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I don't even like Dragon Age: Origins, but as an RTwP game it is infinitely superior to Final Fantasy 12. For starters, it supports a mouse, so it's actually possible to order multiple characters to move and freely target AoE abilities, something that is impossible to do in FF12 with its gamepad interface.Anyway I want to conclude by saying that Final Fantasy 12 - a RTwP JRPG that came out same year as DAO and coincidentally featured options for scripting companions during combat - not only did the companion scripts well enough but it did everything else better: better combat with a wider array of choices that stem from FF12s increased cast of available classes via its original license board system.
It also had much better encounter design and much better itemization.
Why do I bring up FF12 well because DA: Origins is a sub-par RPG that received praise it did not merit from posters here specifically because those posters were too bigoted to play non-Western games.
Even DA:O's meagre selection of spells is more varied and interesting than FF12's. For instance, there are spells in DA:O that create different kinds of environmental hazards, like Grease, Blizzard, the Glyph line of spells, etc. FF12 doesn't even have a single spell like that.
FF12 came out 3 years before DA:O. Are you sure you didn't accidentally hit your head on your way to the jrpg subforum (which would also explain how you arrived here)?Final Fantasy 12 - a RTwP JRPG that came out same year as DAO
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