Summoning!

[Xyrin]

What do you think of the summoning system?

For those of you that havn't been able to get your hands on the Demo, it's going to revolve around having MAX MP on every character in your party. MP Revives itself slowly... This puts a bunch more stratagy and planing in the game, not to mention it doesn't overly kill Summoning, like in the past Final Fantasys (Mainly pointing at VIII and X)

So what do you think?

[lukeman]

Havnt seen it yet, though from what I've heard summon monsters fight with you a la FFX. Found a great gameplay video on gamtrailers, though didn't see any summoning going on. I want dragon quest VIII to come out in the UK so I can get the demo!!

[Xyrin]

It's nothing at all like X.

The summon fights Along Side you, not for you.

And the summon stays out for a certain amount of time.. And can use a very powerful special attack.

[Dreyga]

i really cant wait for this summoning is my favorite thing this is going to be awesome

[Dark Sephiroth]

That sounds a lot different but very interesting

[lukeman]

sounds a bit more like Kingdom Hearts summoning then?

[One Winged Angel]

I have demo and haven't played it yet I should get around to doing it but I got addicted to Dragon Quest VIII and can't stop playing until I beat then I proably will try the FFXII hope it is really good.

[lukeman]

Yes, tell us all when you try it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sasukeXIII]

Yeah I would like to know more about this new summoning system, cause I always though it was like in FFX but now I think is a bit more chalenging concidering the time limit you get with the summons. I also heard that there is a summon for every Zodiac sign.

[lukeman]

....ARGH! OK, why are RPG's stealing my ideas!!?! lol. Since 2003 I have had a plan for a series of games I want to make at some point, and in the intervening time almost all of those ideas have come up in games like Final Fantasy, Star Ocean etc! (The latest of these being the Zodiac creatures)

I know they're not ACTUALLY stealing from me, but there are some scary coincidences going on!

[One Winged Angel]

I finally got around to playing and summoned one of the esper it start of by surronding you in flames and then symbol is on ground then the esper just pops up out of no where from flames and he starts attacking my enemies but I don't have my team mates are gone though but when he gets close to his to be gone he then uses he special attack where attacks everything in range doing this attack called Hellfire if I remember correctly it was coolest thing ever I was some awed by this power and strenght it is so cool.

[Miraclewhip]

My friend said the summons build TP (like in FFXI) and then unleash their "Astral Flow" so to speak (another FFXI reference). Summoner is my favourite FFXI job so I can't wait! <333

[Herert Wallace]

the Esper system,i really liked it,its a bit diference os the other FFs,but is really cool....

The most Strongee Esper is the cool:

SPOILER







Zoadiac


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i will get a picture of it,for you guys...

[YunaFF10]

For me, no i dont like the summoning because you get a limited time with the aeons and not as long as it dies like FFx

[Azerty]

The summoning system in FF12 certainly is different. I guess it's okay, but not all that.

[nevaratoiel]

The summons in FFXII are completely worthless. I don't think I've used an Esper more than once and I'm about halfway in the game...

[Sever Off]

The summons in FFXII are completely worthless. I don't think I've used an Esper more than once and I'm about halfway in the game...


Agread.. other than to open a door I only used them to see the finishing moves they offered. Pretty cool looking but otherwise worthless.

[Doughboy]

Yeah, they were pretty useless this time around in the game. They look really cool and seeing their special attacks its awesome, but other then that, they weren't much helpful. I wished you could've controlled your esper you know. They have they're own commands and their own gambits.....

[Networks]

Dude, FFXII made spells and espers pretty much useless because the gambit and auto-attack system.. If you had your gambits on you pretty much attack-mauled anything in distance whether you wanted to or not. I did not like that about the game at all =[

But I did use them whenever a Boss battle came because my characters were not up to par. Lol

[Sever Off]

I liked the gambits. Even though you could not set them for Espers. But I liked trying different set-ups on the characters that were with me. I didn't use them for my "main" guy because I liked having control of him.

[Dark Sephiroth]

i only ever used summons a few times once to open the door and a few times to see finishing moves and they are pretty worthless.

[Zidane007nl]

So far I like the summoning in the game, but I don't use them much. Only sometimes against some Hunts. What I don't like is the long duration between getting a new Esper in the story. I only have 2 Espers atm and my playtime is 65 hours already (I'm at the Sochen Cave Palace).