Friday, December 08, 2006
Twas the week after...
Yes, it has been a whole week after the submission of my dissertation (a fancy word for thesis) and what have I been doing for the past one week?!
Berbond-bond with Balthier aka Ffamran Demen Bunansa.
Who? you may ask. And I will tell you that he is the most dashing man I have ever met in my young life. Imagine Captain Jack Sparrow with a British accent and instead of a drunken swagger, a confident arrogant stride, and you have imagined Captain Balthier, sky-pirate of the skies of Ivalice, the prodigal son of the noble House Bunansa of Archadia.
Who? you might ask again.
And I will finally shake my head at your great loss of not knowing the leading man (as he proclaimed himself to be) of Final Fantasy XII. And if you guys don't know what is FFXII, tell me and I will jump out over the balcony of my two-storey house.
Ok, Balthier is not the main character of the game, but the main character is a sissy good for nothing observer that is so annoying.
"He is a wannabe" - Sabrina
Maybe I haven't finish the game, so I won't know his real role yet, but so far he is a great disappointment (I am almost at the end of the game) compared to the coolness of Cloud Strife and Squall Leonhart. Even monkey Zidane Tribal and the pussy Tidus made a better main character than Vaan. Bleah...
@TZ: Will he remain just an observer through the rest of the game?!! DON'T tell me.
So I am having fun with Balthier right now... for 7 straight days, I've been going on quests and levelling up and trying to save Damalsca from the evil clutches of Vayne Solidor, dictator of Archadia. I'm currently hunting and hoping to level up the sissy Vaan. Haha.
If you guys are interested to read up about Final Fantasy XII, just wiki for it. Hell, just click here.
If you guys are lazy, I'll summarise it:
The story of Final Fantasy XII is set in the world of Ivalice in an age where "magic was commonplace" and "airships plied the skies, crowding out the heavens". It is a time of war, the great Archadian empire plans to invade the Rozarrian empire and the Kingdom of Damalsca lies between the two opposing forces. And so our story begins in Rabanestra, capital of the Damalsca, two years after Damalsca was occupied by Archadia.
My characters:
1. Vaan is a Hume (Ivalice word for Human) street urchin. He is the boy I control, the observer wannabe-sky pirate whose brother was killed during the Archadian invasion of Dalmasca and the brother was the only witness of the death of the King of Damalsca. He has very strange six packs. Just check the picture. A bit of a girl girl too. Sissy.
Vaan2. Ashe B'nargin Dalmasca, a 19-year-old Hume princess, sole heir to the throne of Damalsca. She faked her death after Archadia conquered Dalmasca and joined the resistance (insurgents) force. Her husband, Prince Rasler of Nabradia was killed in the war, but somehow she stills see him everywhere. Hallucinating princess. Haha. The husband very cute. Got baby face.
Lady Ashe. What is with Square Enix and clothes that covers nothing?
And this is her cute husband who died right at the beginning of the game. Not fair.
3. Basch Fon Ronsenberg, a36-year-old Hume. Former Captain in the Dalmascan Order of Knight who was supposed to be hung for the assassination of the Dalmascan king. But actually it was the twin brother. A bit bodoh of a twist. I never like stories with twins involved. Sounds too easy.
Basch4. Balthier, Ffamran Demen Bunansa. Only 22-year-old. A sky pirate with a Viera partner, Fran. No need anymore introduction. My favourite male character to date. Suave, cool, a pirate.
"You are a pirate, aren't you? Then steal me." - Ashe, Final Fantasy XII.
Oh yeah, steal me too.
5. Fran. A Viera. What is a Viera u ask? Check the picture. A playboy bunny with clothes that are meant to cover nothing. Haha. Hell, there is a whole village of them walking about.
"I need to play that game" - Raj.
This is Fran.
This is Fran's sister in a very see-through lingerie.6. Penelo, another Hume who is a friend of Vaan. I think she loves him. Hmm. I have no idea what the hell is she doing as my team. Betul betul no contribution to the story line other than jaga-ing vaan from getting out of hand.
PeneloBack to the storyline.
If any of you have played, read about, heard about Final Fantasy, every since FFVIII (eight), love as played a huge part in the story. I mean all the lovey dovey between Squall Leonhart and Rinoa Heartilly (FFVIII), Zidane Tribal and Garnet Alexandria (FFIX) and the over exessive kissing scene in FFX between Tidus and Yuna where somehow they can continue kissing underwater for a whole 4 minutes plus. That kissing scene indicates that it is about time the plot changes. And in this FFXII, it changes.
Gone is the love scenes, say hello to political intrigue and massive war scenes with giant airship battles and scenes that seems very Star Wars like. You have a rebellious princess (like Princess Leia), a dashing pirate (like Hans Solo) who has a fury side-kick (like Chewbacca). Haha. No more kissing and bla bla love songs. Everybody say yay!! Including you, KenJay. (Hey, that rhymes). Yes, you can put delete that picture of Yuna in your phone and put in Fran's pic? Haha.
There was this forum that was comparing Yuna of Final Fantasy X and Ashe of Final Fantasy XII, seeing who is better.
"Ashe was created with better graphic power. Not fair" - Forummer
"Yuna is too innocent. Good, cause I can teach her a thing or two" - Forummer
Things people can talk about these days.
I have to get one of this. It is a Moogle! So cute!!!!
And FFXII has a teen rating for:
- Alcohol Reference
- Fantasy Violence (I don't get this.)
- Mild Language
- Partial Nudity (remember the Playboy bunnies)
- Suggestive Themes (Playboy bunnies again!! Guys just gotta love those bunnies)
Anyway, back to the real world... what am I planning to do with for the next 1++ month before I fly off to Brisbane?!!!!
PARTAAAAY!!!!
"With each passing day, the world finds new and exciting ways to kill a man."
- Balthier, Final Fantasy XII
Ok.. wat I am going to do will be handled in another post. Need to go play with Balthier again.
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