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FINAL FANTASY Community Thread: XV Mainline Entries and Counting
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There are multiple other mobile games currently being actively worked on.
Sorry, don't mind my OCD.
Yeah, 'Nomura Fatigue' is real.
I used to hope that Yoshida would get to do another mainline but, all my dreams are futile.
Yoshida is doing a ton of work for FFXIV.
Is he though? I thought he stepped back once he went freelance. I recall it being said he didn't design the last three classes they added to the game. Is he still art director?
SuperChoco
Member
I wonder if 16 will be the game that goes super anime with its designs. I always have a feeling its going to happen but I just don't know when.
You're right, and I'm pretty glad about this, but it's not quite the happy ending I was hoping for.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
I hope not. Nomura is already close enough to that.
In the actual designs or the overall art direction? For their mainline games, I feel that their stylised but slightly more realistic proportions have become synonymous enough with the overall FF brand that they won't step away from them now. The Compilation/XII FMV/XIII/XIV/XV/Type-0/3rd Birthday/Dissidia (arcade and PSP FMV, the original ingame models were more stylised) look is more or less set at this point; also extending to the prerendered openings of the III and IV remakes. Even the Nomura Miku design was rendered like that.
SuperChoco
Member
Whoops, I should have been more specific. I'm talking about the possibility of the series moving down the line to become trope-laden otaku pandering bullshit that's been populating the JRPG scene for a while. I've no problem with an anime art style, which, as you pointed out, does exist right now. I'm still a little mad that Matrix Software went from making the 3 and 4 3D remakes to making crap like Omega Labyrinth.
Regarding the art, I was actually trying to say that the current semi-realistic style is so heavily identified with the FF brand that going 'full anime' visually seems essentially impossible, especially for a mainline game.
Though the regrettable depths of otaku pandering are a different question entirely - I'm not sure how much you'd have to worry about the main games falling completely into that abyss, but things like Type-0's Emina scenes, T3B's clothing damage system and some of the more eye-rolling parts of Lightning Returns and Bravely Default show that it wouldn't exactly be an unprecedented occurrence. Maybe the FFIX remake really will become My Unwanted Child Can't Be This Cute after all.
Right down to being covered up for the international release...
I guess it might be slightly unfair to lump it in with the others, though the current handheld RPG climate does lend itself to unflattering readings.
(Also, what massage scene in X-2? Wasn't that game just an endless string of battles with no cutscenes, minigames or dialogue?)
SuperChoco
Member
Ah, okay. I can agree with this.
I'd argue that one off scantily clad sprites are a bit better then making an arc of the game be about whether or not Anges should wear something revealing to find her friend. I think fanservice is fine when its one off, not a selling point or a regular part of the game. I do still like Bravely Default though.
Never played X-2, so wtf.
"just playin one of dem japanese games"
One of the local FOX News stations talked to Susan Calloway about FFXIV.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?st.../susancalloway/videos/10153573123462173/&_rdr
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?st.../susancalloway/videos/10153573123462173/&_rdr
Correcting myself re: outdated info. Right from the horse's mouth:
Official statement.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/16-more-things-we-learned-about-final-fantasy-15/1100-6430160/
edit: Honestly, if it's thematically still the same, I'm not even sure why it's stopped being called FNC. A rose is still a rose by any other name. But eh, marketing gonna marketing I guess!
Ganon Dragmire
Member
Finally getting back into FF8. I can't express how much the modded PC version is better than the Japanese PS1 version on the Vita.
The Japanese PS1 ver has no way to exchange Junctions/magic without doing it all by hand when the game makes you use two parties so often was so annoying, that I stopped playing for a while.
The Japanese PS1 ver has no way to exchange Junctions/magic without doing it all by hand when the game makes you use two parties so often was so annoying, that I stopped playing for a while.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
They exaggerated the hell out of her popularity. Nobody knows her for that song other than us.
