Nine is my favorite game of all time, when I think of final fantasy I think of fantasy, all the guns, factories and machinery ruins it for me most of the time.
Gaming The Final Fantasy Thread
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That sword is the Excalibur II, isn't it? You basically have to ruin your whole playing experience to get it. Turn cutscenes off on the menu, put short summon times on, run away from every battle, never talk to anyone, don't do any of the sidequests, etc....
I think it's just about possible if you do that from what I remember reading. Never tried, to be fair.
I think it's just about possible if you do that from what I remember reading. Never tried, to be fair.
How do these Chocographs work then? Is it just luck which pieces you find in the 1st Chocobo Forest? Is there a certain amount you can find in the first forest? (The one near Qu's Marsh where you meet Quina)
Yeah, I think it lets you know when you've discovered all chocographs in each area
Squall is dead after Disc 1.
Cheers.
The thing i love about FF is that whenever i play it/replay one, i end up spending hours listening to the soundtracks alone.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/6281-Crying-Through-The-Laughs
for all the lovers of IX, this week's Jimquisition is about emotions in videogames and uses it as the example of when the Final Fantasy series got it right.
for all the lovers of IX, this week's Jimquisition is about emotions in videogames and uses it as the example of when the Final Fantasy series got it right.
Good video. The point about the timing of the tragic moments of FFIX are spot on
It's been a year/18 months since I last played it so I might have to do so again soon. I've probably played that game more than any other in my whole life
It's been a year/18 months since I last played it so I might have to do so again soon. I've probably played that game more than any other in my whole life
As the story progresses, more become available. There's a shit load of them, and you get some quality rewards from digging them up. It may well be the most rewarding sidequest in the whole of Final Fantasy.
On another note, I'm thrilled at the moment - got Xenogears the other day and it's pretty much the FF between 7 and 8. I wish I'd known about this when I was younger.
I am a virgin in these games.
So if I want to play them, are they related to each other, which are the best ones, from which one should I start and are they available in Windows (in wiki it says that most of them aren't)?
Come on Cina, paceme or another fanboy of them!
So if I want to play them, are they related to each other, which are the best ones, from which one should I start and are they available in Windows (in wiki it says that most of them aren't)?
Come on Cina, paceme or another fanboy of them!
Start with iv on snes emulator, or vii in psx1
Just google it, it's disgustingly available on torrent
If you don't mind old ps1 graphics then I'd say 9, simply because the others have dated and do take work to get into.
I'd start with 10 on the ps2 though, accesible for someone who hasn't played one before.
They aren't related at all. Most you can use on a pc, just find a torrent or an emulator.
Yep, I agree with paceme. If graphics are going to be an issue, go with 10. If you can look beyond that, defo go for 9
I think I'm gonna play 8 again, it's like the best silent movie ever.
Only FF I've played was 10. That was the one with the love story on the island right? I liked it but couldn't finish it. I just have never come to grips with turn based combat.
If you only like graphics, stick with the latter ones.
But if you like rpg's and really want to play the greats, 4,6 and 7 are the ones. It doesn't matter what order you play any of them in though, and don't bother at all with 13.
But if you like rpg's and really want to play the greats, 4,6 and 7 are the ones. It doesn't matter what order you play any of them in though, and don't bother at all with 13.
I think the graphics make them what they are tbh. I like ff9's story line so far. Feel sorry for Vivi who has everyone hate him in Cleyra! Quina is getting on my nerves but her/his magic is useful.
I play for story, graphics are important but not decisive.
The biggest problem is that I only own a PC and I am not planning on buying PlayStation, XBox or Nintendo so I don't know if they work in emulators.
FF1-4 are available on emu
FFVII-IX are on PSX which is available on Emu as well
Just fecking chose one and play it, fecking lazy bugger
Thanks Sky. Probably I will start playing them in upcoming months though i have some others before of them in the list.
Drop them, they're worth the time and the effort
Thing is, Final Fantasy shaped our childhood (well most of us), that fight against Sephiroth , the knights of the round, the chocobo, gold saucer, imagine all that back in 97.
That's one of the defining moment in the gaming industry (FF VII) and it's becoming a legend for a reason.
seriously, try it. Specially VII, the story is just immense, even for our time the graphic are still top notch
found this, made me laugh.
It's funny, but you should probably spoiler that just for the image on the video! 
That image is so iconic.
That image is so iconic.
It's funny, but you should probably spoiler that just for the image on the video!
That image is so iconic.
Considering that very image is plastered on the back of the games case and it's been 15 years, I think we can let it slide.
Fair play, I didn't know that. I shed tears during that scene!
I don't get all this FF7 has aged bollocks, I really don't.
I get some of you are about the HD and the AA and the AF and as many fancy shaders as you like, but for fecks sake we are talking about one of the defining games, of one of the defining genres of arguably the most defining machine of it's generation.
