Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age (Switch)
I originally finished this on the PS2 when it first came out and while I grew to appreciate it as time went on, I wasn't a huge fan of it when I originally played it. This time around I am absolutely in love with this game. Most of the characters are still nothing to write home about but the lore and plot are both high tier FF. I also understand the Gambit system much better this time around. Pair that with 4x speed and that equals me not being able to put this game down.
I'm in the second to final dungeon so I should be done with the game in the next few days but I fully intend to jump right back in as soon as those credits finish rolling.
P.S. The Great Crystal dungeon is terrible and whoever designed it should feel bad.
This is my exact same story. I played it upon release and I didn't think much of it. I remember I didn't finish it. I don't remember how far I played into it, but I bailed out. No idea what % I was in the game. But right now I'm replaying it on Switch and super enjoying it. The 4x speed mode and the gambits are super fun. I still think the License system is pretty... weird. It's kind of anticlimatic to find a sweet piece of equipment and then realize, "Oh, I don't have the license to ... wear this hat?". It's just... weird to have to get the license before you can equip something. But other than the oddness of it all, I like the system.
But how do you switch jobs? I missed that part of the tutorial.
Finished chapter 1 of Trails in the Sky SC. This is only my second time playing it so it is nice to relearn some plot details. What I like the most though is the massive improvement in the accessories department.
Me too! I just finished the first chapter tonight. I played up to Chapter 2 and I lost my save file. So I'm glad that I finally breezed through the game back to this point. I am super loving the 6x speed mode. It's made replaying this game super great. Battles and world traversal is so breezy. I'm just enjoying the game so much more in every way than when I first played it a couple of years ago. I hope I stick with this for the long haul. I want to!
I'm teetering on the edge of picking up Radiant Historia. It looks cool, but I looked up reviews for Perfect Chronology today and the first one is from Polygon and the reviewer is of the opinion that you should play it on easy mode because it's more fun as a visual novel than an actual RPG, which is giving me pause? Like if it's so grindy that you don't even want to play it after a certain point, I'm not sure I want to start investing time into it. For those of you who have played it, how accurate does that sound to you? Would you recommend picking it up?
I really enjoyed Radiant Historia. There's not much I DIDN'T like about it. If I had any negatives the OST isn't very... big or diverse. You'll get some repeating tracks about midway through the game. There just isn't a diverse OST. I'm not sure how big the overall OST is, but yeah, just feels smaller with less tracks than other JRPGs.
Other than that, I think it's all great! I think the combat system is super fun. I hope to see it reiterated in another JRPG down the road (some Indie should really pick up its ideas). I did not find the game grindy at all. I played the orignal DS version so I don't know about the easy mode in the 3DS, but I didn't think the game needed it personally. I never played the 3DS version, but if you choose to play it on DS/emulator you can play it with a Fast Forward feature on your CPU and save state everywhere. I mean, that's just the optimal JRPG experience for ANY game, so I'd recommend that.