FinalxxSin
Banned
FFXV is probably going to turn out to be my favorite in the series. I just hope it gets optimized properly.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
Is there a thread for discussion about FF7R?
Tried out XV at PAX and thought it was okay. I basically got thrown into a boss fight with Behemoth because my friend passed the controller to me at a bad time lol I accidently ruined my XV poster so it looks like shit now.
Also got to play FF explorers a little and really liked it. The summon fight was actually quite hard at first but after a while you learn the proper mechanics of dodging and using your attacks at the right time.
And lastly, beat Ravana from XIV and got a cool little t-shirt along with my friends.
Also got to play FF explorers a little and really liked it. The summon fight was actually quite hard at first but after a while you learn the proper mechanics of dodging and using your attacks at the right time.
And lastly, beat Ravana from XIV and got a cool little t-shirt along with my friends.
Tizoc
Member
Just wanted to chime in and say that Rose of May is the GOAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxZlJGtFGcw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxZlJGtFGcw
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Rose of May is one of the best game songs period truth to that. I'm also glad to see my efforts to promote Final Fantasy IX in the games of the gen 5 thread didn't go to waste. It managed to hit top ten overall, 2nd for a PlayStation exclusive, and 3rd for the RPG category.
So pretty much every Final Fantasy that was recently ported has ended up on Steam. I've been wondering what the likelihood is X will eventually end up on PC.
The one FF game I'd really think is perfect for the PC audience is Tactics. I just don't know if Square Enix would go through the trouble of making a proper mouse control scheme for the game.
The one FF game I'd really think is perfect for the PC audience is Tactics. I just don't know if Square Enix would go through the trouble of making a proper mouse control scheme for the game.
Professor Beef
Banned
Maybe a port of WotL instead of the PSX version. *drool*
precisely! the Mobile Version too which patched out the intentional slowdown
Professor Beef
Banned
Even if it's not the mobile version with the fixed slowdown, it's an easy enough fix for the Tactics community. Oh god, I'm getting myself excited, I need to stop.
Really? Why? Because Square Enix is more inclined to doing mobile ports?
there is history of mobile ports, plus the X games using a proprietary software to run on ps2. don't know the full details, but i see it mentioned all the time
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III, IV, TAY and now V didn't even get the dignity of a non-mobile interface.
I mean I can understand not wanting to redraw all the sprites for V, but seriously how much effort is it to make the UI not an eyesore on a display bigger than a postage stamp?
I was just about to ask about that. How do they control? Can you at least navigate the battle menu with a mouse in those games?
Decided on a whim to replay FFVII, steam version. I only played it once before, like 8 years ago, and don't remember much of anything.
I did a quick look to see if there were any essential mods, or possibility of 60 fps. But seems like most of that assumes the non-steam version. Probably just a bit too late to the party. At least the resolution bump is nice for the models.
I did a quick look to see if there were any essential mods, or possibility of 60 fps. But seems like most of that assumes the non-steam version. Probably just a bit too late to the party. At least the resolution bump is nice for the models.
Life is Such a Changing Art
GIA post on FFX-2. Really well thought out. Nothing there I personally disagree with apart from the bit at the end about the OST.
An oldie, but a goodie.
GIA post on FFX-2. Really well thought out. Nothing there I personally disagree with apart from the bit at the end about the OST.
An oldie, but a goodie.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
That was a good read. I think I'd be willing to give the game a new chance.
But man that opening cutscene is hard to get through ._. You have to really embrace the goofiness.
Ha, for sure. You have to lean into it or be already inclined to do so. I'm pretty unabashedly into pop music and really all the other goofy things X-2 touches on, but I wasn't like then when I first played it.
Silliness =/= nonsense though. X-2 being as goofy as it is doesn't preclude it from being a really smart game. I think that's the mistake I first made with it. I misjudged it and I never really cared to try to understand what it was really doing. I imagine a number of people could say the same.
Is anybody else impressed by the way FFXIV kinda plays with Gaius Van Baelsar's arguments in its expansions?
