Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

[Flintlock]

Listen to snippets of the entire remastered soundtrack. Click the "playing" speaker icon, then choose "tracklists" from the top menu.

Some of the tracks have been given videos to go with them, which you can see here.

There's also this new... trailer, I guess, for the gambit system.

 

[ForceStealer]

...it's like they didn't expect anyone to watch this, lol. Very strange.

 

[Ite]

lol what the hell. That video really didn't need to exist at all. I particularly love that one of the top 5 reasons to love the gambit system was "Balthier is hot."

I mean, he is... so, I'll give it to them?

So... dreamy...

 

[Fangu]

That video is completely dumb. Are we sure it's not a parody of sorts from the anti-XII league?

Listen to snippets of the entire remastered soundtrack. Click the "playing" speaker icon, then choose "tracklists" from the top menu.]

Thanks!

No 99 is new to me. Nice.

 

[ForceStealer]

Square emailed it to me, so I'm assuming not.

 

[lithiumkatana17]

Listen to snippets of the entire remastered soundtrack.

ZSKJVB DKIUBGXFKUHNESRKJGB KXD BKXRUHBT X

THEME OF THE EMPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE

ERUYT VILLAGE

LUST FOR POWER

DISCARDED POWER

TO WALK AMONGST GODS

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

I'M DEAD AND IN HEAVEN

AND I'M TOTALLY BUYING THIS BECAUSE IT'S WORTH IT

 

[lithiumkatana17]

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIZ

A year ago today the FFXII Remaster was announced....

...And in approximately a month and a few days it will be in our handssssssssssssssssssss...



EDIT:

Oh and apparently these FFXII Reeboks are a thing.

But you can only order them from the Japanese site.

 

[Lulcielid]

Allow me to go on a sort of tangent:

Before The Zodiac Age remaster arrives to everyones hands, How would you rate Final Fantasy XII (whichever version you've played)? I'd like hear your thoughts.

I personally like a lot FFXII (and might even say I love!) for me it's an outstanding entry in the series, I personally have it as the second best game in the franchise up to now (IMO FFX is the best) and I give it a solid 9/10.

 

[Flintlock]

It's one of my all-time favourite games. Roughly third in the list after FFVII and Chrono Trigger. I'm not sure I'd be able to give it a 10/10 though. It's a game you have to learn to love. 9/10 would be fair.

 

[lithiumkatana17]

It's one of the top 3 games in the series for me on scale of how emotionally invested I am in the story, the characters, the combat, etc.

I mean, I invested a loooot of money into 2 ft tall statue; it's safe to say I'm obsessed.

 

[Ite]

One of the best JRPGs, up there with the PS1 FFs, FF6 and Chrono Trigger. Probably an 8/10.

 

[Joker]

I'd give it a solid 9/10. To me, it ranks up there with X and Tactics as the best in franchise, but as far as RPGs in general go, it has a lot of competition with the likes of Suikoden, Chrono Trigger (and sequel), Xenosaga, and Valkyrie Profile. If I had a top 10 RPG list, though, it'd probably make the cut.

 

[Unit-01]

Having played it only a year ago, I enjoyed it. Really loved the Gambit system.
I won't be around when the remaster releases next month, but if I ever get any time I'll be picking this version up.

 

[Flare]

XII is in my top 3 FF games, alongside X and IX. I've fallen in love with the world of Ivalice in that time period, it's the one FF world I could live in and enjoy, I think. The music, combat, gameplay, story, etc, is pretty fantastic. I love playing this game. <3

(I also love how three people mentioned Chrono Trigger alongside it, awww yissss Chrono Trigger is awesome)

 

[lithiumkatana17]

Another new Zodiac Age trailer! I REALLY like this one. I thought the editing on the Spring 2017 trailer was good, this one is even better.

 

[ForceStealer]

lol, that ever-damnable throat-hole in his armor

Definitely a well-made trailer.

 

[Fangu]

Well, how parts of the dialogue is used is misleading, especially Vayne's and Gran Kilitas Anastasis', but at least this trailer is cut in a way that makes sense to a new audience, or someone who remembers just the main parts of the plot. Unlike that last trailer which was just plain terrible. It's cut pretty well too. Also, finally a good view of the HD pre-rendered cutscenes. I can see my armoured viera in the opening there. <3

And of course I'm a sucker for the focus on the true protagonist of this story. (Balthier go away.)

 

[lithiumkatana17]

I don't mind the dialogue being used that way; it's pretty much standard for all types of trailers nowadays to have voice dialogue to mislead viewers about the plot. The two trailers for the 6th season of GoT come to mind.

They're making these trailers for a new audience as well, not just us old fans. I understand the desire to keep them guessing and/or mislead them about the plot. I liked the old trailer purely because the dialogue choices and scenes meant something to personally as someone who's been a fan of the game for a decade now.

Either way, hype levels are increasing.

 

[Fangu]

I don't mind the dialogue being used that way; it's pretty much standard for all types of trailers nowadays to have voice dialogue to mislead viewers about the plot. The two trailers for the 6th season of GoT come to mind.

I should probably mention I've disliked that style of trailers (you know, the simplifying or simply changing the plot, revealing almost every important plot twist in the trailer, that horrible narrator voice) since they became a thing in the 80's and 90's. I especially disliked them when they're applied to something that isn't NA in origin - take some of the original trailers for VII. Cringeworthy.

They're making these trailers for a new audience as well, not just us old fans. I understand the desire to keep them guessing and/or mislead them about the plot.

Which is what I meant by

but at least this trailer is cut in a way that makes sense to a new audience

As in, I'm not expecting them to be able to express the duality in Gran Kilita's words in a 3 minute trailer. I understand and see why they built up this trailer the way they did, in the light of what a trailer for a game is meant to do (peak interest and make people invest their cash.)

meant something to personally

Yep, key point. Because to me, seeing the wonderful subtle grey area dialogue in the game being used in a way that makes them paint black and white sounding, making the game sound like a good vs evil story when it's not at all, makes me go all STOP DOING THIS TO MY BABY JUST TO MAKE MONEY

I mean why sell something as something it's not? XII was always about a complex grey area driven story that could easily be told from either side, it was never a 'Ashe saves the world' story (although one could easily argue a lot of players saw it that way). Anyway trying to portray a game as something it's really not could argue they're setting new players up for disappointment (again?)

Anyway all this is waaaay too deep for discussing a simple trailer. I meant to say, besides a bit of nitpicking, that I approve of this trailer.

 

[Cthulhu]

I'll probably get thrown rotten vegetables and such at me for this, but, I barely remember any of those cutscenes so it kinda feels like a new game to me

 

[Clement Rage]

I can recognise 12 as a well crafted game, but I never connected to it as well as I did some of the others. I shipped Vaan/Penelo a bit, but wasn't that interested in our PCs, and I remember being disappointed in the endgame.

There was nothing wrong with it, I just didn't connect.

Bear in mind I am likely to be distracted by Simon Templeman's voice at the best of times.

 

[Joker]

Simon Templeman

you have exquisite taste

 

[Clement Rage]

Yeah, i know. His performance as Kain is so burned into my brain that he always registers as him, even in his much lauded roles like this one.

Sigh. I miss LOK.

 

[Joker]

truly marvelous

also me too. I used to replay the original every halloween because ambience. sigh.

 

[Lex]

Love these two