As of the writing of this post, the wait for Final Fantasy XIII has been whittled down to a mere 2 weeks. 14 days from now, the one game I have been looking forward to the most for almost 4 years now will finally grace my television screen. Needless to say I’m quite excited about that, but it also reminds me of a somewhat regrettable fact. See, I never actually beat Final Fantasy XII. I played the heck out of it (60+ hours), but I never beat it. I think back to when Final Fantasy XII was released, and I was quite excited about it, too. I bought the collector’s edition of the game, which came in a nifty metal case and included a bonus disc with interviews and whatnot, as well as a strategy guide and art book. I remember it came out on Halloween, and I was so excited to get playing yet had to hand out candy at the same time. I must have watched the opening cinematic half a dozen times before I saw the whole thing. I got into the game big time and played it constantly for a good while, but in the end I became rather disenchanted with it and ultimately put it up on the shelf where my save file still remains in the final dungeon. Like so many other games, Final Fantasy XII did a lot of things really well, but just couldn’t overcome what were in my mind fatal flaws. With the next game in the series so close to fruition, I thought I would take some time and examine what I think of Final Fantasy XII when I look back on it.
Anyone who read my post about RPGs on the PS3 and/or follow me on twitter are well aware that White Knight Chronicles is a game that I have been pretty eager about for a while now. I’ve been craving a new traditional RPG, and the Dragon Quest games I’ve been playing aren’t exactly new. With Final Fantasy XIII a month away still, White Knight Chronicles serves as an excellent distraction until that time. Beyond that though, it is a game that I have been looking forward to on it’s own. White Knight Chronicles has been in the making almost as long as Final Fantasy XIII itself has, though it came out in Japan a year or so ago. Created by the masterful (and imo- under appreciated) minds at Level-5 inc. White Knight Chronicles finally came out in North America yesterday. Of course since it’s a JRPG not called Final Fantasy nobody cares and my local EB Games didn’t get a copy until today. None the less I’ve been playing it, and will continue to play it ravenously. It’s Wednesday night though, and so in order to avoid thinking I present my first impressions of White Knight Chronicles.
For as long as I can remember, Role Playing Games have been my video game of choice. For years I basically ignored any game that wasn’t an RPG, and even up until the end of the PS2 “era” I still had loads of games to play. I don’t think like that any more, I will play any game that is good if it strikes me right, but as my horizons have widened the number of “traditional” RPGs have dwindled. The traditional RPG is a type of game that has always been fairly polarizing among gamers, many people adore them, but just as many if not more people despise them.Through the years this has lead to a pretty drastic evolution of the RPG genre, and entire sub-genres of RPG have even emerged. I bought my PS3 about a month ago, and with it I have basically dove head first into the current generation of gaming. I’ve been playing this thing a whole lot since I bought it, and I have been playing some really good games, but I can’t help but notice the lack of traditional RPGs on the PS3. I’ve got all these great current-gen games now, but playing them has developed something of an itch for a more traditional RPG game, and as far as I can see there just aren’t any out there.
As with every Christmas season, there are a whole lot of games out there to buy right now. All the more so now that I own 2 systems I did not own last Christmas. Games can be very expensive, especially now that I own a PS3. For a few years now my money has mostly been spent on Nintendo DS games, which are fairly cheap, and World of Warcraft game time. Now looking at building a library for PS3 and PSP, the potential cost is somewhat daunting. I’ve never had all the games I want. Just the other day I filled out the “My Games” and “Wishlist” lists on my Playstation Network account, and the wishlist was bigger than the games list. So how do you decide what to buy when you can’t get them all? Some people will go about it different ways, but this got me thinking. How do you actually measure a game’s worth? Logically the best investment would be the game that gives you the most enjoyment for your dollars, but how do you measure that value?
Last couple days have been a little bit of “same old”, but there are a few interesting things that have come about to mix things up a bit. I’ve spent a chunk more time in World of Warcraft gearing up my characters, but most of my WoW time has been spent working on achievements, with the Winter’s Veil holiday starting this Tuesday past (15th). I have played a bunch more Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as well, but the most notable thing that I’ve done in the past few days, is start a “Dragon Quest Marathon”. Of course there is a good chance that if you know the Dragon Quest series, you know it as Dragon Warrior. The series has had a long and twisty history in the west and so these things get mixed up a lot. The series should have been Dragon Quest all along, but was not for Copyright reasons. I believe the 8th installment of the game was the first to be called Dragon Quest in the west, but thats not what you’re here to read about now is it.
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