Gaming Final Fantasy Tactics A2

[abaddon41_80]

Ready to clock about another 100 hours on this one, just like on FFTA. Won't throw any quest items away either (I threw away one in FFTA and it killed my chances for getting the judge missions).

You will probably clock more hours than that because the battles seem slower than they used to be, and that is saying a lot

 

[Leamonde.Halcyon]

I played the patched FFTA2 (thanks deufeufeu) and loved it, but once I heard there was a localization coming so soon I decided to put it down and wait instead of spoiling anything else

So I can't wait for this and the 'demo' of it that I played sure made it clear that I;m going to enjoy this as much as FFTA

 

[Nihsnek]

Ready to clock about another 100 hours on this one, just like on FFTA. Won't throw any quest items away either (I threw away one in FFTA and it killed my chances for getting the judge missions).

You will probably clock more hours than that because the battles seem slower than they used to be, and that is saying a lot

Oh god...please no.

FFIII seemed horrid slow as it was...

I don't want to wait 4 minutes for one damn character to attack.

 

[Raestloz]

I played FFT and FFTA, they were good, although I was hoping FFT-like system from FFTA2. With those sprites they seem childish.....

 

[abaddon41_80]

Game Informer liked it a lot. They gave it an 8.75 and a 9.25 plus the "Handheld Game of the Month" award

 

[PuyoDead]

I just wish they'd ditch the law system. I'm not sure if it's in FFTA2, but I know it was essentially pointless in FFTA. Sure, you can't use certain types of attacks/abilities... but why? It was more of an annoyance than anything else.

 

[Leamonde.Halcyon]

The law system has been revamped.
Instead of 'you lose' if you break the law, particularly with your main character, now if you finish the battle without breaking the 1 law for that day, you get a bonus and if you break the law all you lose is the ability to revive characters for the rest of that battle, no other penalties.

Personally I like it better.

 

[PuyoDead]

The law system has been revamped.
Instead of 'you lose' if you break the law, particularly with your main character, now if you finish the battle without breaking the 1 law for that day, you get a bonus and if you break the law all you lose is the ability to revive characters for the rest of that battle, no other penalties.

Personally I like it better.

That sounds better already. Seeing as how, in the old system, following the laws did nothing for you. I always got hit by the weird laws, like copycat, or certain weapons that I'd forget I had equipped. Having to sit those characters out for multiple battles always sucks.

 

[BiscuitCookie]

I always hated about those laws from ftta is that sometimes the other team could just break laws without getting a penalty or red card (no not the ones with those special ribbons)

 

[ConraDargo]

Gawd dammit, FFT sure is harder than FFTA ever was >< I mean what does the game think really - that I should have super soldiers only five battles into the game that are fully equipped from the bottom-up?? For the love of God, two of them are still at lvl 1, my squad is really poor, and it's almost impossible to level them all up evenly when I'm up against an army of iron soldiers (hit hard, lots of HP) in every bloody battle and need to spend most of my hard earned gold on potions!

I really, really miss being able to sparr to level up my characters by pitting them against each other...

 

[Ruri]

I always hated about those laws from ftta is that sometimes the other team could just break laws without getting a penalty or red card (no not the ones with those special ribbons)

I've heard that in this one, if the other team breaks the law, you get penalized as if you broke it, not them. Seriously. (Granted, the penalties are much less harsh, as other posts have noted.)

Dunno if I believe it, but that's what I've heard.

 

[Raestloz]

Gawd dammit, FFT sure is harder than FFTA ever was >< I mean what does the game think really - that I should have super soldiers only five battles into the game that are fully equipped from the bottom-up?? For the love of God, two of them are still at lvl 1, my squad is really poor, and it's almost impossible to level them all up evenly when I'm up against an army of iron soldiers (hit hard, lots of HP) in every bloody battle and need to spend most of my hard earned gold on potions!

I really, really miss being able to sparr to level up my characters by pitting them against each other...

Dare I ask what game are you complaining at? Is it Final Fantasy Tactics or Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, since I remember FFT can give you cp(or something else, apparently I forgot) by hitting your ally

 

[camx]

Yeah its easy to level your party in FFT by leaving one enemy alive and making sure none of your characters are NPC's or have counter. As long as that one enemy cant decimate your entire team and you have some healing available you can spend as much time as you want...

Anticipating the new FFTA I played Advance over and now i'm into my first playthrough of WOTL on psp. I must say the retranslation really rocks, and so do the new cutscenes. The game is really classy and beautiful, much more than I remember the broken english and vague storyline on the psx. What i dont get however is the lag you get when anything other than a normal Attack is used.. I played the original FFT on the psp with popstation and that lag simply doesnt exist. Putting the UMD/ISO cpu speed to 333 doesnt even budge it... I just got into chapter 2 and the lag doesnt bother me one bit anymore so it's all good.

