Author Topic: Xenoblade Chronicles or FF 12 (Read 2061 times)

Stoney Mason · « **on:** August 13, 2013, 01:56:56 PM »

I'm in a rare mood to play a jrpg. It's between these two. Which one should I try? Never played either.

demi · « **Reply #1 on:** August 13, 2013, 01:57:32 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2 on:** August 13, 2013, 02:02:23 PM »

Huff · « **Reply #3 on:** August 13, 2013, 02:03:41 PM »

Can't find anything better to do with a 100 hrs?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4 on:** August 13, 2013, 02:14:14 PM »

I'm not really playing anything at the moment other than Battlefield 3. Just waiting for Saints Row 4 and GTA 5 so no. $:-\$

Himu · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2013, 02:22:46 PM »

Xeno. Wait for FF12 HD.

Raban · « **Reply #6 on:** August 13, 2013, 02:37:38 PM »

Final Fantasy 12. Do yourself a favor and stop touching your Wii.

demi · « **Reply #7 on:** August 13, 2013, 02:41:38 PM »

If he plays FF12 he won't be touching his PS2 either

Raban · « **Reply #8 on:** August 13, 2013, 02:52:30 PM »

Tasty · « **Reply #9 on:** August 13, 2013, 02:58:11 PM »

Quote from: Raban on August 13, 2013, 02:37:38 PM

Final Fantasy 12. Do yourself a favor and stop touching your Wii.

Indeed.

Play it on Weeeeooooo. Or Dolphin.

cool breeze · « **Reply #10 on:** August 13, 2013, 03:00:06 PM »

if he's planning to play them on PC, there are some neat ways to update the games. For Xenoblade you can replace Wii button icons with 360 ones and a higher res hud.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #11 on:** August 13, 2013, 03:14:06 PM »

Xenoblade.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #12 on:** August 13, 2013, 03:33:47 PM »

I'll do Xenoblade then since most people seem to be saying that. I'll eventually get to FF 12 as I've always kinda wanted to play that one.

And yeah I'm playing on Dolphin.

archnemesis · « **Reply #13 on:** August 13, 2013, 03:57:18 PM »

I dislike Final Fantasy XII and gave up on Xenoblades after 30 minutes. It's not a pretty game, so you might want to use Dolphin.

Edit: Huh, weird. I didn't see the post above even though it was posted quite a while ago.

cool breeze · « **Reply #14 on:** August 13, 2013, 05:01:23 PM »

^I was going to mention that but considering both are games from ~14 year old hardware, neither will look pretty by today's standards. Having said that, FFXII in HD holds up really well, to the point where it's surprisingly how much detail went into a game that wasn't meant to be seen in HD. What's impressive about Xenoblade is how large and seamless the world is; up close everything looks starts looking rough.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15 on:** August 13, 2013, 05:35:44 PM »

FF12 uses fancy tricks like higher resolution/higher polygon models for cutscenes and such, which Xenoblade doesn't do. On the other hand, Xenoblade has so absolutely massive and beautiful locations.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #16 on:** August 13, 2013, 06:13:34 PM »

Honestly, I'd be the minority and say FF12 over Xenoblade, but I haven't started Xenoblade yet.

Granted, everyone saying Xenoblade over FF12 probably have the right idea: Wait to see if Square does FF12:I:ZJS HD remix before going that route. If they don't do it within the next two years, play that. FF12 is awesome and the only people that hate it want stale ATB FF7-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10'sequelfuckfests. :/

tiesto · « **Reply #17 on:** August 13, 2013, 06:20:55 PM »

Xenoblade is FF12 done right.

Himu · « **Reply #18 on:** August 13, 2013, 06:23:36 PM »

FF12 is what I consider the best FF.

But FF12 has a chance of being re-released with the international additions in the next year. So I'm going with Xeno.

Lucretius · « **Reply #19 on:** August 13, 2013, 07:05:54 PM »

I really loved FF XII. But Xenoblade is the better game by far.

naff · « **Reply #20 on:** August 13, 2013, 09:16:37 PM »

FF12 if you're after the superior post game. Otherwise Xeno. I also far prefer FFs world.

FF12 International version is supposedly the business but idk.

demi · « **Reply #21 on:** August 13, 2013, 09:24:03 PM »

I'm curious what superior post game you're referring to. Yiazmat?

naff · « **Reply #22 on:** August 13, 2013, 10:34:43 PM »

FF12s hunt system in general. There's a lot of tough 'post-game' fights in there before Yiazmat. The story and the story fights degraded to the point of being a joke by the end of FF12 despite the stellar beginning/first half. Though I really enjoyed the hunts-marks structure versus the similar but, at least for me, more frustrating sidequests in Xenoblade.

