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Hmmm... yeah I just watched that review, and it's pretty spot on.
75% of your time is spent in battles, like any other FF. I actually don't mind the battle system that much, but it is pretty dumbed down in this one. I'm half way through the game and I can hardly think of any times that I actually used any spells besides Cure and Berserk. There are the staple spells like Protect, Shell, as well as all of the attack spells, but 99% of the time you're better off melee fighting because the time taken to cast the spells on everyone doesn't pay off. The way I have ended up killing every boss so far is to just cast Berserk on a character (doubles their attack speed), have 1 character tank/damage and sometimes cure, and another character on full curing duty. The damage spells are almost never worth casting, because they take longer to cast and end up doing less damage overall than a melee attack. Not to mention that you're wasting precious MP that could be used for curing people.
The story, so far, is just plain fucking boring. A lot of people have been criticizing it, and for good reason. Most of the story revolves around politics, and hardly any of it around the actual characters. Of course, people then say "Well, so did FF Tactics and everyone loved it!". Sure, but FFT actually was a fun game. I am so confused as to what the hell is happening in the story now because I stopped paying attention as it was getting so boring.
I dunno. Compared to the rest of the FF series it is kinda shitty, but if you take it at face value, it is actually not that bad compared to most other RPGs. I'd still rate it somewhere near the bottom of the list of FF games tho.
EDIT: Another thing. You get about 6 characters, and you never end up using more than 3. The ones you aren't using don't gain EXP (they do gain LP). Not to mention that every character is exactly the same: none have any innate strengths or weaknesses.
75% of your time is spent in battles, like any other FF. I actually don't mind the battle system that much, but it is pretty dumbed down in this one. I'm half way through the game and I can hardly think of any times that I actually used any spells besides Cure and Berserk. There are the staple spells like Protect, Shell, as well as all of the attack spells, but 99% of the time you're better off melee fighting because the time taken to cast the spells on everyone doesn't pay off. The way I have ended up killing every boss so far is to just cast Berserk on a character (doubles their attack speed), have 1 character tank/damage and sometimes cure, and another character on full curing duty. The damage spells are almost never worth casting, because they take longer to cast and end up doing less damage overall than a melee attack. Not to mention that you're wasting precious MP that could be used for curing people.
The story, so far, is just plain fucking boring. A lot of people have been criticizing it, and for good reason. Most of the story revolves around politics, and hardly any of it around the actual characters. Of course, people then say "Well, so did FF Tactics and everyone loved it!". Sure, but FFT actually was a fun game. I am so confused as to what the hell is happening in the story now because I stopped paying attention as it was getting so boring.
I dunno. Compared to the rest of the FF series it is kinda shitty, but if you take it at face value, it is actually not that bad compared to most other RPGs. I'd still rate it somewhere near the bottom of the list of FF games tho.
EDIT: Another thing. You get about 6 characters, and you never end up using more than 3. The ones you aren't using don't gain EXP (they do gain LP). Not to mention that every character is exactly the same: none have any innate strengths or weaknesses.
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