E3 2007: Hands-on with Final Fantasy 12 Revenant Wings
Final Fantasy 12 was definitely one of the best Final Fantasy games ever created, and Square Enix knows this. They know it so well that they are releasing about a million spinoffs in the same world as ff12, and surprisingly they all look pretty great. One of these spinoffs is a strange little tactics game for the DS called Revenant Wings. I got to play a bit of it on the show floor and I must say I was impressed. First off, Final Fantasy 12 on a portable system? Yes, please. Throw in some gorgeous fmv cutscenes, fantastic localization (Balthier's lines in the demo were priceless) and a new crisp almost chibi art style and you have a winner on your hands. My only issue with the demo was that the combat and gameplay was very slow paced, being a tactics game. You have to select the character you want to move with the stylus, then you have to select where you want them to walk or who you want them to attack, and then they sloooooooowly walk over and start auto attacking. The demo was pretty short and it didn't give a feel for the grand scope of the battle system, but from what I played I am certainly optimistic.
What say you?!