Xmas is just around the corner. Yeah i know is 16 days away but this Xmas is gonna be very complicated because this year had some very awesome games, from titan fall 2, Attack on Titan Wings of freedom and many more.

However there are two games I want to get this Xmas but the only problem is i don't have any money physically, and also I do not have Pay Pal. So getting money through the internet is not gonna be easy as it looks. Like seriously how do you guys do that? Whelp anywho, so the only solution i can do is get Xbox live Currency Cards and Nintendo e shop currency cards. These will come back later.

Now what are these two games i actually wanted so bad for Xmas? Well these two games are Final Fantasy XV for the Xbox one and Pokemon Sun. (Not going for moon because of midday Lycanroc and so many OTHER reasons) now onto the first problem i have is which one i want if i can't have both.

These two games are really good games and have been on my mind for a while and i just wanted to play em both like i am on crack and on a sugar /caffiene rush. but there is a circumstance where i am force to pick one over the other. Both have pros and cons like any other games have. They maybe very good games however not perfect. So lets get the first Elephant out of the Room and discussing FFXV.

About 10 long years of Development, while delaying it several hundred times, Square Enix had finally released supposely the most hyped up Final Fantasy game with a brand new combat system mechanic since the kingdom hearts games and Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII (or Final Fantasy XIII-3 Lightning returns if you want to be more spercific) and possibly their greatest masterpiece, Final Fantasy XV. Now i am gonna spoiler a little bit since i have watch a couple of playthroughs of the game Via youtube. First off the exploration and Combat system is very fluent and the A.I. is super cooperative. We're talking Bioshock Infinite Elisabeth Cooperative...okay maybe not THAT cooperative but the A.I lends you a hand or two and helping your other ally A.I.s. now back to the combat system what i really like about the combat system is the Parrying. In the game you have two formations by simply pressing the button. Circle (or B button for those who has it on the XBox one version) For Attacking, and the Square button (or X button, again for the Xbox one) for defending. You need to constantly switch between two of these formations. If there is a group of enemies surrounding and you cannot block all of em, no problem. Square Enix decided to be even more generous and added a dodge button by simply double tapping the square or X button which happens to be your defend button. Now back onto the parrying system. In random or crucial circumstance while fighting enemies pressing the defend button is good and all but what will happen if you time your defend stance at the perfect timing just as the enemy is about to hit as a red shield icon with the block button appearing? Well you did what is called parrying in FFXV and what it does not only stunn the target but allows you to counter em with a devastating attack that heavily damage or cripple your enemy target, allowing you to finish them off. Now onto the two awesome features in the combat and that Warping and Warp-Striking and weapon changing. So lets get the weapon changing system outta the way and save the warp and warp strike for last. The character you playing as, Noctis, has the ability to change or switch different weapons in AND outside of battles. Which he can switch either range weapons such as Shurikens, Guns and Crossbows. Long reach such as Spears, Axes and Greatswords, and medium to close quarter weapons such as the Sword, Katanas and Dual daggers. Not only that but he can cast tons of magic in his arsenal. Making him a a full fledge offensive balance Character, as the rest of the characters that are AI controlled, they can only use one or two weapons. Gladious or Gladio is a slow but heavy hitter that can take tons of abusement with his Great sword, making him the shield of the team. Next is prompto a joker but excellent sharpshooter specialize in long range attacks his trusty revolver. And last but not least, Ignis specialize in careful planning and with trusting magic and dual wielding dagger combat he is quite an impressive ally to have but outside of battle he is quite the gentleman and just happens to very intelligent and a great cook.

