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FF XII Re-make, New RPG Announced By Square/Enix
Yesterday was Square/Enix's annual media party, and there were a couple of interesting announcements. Game|Life's Chris Kohler was there, and reports on the most interesting announcement: a Final Fantasy XII re-envisioning entitled International: Zodiac Job System. The title will feature the same story, a further-refined combat system, and a series of 12 separate license boards. Each board corresponds to a traditional FF 'job', like Monk or Red Mage; at the moment there is no plan to release it in the states. Other announcements include word that Star Ocean will get the remake treatment, with the first two games coming to the PSP sometime in the future. They are also working on a next-gen Star Ocean 4; no details about that. Crystal Chronicles for the DS drops in August in Japan, no US release date was given. Finally, screenshots and videos of The Last Remnant capped off the event; we talked about the game earlier this week when it was announced.
Earthbound is where its at! I have played FF since snes 3 (4 or 5 or whatever) and I think that they have gotten progressivly worse. I don't know if it is the same 'type' of story taking place in a new world or what but its alwasy similar since 7. Some flamer, the main character, goes on a quest to save the world, find himself and almost get a girl (much to the discust of the closeted hero). Although I enjoy 12s battle system, which I am adjusting to, I find watching videos with there the female charaters look more masculine than the hero distracting and that is not even mentioning the unpronouncable names which just make the story awkward to follow.