tiggerkiddo
Member
Yeah that's the issue with buying GBA games, I've even bought counterfeit ones from Gamestop because they couldn't tell the difference.
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FINAL FANTASY Community Thread: XV Mainline Entries and Counting
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Yeah that's the issue with buying GBA games, I've even bought counterfeit ones from Gamestop because they couldn't tell the difference.
Meccanical
Member
Mog had a hard life.
I didn't even know that 3 was released on PC. I might have to play that sometime.I did my part
The Flash sale ends in about an hour. 7 and 8 are 67% off, 3 is 33% off.
tiggerkiddo
Member
It's basically a port of the ug--I mean the Nintendo DS remake.
I wouldn't hold my breath. Highly unlikely.
XII is most likely. I imagine PS2 models will "remaster" better with a resolution and texture bump compared to 7-8-9, which would need a great level of re-working. There's also the pre-rendered backgrounds which I suppose might cause issues but I haven't given it a ton of thought.
tiggerkiddo
Member
We will welcome you
Professor Beef
Banned
I have been thinking long and hard over whether or not I should buy FF7 on Steam since I'm down to my last $20 until Friday, and I need that money for lunch/work.
Curse you, Gaben!
Curse you, Gaben!
In FFVI, how were people supposed to figure out *late game enemy side quest spoiler*
how to press that secret switch to get to the blue dragon in the ancient castle? Was there a clue somewhere in the cutscenes that plays when you arrive that I somehow missed? Also F those guys in the Veldt cave who don't know the difference between dragons and dinosaurs.
tiggerkiddo
Member
If you guys like the Mark system from XII, it's coming to XIV in two weeks.
I've never played the PSX version, but VII sounds okay to me and there's a patch/mod/whathaveyou to fix VIII's sound iirc.
They patched VII it is on par with the PS1 Version now.
Yes, in Figaro's library.
Plenty of other secrets in the game that pretty much go unexplained and un-hinted at. Good luck finding
the second Memento Ring
Okay, so now I'm really, really re-evaluating a possible Steam version VIII 'HD Remaster' music overhaul. (This would be completely unofficial and not involve Square Enix whatsoever.)
Instead, I'm thinking of handling this the way I did my two Sonic fan projects: a very transparent, bit-by-bit, upload-as-they-are-done endeavor where things are always open to feedback from people as the project develops. It would be another good chunk of production/arrangement practice on my part, and a little contribution back to the franchise that no one has to pay for.
Obviously it's impossible to please everyone, (I'd expect vitriol regardless of what I did :V) and the graphics themselves aren't going to improve any alongside the audio, but at least it might enable a little look into what considerations, etc go into arranging music, where balancing the nostalgia with updated methodologies and resources come into play. And again, it allows me to keep sharp, while its status as a non-official mod means it's non-intrusive for people who don't want it, and is basically something I can tackle in my leisure time, taking up to/over a year if necessary.
My rough blueprint for this would be to upload to Soundcloud (or whatevs, really) as tracks get done, but not enable downloads, and only release the entire thing as a package when it's all done (This would make the completion/release a bigger/more visible event than it otherwise would be if I released things piecemeal)
Thoughts/suggestions?
Instead, I'm thinking of handling this the way I did my two Sonic fan projects: a very transparent, bit-by-bit, upload-as-they-are-done endeavor where things are always open to feedback from people as the project develops. It would be another good chunk of production/arrangement practice on my part, and a little contribution back to the franchise that no one has to pay for.
Obviously it's impossible to please everyone, (I'd expect vitriol regardless of what I did :V) and the graphics themselves aren't going to improve any alongside the audio, but at least it might enable a little look into what considerations, etc go into arranging music, where balancing the nostalgia with updated methodologies and resources come into play. And again, it allows me to keep sharp, while its status as a non-official mod means it's non-intrusive for people who don't want it, and is basically something I can tackle in my leisure time, taking up to/over a year if necessary.
My rough blueprint for this would be to upload to Soundcloud (or whatevs, really) as tracks get done, but not enable downloads, and only release the entire thing as a package when it's all done (This would make the completion/release a bigger/more visible event than it otherwise would be if I released things piecemeal)
Thoughts/suggestions?
Professor Beef
Banned
BTW, thanks Falk for the gift!
