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FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE - This revered classic returns, now fully remastered for the first time for PC, featuring all new and enhanced gameplay.
FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE is a rpg, jrpg and fantasy game
developed and published by Square Enix.
Released on February 01st 2018 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 8,608 reviews of which 7,748 were positive and 860 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 13.04€ on Eneba.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7-64bit or later
- Processor: Pentium G3260 @ 3.0GHz (2 cores)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 or AMD equivalent w/ 2GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 50 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
- Additional Notes: Expected Framerate: 30 FPS
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~~~ If you are having fatal error ~~~ Windows 11. i run the game by the time i get to the Nabreus deadlands it instantly crashes after the waypoint even if i start the game all over in a brand new game. ~~ Fix: Steam > Steam apps > Common > FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE > x64 > FFXII_TZA Find the launcher " FFXII_TZA " Right click properties, make sure you check the box for "Run in compatibility mode" set it to windows 8 / i also checked " Run this program as an administrator" ~~ Side notes inside the folder x64 you need to pay attention. Every single time you run into Fatal Error for me it was creating a 6 Gig dump file every single time. when i opened up the folder it was holding 350G and ff12 is only 29G... So pay attention and make sure u check the folder size to see if its dumping empty file sizes into it. I hope this finds you before you crash out. I love this game and this was really pssing me off.. and if i encounter anymore bugs ill try to edit this but as of 8/30/2026 this solved my issue.
Nvidia Fix: For those with Nvidia cards who are crashing when loading up a save you don't need to install a mod or delete the shader cache to fix it, just go to Nvidia's Control Panel turn on "Use The Advanced 3D Settings" in the "Adjust Image Settings With Preview" Tab, then switch over to "Manage 3D Settings" Tab and in the "Global Settings" scroll down to "Shader Cache Size" and disable it, that will fix the crashing issue, just don't forget to turn it back on after your done playing because other games and programs need it on. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review: I originally played the international edition a long time ago and decided to give this Zodiac version a shot and i gotta say Final Fantasy XII is still easily one of the best Final Fantasy games out there that mixes the world building of Tactics with the Mold of a Mainstream Final Fantasy game and it works really well, good story, good characters, good music etc. It's truly one of the most unique of the Final Fantasy's and if your someone who like's Final Fantasy or RPG's in general you will no doubt like this game just fine, but as always, It's.. Up.. To.. You and i'll leave it at that. (^_−).
This is unplayable without mods as it will crash on launch, but the game is still one of the best RPGs ever made. It's overpriced for what is essentially an old game that has been touched up for a PC port, so buy it on sale. Here's how to fix crash: -Install Vortex Manager and boot it up. -Add Final Fantasy XII under "add games", press ok. -Make sure the manager has you logged on, mods should download directly from browser into mod manager -Download FF12 tkMalloc Fix -Download FF12 External File Loader -Click Deploy mods on mod page -You can now play crash free Links below: [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/vortex]Vortex Mod Manager [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy12/mods/170?tab=files]FF12 External Fire Loader [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy12/mods/475?tab=files]tkMalloc (Crash Fix) The game itself? -Great voice acting -A visual style that is still beautiful and timeless (originally a PS2 game) -The plot feels grandiose and keeps you invested -A very unique combat system where you can program your party to do certain things -Can be a bit grindy, but this PC port comes with a speed up button -Lots of mods for the game
Great game so far, until I hit the bug where the game would crash to a black screen on load, If this happens don't panic just do this: "Yep, go into the NVIDIA Control Panel and, right on the first tab under “3D Settings”, choose “Use the advanced 3D image settings” among the three options so that your personal settings actually take effect. Then scroll down to “Manage 3D settings” right below, the second tab on “3D Settings”. You’ll see an option called “Shader Cache Size”, simply disable it. After you’re done playing, you can turn it back on again, because it’s useful for other games." Seriously great game so far but Squeenix coded this game poorly for modern systems lol
After 100 hours, I finally got fully completed Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age and immensely enjoyed it. Seriously tho, the gameplay was something that I wasn’t expecting to enjoy as much as I did because it wasn’t proper turn based (or ATB) like how I was used to at this point. I was genuinely so put off by the fact it was different that I didn’t even try it, but after actually having played it, wow this just be one of my favorite gameplay styles in the series yet. Surprisingly, it’s really no different from ATB, the only difference is that you can now move freely now, adding more layers of strategy. Oh yeah, I should probably get to the job system which is new to the Zodiac AGE VERSION of this game. Ima be honest, I really don’t care that much for job systems in not just Final Fantasy, but really any RPG that offers them (okay Bravely Default gets a pass, there were many cool combinations you could between two jobs and I just wanted an excuse to talk about bravely default). In this game though, the job system I would say is done pretty well, you combine jobs like how you could in FF5 and those two jobs you assign to a character are the two jobs you’re most likely gonna stick to the entire game. See unlike ff3, ff5, and ffx-2, you’re not encouraged to master multiple jobs per character, since it takes a long time to master a single one, so instead you’re