think about what you will do next to create a strategy so that you don't get killed. Not to mention it gives you the option of expansive numbers of classes depending on the race to make strong combos to combat your opponents with.
My particular favorite one for healing is to have everyone wearing reaper cloaks and bone plate so that they absorb dark damage, then have a Scholar Nu-Mou use a certain skill (I'd have to go look it up) that does dark damage to EVERYONE, which means that everyone in my party is healed and anyone who can't absorb dark on the enemy side gets damaged.
Anyways...the weapon gaining system is somewhat annoying, but at least in this version you can't end up throwing one item away and not being able to complete every mission, that happened if you threw away a rat tail in the original one, which annoyed me back when I had that version.
It generally takes about 30 hours to get to the final boss and beat him efficiently on Normal difficulty, which isn't too bad, then you have all the game play afterward with all the extra missions you can get.
The game also actually requires you to think ahead about what classes your going to be since they all have their own special builds and give your characters certain strengths and weaknesses. So if you make a weakly built character, then you will be stuck with it. I built up a Bangaa that I made a gladiator, Dragoon and Master Monk through 83 of his levels, then I turned him into a Cannoneer...he can do 700 damage with Mortar if he is hitting someone from the back..with a ranged attack, isn't that just awesome and totally worth the effort?
I do admit that much of the storyline feels thrown together at times, and the ending could of used a bit more work, since it was all like "see you later" and stuff...though the twist from when you get back is kind of neat.
Anyways, If I were to rate the game, I'd give it a 9/10.
I particularly liked it, not to mention it is time consuming, which is something I rather like to see in a game, and it is overall fun!
If any of you have played this game, let me know of your opinions and such, I want to know what you guys think.