It's graphics are fecking top notch on the machine, and it's gameplay? Well you'd be hard pushed to find a game that hasn't at least copied all the basics it did so well and even harder pushed to find much better. As for the story, well it does feck over ALL the FF games since. But don't take my word for it here, find a dedicated site and see what they say.
All this being said, 6 is still better and if any of you say that had aged badly, then you need shooting.
I get some of you are about the HD and the AA and the AF and as many fancy shaders as you like, but for fecks sake we are talking about one of the defining games, of one of the defining genres of arguably the most defining machine of it's generation.
It's graphics are fecking top notch on the machine, and it's gameplay? Well you'd be hard pushed to find a game that hasn't at least copied all the basics it did so well and even harder pushed to find much better. As for the story, well it does feck over ALL the FF games since. But don't take my word for it here, find a dedicated site and see what they say.
All this being said, 6 is still better and if any of you say that had aged badly, then you need shooting.
I forgot about it's story, to be fair.
It's good, but VII is just better, gameplay wise we got more variety, as compared to the basic leveling of SNES. Not that it's VI's fault, they're limited by their engine at that time. FMV and storyline, the PSX enhance the rendering and stuff VII is more memorable, rather than a simple "Push the button to read VI"
VI is the last bastion of SNES RPG, VII was the first line of PSX, and from the 32 but into 64 the jump is so huge that people won't even compare VI with VII because it probably won't be fair.
...what exactly has happened with FF13-Versus? It's been so long coming that I'd completely forgotten about it. Is it even still in the works?
Nobody knows!
Shame...I think. 13-Versus is pretty much their last chance in my eyes to make another outstanding FF before you can be fairly certain that it has all gone down the shitter. Was looking forward to it for ages, but that 'ages' stopped about 3 years ago!
I've just started XIII-2.
System's changed a feckload from XII, but it'd engaging so for nonetheless
System's changed a feckload from XII, but it'd engaging so for nonetheless
Bit late, but agree with this. I previously felt 6 was as good as the others as games alone but I really can't see how I could justify that looking back. The FFs from 7 to 10 are better in pretty much every single way in my opinion (although the soundtrack to 6 is an absolute masterpiece and is as good as any of those overall).
The storylines of 7 and 10 in particular absolutely dwarfed that of 6 - I am somewhat hurt in a very geeky way that I will probably never come close to experiencing storylines as good as those two on any video game ever again. Further, 6 never really had a sidequest the strength of, say, the monster arena on 10, the chocobos on 7 or 9 or the card game on 8, which is as you say is perfectly understandable given the platform it was on.
I still haven't played the final DLC for XIII-2, the game was good though. Lot less linear and the monster breeding was addictive.
I don't know about that, 6 has a fantastic story and cast of characters. Each character had an interesting backstory (apart from maybe Moogle, Gogo and Yeti) and Kefka is a real prick of a bad guy, he doesn't muck about, he just gets on with it.
Fair enough, I just didn't think the storyline was anywhere near as immersive. There were about 15 moments in 7 and 10 combined that were just fantastic - moments that were actually shocking in terms of what they meant and how good they were. With 9, you had the RTE system which added so much to what was already a quality and engaging storyline (probably some of the funniest dialogue since 5 too).
I'd say 6's and 8's storylines are of a more similar level, with 9 being comfortably a step above and 7 and 10 in a completely different league altogether. Zidane was blatantly ripped straight from Locke in 6, though. Gestahl/Garland too...even their deaths were uncannily similar.
I've never finished 6, my PS3 broke and I was about 45 hours in and I've yet to go back to it. Kefka was incredibly good though.
I'm with Eric though, 7 is incredible and if and when we see Versus it needs to be good otherwise I'll have no hope left for Final Fantasy anymore.
Tactics is an incredibly fun game too, and difficult to master.
I'm with Eric though, 7 is incredible and if and when we see Versus it needs to be good otherwise I'll have no hope left for Final Fantasy anymore.
Tactics is an incredibly fun game too, and difficult to master.
They came out not long ago and said that it was still in development, it's square though so feck knows really. Why they don't just give us a HD VII and stop fecking about is beyond me.
Urghh, they'll have made a whole trilogy out of FF13 before completing that. Literally - I read something about FF13-3 the other day. I know a lot of people say 13-2 was a big improvement (and by the same token, it would not surprise if the 3rd was an upgrade on that), but it just seems like massive levels of milking/laziness. If FF7 was a 10/10 Final Fanasy, then 13 was a 1 or 2.
Alas... Just wish they'd have spent this time making one absolutely amazing FF instead of spin offs and half-arsed efforts.
Alas...
Just wish they'd have spent this time making one absolutely amazing FF instead of spin offs and half-arsed efforts.They did the same with FF7, milking it's popularity with with a bunch a of crappy spin offs and a movie that, awesome fights scenes aside, wasn't that good. FF 13-2 was more of an apology than anything, trying to make up for FF13 and give us a decent game rather than having to wait another 4 years until we were given something decent to play.