Author Topic: Final Fantasy Discussion Thread (Read 177312 times)

sonatafanica · « **Reply #1540 on:** October 08, 2011, 01:36:55 PM »

gonna start a playthrough of FFIX soon, i haven't really REALLY played it in a few years, but i got invited onto this zine that the cartoonist Zac Gorman is putting out (you might know his .gif zelda comics) that is focused on FFIX inspired art so i am having a playthrough for inspiration!!

i think i may do an illustration of Burmecia because that place is beautiful

Snow_Dog · « **Reply #1541 on:** October 08, 2011, 08:33:31 PM »

I just finished the first disc of IX, I'm more interested in it than I have been with VIII, probably mainly due to the battle system. It's a pretty quirky game so far, and my only major gripe with it is that the majority of disc 1 was mostly cutscenes / talking. That's all well and good, but I still don't feel like I'm really into it yet.

Genowyn · « **Reply #1542 on:** October 08, 2011, 08:37:07 PM »

Disc 1 of FFIX isn't that great, but from here on out it's awesome as hell.

Edan the Man · « **Reply #1543 on:** October 09, 2011, 12:33:51 AM »

Back to the Sphere Grid talk, what annoyed me the most was when you used one of the uber power leveling tricks and then had to tediously move your character around the grid 255 spaces, picking up all the bonuses

sonatafanica · « **Reply #1544 on:** October 10, 2011, 03:40:15 PM »

i have to say that ultimately the way to get skills and stuff in FFXII was the most annoying of all

also i was just remembering how i played VIII a while back and opened up my original save from when i was in like elementary school and realized that i beat that game without ever upgrading my weapons or junctioning magic to weapons. but in my defense getting new weapons was a pain in the dick

yorost · « **Reply #1545 on:** October 11, 2011, 07:56:25 AM »

The license board was great. It's open, for one, but I loved the search aspect of that. You knew the general vicinity of something you might want, now or later, so it wasn't unreasonable.

LieLowTheWantedMan · « **Reply #1546 on:** October 25, 2011, 08:23:20 PM »

I gotta say this is one of my favourite VGMs ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXT93rK33oo

So nostalgic for me. I remember this was the first VGM ever that jumped out to me and I thought was really awesome, when I was only like 8 years old playing FF8.

glaurung · « **Reply #1547 on:** October 25, 2011, 09:14:05 PM »

VIII definitely has my favorite soundtrack.

Pols Voice · « **Reply #1548 on:** October 25, 2011, 10:51:40 PM »

Oh cool, we're posting music. Freya's Theme from FFIX is goosebump material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ6yqiVOHT0

sonatafanica · « **Reply #1549 on:** October 26, 2011, 01:48:53 AM »

i made this for an upcoming zine with ffix illustrations and comics please shoot me in the goddamn head/skull region please

Snow_Dog · « **Reply #1550 on:** October 26, 2011, 03:06:18 AM »

wow, awesome work! That's pretty much exactly how that went down too

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #1551 on:** October 26, 2011, 06:58:02 AM »

ariich · « **Reply #1552 on:** October 26, 2011, 04:29:14 PM »

Chris, that is brilliant.

LieLowTheWantedMan · « **Reply #1553 on:** October 26, 2011, 05:38:40 PM »

Snow_Dog · « **Reply #1554 on:** November 01, 2011, 05:46:07 PM »

So, it looks like X is getting an HD remake for Vita and PS3

.

ehra · « **Reply #1555 on:** December 07, 2011, 06:39:38 PM »

I recently went through FF8 again, and I've realized that the game is complete bullshit. Like, more than is average for a FF game. So many plot elements and enemies that are just the stupidest, random crap ever. Yeah the terminal in the beginning of the game explains that GFs make you lose your memory, but all of these kids who grew at the orphanage together manage to run into each other again later in life. And the one that remembers everyone conveniently doesn't say anything until when the plot-point is brought up. The stupid slug monster under the garden; I don't think you even tell Cid that you killed the damn thing. The stupid final boss that wants to do some stupid time crap because _____________.

I've read so many fan theories about the ending and the unbelievable way people act; even simple things like how Rinoa approaches Squall at the ball even though she was there on resistance business and had the hots for Seifer. I read God knows where that it'd make sense for her to approach him because, from her perspective, he was a sad military guy with a fresh scare off on his own at a party. The first thing she says to him is that he's best looking guy there; reassuring him that his scar doesn't make him an ugly fuck. Or the "Ultimecia is Rinoa in the future who went bad/crazy because ________" theory. Or the "Squall died at the end of disk 1" theory.

And before I replayed the game I believed those things might actually be intended interpretations of the game because the game wasn't fresh in my mind and I was stupid. Now I absolutely can not believe that the people who wrote this game intended one bit of these theories; all of which that I've read would make the story infinitely better if they were intended, as sad as that is once you think about it. Especially once I stop and consider the crap they've put out since.

Now I'm debating if I want to inevitably ruin FF7 forever by playing it again.

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #1556 on:** December 07, 2011, 06:41:56 PM »

FFVII is not ruined by playing it again, trust me.

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #1557 on:** December 07, 2011, 06:51:19 PM »

I've gone fully through FF VII three times over the past 10 years and it was just as excellent each time.

