Famitsu gives FFXII Perfect Score

[Ryudo]

Interesting, and totally unsurpising to me...

http://1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3148658

Final Fantasy XII is just one short week away from release in Japan, and today, the first review scores became public as early copies of this week's issue of Weekly Famitsu, Japan's most well-known gaming magazine, went on sale. The verdict? A perfect score of 40 out of 40.
Although Famitsu isn't especially known for its conservative scores, the multiple reviewer aspect of the cross reviews makes it difficult for games to score perfectly. Only five titles have attained such elite status before: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, for Nintendo 64, Soul Calibur, for Dreamcast, Vagrant Story, for PlayStation, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, for GameCube and Nintendogs, for Nintendo DS. Japanese forum-goers have observed that only one perfect review has been given out for each platform to date, and for the past couple of years, many have been predicting that Final Fantasy XII would be "the one."

Each of the four reviewers praised the graphics, scenario and game system extensively, in particular the freshness that the latest entry has brought to the Final Fantasy series. Interestingly enough, this is the second time a Yasumi Matsuno game received a perfect score from Famitsu; he was also the director of the critically-acclaimed PlayStation epic, Vagrant Story. Although he's no longer being credited as the man in charge of Final Fantasy XII, his influence is still very obviously prevalent throughout the game.

w00t!

 

[Keith Justice]

I saw that. I mean, I felt the battle system was one of the most abhorent things I've had the misfortunte to experience so this is pretty impressive.

But FF games usually do score pretty high nonetheless.

Wonder how it'll turn out...

 

[Ragna "D" BloodEdge]

If experience teaches anything? Flawless. :thumbs:

More details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XII

I have to say I love the new feature where you can teach characters different Limit Breaks instead of them having a pre-set list of them. And the Espers are back, too.

 

[SaikoDragon]

A perfect score? Awesome. Though I dont trust Famitsu as well anymore. Not after the WindWaker score.. =_= Im sorry you can like the game no way in HELL was it perfect. To say its perfect is like saying its just as good as OoT and it sure as hell wasnt. They dropped the ball on that one. Perhaps it was too much pity for Nintendo.

Anywho. I cant wait for FF12. Im hoping it lives up to that kinda hype.