Hopefully I'll be somewhere near the end of it when FFTA2 comes out. I really loved the first one but it's one of those games I say I love to hate it, because of the awful vomit inducing music and the forced companionship of the stupid moogle... I'm sorry but those two things there *almost* ruined the game for me, it's depth and volume of stuff to do saved it. All this being said there isn't much I've read about FFTA2 that doesn't get me pumped and excited to finally play it!

 

[Raestloz]

Damn, must be fun to play War of The Lions, I want to play it, but I can't afford a PSP

Although FFT is epic, it has no signs of sequel or prequel, for all of its story has been uncovered in the game, no mystery left for other titles, FFTA takes another time, so it's practically a different one sigh, I really hope they can make some special edition of FFT for NDS, like War of The Lions for PSP, it has cutscenes! Damn, I wanna see one!

 

[Youkai]

War of The Lions sucks bad in my opinion, no fun at all.

The GBA one was best game every, i completed it 3 times or more ... can't remember

 

[megabug7]

Yeah its easy to level your party in FFT by leaving one enemy alive and making sure none of your characters are NPC's or have counter. As long as that one enemy cant decimate your entire team and you have some healing available you can spend as much time as you want...

Anticipating the new FFTA I played Advance over and now i'm into my first playthrough of WOTL on psp. I must say the retranslation really rocks, and so do the new cutscenes. The game is really classy and beautiful, much more than I remember the broken english and vague storyline on the psx. What i dont get however is the lag you get when anything other than a normal Attack is used.. I played the original FFT on the psp with popstation and that lag simply doesnt exist. Putting the UMD/ISO cpu speed to 333 doesnt even budge it... I just got into chapter 2 and the lag doesnt bother me one bit anymore so it's all good.

Hopefully I'll be somewhere near the end of it when FFTA2 comes out. I really loved the first one but it's one of those games I say I love to hate it, because of the awful vomit inducing music and the forced companionship of the stupid moogle... I'm sorry but those two things there *almost* ruined the game for me, it's depth and volume of stuff to do saved it. All this being said there isn't much I've read about FFTA2 that doesn't get me pumped and excited to finally play it!

Clears up a lot of things the original didn't do - Love the Olde English voice acting too

 

[hellklown]

The law system has been revamped.
Instead of 'you lose' if you break the law, particularly with your main character, now if you finish the battle without breaking the 1 law for that day, you get a bonus and if you break the law all you lose is the ability to revive characters for the rest of that battle, no other penalties.

Personally I like it better.

That sounds better already. Seeing as how, in the old system, following the laws did nothing for you. I always got hit by the weird laws, like copycat, or certain weapons that I'd forget I had equipped. Having to sit those characters out for multiple battles always sucks.

Yup, sounds more rewarding to get some bonuses instead of just JP like the first FFTA. Hope the new laws are not as restricting as before like blocking Attack or Magic...

 

[ConraDargo]

Gawd dammit, FFT sure is harder than FFTA ever was >< I mean what does the game think really - that I should have super soldiers only five battles into the game that are fully equipped from the bottom-up?? For the love of God, two of them are still at lvl 1, my squad is really poor, and it's almost impossible to level them all up evenly when I'm up against an army of iron soldiers (hit hard, lots of HP) in every bloody battle and need to spend most of my hard earned gold on potions!

I really, really miss being able to sparr to level up my characters by pitting them against each other...

Dare I ask what game are you complaining at? Is it Final Fantasy Tactics or Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, since I remember FFT can give you cp(or something else, apparently I forgot) by hitting your ally

Yeah its easy to level your party in FFT by leaving one enemy alive and making sure none of your characters are NPC's or have counter. As long as that one enemy cant decimate your entire team and you have some healing available you can spend as much time as you want...

That's something that I would call unfair/cheap play and I don't that...

QUOTE(Raestloz @ Jun 14 2008, 07:07 PM)

Damn, must be fun to play War of The Lions, I want to play it, but I can't afford a PSP

Yeah I'm really enjoying myself here (despite the IMO somewhat steep difficulty)!

The new cut scenes are awesome - beautifully drawn and animated, and I also find the story to be great so far and all the characters feel very much alive. I'm really happy about this remake since FFT is such a good series, so being able to play this classic on my PSP is just great

 

[JBates]

I recently got out my old ps1 and started playing the original FFT for the first time. I must say, it is freakin awesome. Much better story than the others.

 

[SleepingDragon]

I went back and have been playing FFTA on GBA, and I had forgotten what a good game it is. It still holds up very well today. Makes me look forward to the sequel even more.