Reviews for Fantasy XFII

[bloodgreaver]

awesome rpg

Played this 1 through to the end (very rare lol)! There were a few faults but no game breakers. One thing i noticed is when i stood by a ledge to slap something with my weapon while standin out of reach i usually took damage along with it... but thats what i get for being cheap lol. The controls were great (i was able to cast lightning circle by quickly tapping the button and not charging though). As for those peeps with the "lag glitch" you need a new video card, only thing you really can do is lower quality and hope it'll work.

[Zayro]

Decent mechanics undermined by bad writing

Well, well, where to begin...

The gameplay itself wasn't in any way original, but it worked. Fun, one might even say. Although it carried with it most of the glitches typical to mediocre flash games: input lag, missed commands, ridiculous physics, etc... it was playable.

At this point in the review, you've gotten about 7 stars. A C-. Decent. But let's get back to why I gave this game a 4.

The writing was nothing less than painful. Cliched, recycled, boring, immature. You broke the fourth wall so many times I had to buy a new monitor. I understand that it was in the name of satire and you were trying to parody a typical RPG. Having to trudge through lines and lines of "I am a character in a video game and I'm aware of it, this is so funny!" was nearly unbearable. I couldn't play more than ten minutes knowing more of this 5th grade writing lurked beyond the next corner and in the next quest dialogue. Molesting kittens? Seriously? I think that the only people who found that funny were those among us who haven't hit puberty yet.

As I said, the gameplay itself was decent, and if improved could form the backbone of a quite good flash game, but as it stands, an alright concept was completely demolished by writing reminiscent of a high school freshman's myspace page.

[lazinesslord]

It's an ok game

It probably would've benfited from some more time and thought. I like metroidvania games so it's good to play one. (especially since I haven't played one in a while.) The humor was nice and the music was really good.
The overworld sucked, getting around it was long a slow and it doesn't help the the overworld them was annoying.
The controls, while for the most part solid and responsive, it is difficult to make sharp turns which important when making a action game and has led to some unfair deaths at the hands of bosses.
Also I'm noticing some bad hit detection occasionally.
Anyways hope to see more soon.

[AmewFox]

RED MAGES

(This review may be a little incomplete as I have not quite played through the entire thing yet)

I'll get this out of the way right now, I like the decision to make a Red Mage the main character.

I love this game overall, but get too close to an enemy and they tend to screw you over. Which is troubling when I keep running out of Mana.

The game is certainly quirky, as I felt legitimately amused by the chatter with NPCs.

The magic switch system seems a little awkward, being on separate poles of the keyboard, but all the other keys were being used, so I could undersatnd that.

Overall, I think this is a good game I like the main character, but that's by default being a Red Mage. Anyone who played Castlevainia would enjoy it. If I could offer one piece of advice, I would like travel between other areas spiced up by random battles. You could even just do the Legend of Zelda 2 thing.

[Mahtava]

I guess its good

it seems like its very good adventure game.
the games pace was too slow and i almoust fell asleep of intrest..
i think its very good for someone else but not the game for me.
ill give it 7/10