Card Mod is an ability that allows you to turn your cards into items. It’s helpful before you go into any card game that has the Random rule. Turn all your Level 1-5 cards into items and you can go into any Random game with your better cards.
Unfortunately, it is a never ending battle of what is the best FF. Hell, I barely remember anything about FF8, but remember having a lot more fun in it than I did in 9. Maybe it was vastly due to the card game. Ah…the Spells/AP thing is coming back to me now. Ugh…
I also am in a huge minority in thinking FF12 is one of the, if not, the best FF created. Closely followed by FF11 and FF3 (US). I am a HUGE fan of the gambit and combat systems in place in FF12, among a plethora of other features the title offered.
I just wish they could balance magic/melee/summons, as it seems to sway vastly in one way or the other with each title.
FF12 was just awesome. I pretty comprehensive storyline that was interesting but i will say that obtaining gil was a pain unless you were really good at chaining specific creature to get loot for tons of money. I think the one place where i got a good chunk of money from was the Lhusu Mines chaining Skeleton warriors till i got like a good 100 chain combo.
Jecht Shot ruined EVERYONE’S shit. You could just take Tidus down the middle, knock out two defenders AND get a boost in shot. I loved Blitzball but towards the end of the game it was easier to Mug all of the items you got at the end of season.
Right now I’m playing a bit of XII but I’m actually stuck in the tower now. I cleared and decided to go back and hunt a mark but then end up on a floor with unlimited undead monsters. Now I restarted the game in another file and deciding on whether to get the ubber weapons. There just isn’t enough time in the day for these dumb requirements.
I didn’t enjoy ff12 at all. Story was pretty terrible. There was no character development, and no chemistry between any of them compared to previous FFs. Also I found espers and offensive magic to be pretty useless in general. I played the crap out of this thing too, having gotten the illusive Danjuro only to find out it’s a piece of garbage.
FF10 had a good story. Gameplay was decent, though I preferred X-2’s gameplay better. Faster real-time battles, non-linear path and I enjoyed the dressphere system. Story in x-2 wasn’t as good though.
My favorite is probably FF4, followed by FF6. FF4 simply because that’s the first FF I played and it blew me away.