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Only in a very loose sense. Aemon Send a noteboard - 14/11/2009 10:24:52 PM
Just ... just one thing. Please don't tell me you're referring to X as the "roots" of anything to do with Final Fantasy. :p


X obviously was not the beginning of Final Fantasy in any way. However, I would argue that it is a fairly traditional Final Fantasy game. It had a Fantasy setting, turn-based battle system, save-the-world emotional plot, etc. XII, on the other hand, tried a lot of new things. It had a very political storyline that was much less epic in scope, it didn't have nearly the same character emphasis, t(here were no "lead" characters at all, really), and the battle system played more like an MMO than anything else. No turn-base, introduced the tank-and-spank mentality, etc.

Anyway, I'm not sure I really argued the point successfully, but I definitely think that X was much more representative of a standard Final Fantasy game than XII was.
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FFXIII gets an official North American release date. Aemon - 14/11/2009 07:15:26 AM 704 Views
I'm not excited, because I didn't like 12 (but I'll still buy it) Deadsy - 14/11/2009 07:52:04 PM 424 Views
It's not being made by the team who made 12, though. Aemon - 14/11/2009 08:29:51 PM 384 Views
It looks a lot like X. Nate - 14/11/2009 09:19:30 PM 412 Views
Only in a very loose sense. Aemon - 14/11/2009 10:24:52 PM 396 Views
I can agree with you in general. Nate - 15/11/2009 12:27:34 AM 420 Views
X was like that too, though. Aemon - 15/11/2009 01:29:35 AM 394 Views
Nooo, it's not the same. Nate - 15/11/2009 03:06:07 AM 392 Views
Well, true. It doesn't have an overmap. Aemon - 15/11/2009 09:13:54 PM 390 Views
I'm with you. Ghavrel - 15/11/2009 07:29:09 AM 421 Views
I didn't know it was different people. That gives me hope. 10 and 7 were my favs *NM* Deadsy - 14/11/2009 10:08:59 PM 231 Views
Agreed, that's why I'm so excited about it. X was my favorite as well. *NM* Aemon - 14/11/2009 10:25:37 PM 181 Views
The last FF game with a Uematsu soundtrack was Final Fantasy 9. lord-of-shadow - 15/11/2009 01:51:33 AM 411 Views
I don't remember a single track from 11, 12, or x-2, so it changes nothing Deadsy - 15/11/2009 05:30:22 AM 443 Views
X-2 had one of the best Final Fantasy tunes ever, I thought. Nate - 15/11/2009 06:47:47 AM 528 Views
Glad someone else likes that. I play that pretty regularly. Aemon - 15/11/2009 09:15:58 PM 411 Views
Who did the "Hymns?" Darth_Katie - 15/11/2009 04:02:04 PM 366 Views
Awesome A Deathwatch Guard - 15/11/2009 02:19:08 AM 370 Views
I'll give it a shot...first FF game I'll have played since VIII Brian - 15/11/2009 03:03:46 AM 403 Views
I never really enjoyed X all that much. Jacob - 16/11/2009 03:08:57 PM 376 Views
The minigame? Do you mean Blitzball? Darth_Katie - 16/11/2009 06:40:33 PM 407 Views
Re: The minigame? Do you mean Blitzball? Aemon - 16/11/2009 07:11:27 PM 405 Views
Yes. Jacob - 16/11/2009 07:24:45 PM 396 Views
Yep... good old Blitz ball. Jacob - 16/11/2009 07:24:14 PM 408 Views
*Is excited* Mainly because I won't have to buy a PS3 in order to play it. *NM* MightyYT - 16/11/2009 09:47:04 PM 183 Views
Looks nice, but in some ways I miss the original Ryan - 20/11/2009 02:41:11 AM 415 Views
What do you mean by the "original"? Final Fantasy 1? *NM* lord-of-shadow - 20/11/2009 04:09:16 AM 184 Views
I don't know about Ryan, but my first FF was II for the SNES (which was actually IV in Japan). *NM* TaskmasterJack - 20/11/2009 04:53:31 AM 186 Views
Woot woot mine too! God I loved that game, but still not as much as my next one, FFVI. *NM* Kotagg - 22/11/2009 10:00:28 PM 177 Views
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