[quote name='Chacrana']Yeah, personally, I'm worried that there won't be a good storyline or interesting characters... I've really not heard very much about those aspects from... well, anyone. Oh, and how dark is the game?
I'm kinda weird, but one of my favorite things about FFX was the first part where you're in Zanarkand during the night and Sin attacks... everything about that was absolutely perfect so I'm hoping there's some moments like that...[/QUOTE]
Teehee. Let's just say the exposition is....somewhat dark. May come a little later than what you were expecting though.
As a single player "game", FFXII trounces the other FFs. You simply can't compare the amount of gameplay, as there is seemingly an unholy number of potential activities in this game. It does take a while to get the hang of however. Nothing TOO complicated, but I'd imagine it might shy some of the more softcore away fairly quickly.
As an experience, however, don't fall prey to the IGN review hype. Its not all peaches and cream. Its different. Enough so that I have a tough time even comparing it to the other FF games. As each game tells a different story anyway, I'm glad they travel down different roads instead of treading the path of least resentment, but the story for this game is simply....
...not so much "cinematic". Somewhat closer to an unfolding of events without the extensive inner monologue that made Tidus so open with information that he seemed like....well, a girl. Rather you see the events and some of the subtleties and are left up to whether you will feel anything for the characters or not. Though its hard not to. Its an immersive experience after all. But it sure works for my taste for the lead, as I recall absolutely despising his character design (girly dude WTF FF sux0rs!) and now I don't mind him at all. We seldom see him "touchy feely" at all.
BTW, I can't stand animal girls, and the viera, Fran, is
ing hot. Go FF for changing my views on that. Or is it FF? I don't really know anymore. But its quality. And I think its pretty damn good.