tiggerkiddo
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Even Lightning Returns Schala??
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FINAL FANTASY Community Thread: XV Mainline Entries and Counting
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Nah.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
4 DS.
Uhhh...
Some of the music was good. Serious talk: I guess the Snow/Yusnaan part of it, since it was nicely-put together and all of the sidequests connected to it kind of meant something.
I'm not a fan of putting the games on a numbered list, but I'm ok with saying which games I feel strongly about/don't really care for. The former would be 1, 5, 7, 10-2, 12 and 14, the latter would be 2, 6, 11 and 13-2. Only spin-offs I've liked are Dissidia, Theatrythm, Crisis Core and Four Heroes of Light.
I did a marathon of the series back when XIII was gonna come out, but had to skip a few games due to lack of time/streaming ability. I've still never been able to finish 2, I only ever made it to Cloud of Darkness in 3 but never actually beat her, and I haven't played 12 since it originally came out. If only 12HD was a real thing...
I did a marathon of the series back when XIII was gonna come out, but had to skip a few games due to lack of time/streaming ability. I've still never been able to finish 2, I only ever made it to Cloud of Darkness in 3 but never actually beat her, and I haven't played 12 since it originally came out. If only 12HD was a real thing...
tiggerkiddo
Member
Why?
Really? I found the soundtrack to be a mess. None of the tracks seemed to fit.
Ganon Dragmire
Member
none that i could find. i think this series has only the monsters summons, and villains from FF
You better believe it's that time again. After this we move on to Best Girls.
Ganon Dragmire
Member
Sleeping outside tonight. Red XII has fur, right?
I just slept on a Chocobo, does that count?
rosa fffaarl bcz da only wymyn moar perfuct than her is kkrilin and she's already magis-chan's waffle
Ganon Dragmire
Member
I would sleep on a bed made out of many moogles.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Yusnaan was one of the better parts of the game, well, until
Friendship punches and "I shall hug you to better health!"
First time through I was like "They can't be serious. THEY CAN'T BE... t... they are! THEY ARE SERIOUS WITH THIS SHIT!"
Come to think of it, most of the main quest stuff was pretty bad. Whether it be
Friendship punches
"Let me spell out what this symbolism is in a long, drawn out monologue" (though this very much applies to the sidequests)
"Daddy has a scary face, so I'll just go into a coma"
Yeul "I will tell you what you already know for the most part" Paddra
"I have no emotions when it is convenient for the plot"
Chocobo Odin
Bah, but enough of that. I've given up on a Platinum for now, and I'm moving on to FF XII.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Good luck!
This will seem funny given my past posts about the soundtrack overall, but FF8 was the first FF soundtrack I imported; second soundtrack I imported overall (Chrono Cross being the first). I always liked the packaging for physical soundtracks, so if there's a soundtrack I really like, sometimes I go out of my way to get the physical edition in general.
I guess some neat themes on it are: Evening Return, Death Game, are Mission Infiltration. But no, it's not a soundtrack that I'll keep listening to off and on. It's weird, because I can definitely listen to AC soundtracks no problem, but despite this one taking quite a bit of hints from those soundtracks yet puts on its own style, I -can't-, for some reason. I think a lot of the neater tracks are played within context of a mission, or within the context of a cutscene, but outside of those contexts, they don't work as well if you casually listen to VGM.
I will say that it was neato that the Ending Theme ended with the very first sounds that you hear in Final Fantasy XIII. >.>
With that said, I'm a little disappointed with the credits theme, moreso because it went with older themes for characters who didn't have their themes arranged or changed, and went with new themes for characters who either didn't have a central theme (Hope-- his was essentially the Ark's theme) or got theirs arranged to something better (and honestly, I think Snow's newer theme is his best one). It was pretty inconsistent to me, and I guess I would've liked that either everyone got a new theme or that every theme was somehow integrated into one section of it. I thought FF13-2's was phenomenal by comparison since... well, everything fit together really well and felt so consistent.
Yeah, the whole ending part of the Yusnaan part is kinda dumb, Crimson. Overall, though, Yusnaan was probably the most "organic" place in the whole game. That might not be a high bar, but I can say it for that bit at least.
