Phew... I've finished the game already... and I'm quite disappointed with this game... No more 'Triangle-Lovers'... The music... The final boss (Vayne looked like Bahamut y'know)... Any comments guys??? Are there any extra endings for completing the game?

How many hours?

I actually really enjoyed it. I'm still wrapping up the Mob Hunts (only a few more to go, btw does anyone have a suggestion as to what level my guys should be before I tackle part 2 of the Gilgamesh fight? My front liners are all level 63...or 64...can't remember).

The story was great up until after you beat Judge Bergan, at least thats when it kind of slowed down for me. It picked up again for a second at that Hunter camp on the Phon Coast with that little snippet of Doctor Cid being Balthier's dad, and the Rasler/Ashe balcony flashback. Then it slowed down again until you meet Reddas for the first time. But the amount of detail that went into this game astounds me. No stone (except for a bit of story) was left unturned: every area looked unique and highly detailed, as did the main characters and NPCs (who looked more alive than any NPCs I've seen in any game ever). The character AI for the Gambits was flawless and extremely helpful, and the customization was amazing (you could build any character however the hell you wanted to, and you could still progress in the game no matter what combination of skills and stuff you put together. I should also add that the voice acting was absolutely fantastic, SE really out-did themselves (but Marquis Ondore's voice was kind of wierd...Indo-British...what a random combination of languages).

So overall, I really liked it and am looking forward to Revenant Wings :)

PS~I'm new here so...hiya :D

In 130 hours or more... My characters were at Lv.80. Quite good for a game... But if I ask myself If I want to play the game again from the beginning... The answer will be NO!!! I'm tired raising my characters Lv. and Money... That's what made this game lose a point from other FF series... I... At least played FFVIII, FFIX, FFX and FFX-2, 3-4 times in a year and I never get tired of it... But FFXII... Nope I will not played it again from the very beginning of the story... Except... Using gameshark n_n.

For Gilgamesh... I think my characters were at that level too... Fighting the enemies in the area before the 2nd battle with gilgamesh can be painful. But Gilgamesh and Enkidou are not that hard... Plus, before fighting them... You will find a crystal which will help you recover your wounds... Finish Enkidou first and the battle will be easier... Good luck!!! If you still can't Beat that 'Bastard'... Fix your Gambits...

I just read the first 2 lines in your 2 posts - DAMN that's a long game.

Sweet game, i love it. I was a bit gutted at the end though, they could have shown fran and balthier for a few seconds in the strahl flying of into the distance, maybe, At least they did'nt die.

Ive not finished with it yet though, and will most probably play through it again, maybe in active and using the gambits alot more, and maybe again when i have a guide.

game is like 20 hrs if u know what to do w/ no side junk man

game is like 20 hrs if u know what to do w/ no side junk man

Wow that's really crazy. Must be powerleveling and skipping all cutscenes???

I did MAYBE 10 hours of side quests and I was at 68 hours at the top of the tower at ridorana (so like 2-3 hours after that I could have finished if I'd wanted), and level 45ish. I feel like I went pretty fast but I guess not!

game is like 20 hrs if u know what to do w/ no side junk man

Haha are you talkin about the same game here?

The game is at least 40 hours if you rush through it without skipping cut-scenes for the first time. And to the OP, I enjoyed the game a lot, even the ending, even though Vayne could've been harder(I was at 56 with all my characters and he was still q

Hmm. Interesting that even this far back, people were talking about speed-playing.

Anyway, yeah. Beat the game. I enjoyed FFXII. Wonderful plot. No love triangle? Who cares? Haven't we all had enough of the damn love-triangles? Personally, the ending for this game reminded me a lot of the one for IX and also somewhat of the one for V.

I thought it was an interesting stylistic choice to have Penelo reading her letter over the vocal song. And very intriguing instrumental choices for the closing credits music.


And Balthier and Fran are great together. Good on Fran --- escaping from that Viera hell-hole, taking a chance and finding romance. :)

so, can you resume your game after beating it, or do i need to make an extra save file to get everything later.

You wanna have an extra savefile. Or don't. It really doesn't matter. I didn't see any way to save inside the Bahamut anyway.

No love triangle? Who cares? Haven't we all had enough of the damn love-triangles?
Have we ever actually had a love triangle in an FF game? The closest I can think of is in FFVII and any notions of love in that game were downplayed to say the least.

Hrm. Fair question. I suppose that it isn't so much love triangles as multiple characters lusting after the main character at times. Something somebody brought up in another thread.

Have we ever actually had a love triangle in an FF game? The closest I can think of is in FFVII and any notions of love in that game were downplayed to say the least.

Cecil/Rosa/Kain in FF4 is the major one. That was the first FF game that used love as a major part of the plot. Then there is FF7 as mentioned... FF6 had character plots with romantic elements but they weren't triangles (unless you count Locke/Rachel/Celes but I don't know if you can have a love triangle with a dead person >.> ).

In 130 hours or more... My characters were at Lv.80. Quite good for a game... But if I ask myself If I want to play the game again from the beginning... The answer will be NO!!! I'm tired raising my characters Lv. and Money... That's what made this game lose a point from other FF series... I... At least played FFVIII, FFIX, FFX and FFX-2, 3-4 times in a year and I never get tired of it... But FFXII... Nope I will not played it again from the very beginning of the story... Except... Using gameshark n_n.

For Gilgamesh... I think my characters were at that level too... Fighting the enemies in the area before the 2nd battle with gilgamesh can be painful. But Gilgamesh and Enkidou are not that hard... Plus, before fighting them... You will find a crystal which will help you recover your wounds... Finish Enkidou first and the battle will be easier... Good luck!!! If you still can't Beat that 'Bastard'... Fix your Gambits...i was on level 99 when i beat the game.

game is like 20 hrs if u know what to do w/ no side junk man

There is no way on earth it's 20 hours.
I heard it was 50 minimum without quests, 80 with them.

That's not true. Twenty hours is definitely pushing it, but around 30-35 hours is doable if you know what you're doing.