The option to 2X/4X speed up thing in FFXII is fantastic.

Apologies if I am breaking any rule by just focusing the thread on a single mechanic but I feel like this is worth discussing. When I saw the first videos of FFXII I was like "I will never use that!". It looks like it breaks the game, kind of a cheat or something, but in reality when you actively use it to travel and grind you see how good it is. It basically changes the way you approach trash combat and makes the grinding much more enjoyable.

FFXII is a long game emphasized by the slow combat and having this option makes it much more easy to progress in the game if you have a tight gaming schedule. This was one of my concerns when I bought the game since I already played it on PS2 but even after the many hours I poured into the game I could never beat it because it took so long to progress.

I really would love to see this feature in more games from now on, specially games like this one.