This will seem funny given my past posts about the soundtrack overall, but FF8 was the first FF soundtrack I imported; second soundtrack I imported overall (Chrono Cross being the first). I always liked the packaging for physical soundtracks, so if there's a soundtrack I really like, sometimes I go out of my way to get the physical edition in general.
They work better in context I think, but otherwise, there are hits and misses and it isn't consistent overall. LR "PLUS" has some of the street music from Yusnaan and instrumental versions of some vocal stuff, which is a good thing. Plus soundtrack is out on March 26, btw. http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/fabula/LRFF13/plus/ (It has the Clash on the Big Bridge theme missing from the soundtrack + the Eternal Wind theme, too).
I guess some neat themes on it are: Evening Return, Death Game, are Mission Infiltration. But no, it's not a soundtrack that I'll keep listening to off and on. It's weird, because I can definitely listen to AC soundtracks no problem, but despite this one taking quite a bit of hints from those soundtracks yet puts on its own style, I -can't-, for some reason. I think a lot of the neater tracks are played within context of a mission, or within the context of a cutscene, but outside of those contexts, they don't work as well if you casually listen to VGM.
I will say that it was neato that the Ending Theme ended with the very first sounds that you hear in Final Fantasy XIII. >.>
With that said, I'm a little disappointed with the credits theme, moreso because it went with older themes for characters who didn't have their themes arranged or changed, and went with new themes for characters who either didn't have a central theme (Hope-- his was essentially the Ark's theme) or got theirs arranged to something better (and honestly, I think Snow's newer theme is his best one). It was pretty inconsistent to me, and I guess I would've liked that either everyone got a new theme or that every theme was somehow integrated into one section of it. I thought FF13-2's was phenomenal by comparison since... well, everything fit together really well and felt so consistent.
Yeah, the whole ending part of the Yusnaan part is kinda dumb, Crimson. Overall, though, Yusnaan was probably the most "organic" place in the whole game. That might not be a high bar, but I can say it for that bit at least.
I wish everyone wasn't playing FFX. It makes me want to play it and I have waaaaaay too many other games to play. Still in Chapter 1 in Bravely Default.
I wish BD wasn't withholding the cool class like a carrot in front of my face, though. "HEY WE KNOW YOU WANT TO BE A MAGE KNIGHT. HERE IS A MAGE KNIGHT. FIGHT HIM TWICE AND DON'T GET HIS JOB."
I wish BD wasn't withholding the cool class like a carrot in front of my face, though. "HEY WE KNOW YOU WANT TO BE A MAGE KNIGHT. HERE IS A MAGE KNIGHT. FIGHT HIM TWICE AND DON'T GET HIS JOB."
For anyone who's interested, this is funny and condensed write up of FFXIII's lore:
http://dissidiaforums.com/showthread.php?16033-Final-Fantasy-XIII-Trilogy-Abridged-Datalog
http://dissidiaforums.com/showthread.php?16033-Final-Fantasy-XIII-Trilogy-Abridged-Datalog
I kind of dropped everything to get to FFX, haha. Between X and X-2, I'll play 2 other games I was in the middle of (Dragon Age and Infamous SS), giving my brother a chance to play ToS2 on the PS3.
I'm in the middle of replaying FFIX to see if it holds up (I just started, and that FUCKER gilgamesh just won all of my cards)
As it stands, my current FF rankings:
FFIX > FFVII > FFVI > FFV > FFX > FFIV > FFXIII-2 > FFVIII > FFXIII > FFXII
(I still need to beat FFI-III, and play FFX-2)
As it stands, my current FF rankings:
FFIX > FFVII > FFVI > FFV > FFX > FFIV > FFXIII-2 > FFVIII > FFXIII > FFXII
(I still need to beat FFI-III, and play FFX-2)
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
My tier list is actually pretty simple.
FF games with GILGAMESH > FF games with no GILGAMESH
FF games with GILGAMESH > FF games with no GILGAMESH
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Very good for summon friend attack builds. Of course speculate could double your attack or make excalipoor seem really powerful.
Basically I win boss fights by using summon friend attacks.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Pay to Play is great for boosting crit rate.
