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Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Well GILGAMESH is in it. Of course we like it.
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FINAL FANTASY Community Thread: XV Mainline Entries and Counting
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Well GILGAMESH is in it. Of course we like it.
Meccanical
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Xux
Member
Can we talk more about how the FFV boss battle theme is really good?
I wish they'd do an FF B-sides concert where they arrange a dozen or so songs they've never featured live before.
I wish they'd do an FF B-sides concert where they arrange a dozen or so songs they've never featured live before.
No, Beef's right. Be ashamed of your baby fingers, tigger.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Meccanical
Member
All Out > Mass Destruction
Actually I could never choose between "I'm not a princess~" and "Ooh yeah! Baby baby!"
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Agreed, Mass Destruction was silly. Except for the ooh yeah, baby baby, and dadadada parts.
hipsterpants
Member
Meccanical
Member
I would listen to Mass Destruction and Deep Breath all the time in my car.
turn that shit up in front of the police
turn that shit up in front of the police
Makoto Yuki
Banned
I find it difficult to pick one OST as the best in the entire series, but FFVIII was pretty damn good. So many great tracks. That boss theme was soooooo good, got me hyped.
Both fantastic tracks. That ending song was absolutely beautiful, especially after everything that happened to everyone and one specific character.
Edit: I had to look up the lyrics in English to feel the full effect, then I let the feels wash over me.
Edit 2: Melodies of Life was also a fantastic song to end a game with. FFIX's ending was so emotional.
tiggerkiddo
Member
I remember when I sold IX when I was at Necron.
Horrible mistake, never pulled that stunt again, such an awesome ending.
Horrible mistake, never pulled that stunt again, such an awesome ending.
One of my all time favorites in the series, I think.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
That's pretty badass.
What matters is you eventually saw that ending, awesome indeed.
Man, Final Fantasy IX guys! what an incredible game. My brother and I recently beat it on the PSP, worked great, except slow down when battling in forests. We were inspired to play through it again to do the Lost Nero Family Quest. My bro went the extra mile and did it all at level 1. Over achiever.
hipsterpants
Member
First time I beat it I thought it was incredible but I didn't fully grasp what was going on.
Second time when I knew what happened to Vivi my eyes got wet ;_;
CountBlack
Member
Loved IX's ending.
Still don't understand what Necron was :/
Still don't understand what Necron was :/
This truth.
Though the voiced songs are great so we'll delete those lies
I agree but I honestly prefer VIII's cast. But I don't blame people for liking IX's more. I just connected with VIII's cast better.
And ugh don't remind me of Tetra Master. What a crappy attempt at replicating Triple Triads magic.
PshycoNinja
Member
VIII is really good. But if I had to pick one song as the best it would have to be To Zanarkand in FFX. I just love piano arrangements. Probably the reason I like Somnus so much.
Yeah I am not a fan of voiced songs but when they're done right (like in KH1 and KH2) they can be fine. But I hope FFXV stays far away from that too.
tiggerkiddo
Member
I can't stand voiced songs for the most part. I like them when they are used sparingly but when they are used often, ugh. Just keep it instrumental please.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
I feel your pain.
FFVIII was great in 1999 and still great today, people in 1999 were insane, must have been the impending threat of Y2K. Gameplay wise, I give it to FFVIII, Junctions, GF, Limits, even if the combat can be broken, I had tons of fun. Cast and story go to FFIX. As for the battles, I would not call them crappy, but deliberate. They were going for slower paced traditional JRPG battles which is cool. Probably would have been better to speed things up. I also liked Chocobo hot and cold, probably in the minority.
Tetra Master was interesting, never fully grasped it though. Triple Triads was awesome, plus you can turn those cards into items, Triple Triads hands down.
What the hell do those number on the cards mean!
I always just hoped my rare cards would win the fights. Tournament was a nightmare.Triple Triad for life.
tiggerkiddo
Member
I won that Tetra Master tournament with absolute blind luck. Never did that well after that.
Meccanical
Member
i was always way better at tetra master than Triple Triad.
Considering how Triple Triad is much simpler and better designed I don't know how.
Considering how Triple Triad is much simpler and better designed I don't know how.
