My only complaint is that the levels are a tad repetitious. By the time you finish playing the third character, Mercedes, you will have realized that the world stages are being reused and so are the bosses unfortunately (not all but some). I definitely won’t miss fighting the same dragons for the umpteenth time when they should have been dead many times over. Despite this fact, the characters are a lot of fun to check out as each has a different style of game play as well as unique pyspher (weapon): spear, long sword, crossbow, short sword, and chains. It is also interesting to see how the stories are interwoven (all of which can be reviewed via the in-game timeline).

For more information, check out the reviews on IGN and Gamespot or watch this quick video review:

If you have not heard about it already, you should check out the new Final Fantasy XII role-playing game released for the Sony Playstation 2. Hands down, it is the best game to be playing this holiday season. Even if you are not a gamer, you should still take a look at this game because, from a technological and artistic standpoint, it is outstanding what they can do with games today. It is money well spent and, besides, who needs to shell out large amounts of cash on the new console systems when there are high quality games with excellent content still being produced on the older systems. I could explain more but so many articles have been written already that you might as well check them out rather than listen to me:

• Gamespot
• IGN
• Slashdot
• RPG Gamer