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http://www.gametrailers.com/player/24324.html

also sorry if this is the wrong section but it is related to ff

I was hoping for something really impressive from the "original" FF crew. I'd heard about that studio and was hoping to see something at the very least on par with FF. Maybe even better. Sadly, I was let down.

The game seems to focus a lot on graphics and building up your character, but that's about it. The reviewer makes a brief mention that the storyline is cliché and fairly bad, the translation horrible, the voice acting sub-par (didn't seem too bad to me though), but then spends over half of the video talking (and occasionally repeating himself) about the character building system akin to FF's job system.

My first impressions are, gorgeous graphics, crisp clean menu screens, and impressive amounts of character customization. As well as an interesting battle engine. On the flip side, the storyline doesn't seem any special (and overflowing with clichés; main character's village is attacked, some mysterious unknown force grants him and his friends super-powers... by making them eat balls... and so forth.) And the music... man, Uematsu was a god when he was with Square, but this sounds like it won't have any memorable tunes. Save for the boss theme, which really, really sounded bad.

In short, it sounds like a classic case of graphics over storyline. I'd definately like to play this game despite its apparent shortcomings, though. A review is a review - it's no substitute for experiencing the game for yourself.

Am I the only one who's getting tired of having 7 year old kids saving the world? Where are the old 40+ battle-scarred veterans that COULD reasonably fight monsters? I just can't take my characters seriously when I'm expected to believe they can fight uber-monsters and weild huge swords, but have yet to properly memorize their ABCs. :x

It sounds interesting. From the review, I can't picture it being a memorable, timeless RPG. But it certainly sounds interesting.

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