Spoilers for Heavensward and 2.X ensue.
Spoilers for Heavensward and 2.X ensue.
In the climax of A Realm Reborn, Gaius Van Baelsar of the Garlean Empire confronts the Warrior of Light on the elevator leading to Ultima Weapon. During that confrontation, Gaius poses some questions to the player, and asks them, ultimately, to say whether or not they believe in Eorzea and her peoples. Gaius makes a point of reminding the player that Eorzeans are weak willed and that the people suffer for lack of leadership.
In 2.X we begin to really see it. Whereas the Garlean Empire survives a civil war, the Eorzeans are beset with corruption and doubt on every hand. The Ishgardians are withdrawn, the Uldahns foundering, the Lominsans reliant upon do gooders to bail them out of shit they started, and the Gridanians smoking pot like they do.
You watch as Merlwyb shrugs off the fact that she's forced you to put down two Primals who were only summoned because the Lominsans were dicks to beastmen. You're powerless to stop corruption within your own ranks, as you see the Sultana grapple with her own lack of power as well. When it all comes down, and you flee as your friends sacrifice themselves for you, the words of Gaius echo in your ears. Are the Eorzeans really worth it? Could all of this have been avoided if the Garleans had won?
And then you reach Heavensward, and get embroiled in the Dragonsong War, and along the way you meet people who tear Gaius down entirely. Ishgard had strong leaders, and that strength compelled them to create more problems than it solved. The likes of Iceheart and Haurchefaunt aren't selfish bastards who beg you to do every fucking thing for you. They're good people who are driven by their own convictions. Aymeric, Lucia, and Estinien all alike show you that the people of this land are worth fighting for and saving.
What I find most impressive of all, though, is Alphinaud. In 2.X he's grown pompous, bold, brash and flashy. Yet as the ending of 2.5 tears him down, he begins again. His experiences alongside Ysayle and Estinien in particular help him to realize he has to see things differently, and as he gets to tag along with you on more and more of your adventures, he grows into a man in his own right. The Alphinaud who politely bears Matoya's mockery is a far cry from the same man who once lodged barbed comments and a reluctant Minfilia.
In a way, Alphinaud kind of embodies the shift in opinion of Eorzea. As he grows to accept he should not have a private army of his own, he rejects that Eorzea requires strong leaders, and instead adopts the response that harmony, not subjugation, is the path to true peace.
In 2.X we begin to really see it. Whereas the Garlean Empire survives a civil war, the Eorzeans are beset with corruption and doubt on every hand. The Ishgardians are withdrawn, the Uldahns foundering, the Lominsans reliant upon do gooders to bail them out of shit they started, and the Gridanians smoking pot like they do.
You watch as Merlwyb shrugs off the fact that she's forced you to put down two Primals who were only summoned because the Lominsans were dicks to beastmen. You're powerless to stop corruption within your own ranks, as you see the Sultana grapple with her own lack of power as well. When it all comes down, and you flee as your friends sacrifice themselves for you, the words of Gaius echo in your ears. Are the Eorzeans really worth it? Could all of this have been avoided if the Garleans had won?
And then you reach Heavensward, and get embroiled in the Dragonsong War, and along the way you meet people who tear Gaius down entirely. Ishgard had strong leaders, and that strength compelled them to create more problems than it solved. The likes of Iceheart and Haurchefaunt aren't selfish bastards who beg you to do every fucking thing for you. They're good people who are driven by their own convictions. Aymeric, Lucia, and Estinien all alike show you that the people of this land are worth fighting for and saving.
What I find most impressive of all, though, is Alphinaud. In 2.X he's grown pompous, bold, brash and flashy. Yet as the ending of 2.5 tears him down, he begins again. His experiences alongside Ysayle and Estinien in particular help him to realize he has to see things differently, and as he gets to tag along with you on more and more of your adventures, he grows into a man in his own right. The Alphinaud who politely bears Matoya's mockery is a far cry from the same man who once lodged barbed comments and a reluctant Minfilia.