I'd(obviously) love to see that done. I haven't even gotten the chance to play VIII on Steam yet but I've heard the tracks don't sound very good. Even without that, I like seeing fan projects for VIII since it gives me more new things to try in the game.
Definitely go for it though I don't have the best suggestions on the way to go about it.
Also guys I think I might go through with the purchase tomorrow.
UGH.
Definitely go for it though I don't have the best suggestions on the way to go about it.
Also guys I think I might go through with the purchase tomorrow.
UGH.
Anddddddddddd I did it.
Let's look at what I bought:
Squall Figurine:
Squall Keychain:
Chocobo cup:
Moogle cup:
Cactuar Cup:
2 copies of Curtain Call:
Thank You~ CD:
Final Fantasy VIII PC:
You can tell I struggled to find other stuff when I ordered three fucking cups.
Oh well. This lanyard better be good.
Let's look at what I bought:
Squall Figurine:
Squall Keychain:
Chocobo cup:
Moogle cup:
Cactuar Cup:
2 copies of Curtain Call:
Thank You~ CD:
Final Fantasy VIII PC:
You can tell I struggled to find other stuff when I ordered three fucking cups.
Oh well. This lanyard better be good.
I bet you SE is laughing right now saying "lol I can't believe somebody was dumb enough to buy the $200 worth of products for a lanyard!"
Awww shoot I wish I had known that because I would have done it! I could have avoided buying three cups lmao
Oh well. Chocobo one is pretty cute.
Awww shoot I wish I had known that because I would have done it! I could have avoided buying three cups lmao
Oh well. Chocobo one is pretty cute.
tiggerkiddo
Member
...
That Cactaur cup...
...<3
That Cactaur cup...
...<3
Awesome pickups. Never heard about that CD though. Really like the chocobo cup!
Meanwhile at Square Enix:
Yup sure enough. I kinda forgot about Figaro after the required story stuff in WOR to be honest. I mostly love finding these little clues and figuring out what they are used for, but getting stuck isnt very fun.
The Cactaur and Chocobo cup are pretty cool. The moogle one looks kind of dumb since it's harder to see.
Awesome pickups. Never heard about that CD though. Really like the chocobo cup!
Meanwhile at Square Enix:
The CD is pretty cool. I was a little disappointed VIII only had two songs, one of which is remixed with VII but man the Julia remix is soooooo good.
They're laughing all the way to the bank.
Final Fantasy Type-0 Impressions up to Chapter 7 (first round)
So where to begin? Let me give to all of you the negatives of the gameplay, first. I'm going to be honest: the RTS is weird and not really fun. It's a cool idea, but it just doesn't pan out the way it could, I think. Fortunately, there are only a few of them the first time through, but to unlock the true ending, there are more, and some I recall being fairly tough. Combat desperately needs a second analog stick, and balancing 14 party members is tough. As a way of correcting what I said earlier, you definitely need to maintain at least 6, since the game does at times ask you to form two parties.
On the other hand, I still find battle fun, and genuinely enjoy the steps taken to make the game feel like there is a full world map populated with towns and nations.
Regarding the way the story is told, I have my doubts, or rather nitpicks, small things really, regarding the social stuff at school. Sometimes I actually think that in the first playthrough you have too much time, or not a good way of advancing the in-game clock to get the time based events you want. Likewise there are some scenes I think would be better made mandatory, rather than missable.
Okay, so that's that, right? The rest is sort of spoilers:
Ultimately, I'd say: don't expect FFT-0 to be the next Final Fantasy Tactics, but I think you can rest assured that the writing is a fair step up and away from FFXIII, guys. I really think that if this game could have the depth of its halcyon predecessor, FFXII, it would be spectacular. When compared to its nearer sibling, FF7CC, though, it is already a really swell package.
So where to begin? Let me give to all of you the negatives of the gameplay, first. I'm going to be honest: the RTS is weird and not really fun. It's a cool idea, but it just doesn't pan out the way it could, I think. Fortunately, there are only a few of them the first time through, but to unlock the true ending, there are more, and some I recall being fairly tough. Combat desperately needs a second analog stick, and balancing 14 party members is tough. As a way of correcting what I said earlier, you definitely need to maintain at least 6, since the game does at times ask you to form two parties.
On the other hand, I still find battle fun, and genuinely enjoy the steps taken to make the game feel like there is a full world map populated with towns and nations.
