Final Fantasy XII

[CelestialImpact]

In a historic event, Final Fantasy XII has ravaged the innards of Japanese Famitsu in this, its week before release, and earned itself a perfect rating of 40 points. The consequences are quite dire.

Surprise befell the world's gaming audience this week, as the most recent issue of Famitsu, Japan's most popular gaming magazine, unveiled that the highly anticipated Final Fantasy XII had received the magazine's highest marks (viewable here in the far right column). With each reviewer granting Square Enix's latest foray into Ivalice the maximum ten points, Final Fantasy XII has now joined the ranks of fabled classics The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Vagrant Story, Soul Calibur, and (rather strangely) Nintendogs.

But in addition to being the sixth game to receive such accolades and the only title on the Playstation 2 to do so, Final Fantasy XII also holds the remarkable distinction of being the second title primarily under the direction of Yasumi Matsuno to achieve a perfect score (the other being Vagrant Story). Although one may remember the confusion over his involvement, Matsuno's touch still persists in Final Fantasy XII, even if he remains credited for "original concept/scenario/supervision".

-http://www.square-haven.com/news/?id=1055

Looks pretty awesome according to this and to the demo version I played that came with Dragon Quest VIII. Discuss.

[ShinyPotato]

Our lives will be sucked away by a 30+ hour rpg. We are doomed.
-Jeremy

[Mulciber]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=G4XtVj4BWBc

Link to the FFXII intro video. Its very, very sexy.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lHqSKwzewC8& ... ARE%20ENIX
In case you can't read Japanese and want English subtitles.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BkWQZhckfK4& ... ARE%20ENIX

And here is the link to the opening video of the game. its even sexier and features summons/aeons/espers/GFs.