Sorry getting off topic. Back to the weapon changing system. What i like about this feature PERSONALLY is that it allows to player to use what weapon that'll fit the situation. Its exactly like Star Fox Assault for the nintendo Gamecube where changing weapon to fit what situation is crucial if you wish to prevail. In FFXV you can pretty much expiriment what weapon you wish to have and fit what situation and you can switch between four different weapons in and outside of battle and you can change em in the status screen any time outside of battle. Now the only problem i kinda dislike with this mechanic is that only noctis can use this feature. Gladious, Ignis and Prompto can't switch weapons or change Weapons. And due to the fact you'll find better weapons later on in the game you can equip each of your allies with their signature weapon with one of your own wrapons you have gathered and bought through out your adventure. Now lets talk about the war and warp striking. This is possibly the most badass feature in the game. Now what this feature or ability does is basically giving you the ability to teleport and dart around the battlefield. And you can warp or teleport just about almost anywhere while in the heat of battle. While outside it allows to get to certain spots in the game you couldn't reach. Now the question is it more helpful DURING battle? Actually yes it is. Because during battle you gain a target reticle which tls where the warp is gonna take. Pressing and holding the warp button which is Triangle (or Y for Xbox one) you can warp and latch on to any surface. Now this is where we bring up whats called a warp strike, the warp ability can actually be used on enemies and when it does it turns into Warp Strike. So therefore, shooting myself in the foot here; having ranged Weapons in your arsenal pretty much unreliable. But there is one or two tiny flaws with this mechanic which i am gonna get to in a bit. But the warp striking allowing you to go in and get up close and personal with the enemy but at the cast of leaving yourself open for a small brief moment.

Now lets talk about the cons of this game, Gameplay wise, ranging from rolling my eyes at em to raising an eyebrow. First off again the weapon changing system is okay and all but only noctis can change and switch weapons at will while Gladio, Prompto, and Ignis can't. C'mon Square Enix this your franchise we talking about here that started off as a turn based JRPG for the NES, for god sake!
Hell even your Bravely Series has tons of weapons AND options to choose from to make up your team that way while being diversed on your team.

Second problem is that while in combat, your attacks and Defending and dodging and yes even your warping abilities has a LIMIT. How are they limited you maybe asking; simply put its determined by your MP gauge. And yes i know at first glance i thought it means "Magic Points" and yes as i said before you can use magic in FFXV but its also limited because they are consumable ATTACK ITEMS.

Now back to the MP gauge. Each time you either attack, Defend, dodging or warping, your MP goes down and when the MP gauge is empty you enter a stasis status which unables you to do any of your combat actions including defending for several seconds or longer. Basically to simply put this, you are left completely wide open for your enemies to close in on you and gang bang the shit out of you and pushing your shit in. So the key to each fight is cordinate your attacks just perfectly as possible with your AI team to avoid suffering a stasis status from you going all trigger happy on your enemies.

Now in terms of gaining experience; yes the level up system is back but its not gonna be like "gain this amount of EXP and you can be Leveled up" each time you complete a battle you gain two types of points, Experience points and Ascend points. Experience points is as i said before it helps you level up however it is done differently but has been done before. The only way to level up is to cash in your experiencing by going to the resting areas or sleeping in hotels. Let me repeat that, you gained levels by cash in your experience you have gained through battles by resting hotels.

And now i am gonna be getting tons of raised eyebrows and being asked "how did this mechanic have been done before?" well believe it or not. Its not from any of the final fantasy games in the franchise. Instead it came another game series.

Now before i get to what game series I am gonna be talking about, let me warn everyone that this could have been a huge coincidence with this mechanic. And my biggest fear that Square Enix discovering this and may have to do some major changes in the game which will piss a lot of people off and fingers are gonna be pointing legitimately at me for bringing this up.

The series I am gonna be talking about is the hydlide series. Yes Hydlide that game of the year of the NES that everyone consider as the worst Zelda clone ever made, believe it or not the game had a series, it had 2 Sequals (however hydlide 2 was never released in the US and only in Japan on the PC and MSX) and a remake. The Hydlide game i am gonna be talking about to compare the Level up system in FFXV is Super Hydlide, or specifically Hydlide 3, for the Sega Genesis. In super Hydlide by killing enemies you gain Experience points which acts as Currency which allows you to cash em in to learn new spells or got to a specific shop in the first town of the game to gain LEVELS.

Let me reiterate and imply that in a better and specfic description; you gain experience by killing enemies, go to a shop with the experience you have gained, cash em in to level up!

MIND. FUCKING. BLOWN!! HOW DO YOU EVEN!?!?

This cannot be a huge ass coincidence and if it was I bet everyone will be more mind blowned myself included. Like holy shit Square Enix!