Regarding the way the story is told, I have my doubts, or rather nitpicks, small things really, regarding the social stuff at school. Sometimes I actually think that in the first playthrough you have too much time, or not a good way of advancing the in-game clock to get the time based events you want. Likewise there are some scenes I think would be better made mandatory, rather than missable.
Okay, so that's that, right? The rest is sort of spoilers:
I think that Chapter 4 is the highlight of the game's story so far, and Chapter 6 the best in terms of gameplay up until now. As far as the game's story goes I still don't quite know how this whole "forgetting the dead" thing figures in, but aside from that it's actually pretty good, I think. In Chapter 4 you have to escape from the enemy capital at the exact moment the game has dropped the implication that your own home country's government is attempting to have you killed as a part of an internal power struggle and one of your own turns on you. The escape from the city is made all the more tense by the arrival of enemies too powerful to kill, forcing you to flee from them and fight for your very life. It all comes to a head after the escape as Machina's anger boils over and he clashes with the other class members, really giving the characters a much needed chance to develop themselves.
Chapter 6 is a two party mission taking place on two separate fronts. It's a dazzling clash between Suzaku, Milities and Concordia, and the player's party is at the fore front of both battles, fighting monster troops, magitek armors, L'Cie and summoning dragons to do dragon battles. The scenery and presentation do not fail, either, and rather than showing a battle of large scale via an RTS to you, you get to experience it as troops on a battle field, which I think is the real ideal for how the game should have played.
Chapter 6 is a two party mission taking place on two separate fronts. It's a dazzling clash between Suzaku, Milities and Concordia, and the player's party is at the fore front of both battles, fighting monster troops, magitek armors, L'Cie and summoning dragons to do dragon battles. The scenery and presentation do not fail, either, and rather than showing a battle of large scale via an RTS to you, you get to experience it as troops on a battle field, which I think is the real ideal for how the game should have played.
Ultimately, I'd say: don't expect FFT-0 to be the next Final Fantasy Tactics, but I think you can rest assured that the writing is a fair step up and away from FFXIII, guys. I really think that if this game could have the depth of its halcyon predecessor, FFXII, it would be spectacular. When compared to its nearer sibling, FF7CC, though, it is already a really swell package.
Ganon Dragmire
Member
Welcome back Corvo
Welcome back Corvo
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Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Wait until you hear his impressions on Bravely Default because we've been talking about that while he was banned.
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Ganon Dragmire
Member
Wait until you hear his impressions on Bravely Default because we've been talking about that while he was banned.
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i've read Corvo's "rants" on BD. As someone that played the game, I can agree with things like Agnes being "Unacceptable!"
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Oh, oh...
But he's at the good part. I felt so bad for him that I had to spoil it, lol.
But he's at the good part. I felt so bad for him that I had to spoil it, lol.
Ganon Dragmire
Member
how could you do that? the shock part of the coming rant is either gone or lessened
I'm sorry if it isn't up to snuff tonight. I suddenly have a killer head ache.
Bravely Default spoilers up to chapter 6.
Bravely Default spoilers up to chapter 6.
Im not really going to stress too much the aspects of gameplay as I discuss this with you guys because I think there isnt a lot I can really say. I feel that Bravely Defaults battle system is an excellent way of keeping turn based role playing combat alive, and that the role-playing aspect of that is really brought out by the unique, distinct, but fairly balanced role that every job class in the game plays. I also am very pleased with the presence of the in-game difficulty adjustment mechanism, for reasons I hope will become apparent to you as we advance.
Im also going to skip over Chapters 1-3 because I believe you all remember my thoughts on them up to this point in the game.
Chapter 4, I believe, was an excellent chapter in almost every way. Entitled Black and White the chapter sets out to challenge not only Edeas view of the world, but also the players. Of course, the events in Eisenberg had really made it clear already that things were not as simple as they had seemed, and anybody familiar with the franchise could pick up on certain key points: especially that Airy is probably a traitor, earlier than even that. I did not like the sob story attached to Victoria, I confess, and I more or less relished the chance to grind her skull beneath my heel. Because I really, really do not like her. That said, this chapter has really brought me around to the cast, although I continue to feel that Agnes and Tiz lag well behind.