I loved the hell out of Tetra Masters on my first run through FFIX. It was like an ingame version of Yugioh for me and I spent maybe a good 5 hours on it alone. After playing through FFVIII and then going back to FFIX, I started to hate it. It's bad enough that it was just a TT downgrade, but it was also fundamentally flawed with its random element nonsense.
It's funny, but I never bothered with either card game back when I played these. I never saw the point.
I mean to replay them, although in IX's case I might go a little crazy trying to get everyone's levels and stats right given all the hidden factors that deal with that. It'd probably be better if I just stopped caring about it, but I've developed this slightly obsessive thing about making sure everyone's as strong as can possibly be.
I mean to replay them, although in IX's case I might go a little crazy trying to get everyone's levels and stats right given all the hidden factors that deal with that. It'd probably be better if I just stopped caring about it, but I've developed this slightly obsessive thing about making sure everyone's as strong as can possibly be.
I probably played more of Triple Triad than the rest of FF VIII. I already wasted hours just trying to get my Ifrit card back in several playthroughs.
But I could never get into Tetra Master. The first time I didn't really understand it and when I looked up the rules, I just found it boring. Sphere Break is another good FF mini game.
But I could never get into Tetra Master. The first time I didn't really understand it and when I looked up the rules, I just found it boring. Sphere Break is another good FF mini game.
Link1110
Member
Just beat X for the first time. I was trying to go for Anima, but Dark Valefor got in the way, and after 20 hours of trying to get all the monsters so I can get the dark matter and give Tidus BDL because I can't beat that Chocobo race, I didn't wanna bother anymore so I just went ahead and beat the game.
That was a sad ending. Had me crying.
That was a sad ending. Had me crying.
"And for the ones we lost, even if it's not very often... Try to think about them every once in a while."
Zantetsuken88
Member
That ending always brings tears to my eyes. When
Yuna tries to run at Tidus and falls through him... (((
(((I would've loved IX a lot more if its battles could have increased in speed. Chocobo hot and cold was terrible (the music is amazing), but it also wasn't mandatory or anything.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Congrats! Final Fantasy X is an incredible game. The Chocobo race in X was pretty stupid though, but not impossible. Just takes a lot of practice and patience. Dodging lightning was also a pain in the butt. That ending was beautiful.
Meccanical
Member
ur terrible
That's the main reason I don't care all too much for FFIX.
DARK SCHALA since you hate all 3 of these games, which do you recommend I do while waiting for Bravely Default:
1. Finish Sticker Star
2. Finish Project X-Zone
3. Start Tales of the Abyss.
Eventually I'll do all three, but February's gonna be nuts for my 3DS anyway since I assume the Pokebank will come out finally, giving me a reason to play Pokemon X.
1. Finish Sticker Star
2. Finish Project X-Zone
3. Start Tales of the Abyss.
Eventually I'll do all three, but February's gonna be nuts for my 3DS anyway since I assume the Pokebank will come out finally, giving me a reason to play Pokemon X.
Meccanical
Member
Start Tales of the Abyss so you can know the essence of douchebaggery and fuckheadedness that is the Abyss cast.
Fuck.
Those.
Guys.
Fuck.
Those.
Guys.
SoraanTribal
Member
Whattttttt? Chocobo Hot and Cold is one of the best minigames in the series!
It's really addicting.I admit the battles in FFIX are a bit slow, but it never seemed like that big of a deal to me personally.
Agreed. I started that game earlier last year, but quit a few hours in. The cast (in particular Luke) is really obnoxious. I'd like to give it another try one day, but ugh. I dunno.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
In FFIX you can increase the battle speed in the options, but it doesn't help much really. Though I liked the deliberately slower pace, increasing the overall speed would definitely make the game's battles better.
Chocobo Hot and Cold was awesome, CorvoSol is just jealous that he is a raven and not a Chocobo. Though everytime I think of Corvo, I think of Dishonored.
When it comes to Chocobo related side quests the correct order is:
FFVII Chocobo Breeding/Racing > FFIX Hot and Cold > > > > > > > > > > > > > > FFX Chocobo stupidity.