In a way, Alphinaud kind of embodies the shift in opinion of Eorzea. As he grows to accept he should not have a private army of his own, he rejects that Eorzea requires strong leaders, and instead adopts the response that harmony, not subjugation, is the path to true peace.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I actually was in agreement with Gaius honestly. Too bad the game has a linear story path.
Think I actually agreed with him, too, haha.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Well I am in the Eorzea doesn't deserve my help camp. So Gaius kinda resonated with me.
If you go through the lvl 50 Dark Knight quest it pretty much reflected what I and the WoL might be thinking after the WoL's recent experiences.
And then your 3 buddies Iceheart, Haurchefant, and Estinien were your only real buddies IMO.
I like Alphy sure but like the other Scions I think they are just like everyone else with power, they want to use the WoL, it's just the Scions got to the WoL first.
And well, all 3 of your buddies died. You pretty much only have Hildibrand and GREG now. And Midgardrsomr is pretty chill with you too.
And then your 3 buddies Iceheart, Haurchefant, and Estinien were your only real buddies IMO.
I like Alphy sure but like the other Scions I think they are just like everyone else with power, they want to use the WoL, it's just the Scions got to the WoL first.
And well, all 3 of your buddies died. You pretty much only have Hildibrand and GREG now. And Midgardrsomr is pretty chill with you too.
I actually think Y'shtola and Alphinaud are the best of the Scions. I mean, Yda's okay, fuck Thancred, FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK Minfillia, and would any single person actually be as hyped
for Papalymo's return as they were for Y'shtola's? I also really like that Y'shtola never fails to tell Merlwyb to shove it up her nose.
How bout those Primal fights, though? The further out we get from Ifrit, the cooler they get. I think
Knights of the Round
The hardest /primal/ I've fought, though, is probably Odin. Which is funny, because Odin is almost as easy as Shiva, but god damn it took so long to get a party together that could split the frickin' circles.
Sadly, the hardest fight in the game for me is Twintania so far. Mind you I'm only now getting to EX primals and I haven't done Alexander yet, but oh. my. GOD. Twintania synced is such a nightmare. The divebombs. I've only seen parties survive them like, three times, and when they do, invariably somebody doesn't stand on a fucking link for aetheric profusion.
Fucking Twintania. The WORST.
The dungeons I hate most are probably Aurum Vale, Toto-rak, and QARN.
FUCK.
QARN.
Every day I roll Qarn. And every single day I wipe wipe wipe to Teratosaur cuz BEES.
QARN.
I think The Vault is my favorite HW dungeon, and Brayflox my favorite 2.0 one. But Gubal Library has the best song.
Heavensward's OST is so damn good.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
FF5 has the great job system and GILGAMESH. And the better Blue Mages.
FFX has no job system, I feel character progression is linear and boring, and the game obviously has no GILGAMESH. Dat Kimahri though.
Answer is clear.
If you do choose FF5 then play the GBA version.
FFX has no job system, I feel character progression is linear and boring, and the game obviously has no GILGAMESH. Dat Kimahri though.
Answer is clear.
If you do choose FF5 then play the GBA version.
Professor Beef
Banned
Good news: If 4 and 6 are the only ones you've beaten, then you have nowhere to go but up!
I'm having fun with FF5. I just got the water crystal jobs and I'm trying to decide whether to level new jobs or max out the ones I've been leveling. Any tips? I've got Bartz on Knight, Lenna on White Mage, Galuf on Monk, and Faris on Thief.
edit: Got stuck on Shiva and had to go out and level Red Mage on Faris so I could have more Protect, so I kind of answered my own question. Got a couple levels of Summoner and Time Mage on Lenna while I was at it. This job system is fucking cool.
I'm not sure we have very similar taste in that regard lol. I'm biased toward SNES era games though.