The point is that this chapter focuses in no small part upon Edea, who is more or less the games default heroine. Having slain most of her friends for the sake of her beliefs, Edea comes face to face with her most insurmountable foe: her father. The situation complicates early on in the chapter with the discovery that awakening the Earth Crystal may well cost Edeas mother (and many others!) her life. Although this is fairly gray, Edea points out that she doesnt want Eternia to build its happiness upon the back of the rest of the worlds suffering. As she challenges her father, and learns about his past, one of the games more central points is at last brought up: that understanding should not come only at the point of a sword. Because Edea and her father are both head strong, battle is still inevitable. The chapter is paced perfectly, and Edeas world view is challenged and questioned at every step. Most important of all of these is the Vampire Castle sidequest, in which much of the games backstory is revealed and much of the problems with the Crystal Orthodoxy and the motivations of the Anticrystalists are laid bare. Lord DeRosso, the Vampire himself, explains a story not too different from the present one, several times over, showing echoes between his life, the Templars, the Sages and Edeas, save it be for the sides they fight for. All in all its pretty well written and thought out, and things seem set for a good final battle and a welcome ending to a game which will be fondly remembered.
But the game doesnt end there. Nor, however, does it actually continue from that point. Rather, the player is forced back to square one and made to refight every boss in the game again. Rather than being more challenging, though, higher difficulties only see bosses and enemies have higher HP counts and deal more damage while taking less, effectively doing no more than bloating out an already upsettingly unnecessary bloat. And thats what chapter five is: unnecessary. The chapter serves to highlight that the things we previously thought are untrue and that the world is grayer than we imagined, except we had already come emotionally to that point in chapter 4. The only truly worthwhile scene in chapter five is the budding of a romance between Agnes and Tiz and the Sages admission that all of this has happened before (and that the angel he and Lord DeRosso met long ago looked much like Agnes!) while thats great, it didnt need for me to refight every single boss in the game a second time and re-experience old story events with only minor changes (many of which I would assert were not for the better!) But I believed that if I bore it patiently the game would reward me and the remaining 3 chapters would be a return to form.
Such patience has not been rewarded, however, as I find myself at the beginning of chapter 6 exactly where I as at the beginning of chapter 5, which is precisely where I was at the beginning of chapter 1. To explain it best, allow me to share how I put it to my brother: Chapter 6 is chapter 5 again. And what was chapter 5? Chapters 1-4. For those of you keeping score, this is the third time I will be asked to fight the same bosses, with story and dialogue almost exactly the same I expect. And I have been informed that chapters 7 and 8 will be the same.
Im baffled, frankly, at this decision. Truly, I am stunned. I cannot understand it from a story point of view. Its like if Final Fantasy 1 had made players live the 2000 year time loop to sympathize with Garland, rather than just trusting that theyd written him to be sympathetic. In fact, I dare say that I think that this has happened in part because the staff was not confident in what they had made here. The game didnt need to be longer, I was at 45 hours when I finished Eternia. A sufficiently large final dungeon couldve made for 50 and that is perfectly respectable for most any RPG. The story was doing excellently at convincing me of all it needed to, and the cast had come into its own. Lord DeRossos Vampire Castle did all the more blurring of moral lines that chapter 5 aimed to do. In fact, if I couldve just gone to the Sage for his asterisk and learned all he had to tell me there, there would have been no need for any of chapter 5. Im rolling in XP and JP at this point, and really theres no need to grind for cash since shops update their inventory so very slowly.
It saddens me to think of this, really, because the first half of the game is arguably the best Square Enix has put out in a long, long time, but then you hit that fifth chapter and its like a brick wall. Ill soldier on and finish it, but I confess that without a NG+ option the games replayability has been seriously diminished in my eyes, as has its standing.
Im also going to skip over Chapters 1-3 because I believe you all remember my thoughts on them up to this point in the game.
Chapter 4, I believe, was an excellent chapter in almost every way. Entitled Black and White the chapter sets out to challenge not only Edeas view of the world, but also the players. Of course, the events in Eisenberg had really made it clear already that things were not as simple as they had seemed, and anybody familiar with the franchise could pick up on certain key points: especially that Airy is probably a traitor, earlier than even that. I did not like the sob story attached to Victoria, I confess, and I more or less relished the chance to grind her skull beneath my heel. Because I really, really do not like her. That said, this chapter has really brought me around to the cast, although I continue to feel that Agnes and Tiz lag well behind.