Chocobo Hot and Cold was awesome, CorvoSol is just jealous that he is a raven and not a Chocobo. Though everytime I think of Corvo, I think of Dishonored.
When it comes to Chocobo related side quests the correct order is:
FFVII Chocobo Breeding/Racing > FFIX Hot and Cold > > > > > > > > > > > > > > FFX Chocobo stupidity.
SoraanTribal
Member
lol, me too.
I would agree with that. Although I might place Hot and Cold over FFVII's chocobo breeding/racing - I'm not sure. Both were great, though. FFX Chocobo stuff, ugh. I dread that when I play the HD remaster soon. D:
Haha, man if the cast is as bad as people tell me it's gonna be a wall banger coming off of P4G. Where I sincerely feel that the cast is as endearing as FF6's.
SHUSH BEEF I LOVE THEM.
Whattttttt? Chocobo Hot and Cold is one of the best minigames in the series!
I admit the battles in FFIX are a bit slow, but it never seemed like that big of a deal to me personally.
I think that 9's slowdown is accentuated by the fact that 8 and 10's battles are so much more fluid, really. It's hardly enough to ruin a game I love, but it certainly is chief among my complaints. As to Chocobo Hot and Cold, I have terrible luck so the minigame more or less felt skewed against me.
1. Ravens > Chickens. Ravens can be taught to speak like parrots, man. It blows that they're illegal to own because THEY CAN BE TAUGHT TO SPEAK. Think about it. Everywhere you go in North America you're surrounded by birds capable of learning your speech. I'd like to see a chicken do that.
2. I agree completely. I'd much sooner play Hot and Cold than run into Seagulls.
Meccanical
Member
I don't remember anything else about it except that I hate the cast.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
hipsterpants
Member
IX's slow battles suck but I always thought it was kind of cool that they were a result of the game being too powerful for the PSX. And that it was only 4 or so years after the blocky mess of VII.
badcrumble
Member
That's not why the battles are slow (outside of the initial long loading times, I suppose, for more effects/texture). They're slow because of the specific implementation of ATB that FF9 uses.
Zantetsuken88
Member
If you play Final Fantasy IX on the Vita - you can set the disc load speed to fast and the battles actually are much better. The only problem is that the music during FMV's messes up so you either have to switch back and forth or pick one and live with the flaws.
Meccanical
Member
Remember the Trance system?
What a crock of shit that was.
I liked when it was story related sometimes but otherwise man what an awful idea.
What a crock of shit that was.
I liked when it was story related sometimes but otherwise man what an awful idea.
Zantetsuken88
Member
I wouldn't have minded so much if you could chose to trigger it when the bar was full.
The amount of times Zidane would go into trance, and I'd just be there steal.....steal...steal....steal.... oh look the trance has gone....
Or it'd be triggered just before the battle ended. That was so annoying.
I loved Trance. Even more so when they changed Terra's job command from Morph to Trance.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Yeah Trance was dumb, only cool for story purposes, but easily wasted it fighting some worthless enemy.
Yes, FF6 and the cast of P4 are fantastic, endearing is a great word to describe them. Never played P4Golden though, so don't know much about Marie. My sealed copy is crying.
Still prefer P3 cast to P4, but that's just me
I agree with that complaint of Hot and Cold, luck sometimes worked against the player leading to frustration. Still, better than crappy chocobos in FFX.
1. Chickens > Ravens. Chickens taste better than ravens, probably. If I could have a pet raven I would name it Corvo and teach it to recite your Final Fantasy IV fanfic that Dark Schala is convinced you have written.
2. I once chased sea gulls around at Santa Monica Pier listening to an iPod playing A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran. College was fun.
The way Trance worked wasn't very good I thought. I seriously do wonder how IX would be if it got some kind of re-release that had the battles sped up.
Abyss is pretty fun with the gameplay. Story is okay at best but has a huge drag in the middle. And yeah, the cast is generally pretty unlikable, except for Guy and Natalia I'd say.
Abyss is pretty fun with the gameplay. Story is okay at best but has a huge drag in the middle. And yeah, the cast is generally pretty unlikable, except for Guy and Natalia I'd say.