1. Dissidia 012 Duodecim Final Fantasy
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Besides maybe Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call, Dissidia 012 Duodecim Final Fantasy is the biggest and best celebration of Final Fantasy in a single game. It’s a prequel to the original Dissidia Final Fantasy. The first one takes place on the 13th cycle of the conflict, while the “duodecim” part of the title tells us that this one takes place on the 12th cycle. What do you mean you didn’t know what a “duodecim” was? It’s Latin for 12, obvs.
Duodecim’s story is quite a bit darker than the original’s, showing exactly how brutal this world can be for our heroes. Some baddies are on the good side, and some heroes are on the bad side, and there’s betrayals aplenty. It serves as a great setup for the story that follows. What’s fantastic is that the entirety of the first game is part of this game too! Including the entire story, with all of the new features of Duodecim, as well as added side stories that show what the villains are up to during the events of the game.
New gameplay features included the introduction of assist characters – something that not even NT has – where you can call out a buddy during combat to help you out. A world map system was also integrated into the story mode, which is, again, something that is missing from NT. Plus, you can play as Tifa, Yuna, Laguna, Prishe and even Gilgamesh in this one.
Dissidia 012 Duodecim Final Fantasy is simply bursting with content. With its lengthy story modes, its great cast of upgradeable characters, and huge amount of collectibles, it could keep you busy for hundreds of hours. It doesn’t have the online capabilities that NT has, but it has so much extras to make up for that. Play NT for the online modes; play Duodecim for everything else.
