FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE - Walkthrought Part 06 - LHUSU MINES

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Published on July 10, 2023 6:30:09 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojEIHuk1hTk

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Final Fantasy XII (2006)

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Walkthrough

Duration: 1:54:16

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I'm beginning a new Walkthrough of Final Fantasy XII/12 - a game first released in 2006 for the PlayStation 2 (I bought the PS2 version in 2007 and remember not being able to put it down the first time I played it but then didn't return to it in years) and then later remastered for the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 4 and the PC.

So I've bought the PC-remaster of the game named "Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age released in 2017 for the PC and the PS4 - this version was also released on the PS2 in Japan only but without the Remastered graphics of course- the difference between "The Zodiac Age" and the original PS2 release is the job-system which is now much better with the player being allowed to pick a job for each character after which he or she can specify what Licences he or she wants the character to learn - jobs such as Knight, White Mage, Red Mage, Black Mage, Machinist, Archer etc - in the original game every character had access to every License and there were no jobs - you could say that the original system was more of a mess and many characters ended up the same in their skills and attributes - the Zodiac Age delivers the ability to make each character unique in their skills and abilities which improves their usage by a lot.

Of course the Remaster has much improved textures as well improving the graphics a bit. And it's all been forced into a 1920/1080p HD resolution. I'm also using a bunch of mods improving all the textures in the game even further, improving the gameplay such as the length of in-game buffs or the accuracy of certain attacks - Party Members can now avoid enemy traps on their own and I can have 4 party members in a party instead of just 3 - lots of improvements to the party and such.

So back in 2007 I had played non-stop until I reached the area where Vaan, Balthier, Fran and Basch needed to find their way out of some electric tunnels. In this area I died all the time and I couldn't progress until I decided to use my Action Replay Cheat Codes to give my characters higher levels. I do believe that the game became a bit boring when using cheats while also being a bit too difficult without them. That's probably why I never returned to the game until 2013 six years later when I replayed everything I had already done in 2007 on the same PS2 PAL copy of the game that I still own.

I did buy the PS4-release of the game which was the same as the PC-release but then I ended up buying the PC-version due to wanting mods. The PC-version is for STEAM only so I will need to finish the game before the end of the year as STEAM won't work on Windows 7 after that - I'd have to update my windows which I'm not certain I will do - because I feel like they're gonna force the player to update to Win 11 later in a few years anyway so in the end a new computer will be needed.

In the PS2-title I seem to have ended my 2013 attempt at replaying things in the Nalbina Dungeons, and in 2007 I had played a bit longer - at first I played without cheats until the BARHEIM PASSAGE - but after that I had to use cheats due to dying all the time - and it would seem that my old saves were ended at BHUJERBA. I did play almost to that spot yesterday without cheats using the PC-release. I do own the official Strategy Guide for the game that I used in the past when Playing the PS2-title. I haven't used it when playing the PC-game.

So in this video I'll be playing through the LHUSU MINES using Vaan, Balthier, Fran and Basch - the team is also joined by a guest character named Lamont - a young Boy in his early teens - he joins the team due to stating personal businesses down in the mines but exactly who he is or what his goals are are uncertain. The episode will end after the heroes flee Ba'Gamnan and his mercenaries who ambush them down in the mines!

The video is at 1 hour, 54 minutes long. I had played until the end of this part using Action Replay Cheat Codes on my PlayStation 2 like back in 2007 - but this is the first time I'm completing this section of the story without cheats using the STEAM PC Remaster of the game from 2017.

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