Is this FF XII or a sequel?

[Madscientist]

I have played FF XII for PS2 many years ago.
Now I looked at this game and I am not sure if this is the same game or a different one.
I think the PS2 game I played was not called " the zodiac age" and it had no job system.

If the is a remake of the original game, are there other differences than the job system?
I had a guide for the PS2 game and I did everything except beating omega weapon.

[Hinnyuu]

This is the original game, with some changes (like the job system) and a lot of improvements. It's not a sequel, it's not a remake (it's a remaster), and it's not the mobile game (that was Revenant Wings).

Just the original FFXII with a job system, prettier graphics, and various treasure/item/QoL improvements, pretty much.

[Sacred Myths]

This is not a remake it's the original. It's the Pal version which had many chances that the US version didn't have such as job systems and other improvements as Hinnyuu mentioned. It's much better IMO

[Trapped in Purgatory]

FF12 is the best Final Fantasy game ever created, with Final Fantasy Tactics Advance a close second.

[Xialoh]

Originally posted by UnrealDMK:

FF12 is the best Final Fantasy game ever created, with Final Fantasy Tactics Advance a close second.

Hmm..

[Madscientist]

Originally posted by ^6Uav ^5Killer:

This is not a remake it's the original. It's the Pal version which had many chances that the US version didn't have such as job systems and other improvements as Hinnyuu mentioned. It's much better IMO

I have played the german version on PS2. No jobs and only one licence board. I don´t think its a question of PAL or US.

[Madscientist]

Originally posted by UnrealDMK:

FF12 is the best Final Fantasy game ever created, with Final Fantasy Tactics Advance a close second.

I have played all FF from 1 to 12. ( without 11, no online games)
I finished all of them except 2 ( worst levelling system ever ) and 6 (great game but late in the game I got bored of levelling up so many chars because you need several full groups for some dungeons.

My favourite games are FF7 and 10.
FF12 is good, but I had 2 problems:
- The story was quite obstuse. Sometimes I had no idea whats going on.
- The story felt like it was only half finished. When the game was over I guessed I have seen only half of it. If I remember correctly it was about a small country that was caught in a war between 2 big countries, but in the game you deal only with one of the big countries.

Its been a long time since I played it, so I might be wrong about some things.

[Casurin]

Just to clarify a bit more on the versions:

The orignal 3 PS2 versions are near identical (Japan, US, EU) with Japan for example Omega having far more HP,
Then there is the International Zodiac job system - that was released in Japan only. It had a lot of changes, like itnroducing the Job-System (duh).
And now we have the remaster - PS4, Xbox, Switch and PC - with again some reworks, 2 jobs instead of one, and slightly better graphic.

They are all the exact same story with just a bit different gameplay.

[Trapped in Purgatory]

We can all agree that the last truly great Final Fantasy is Final Fantasy 12. FF13 had a fun and fast battle system and amazing looking graphics, but the charcters are very annoying and the story was just a huge mess. Also you never get a chance to explore until almost 30 hours in.

FF14 was a disaster when it was first released, and FF15 I haven't even touched because it got delayed for so many years and it just looks like "Japanese High School Boys and their big adventure: The Game."

[Zelph]

Originally posted by UnrealDMK:

We can all agree that the last truly great Final Fantasy is Final Fantasy 12. FF13 had a fun and fast battle system and amazing looking graphics, but the charcters are very annoying and the story was just a huge mess. Also you never get a chance to explore until almost 30 hours in.

FF14 was a disaster when it was first released, and FF15 I haven't even touched because it got delayed for so many years and it just looks like "Japanese High School Boys and their big adventure: The Game."

12 missed out on a lot of things that would have made it great. Its good, but its far from the last highlight of the series.

[Hinnyuu]

Originally posted by twitch.tv/zelph77:

12 missed out on a lot of things that would have made it great. Its good, but its far from the last highlight of the series.

I agree with the first part, but 13 and its ilk are abysmal, and 15 was a very poor game as well. 12 doesn't need to be amazing to be the last high point, simply because the ones after it plummeted even further.

[Madscientist]

One more question:
I know that the job system and many items are different.
Are the enemies still the same, especially summons and the monster hunting?
I mean how and where to find them, not the exact stats.

I still have the guide book for the original game.
It will not tell me how to optimize my chars, but I should be fine if I give every char a different
weapon type and chose skills that make some sense. No FF game was very hard, except some optional bosses.

[Hinnyuu]

Originally posted by Madscientist:

One more question:
I know that the job system and many items are different.
Are the enemies still the same, especially summons and the monster hunting?
I mean how and where to find them, not the exact stats.

Yes, they're the same. A few stats were adjusted (very few) but the locations of enemies and Espers are entirely unchanged.

If you need guides, there's tons of free online FAQs to refer to that have every piece of information you could ever need.