On the other hand

With FF VIII, even though I loved it when it first came out, when I went through it again a few years ago, It really didn't hold up that well. Disc 3 and 4 went way off the rails.

glaurung · « **Reply #1558 on:** December 07, 2011, 07:16:06 PM »

Don't care. VIII is still my favorite FF.

LieLowTheWantedMan · « **Reply #1559 on:** December 07, 2011, 07:57:52 PM »

Quote from: glaurung on December 07, 2011, 07:16:06 PM

Don't care. VIII is still my favorite FF.

Finally someone who agrees! o/

yorost · « **Reply #1560 on:** December 08, 2011, 08:10:13 AM »

OK, I played the beginning of FFVI. Hoping to have a full day or two on vacation to enjoy it. With the PSP I can pause anytime, though, so we'll see how I progress at about 30 minutes every day or two.

the opening video and intro to Terra immediately made me think VII is eerily similar to this game. I'm curious if that feeling holds.

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #1561 on:** December 08, 2011, 08:17:50 AM »

I found out today that the American version of FFX doesn't have the extract ability sphere ability...

That must make the mi'ihen highroad SO ANNOYING

yorost · « **Reply #1562 on:** December 08, 2011, 08:19:52 AM »

Traveling anywhere in X is annoying. Walk in straight line, get random encounters.

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #1563 on:** December 08, 2011, 08:39:28 AM »

Cry some more.

yorost · « **Reply #1564 on:** December 08, 2011, 09:59:29 AM »

Ok. I hated realizing I wasn't going to make it to the next safe point and having to turn around. Nothing like running the same straight line multiple times!

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #1565 on:** December 08, 2011, 10:00:25 AM »

Why would that ever happen?

yorost · « **Reply #1566 on:** December 08, 2011, 10:03:59 AM »

The enemies were stronger than me, probably.

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #1567 on:** December 08, 2011, 10:13:17 AM »

Oh...lol

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #1568 on:** December 08, 2011, 10:23:19 AM »

holy crap @ that Zidane comic

ehra · « **Reply #1569 on:** December 11, 2011, 09:14:24 PM »

Quote from: Perpetual Change on December 07, 2011, 06:41:56 PM

FFVII is not ruined by playing it again, trust me.

Haven't gotten around to replaying it yet (that'll probably be the next game my girlfriend and I play together once we finish Chrono Cross), but while thinking about how rad FF7 was I realized how stupid it is.

So you to go the temple of the ancients or whatever to get the black materia. You get it awesome. Then Sephiroth shows up, Cloud loses his shit, gives Sephiroth the Black Materia, and Cloud tries to murder Aeris.

Ok. That's understandable. We didn't know that Cloud could be mind controlled like that, but now we do. Personally I'd think that's a pretty good reason to doubt anything he does and says from now on, but I guess they're trusting and all so that's cool.

But then we get back the black materia. We give it to someone other than Cloud so that a repeat of the temple of ancients doesn't happen again. Stuff happens. We end up heading to the northern crater it is. At least one member of your party saw Sephiroth talk to Cloud recently, which made him start acting weird. He asks for the Black Materia back, while acting obviously abnormal, the person holding the black materia specifically asks Cloud if he's alright because he's not acting normal, and they still give it to Cloud anyway. Then he gives it to Sephiroth. Again.

WHAT THE HELL

Genowyn · « **Reply #1570 on:** December 17, 2011, 02:34:20 PM »

So XIII-2 is out in Japan...two months left for everyone else.

AND MAYBE WE'LL GET A RELEASE DATE FOR VS XIII SOON THAT WOULD BE COOL

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #1571 on:** December 17, 2011, 03:01:15 PM »

THEY SHOULD JUST GIVE US VERSUS XIII NOW

ehra · « **Reply #1572 on:** December 17, 2011, 03:03:21 PM »

Yeah, then Nomura can get back to working on something awesome like KH3

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #1573 on:** December 17, 2011, 03:10:56 PM »

I hate you forever

Cable · « **Reply #1574 on:** December 18, 2011, 01:07:48 PM »

Quote from: ehra on December 11, 2011, 09:14:24 PM

Quote from: Perpetual Change on December 07, 2011, 06:41:56 PM
FFVII is not ruined by playing it again, trust me.

Haven't gotten around to replaying it yet (that'll probably be the next game my girlfriend and I play together once we finish Chrono Cross), but while thinking about how rad FF7 was I realized how stupid it is.

So you to go the temple of the ancients or whatever to get the black materia. You get it awesome. Then Sephiroth shows up, Cloud loses his shit, gives Sephiroth the Black Materia, and Cloud tries to murder Aeris.

Ok. That's understandable. We didn't know that Cloud could be mind controlled like that, but now we do. Personally I'd think that's a pretty good reason to doubt anything he does and says from now on, but I guess they're trusting and all so that's cool.

But then we get back the black materia. We give it to someone other than Cloud so that a repeat of the temple of ancients doesn't happen again. Stuff happens. We end up heading to the northern crater it is. At least one member of your party saw Sephiroth talk to Cloud recently, which made him start acting weird. He asks for the Black Materia back, while acting obviously abnormal, the person holding the black materia specifically asks Cloud if he's alright because he's not acting normal, and they still give it to Cloud anyway. Then he gives it to Sephiroth. Again.

WHAT THE HELL

OMG!?91, HEROTIC! FFVII is the shootz, the story can has no holes! I played no otter FF, but its perfect game forever!!1!s

;-)

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