Himu · « **Reply #23 on:** August 13, 2013, 10:39:47 PM »

The hunts are the best part of ff12.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #24 on:** August 13, 2013, 11:18:59 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on August 13, 2013, 10:39:47 PM

The hunts are the best part of ff12.

It's that and the battle system, really. I didn't mind Invalice but it wasn't too big enough for me.

The cast wasn't great but it wasn't terrible either. I wouldn't mind another game in Ivalice focusing on Ashe/Balither and Fran/Basch only doing something.

I gotta start Xenoblade sometime this week to see the battle system but really the battle system of FF12 with it's "offline MMO" approach was a breath of fresh air at the time for the series that I want more of.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #25 on:** August 13, 2013, 11:43:00 PM »

Played for maybe and hour and half. It seems okay so far. I like the combat system. Graphics are decent enough on dolphin. Seems to be a lot of systems and subsystems in place so initially feels a bit daunting. I'll give an update after I've sunk some actual significant time into it.

Himu · « **Reply #26 on:** August 14, 2013, 12:44:53 AM »

Quote from: thisismyusername on August 13, 2013, 11:18:59 PM

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on August 13, 2013, 10:39:47 PM
The hunts are the best part of ff12.

It's that and the battle system, really. I didn't mind Invalice but it wasn't too big enough for me.

The cast wasn't great but it wasn't terrible either. I wouldn't mind another game in Ivalice focusing on Ashe/Balither and Fran/Basch only doing something.

I gotta start Xenoblade sometime this week to see the battle system but really the battle system of FF12 with it's "offline MMO" approach was a breath of fresh air at the time for the series that I want more of.

The battle system, hunts, and late game dungeons are so great. Especially how the dungeons have dungeons with dungeons that are unlocked through exploration and sidequests. Game is baller.

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #27 on:** August 14, 2013, 02:06:23 AM »

Xenoblade. Why would you want to play anything else?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #28 on:** August 14, 2013, 08:03:01 AM »

Quote from: fryinghigh on August 13, 2013, 03:00:06 PM

if he's planning to play them on PC, there are some neat ways to update the games. For Xenoblade you can replace Wii button icons with 360 ones and a higher res hud.

Do you have any links to these?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #29 on:** August 14, 2013, 08:45:25 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on August 14, 2013, 08:03:01 AM

Quote from: fryinghigh on August 13, 2013, 03:00:06 PM
if he's planning to play them on PC, there are some neat ways to update the games. For Xenoblade you can replace Wii button icons with 360 ones and a higher res hud.

Do you have any links to these?

https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Xenoblade_Chronicles

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #30 on:** August 14, 2013, 05:42:15 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on August 14, 2013, 08:45:25 AM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on August 14, 2013, 08:03:01 AM
Quote from: fryinghigh on August 13, 2013, 03:00:06 PM
if he's planning to play them on PC, there are some neat ways to update the games. For Xenoblade you can replace Wii button icons with 360 ones and a higher res hud.

Do you have any links to these?

https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Xenoblade_Chronicles

Clicking through that, I also found a texture pack that offers HD versions of lots of other stuff. Doesn't make a massive difference, but it's still a nice addition.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #31 on:** August 14, 2013, 05:45:24 PM »

The game really doesn't look that bad once you up the internal resolution on Dolphin. I was curious about what it looked like stock so I lowered it to the default settings that it would have on the Wii and it looks like shit that way.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #32 on:** August 14, 2013, 08:01:53 PM »

I want to boycott bc tacking "Chronicles" on the end is so DUMB

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #33 on:** August 14, 2013, 08:05:37 PM »

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on August 14, 2013, 08:01:53 PM

I want to boycott bc tacking "Chronicles" on the end is so DUMB

Yeah, I'm not sure what that was supposed to accomplish. "Xeno...blade? WTF is this? I'll just buy the new COD. Oh wait, Xenoblade CHRONICLES! Well that's different, I'll preorder 12!"

Tasty · « **Reply #34 on:** August 14, 2013, 08:19:48 PM »

I blame the filthy Euros for that. Thankfully "Chronicles" was downsized in the NA logo.

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Author Topic: Xenoblade Chronicles or FF 12 (Read 2061 times)