Your first game over

[Belugn]

YEAH the texthera or how ever it was spelled like was HORRIBLE. I tried to take it on with just Vaan the first time, but he kept summoning help from his little wolf buddies, and I had to run away to save my own skin in the end. It was a little easier with backup help from Penelo haha.

Oh, this game can be how long you want it to be depending on what you plan to do. xD If you just play it through all the way I'm..not so sure how long it would take, but around 40-50 hours maybe? My first playthrough took me 68 hours I think, but I did some things on the side. The playthrough I have now has taken 120 hours something i think. xD;.. I've done pretty much everything except beating Gilgamesh and the other two last marks, and I haven't aquired Zodiark yet either. Haven't really bothered getting the bazaar weapons though, I heard it could take 15 hours or more to get the items you need for tornesol, and in my book it's just not worth it. I haven't found the weapons in FFXII to be too different from each others or extremely powerful in any way, heh.

[Kisuke]

Gilgamesh was a tough fight I barely beat him..I was so excited when I was fighting him because it want that hard at first then he gets a damn upgrade..But I still beat him so im okay with it now..

[Belugn]

I laughed so much when I encountered Gilgamesh for the first time. I had accepted the hunt for him ages ago, but then I just kinda forgot it, and accidentally stumbled upon him when I was really going after the childsnatcher. I was all HMM a cutscene? And there he came flying from nowhere. Gilgamesh is hilarious as always. Yeah I've heard about his power up from first to second encounter, but a challenge is always welcome!

[Seerax]

I recognise the name Gilgamesh...

[Belugn]

Gilgamesh is a recurring character of the FF series, I think he's been everything between enemy, ally and summon? And he's got one of the best soundtracks ever. : )

[Seerax]

Hahaha xD Sounds nice

[some guy]

Originally Posted by Lily

That stupid bloody T Rex thing in Dalmasca, I should have known it was as scary as it looked when I decided to pick on it. I must have only been about level 3. I gave it a
wide berth after that

I think I did that too, but that was when I first saw the game, but it was my friends copy and he told me to attack it.

But if I can have a second chance where I had a free run, It most probably was Demon Wall, as I was inexperienced. Damn Beasty

[KeybladerXIII]

I left the city and as I saw the intro clip for the Estersands I saw a saurian. As I explored the terrain I came across such a dinosaur and found it to be gentle. I thought to myself, "Well know, you can't be so tough, you'll be a nice chunk of EXP for me." As I struck it with my mosquito bite of a sword, I realized the danger of the situation. I desperately try to run back to the Rabanastre borders but alas, the saurian tore me in half.

GAME OVERRRRRRRRR

[Fate]

Oh, I remember my first game over very well. I, like the the majority of the people who have posted, also spotted the Wild Saurian in the distance, while I was traversing back to Rabanastre in the Estersand. Experience points flew off the reptile like rain on glass. Of course, I didn't know what a green HP bar meant, but the thing wasn't attacking me, so I figured I would have the advantage. One hit and a big, fat zero appeared. The beast then turned around and glared me in the eye like in Jurassic Park where the Tyrannosaurus Rex stared into that one vehicle. It opened its large jaws of death and about a thousand points of damage was depleted from Vaan's HP.

::EDIT:: Pfft. It seems Keyblader and I had the same issue: greed. Hahaha.

[Seerax]

Wait a minute... Arent we able to see the lvl and hp of the saurian with Libra from the very start?

[Belugn]

Originally Posted by Fate

Oh, I remember my first game over very well. I, like the the majority of the people who have posted, also spotted the Wild Saurian in the distance, while I was traversing back to Rabanastre in the Estersand. Experience points flew off the reptile like rain on glass. Of course, I didn't know what a green HP bar meant, but the thing wasn't attacking me, so I figured I would have the advantage. One hit and a big, fat zero appeared. The beast then turned around and glared me in the eye like in Jurassic Park where the Tyrannosaurus Rex stared into that one vehicle. It opened its large jaws of death and about a thousand points of damage was depleted from Vaan's HP.

That was the most epic and the most accurate re-telling of the entire lv 27 saurian experience ever. Have you guys noticed that it also feeds on the wolves in the area, increasing his level even more? Haha, bloody reptile... I am really curious about how he ended up there though, right outside Rabanastre, just preying on wolves and leaving humes alone unless they...interfere, so to say. I mean, his relatives further into the estersand are everything but gentle.

....I must have repressed like EVERYTHING or just been in pure denial, but when I posted this I was pretty sure I've only had like a maximum of two game overs. But now that you mention the demon wall, I remember the Garuda. THE GARUDA. God I've never been more stuck in a game before. I went to face her, had a BRUTAL game over. Trained for a week in the sand sea (that soundtrack really starts to get on your nerves after a while.) And then tried again, doing a little better, well, since I defeated her an all. YAY!
..juuuust to, moments later, run into the tomb and become a gorey splash of pressed flesh between wicked walls. Half of my team was sent into the x-zone though but I'm not sure if that's any better...

Edit: OH and seerax, yes, we are! But on my first playthrough I had no idea where to get magic, and perhaps that goes for everyone else in here. xD

[Seerax]

True, oh so very true xD

[Kisuke]

I saw the HP and lvl but completely ignored it and like an idiot fought...

[Locke4God]

I got a ton of them early. I can't honestly say which was my first, but that Dinosaur in the Destersand kicked my ass, and then I died at the hands of the werewolves in the Giza plains. There were a few other ones, I think in the Westersand when it's just Vaan & Penello and you run across some really tough guys out there who outclass you.

The weird thing is, is that the game gets easier for awhile after than. You gambit cure and status items to any party member and you don't really have to worry about too much for awhile.

[Seerax]

Oh... I remember those werewolfs... didn't end very well xD

[Kisuke]

I died a few times in the pharoahs as well....

[Angel of Darkness]

Wow. So I'm not the only one who decided to poke the dinosaur with just a measly sword. I freaked out at first when I saw it. I decided to stay away from it until I thought, "Hey he's here at the beginning. How hard can he be? Right?" Wrong. After one poke the jaws of death came down on Vaan.
I had many game overs my first time through. I remember that I avoided the Wyrm boss in the Golmore Jungle by taking a quick detour through the Feywood. I was running for my life through there.
I had trouble when it came to the Esper in the Stillshrine of Miriam. I died so many that I decided to start the game completely over from the beginning and train correctly, instead of moving through the game fast.

[Kisuke]

Originally Posted by Angel of Darkness

Wow. So I'm not the only one who decided to poke the dinosaur with just a measly sword.

Im almost positive that everyone who has played XII attacked the TRex at the beginning...

[Belugn]

Angel of Darkness: You can AVOID battling the wyrm of golmore jungle by passing through the feywood? XD I have to try that sometime just for the heck of it haha.

And I actually learned my lesson and stayed away from the werewolves. Those...oohh now I've lost the name for them...those walking-up-right eagles roaming Giza Plain anyway, they were a PAIN in the beginning, and I avoided them at all costs...but then again I never used gambits AT ALL on my first play through and doing all healing manually was way slower than putting in some good healing gambits. : ) The final battle took years with manual healing...and it's a long battle already.

[WilsonDean1990]

You guys will love this.

The first ever time i played my first Final Fantasy (Final Fantasy VII) was when i was 9 and i was lending FFVII off my friend because it looked cool. The first ever boss you verse in the mako reactor, the Guard Scorpion (Big Red Thing) i didn't realize you weren't meant too attack when its tail was up so it killed me