Final Fantasy Discussion Thread

[j]

In my top 3 games ever, right alongside Earthbound and Silent Hill 2.

I approve of this Top 3.

Out of interest, how many of you FF fans have played Chrono Trigger, and what are your opinions on it?

Great game with an equally great sequel, no matter what anyone else says.

Chrono Cross certainly takes a lot more shit than it deserves.  Excellent game, although I probably wouldn't put it quite on par with the original.

-J

[sneakyblueberry]

I wish I could take my vote back on this poll. 

VII is overrated as. 

VIII is where its at.

[Genowyn]

So I just beat Vanille's eidolon. What an asshole of a boss that was.

[sneakyblueberry]

I think I'll play this game tonight.  Yes.

[Genowyn]

Just beat it  

Now I can return it to blockbuster and play my $12 FFXII.

Edit: I sorta wish there was an option for the Japanese voice acting. Some of my favorite Japanese VAs were in XIII, as opposed to the English cast which has one person I've even heard of (Snow is the same dude as Kanji from P4).

[AcidLameLTE]

I think the person who does Lightning's voice is the same person who does the doctor's voice in Mass Effect 1 & 2.

Anyway, I WISH THEY WOULD RELEASE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VERSUS. IT SOUNDS AMAZING!

[RandalGraves]

I think the person who does Lightning's voice is the same person who does the doctor's voice in Mass Effect 1 & 2.

Anyway, I WISH THEY WOULD RELEASE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VERSUS. IT SOUNDS AMAZING!

Liara's, yeah.

[icysk8r]

I'm on 11, only playing mostly on weekends.

[Dublagent66]

I got a playstation store email update for PSone classic FFIX for PS3/PSP.  I remembered starting this game quiet a while ago and playing for about 14 hours and then stopped for some reason.  So, about a week or so ago, I decided to resume the game and haven't been able to stop since.  I'm lovin' it!!   

[AcidLameLTE]

 

[Dublagent66]

Great.  I obviously think X is a low point for the series.  Seeing different opinions is so shocking, I know, especially when they've been discussed before in this thread.

I've probably logged more hours on X than all of the rest combined.  Side Quests, Celestial Weapons, Sphere Grid, Character Only Challenges, the Monster Arena.  There's just so many things to do in X and I still haven't done everything yet.

[AcidLameLTE]

You need to play moar of IX then.

[Dimitrius]

WTF FFXIII!!! Giant killing tomatoes?!?!

[Arcaeus]

Is that stranger than the rest of the weird shit you fight in the series?

[Dimitrius]

Is that stranger than the rest of the weird shit you fight in the series?

True, but the game so far wasn't that strange in terms of the things you fight... then giant killing tomatoes show up!

[Dimitrius]

Oh good, Sazh "shoots" himself just when he was getting interesting... but of course he can't be dead if he just fought his Eidolon.

[Dublagent66]

Is that stranger than the rest of the weird shit you fight in the series?

True, but the game so far wasn't that strange in terms of the things you fight... then giant killing tomatoes show up!

There was a tomato fiend in FFXII, but it wasn't giant.  Nothing really surprises me about the monsters you find in FF games.

[sonatafanica]

Hey, you got FFIX for the PS3, right? How does it look?

[Dimitrius]

Hey, you got FFIX for the PS3, right? How does it look?

Don't you mean XIII, because the IX you can download from the PS Store is a straight port from the original one.

[yorost]

Is that stranger than the rest of the weird shit you fight in the series?

True, but the game so far wasn't that strange in terms of the things you fight... then giant killing tomatoes show up!

There was a tomato fiend in FFXII, but it wasn't giant.  Nothing really surprises me about the monsters you find in FF games.

Final Fantasy takes monster inspirations from all sorts of sources.  Monster tomatoes were the premise of a series of movies in the 70's and 80's and I would guess is the reference point for these creatures.

[Dublagent66]

Hey, you got FFIX for the PS3, right? How does it look?

