Not gonna lie… I didn’t read through the whole thread… and this may have already come up… but does anyone else see similarity in the game engine to that which was seen in the Budokai Tenkaichi series?
LOL, Terra sounds like a untrained nub. Good thing she can switch to close range, now she can at least put up a fighting chance when I rush her ass down with my EX Tidus. 
Cloud seems kinda meh, but then again everybody is kind of underwhelming after hearing how hacked Tidus and Zidane sound. That invincible jumping shit in particular sounds broke as a joke.
They acknowledge Terra’s swordplay but don’t represent it in-game, opting instead for close-range magic.
Kefka sounds interesting, like some sort of Cable variant. As his magic has irregular names, I propose he gets some sort of Sexy Ultima.
I must admit I’m worried about the FF6 cast’s slowness. Speed tends to trump power and trickery in fighters that don’t have built-in safeguards for slow characters. But I doubt either FF6 hero will have Super Armor…
On my brother’s comment, the translation is saying the complete opposite. It pretty clearly states Terra is capable with both swords and magic…she just doesn’t look like she would be.
And we don’t know yet if she uses the sword at all or not, she may have limited attacks that use it in close range. She could always teleport it into her hand, Keyblade style.
And Cloud? All his sword slashes being UNBLOCKABLE in EX sounds “meh”? If anyone sounds lackluster from these descriptions, it’s fuckin’ Ultimecia.
I wonder what Ultimecia can do to a time-stopped EX Zidane in mid jump. Other than cry.
LOL. It still sounds like she fights like a nub. “Puts effort into using her magic”? Nub.
I did admittedly miss the Cloud EX being unblockable, but I think fast mofos like Tidus and Zidane would be able to avoid his attacks, though. Seph’s sounds like ass, gliding in a game where you can basically jump all over the place? LOL.
Seriously. It shouldn’t really surprise me though, I tend to gravitate towards lower-tier characters (not that we should be talking about tiers right now) on top of the fact that it seems half of the time, the character from franchise that you would expect to canonically have stronger abilities end up being weaker in-game. :looney:
At this point, I may not make the Space-Time Hippie my main since Kefka sounds both more interesting play-wise and something of a challenge with his slow speed AND lag.
That said, I might end up going with Squall also since he runs like a girl apparently. (It worked for Todo.)
I’m curious on what Bartz/Butz will be like.
Chaos character rankings. tl;dr: Golbez and Jecht manly, they nailed Kefka, Ultimecia does badly on maps with lots of obstacles and also this quote
"Slash, slash, slash some more!" - 80
With his long reach, you need to judge the right distance when approaching your opponent. Though the HP attack “Prison Gate”* is not exactly user-friendly, it does inflict a great deal of damage.
*If you don’t remember, this is the official name for the attack he killed Aerith with. Somehow, that made this comment funnier to me because I have a sick sense of humor sometimes.
also have this new gameplay video of jecht rocking out all over tidus: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBPCymJALlc&fmt=18
^ Sounds like Kefka is a blast to play. :tup: This makes me happy.
Sadly, though the JP VA was allowed to ad lib Kefka’s lines, I doubt the English VA will get that opportunity. We’ll see though. I still say they should get Mark Hammil.
NINJA EDIT - One of the comments in the Terra character ranking was right on the money:
“Is she more delicate than in the original game?” - 80
In the original game, it was surprising but I liked how on top of using magic she could also equip swords and armor and be a powerful fighter, but the image of her in this game as a delicate mage didn’t sit right with me.
However this one makes me want to punch its writer in the spine:
“She doesn’t fit my image of magic” - 85
With Tornado, it’s more like Terra is attacking her surroundings, making defense and offense difficult. Someone who uses magic, they need to be vanguards of magic and dreams and romance!
WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT EVEN MEAN.
Butz/Exdeath info just posted up.
Bartz = Necrid? Cool. I still love that scene in the trailer where he’s dual wielding (or rocking, if you prefer) both a Gunblade AND a Buster Sword.
EDIT - The FF4 fanboys can start going all “ultimate story of redemption” now :
Cecil’s EX changes sound underwhelming BUT he can style switch easily anyway, so that balances out.
Golbez sounds like he’ll be fun to play. Agile and teleporting, but little range on attacks.
agreed with specs; terra’s “girlish charm” and “magic wielding ability?” wtf man…
buuuut Kefka’s VA improvising his lines= genius.
can’t wait
also also EPIC LULZ at tidus getting pwned
This comes out in the next few days! /happy
The last trailer should be shown today, and the possible FFXII character should be revealed too. get hype.
Cloud > Blocking
i knew it
i could’ve sworn i saw Akio Ootsuka in the credits of one of the trailers, and here we goooo
i don’t have strong feelings either way; definitely a better choice than the travesties that vaan/penelo would be
but…Balthier…
Edit: Bah can’t watch the final trailer…Gabranth looks like a tank though. I forget exactly what he did in XII and I haven’t finished beating the game yet…I"m guessing he plays a pivotal role in the game later on or something…
Edit 2: just read the wiki…‘ohhhh…THAT DOUCHEBAG’. Didn’t read to far in to it so I wouldn’t get spoiled on the story though…
I don’t know much of anything about XII…but given all I heard was all the potential good guys as playables all over the place…then we get this guy…too good!
yeah… it would’ve made the game too awesome to hear
“my shot is faster… Or my name’s not Balthier.”
i’m a little bummed no one (except maybe Firion) will be using ranged weapons as opposed to magic
still, can’t wait