I’m trying to be more proactive in posting but I got hit by some nasty flu on the last few days of my holiday. I suppose it will teach me for trying to pack 32 hours in to three days.

Anyway I promised to give a review on FF and to be honest I was going to do it when I completed the game but I think 32 hours is sufficient time to warrant a decent opinion. Well first off the rumors regarding the game play being linear are true however its entangled in a fantastic plot line that will have you engorged in a struggle for sleep, breathing and even more important is remembering to take a piss.  If your going to buy this game you have to read the datalogs after every FMV,  in the beginning there is a good few hours of reading. Yes we all want to get straight in to the action but don’t worry there is plenty of it, so your not missing out on anything. I cant stress enough the datalogs  lays the foundations to an epic story and the in depth character backgrounds. A lot of people have complained that the game holds your hand for the first ten hours this is around the time you really start to choose your characters level of development (medic, tank, saboteur, combo fiend) etc. I’ll admit the first 3 hours were slow but after that I don’t remember where I put the other thirty. BTW they aren’t the real the names for the classes but you can learn for yourself. The music can become a little repetitive in areas but then you get some epic battle sequences which leave your mouth open in what could be described as a box office movie. One thing that has pissed me off close to the end (no spoilers) it’s got fucking ridiculously hard. Its been building me slowly and now on the 3rd disc I have the enemy literally pissing on my head. This was about the time when my body had enough and decided the next time I go I leave the flat which was last Friday, it was time to cripple my immune system. Well now I’m back to normal hours so I will have to find the time to finish it, I’m thinking this weekend. So to cap the good and bad, untouched graphics, music was pretty impressive considering the amount of different areas and scenarios you get in to.  The fighting can be a little linear but there are plenty of different enemies to fight and like I said before, you wont know how long you’ve been playing for and the more you get in to it the more you will be pining for more.  I’ve always said, I will pay $1 for every hour of entertainment that a game can provide and if it it can clock that $60 mark it’s a good game. From what I am to believe I still have another twenty hours to go. Believe it or not most games don’t even come close.  This game isn’t an RPG it’s a JRPG, (Japanese) try one if you haven’t done so already. There are plenty of areas to cover in a review, but you should learn the about the other good stuff like weapon upgrading and eidolons for yourself.

9/10