Actually, I have the original PSX version of the game.  But, like Dimi said, the PS store version is ported so it would look the same as the original for PSP and PS3.

Is that stranger than the rest of the weird shit you fight in the series?

True, but the game so far wasn't that strange in terms of the things you fight... then giant killing tomatoes show up!

There was a tomato fiend in FFXII, but it wasn't giant.  Nothing really surprises me about the monsters you find in FF games.

Final Fantasy takes monster inspirations from all sorts of sources.  Monster tomatoes were the premise of a series of movies in the 70's and 80's and I would guess is the reference point for these creatures.

Yep, FF games are inspired by a lot of different things.  Even the storylines sometimes resemble or remind me of movies I've seen.

[Perpetual Change]

Well. It's official. Traded in my copy of FFXIII while there still was some trade in value left. I'm officially done with looking forward to new things put out with the name Final Fantasy attached 

[Dimitrius]

Goddamnit Barthandelus!!!

[faemir]

Do I get FF13 or FF7? Played neither (well, played the start of 7).

[Ultimetalhead]

If you want the best RPG ever, get 7. If you want an awesome RPG with the best graphics anyone has ever seen, get 13.

[Dimitrius]

If you want the best RPG ever, get 7. If you want an awesome RPG with the best graphics anyone has ever seen, get 13.

*in before faemir goes all "PC has the best them"*

[Ultimetalhead]

If you want the best RPG ever, get 7. If you want an awesome RPG with the best graphics anyone has ever seen, get 13.

*in before faemir goes all "PC has the best them"*

Good luck finding any graphics that surpass XIII. I think the opening sequence rivals Avatar.

[Dimitrius]

If you want the best RPG ever, get 7. If you want an awesome RPG with the best graphics anyone has ever seen, get 13.

*in before faemir goes all "PC has the best them"*

Good luck finding any graphics that surpass XIII. I think the opening sequence rivals Avatar.

*in before faemir shows you Crysis*

Which has some unbelievably great graphics.

[Sigz]

If you want the best RPG ever, get 7. If you want an awesome RPG with the best graphics anyone has ever seen, get 13.

*in before faemir goes all "PC has the best them"*

Good luck finding any graphics that surpass XIII. I think the opening sequence rivals Avatar.

>implying a pre-rendered sequence is 'graphics'

[Ultimetalhead]

If you want the best RPG ever, get 7. If you want an awesome RPG with the best graphics anyone has ever seen, get 13.

*in before faemir goes all "PC has the best them"*

Good luck finding any graphics that surpass XIII. I think the opening sequence rivals Avatar.

>implying a pre-rendered sequence is 'graphics'

Okay, fine. I looked at some in-game screens of Crysis and then some in-game screens of FFXIII, and sorry, FF still wins.

Also, I've edited/reset the poll to allow XIII's inclusion. VOTE AGAIN!

[Sigz]

First image search results:

https://chrisevans3d.com/images/crysis_high_res/crysis8.jpg

https://favoniangamers.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/tgs-final-fantasy-xiii-3.jpg

No way.

[Dimitrius]

First image search results:

https://chrisevans3d.com/images/crysis_high_res/crysis8.jpg

https://favoniangamers.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/tgs-final-fantasy-xiii-3.jpg

No way.

That FFXIII pic is not from the final game build, but the graphics look very similar to the final build.

[Sigz]

Then what is? Cause a Final Fantasy 13 in game search gives almost nothing.

[Dimitrius]

Then what is? Cause a Final Fantasy 13 in game search gives almost nothing.

I just know it's not from the final game because of that information bar at the bottom is totally different from the one in the game. In the Google search, the second image, that one is from the final build and as I said, the graphics looks the same to the pic you posted.

FFXIII does have some of the best graphics I've ever seen on a console, though.

[yorost]

If you want the best RPG ever, get 7.

I do really like 7, but it isn't even one of the best Final Fantasy titles.  It has way too many annoying pieces and the first disc really drags the whole package down.