Okay let me just explained how the ascend points are used very quick and go straight to talking about sun and moon. The ascend points can be spent to gain new abilities and upgrades for Noctis and his team. Basically its just like the Final Fantasy 10 series and Final fantasy XIII and XIII-2 crystalium system.

Okay now onto Pokemon sun and moon. Now right off the bat on what i like about this game is they brought the character Customization back. Something i have been looking forward to since X and Y. Though i Kinda notice that the customization is very limited compared to X and Y Customization, Correct me if I am wrong and just seeing things. Anyways the Starter pokemon is already got me interested, Eversince i saw their evolution line. So shut up Gen Whiners, this is where the REAL fun begins.

First we have Rowlett, possibly the second dual type starter of the beginning of the game since Bulbasaur, a Grass and Flying type Owl. Litten, a Pure Fire type kitten pokemon with a "i don't give a flying fuck" expression but will involve inti the best tiger pokemon that no one wants to from, that not even that Tiger from that frosted flakes cereal box doesn't want to fuck around with. And Popplio a very cute and playful clown seal that everyone keeps turning down because simply because of its design, disregarding the fact that his/her final evolution is part fairy and therefore uneffected towards dragon types and can take up with ease. So if any dares try to despise Popplio for anything stupidest or retarded besides its design including not providing strong evidence to back up your reasons should be promptly shot!


Now onto the Z crystal system. For those who hasn't gotten or played Pokemon Sun and Moon, Z crystals are equippable battle items that allows the pokemon to use said item to perform a whats a call a Z move. Basically it acts like a powerful special attack and it does MASSIVE damage to the target. But its only limited to be use one time per battle just from how frequently it has been used. Again i never played the game nor do i had the chance to get it but hopefully i will soon, like really soon.

Now what I really do like in Pokemon Sun and Moon is the trials. The only slight nitpick i have with the previous pokemon games is that all you have to do to beat every pokemon core game, non competitive wise, is to collect all 8 Gym badges in order to gain access to the pokemon League. The only two issues is that the pokemon League in the later Generations after Gen 2 is usually at the end of the game and some of the HM moves that requires gym badges to activate them are accessable but they cannot be used outside of battle until you get a specific gym badge to activate it.

Luckily Pokemon and Sun and Moon fixes BOTH of those problems by not only making these Trials much more intersting by adding some puzzle solving and twist and turns, etc. but also when you defeat the trial captain not only get a Z crystal to specify that you defeat a Trial captain but get a new feature called Poke Rides which are special pokemon which can summoned that is not from your party there making HM moves no longer needed. Again huge approvement. Also the pokemon in Alola are freakin cool. Including the legendary pokemon Solgaleo and Lunaala. So yeah compare that along with the other Gen 3 through 6, to your precious gen 1, Gen wunners or should i say Gen Whiners.

Well thats enough explaining. Now onto the cons of this game. Let me reiterate that the customization seems a bit more limited than it was in X and Y. But don't get me wrong. If i could do some customization, thats okay I guess. So its either that or nothing.

Second problem i have with the game is the music. The visual graphics though is fantastic, don't get me wrong. Though the music could be put more effort into. If they could make X and Y music sound epic including the music for ORAS especially's Wally's theme at Victory Road, Zinnia's theme at the Sky Pillar or hell the Primal Reversion of Groundon and Kyogre, even deoxys's Theme sound badass then what the hell happened Game Freak? Put more love and effort into possibly the gen 4 remakes in terms of music next time alright?

Last but not least my major problem with Sun and Moon. You can't transfer or trade your pokemon you possibly put countless in, EV and Hyper Training it to the maximum and giving em some very unique moves, etc. Into Sun and Moon. The only way to do so is through pokebank but guess what? You still can't do it. However Nintendo/Game Freak did announce they are gonna release a patch update where you can transfer your pokemon from any of your previous versions to sun and moon but the update is not gonna be released until next year starting at January 1st or later on in that month.

Basically to put this simple, i have to wait another entire month till next year in order to get my lucario and my dream team in sun and moon.


So right i am complete tied here on what I should get first if i can't have both. So what are your guys thought? Should i get FFXV or pokemon Sun? Please let me know in the comments below and if you help me out to get FFXV or Pokemon Sun. I'll be forever grateful.

Thanks for reading and see you soon.