focusing on mastering the two jobs assigned per character. The way you advance the jobs is very much like the Sphere Grid system from FFX, you gain LP (license point) from killing enemies which allows you to advance a “grid” of sorts and work your way up to the best that the job has to offer. Also unlike FFX, this game actually has proper levels, yeah most of your stats are still gonna come from the license board, but at least now you can effectively gain some bonus stats. Best of all, if you don’t like your current job combination on a character, you can totally switch your two jobs with NO punishment, all the LP spend on those two jobs are returned to you, (although you do gotta spend a few minutes spamming the a button to unlock everything which is a little annoying). Okay now let’s talk more about the games structure, so it kinda plays like an MMO in the sense that you can explore this giant massive world with tons of secret areas to visit, tons of side quests and optional content you can partake in, and it’s rather grindy nature (though if you aren’t personally interested in the side content there isn’t really a need for grinding all that much). To me, this a very much a numbers go up kinda game which I enjoy, grinding was actually kinda fun for me as I could just have Vaan let the other two characters beat the enemies while he steals items from the enemies, which are valuable cause they sell for a lot of Gil (which is hard to come by during a lot of the Main story). I’d often get sidetracked a lot during the main story and spend an extra 30 minutes grinding in an area cause dammit I really need that extra HP for my black mage. Well yeah anyway, since I grinded a lot, the game itself wasn’t really a challenge, but even then I’d still say it’s on the lower side of difficulty thanks to the large amount of broken things in this game (spells, broken job combinations, some very powerful equipment you can obtain etc). Nahh, if you want any sort of challenge from this game, that’s what the optional content is for. The hunts are a big part of this game, you basically go to the board that has different hunts of certain monsters posted then you go to the client to accept. Anyway, you really have to be prepared for some these hunts cause they get REAL nasty very quick, most of the time when they’re low HP they often resort to using cheap strategies like one for example spams the “death” ability killing one of you party members instantly (no way to become immune to death unlike other entries in the series). A few of them also begin to hit like a truck when low HP as well so have heals ready. They also have a lot of HP as well with Yiazmat, the final hunt, having 50 million HP!!!! The Espers (bosses that you can summon upon defeating them) are also kinda like hunts given they are optional bosses that you have to go out of your way to defeat, these guys are arguably harder as they usually have you at a handicap. For example one of the espers, Zeromus, prevents you from using magic spells, meaning you can only hit him with physical attacks. Anyways, every area in this game is large and it’ll take you a while to fully explore every single area in the game. I like this as it’s just another excuse for me to spend even more time grinding while also finding valuable items in chest. That’s nice, but once you start doing everything in this game, backtracking through these large areas can start to feel a slog after a while, thankfully a really cool feature in this game helps remedy that, Speed up. the feature has been in the other rereleases of FF games (namely 7-10, though funnily enough last year it would’ve only been 8–0 cause the version of 7 was the old one released in 2013) but i didn’t use it all too much because the games weren’t as long and you weren’t backtracking all that much (okay I did use it for 8 to speed up drawing magic), in 12, I used this feature more than I’d like to admit, though I only really used when having to backtrack (of which You’ll have to do a lot) and for grinding. Even still, this feature makes the constant going from one area to another so much less time consuming which I can certainly appreciate! There is also a new Trial mode added exclusively for the ZodIAC Age version of this game, and it’s pretty fun! It's basically a gauntlet of trials where you’re stuck in a room with a bunch of enemies and bosses you fought previously, they get harder the more you progress with Trial 100 having an exclusive Superboss (well I guess Bosses) the five judges who are easily the HaRDEsT boss in this game! Now I should’ve probably mentioned the biggest system of the game, the gambit system. Think of this as basically like coding, if a foe or an ally has a certain status effect or is at a certain amount of HP for example, you can make them do a command that responds to that scenario adding a layer of strategy to boss fights and also removes constant menu opening. For the character you’re controlling this doesn’t mean much, but this feature is pretty much crucial for your AI companions that fight alongside you as they won’t do anything unless you give them some gambits to work with. Ultimately, I’m sad to say that I didn’t care all that much for the story. Don’t get me wrong, the world of Ivalice is very fascinating with tons of interesting lore compiled with different creatures and characters, but I didn’t find said creatures and characters all that interesting. Okay I haven’t played 13-16 yet, but Vaan has to be an easy contender for worst FF protagonist right??? (I hear great things about lightning, noctis, and clive). I mean what does this guy do?? He’s got charisma, I'll give him that and I'll also give him that he has leadership,but he doesn’t really contribute much to the plot at all!?! Overall, I really enjoyed my time with Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age and I’m really excited to eventually play 13 (as I hear many good and bad things about it). If this game had a better story with more interesting characters it honestly could’ve been my favorite Final fantasy, I’d give it a strong 9/10!! Highly recommend trying it out if you haven't.
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FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE was developed and published by Square Enix.
Yes, FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE is playable and fully supported on Windows.
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