The Best Fantasy Yet
I’ve over 8 hours into Final Fantasy XII now, and it probably is my favorite one that I’ve played so far (those being 7-12, excluding 10-2). The combat system is definitely different but still extremely good, the license system is a nice concept (but could have used some slight refinement), and the game doesn’t suffer (yet) from periods that aren’t related to advancing the story (i.e. grinding). I avoided reviews so I don’t know what the approximate length of the game is, but I’d guess somewhere between 30 and 40 hours.
Thursday night and today were both interesting and entertaining, but a lot of what happened today was stuff I had already heard/seen before. Tomorrow morning I’m supposed to be up at UTD at 9:00, and then approximately an hour and a half later, I’ll be done with this series of events. Not “unfortunate” events, mind you, as I haven’t minded doing them. It will be nice to get some free time back, though.