Well sure, it boosts it by 400%. But I never have any money. The idea of a job class that runs on money is cool, but I don't have any use for it yet, haha. I suppose there's a reason you get it so soon after getting Thief, though.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I find that getting money in this game is such a chore.
tiggerkiddo
Member
The only one that sounds decent is Evening Return, it sounds like a really calm and melodic tune, it seems like it'd fit in with the older titles...it sounds like a more traditional FF song which is why I like it. The others are okay...but I always found the soundtrack to the XIII trilogy to be the weakest part of it easily.
EDIT: Annnnnnnnnnnnd I'm playing X-2 and I find myself wanting to roll my eyes or just groan during the many clothing changes and general silliness but the battle system is...kinda fun. Hectic but...fun? Dare I say I agree with Schala?
No.
Not a fan of the music though, alas, I find it largely forgettable so far.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
YOUR CARDS ARE FORFEIT TO HIM! MWA HA HA!
Yeah I don't think you'll be getting them back. You could say with all the arms he has he got the upper hand. Oh ho ho!
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Acquired taste. A few of those sound like Uematsu's current stuff, tbh, now that he's recently let his hair down.
Acquired taste. I should note that one of the composers (Matsueda) left the industry partially because people were vehemently against it. Both left Square Enix shortly after. But it had a happy ending! Eguchi joined SEGA and he's composing for Sonic Team games and other stuff. And Matsueda and Eguchi got married in 2009.
The game is super-fun. Learning stuff real quick, etc.
Flying Toaster
Member
Alright, I am going to eat my hat. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD is freaking awesome.
Blitzball still sucks though.
To give you an idea of where I come from in the long list of FF games. 9 is my all time favorite and I really like the idea of classic castle design with steampunk so 6 is wicked awesome as well. But for some reason my second play through of 10 I am a little more open minded than before and it is enjoyable as hell right now.
Professor Beef
Banned
I've played enough Blitzball to get Wakka's Attack Reels, but I'm dreading having to play it again for his Ultimate Weapon later on. On the plus side, god damn does he hit like a truck. I might send him through Auron's Grid for more of dat damage.
IIRC, Wakka's grid actually has more damage nodes. I might be wrong though.
For the Status Reels, if the league currently available doesn't have it, you can reset data so that you don't have to chew through meaningless games. Also, if you have a high point lead in the league, you can put some bum in the net and forfeit later games once you're behind to make things go quicker.
I don't dislike blitzball and I was doing this by the end of it all. Way too much blitzball for these things
You should really just not get people's ultimate weapons, Beef. Just get the summons and you're gold. There's no reason to put yourself through lightning dodging or chocobo racing for that.
tiggerkiddo
Member
GBA. PSN is the goodness sloppy awful PS1 port that NO ONE should bother with.
Professor Beef
Banned
Nah, I'm fine with Attack Reels lol.IIRC, Wakka's grid actually has more damage nodes. I might be wrong though.
For the Status Reels, if the league currently available doesn't have it, you can reset data so that you don't have to chew through meaningless games. Also, if you have a high point lead in the league, you can put some bum in the net and forfeit later games once you're behind to make things go quicker.
I don't dislike blitzball and I was doing this by the end of it all. Way too much blitzball for these things
But I don't like Yuna. In fact, one of the reasons why I'm sending Kimahri through Yuna's grid is because he'll be a faster, more useful Yuna. I only use her for bosses!
Right, but Yuna is all you need for bosses. The last summon the game gives you is pretty solid, but if you get some of the bonus summons you can eat the final boss alive and it saves you the trouble of having to try to dodge 500 lightning bolts to get a final weapon.
Heck, I think penultimate weapons are probably good enough. Anything to spare you from that chocobo race where your finish time has to be below 0 to win.
Professor Beef
Banned
I already beat that Chocobo Race. Only took about 15-20 minutes, and I was busy grinding in the Calm Plains anyways.
What. Can somebody confirm that something was changed, then? Cuz back in the day that race was a nightmare scenario. So many seagulls.
ST2K
Member
Why was it terrible? Load times?
Professor Beef
Banned
There were a lot of seagulls, yeah. But I got lucky one race with how many balloons were generated. I would've had it sooner, but I didn't know you could run so close to the edge at the end, and I got 0.00.04 =(