The point is that this chapter focuses in no small part upon Edea, who is more or less the games default heroine. Having slain most of her friends for the sake of her beliefs, Edea comes face to face with her most insurmountable foe: her father. The situation complicates early on in the chapter with the discovery that awakening the Earth Crystal may well cost Edeas mother (and many others!) her life. Although this is fairly gray, Edea points out that she doesnt want Eternia to build its happiness upon the back of the rest of the worlds suffering. As she challenges her father, and learns about his past, one of the games more central points is at last brought up: that understanding should not come only at the point of a sword. Because Edea and her father are both head strong, battle is still inevitable. The chapter is paced perfectly, and Edeas world view is challenged and questioned at every step. Most important of all of these is the Vampire Castle sidequest, in which much of the games backstory is revealed and much of the problems with the Crystal Orthodoxy and the motivations of the Anticrystalists are laid bare. Lord DeRosso, the Vampire himself, explains a story not too different from the present one, several times over, showing echoes between his life, the Templars, the Sages and Edeas, save it be for the sides they fight for. All in all its pretty well written and thought out, and things seem set for a good final battle and a welcome ending to a game which will be fondly remembered.
But the game doesnt end there. Nor, however, does it actually continue from that point. Rather, the player is forced back to square one and made to refight every boss in the game again. Rather than being more challenging, though, higher difficulties only see bosses and enemies have higher HP counts and deal more damage while taking less, effectively doing no more than bloating out an already upsettingly unnecessary bloat. And thats what chapter five is: unnecessary. The chapter serves to highlight that the things we previously thought are untrue and that the world is grayer than we imagined, except we had already come emotionally to that point in chapter 4. The only truly worthwhile scene in chapter five is the budding of a romance between Agnes and Tiz and the Sages admission that all of this has happened before (and that the angel he and Lord DeRosso met long ago looked much like Agnes!) while thats great, it didnt need for me to refight every single boss in the game a second time and re-experience old story events with only minor changes (many of which I would assert were not for the better!) But I believed that if I bore it patiently the game would reward me and the remaining 3 chapters would be a return to form.
Such patience has not been rewarded, however, as I find myself at the beginning of chapter 6 exactly where I as at the beginning of chapter 5, which is precisely where I was at the beginning of chapter 1. To explain it best, allow me to share how I put it to my brother: Chapter 6 is chapter 5 again. And what was chapter 5? Chapters 1-4. For those of you keeping score, this is the third time I will be asked to fight the same bosses, with story and dialogue almost exactly the same I expect. And I have been informed that chapters 7 and 8 will be the same.
Im baffled, frankly, at this decision. Truly, I am stunned. I cannot understand it from a story point of view. Its like if Final Fantasy 1 had made players live the 2000 year time loop to sympathize with Garland, rather than just trusting that theyd written him to be sympathetic. In fact, I dare say that I think that this has happened in part because the staff was not confident in what they had made here. The game didnt need to be longer, I was at 45 hours when I finished Eternia. A sufficiently large final dungeon couldve made for 50 and that is perfectly respectable for most any RPG. The story was doing excellently at convincing me of all it needed to, and the cast had come into its own. Lord DeRossos Vampire Castle did all the more blurring of moral lines that chapter 5 aimed to do. In fact, if I couldve just gone to the Sage for his asterisk and learned all he had to tell me there, there would have been no need for any of chapter 5. Im rolling in XP and JP at this point, and really theres no need to grind for cash since shops update their inventory so very slowly.
It saddens me to think of this, really, because the first half of the game is arguably the best Square Enix has put out in a long, long time, but then you hit that fifth chapter and its like a brick wall. Ill soldier on and finish it, but I confess that without a NG+ option the games replayability has been seriously diminished in my eyes, as has its standing.
Ganon Dragmire
Member
^nice right up. but i bet if someone didn't spoil what those chapter were, it would of had more anger than sadness.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
You guys should've seen how disappointed he was getting and how enraged he was getting so I had to tell him.
He was pretty pissed when I said it, though.
Ganon Dragmire
Member
Oh i see. you hogged all that anger for yourself. haha
Ganon Dragmire
Member
when i think about it, and remember how the main cast
literately stand there and let it happen all those times after knowing