Letter from the Producer, XI

[Hyan]

Final fantasy feeling

[Gokulo]

Ah, our favorite concept as of late.

[Lucavi]

"That good ol'fashioned Fantasy Feeeeeeeeelllllllllllaahhh~!!!"

Somebody's gotta make a song about that.

[Kurokikaze]

Just change the lyrics around a bit.

[Jesifromgaruda]

I never got over powered in XII because I didn't grind once the entire game until I'd done everything except the Yiazmat battle. I even had a go at that with characters in the 60s but when it got to that final 10% when the mob becomes so much stronger it was just too much so I grinded to 99. I didn't want to do that save mid-fight bullshit and nor did I want to spend more hours for potential fails. Even the end-game boss was a challenging fight for me because I was probably under levelled. That's one thing I like about recent FFs, they've become progressively more challenging for the players who don't grind to over-powered levels. Some bosses in XIII were crazy, especially the one at the end of chapter 11. I've never understood why people grind in single player FFs before they're doing the optional tough content.

But yeah XII would have been my favourite FF ever too if it had a better story. Likewise with XIII if it had a better world and gameplay. So if you combine the two we'd have a VII beater in my opinion. I don't expect big things from XIII-2 after what they gave with X-2 however but I'll remain hopeful at least. XV is the next single player FF I'm looking forward to and that will be years away.

Standard off topic talking about previous final fantasies, lol.

But we all love them so they are fun to talk about.

Personally, 12 was my favorite one. From the battle system to all of the marks, to the hidden NMs, rare drops and relic weapons (omg sunflower sword, how I love thee. Tournasol.) and lastly the story.

I personally think the story is great and I love the political story.

Larsa is a great character too. He could have joined Vayne and become the most powerful force on the planet, but he believes that he can bring peace instead.

Oh and all of those cutscenes with Dr. Cid talking to the corrupt god and it looks like he's talking to himself. Pure genius.

[SilverBreeze]

That's nice!

So about FF14...