First of all I must that I’m such a loser for not playing this game before I mean this game has been sitting in our shelf for almost three years now...
The Story:
As much as I want to say “it follows the story of...” well it didn’t. Ok maybe it does but the story isn’t totally about him. The story starts with you playing a young teenager named Rex. He is a soldier that chooses to fight after his parents died. He still a younger brother named Vaan. But you won’t be playing this character but his young brother cause he died after learning the basic control of the game. Vaan became a thief when his brother died and dreams of becoming a sky pirate.
The Gameplay:
The battle isn’t like the previous games where there would be a battle ground scene. The battle is like those in online games. (I’m sorry I’m not that much of a gamer that I have no idea what is general terms in games, I just really like to play RPG!s ^_^) The leveling in very different too, in every battle you’ll receive EXP (experience points) and LP (license points). Just like every game when you receive EXP your level is gonna go up but that’s about it. You’re skills, abilities and ability to equip high level weapons would be the same. In order to unlock these you have to use your license points which makes things a little complicated.
You remember that I said that the game is like online gaming right? That would be hard to control your characters and give them commands all the time! That’s where “gambits” comes in. Gambits are acquired by buying them or getting them in treasure chests and maybe in hunts. These are control for your characters to make them automatically move during battles with certain commands. Example when one of your characters is about to die, any characters that have a gambit for healing would automatically heal them.
The Graphics:
One word that could describe the game’s graphics: AWESOME!!! It’s like watching a full 3D film. I know some of it is full 3D but there’s also those usual videogame graphics but it’s equally awesome!
My Verdict:
I like everything in this game except the story. The story is very common and the ending is too predictable. But I must say I love the graphics so much!!! Oh and one more thing the dubbing is cool! I fell in love with Balthier’s voice it’s so manly and sexy! His voice reminds me so much of Antonio Banderas’ voice in Shrek movies except hotter! This is the first time I fell in love with a voice! *faints*I even researched about Gideon Emery. He’s british, an actor and of course a voice actor. (he had a role in CSI: NY I am so gonna be on the look out for his appearance, and I started watching “middle man” hoping to also catch his appearance there too!)
originally posted: February 6, 2009
