Observations on Final Fantasy XII, Part 2
The game desperately needs a feature to rewatch previous cutscenes. Gimme a Goblin Footprint or something...
Of the new characters introduced since my last post, the one who puzzles me the most is Doctor Cid. First off, his behaviour just screams "mad scientist" - his introduction is subtly creepy, and I've got a bad feeling that this Cid is not a good guy. I want a desktop wall of him, all the same. Secondly, though, is there more than one Cid? I've also seen the name used to refer to a sunglasses-wearing pilot/playboy who seems to be Larsa's bodyguard...
Speaking of whom, why do I feel I recognize Larsa's voice? He sounds an awful lot like the kid they got to play an underaged Captain Picard on an episode of ST:TNG, despite the fact that he'd be ten years older by now (at least).
I've finally gotten everyone together, and I have the leisure to level up now - which is good, because I'm having a serious gil problem here. (Mob drops aren't worth much more to vendor in FFXII than they are in FFXI.) The thing that puzzles me, though, is that at this point? Vaan and Penelo have no reason to stay there. They may be off in the Westersands, but come on... those two could probably sneak back to Rabanastre fairly easily. Why are they tagging along now? Unless it's a matter that Vaan wants to follow along because he can't stop thinking "I'm a sky pirate now! Yay!" and Penelo isn't willing to be left behind again... anyway.
While we're on the subject - a cloaking device on an airship? Where does Balthier GET these things?! (Actually, I blame Nono - that moogle can do anything.)
Need more Gambits.
Quickenings are entirely too abusive. There was a fight I just had that would have been EXCEEDINGLY difficult without them... considering I was something like Level 12 or 13, and the boss was Level Kickedmyass. Even with a very abusive Quickening, he still had something like a third of his HP left... at least it got rid of the helpers...
Farming for gil... I need to find a good source of it. Bone Fragments are okay money, but it'd be faster if I didn't have to wait for respawns...
Running out of things to say for now.