Gaming The Final Fantasy Thread

What's your favourite single-player FF?

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Revan said:
I am thinking to play 6 to 10 (if I can find them on emu). 8 is on windows so that is the next game I will play after I finish 7. Which are the best of 8 byte graphics after FF6?
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You mean 16-bit? They pretty much run in order. Though the GBA updates of the games are slightly better an you can get all the first 6 on that.

4 and 6 are the best of that era, with 6 arguably being the best of the lot. You might differ having played 7 first though, since it took a lot from 6 and modernised somewhat.
 
Revan said:
I am thinking to play 6 to 10 (if I can find them on emu). 8 is on windows so that is the next game I will play after I finish 7. Which are the best of 8 byte graphics after FF6?
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You're in for a treat as far as complexity goes when you play 8...:lol: The system on it is completely different from anything before or after it and ties in very well with sidequests and enemy fights. In some ways I think it might actually be the most fun in terms of trying to find out how to make your character stronger. Won't spoil it but it's a pretty unique FF and a top class game. Would place it below 7, 9 (which I absolutely must go on at some point soon!) and 10, but it is a matter of opinion and many people think it's actually one of the best.
 
KingEric7 said:
You're in for a treat as far as complexity goes when you play 8...:lol: The system on it is completely different from anything before or after it and ties in very well with sidequests and enemy fights. In some ways I think it might actually be the most fun in terms of trying to find out how to make your character stronger. Won't spoil it but it's a pretty unique FF and a top class game. Would place it below 7, 9 (which I absolutely must go on at some point soon!) and 10, but it is a matter of opinion and many people think it's actually one of the best.
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:lol: Yep. Don't we only differ in our orders which way round 6/7 go?

I reckon he should play 4 at the same time though, to prepare for 6.
 
No-one is telling me which are available on emu, and I can't find it now cause I only have net on my phone. Anyway it looks that I will be on Final Fantasy for some time.
 
Revan said:
Aeris dying is one of the most memorable scenes in video game history. But unfortunately (like in Revan's revelation case) I knew it before (well I remembered a photo from wiki when I was watching game's rating). Though it has been some time I had my suspucions that Aeris will die, but I never thought that it will be so early in the game. After it, I was pretty depressed and didn't play for about a day.
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I saw your posts saying how much you liked Aerith, thinking you would be in for such a shock. It's still pretty sad even though you know it happens.
 
Redlambs said:
:lol: Yep. Don't we only differ in our orders which way round 6/7 go?

I reckon he should play 4 at the same time though, to prepare for 6.
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Should imagine so. I am most likely heavily biased in regards to 7 onwards (a childhood thing, I imagine) though and can't properly appreciate the context of FFIV and FFVI. Another thing is that I find it very difficult to separate or at least try to explain why I think some stand out from one another! Playing FF9 for example is probably some of the most fun I've ever had on any video game and maybe the most absorbed and taken in by a storyline and an atmosphere I've been (it was also one of the most challenging, I think)...yet for some reason I feel like 7 and 10 were better.

8, too...that is a game I've spent hundreds of hours on stretching God knows how many playthroughs, and it's the FF that has possibly the most continuously engaging levelling/development system. On top of that, there's a pretty good case for it having the best OST (as do about 5 or 6 others, to be fair), but there's just something that tells me it's not quite as good as the 3 mentioned up there.

Shit, they're all just fecking amazing and I need to go back and play them all. :lol:
 
Mystry said:
I saw your posts saying how much you liked Aerith, thinking you would be in for such a shock. It's still pretty sad even though you know it happens.
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Though I was pretty certain that it will happen sometime in the game, I was literally shocked. I just stayed there hor about 10 minutes doing nothing and after the Jenova life boss fight that is just after it, I saved the game and didn't played for about a day.
 
KingEric7 said:
Shit, they're all just fecking amazing and I need to go back and play them all. :lol:
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I've already started! Though I am slightly cheating, I'm playing the GBA versions of 1 and 2.

God it's fecked up how tricky those were to find where the feck you are meant to go, and I've cleared them all! 7 is so basic in comparison :lol:


I think we did do the ordering thing once. I think mine was 6,7,9,10,8 though 4 would probably fit in the middle there somewhere, though I'll see when I play it again :drool:
 
Revan said:
No-one is telling me which are available on emu, and I can't find it now cause I only have net on my phone. Anyway it looks that I will be on Final Fantasy for some time.
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Should imagine you can get 8 and 9 on coolroms and play them with ePSXe (same goes for FFX with the PS2 version). Just so you can report them to the appropriate authorities I mean, obviously. I definitely didn't play Xenogears by using that method though so couldn't really say.
 
Redlambs said:
What, exactly is it you are asking me? What emulators play what games?

For 1 through to 6 you want GBA, 4 and 6 are also on Snes emus. They and the roms are very easy to find!
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Are 9 and 10 available on emu? I am pretty certain that I read somewhere that they are but can't find it.
 
KingEric7 said:
Should imagine you can get 8 and 9 on coolroms and play them with ePSXe (same goes for FFX with the PS2 version). Just so you can report them to the appropriate authorities I mean, obviously. I definitely didn't play Xenogears by using that method though so couldn't really say.
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Cheers. So that mean that I should play 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10. There will be spend the next year.
 
Revan said:
Are 9 and 10 available on emu? I am pretty certain that I read somewhere that they are but can't find it.
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Yes. I shouldn't really point these things out, because I am against illegally owning games, but I guess you can't buy these on disc anymore so it's up to you.

9 is on a PSX emulator, which are a dime a dozen.
10 is on a PS2 one (google best ps2 emu), though you do need a reasonable machine to think about emulating that.
 
Revan said:
Are 9 and 10 available on emu? I am pretty certain that I read somewhere that they are but can't find it.
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I think I actually played IX on an emu once. It might have been VII though, as it's a long time ago and I definitely played that on an emu. Now I've bought IX in the Playstation Store.
 
Revan said:
Cheers. So that mean that I should play 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10. There will be spend the next year.
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Definitely play 4 before 6. They are a different breed of game really than the others (the graphics make them seem different obviously, though the underlying games are pretty much the same), and 6 is the best of the best but I say four first because not only is it great in it's own right, but it'll prepare you properly for six to enjoy it more.

But yeah, I'd play them all. Even 1,2,3 and 5 (but those lot can wait).

Playing 7 first definitely will dampen your experience of 6 somewhat, but persevere it's an extremely rewarding game. As King says, 8 is complex but somehow the lesser game of them all, though still great in it's own right :)
 
Redlambs said:
Yes. I shouldn't really point these things out, because I am against illegally owning games, but I guess you can't buy these anymore so it's up to you.

9 is on a PSX emulator, which are a dime a dozen.
10 is on a PS2 one (google best ps2 emu), though you do need a reasonable machine to think about emulating that.
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Thanka. My laptop should be fine on emulating every video game that is available on emu.

About illegallity, well I am not thinking to buy a playstation, so though it is not fine, well...
 
Redlambs said:
That should do, but you'd be surprised :)

If that was desktop format, it'd be comparative to the PS4, but don't tell Weaste I said that! :lol:
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The last we need in this beautiful thread is Weaste repeadetly telling us how good is playstation/vita.
 
Redlambs said:
I've already started! Though I am slightly cheating, I'm playing the GBA versions of 1 and 2.

God it's fecked up how tricky those were to find where the feck you are meant to go, and I've cleared them all! 7 is so basic in comparison :lol:


I think we did do the ordering thing once. I think mine was 6,7,9,10,8 though 4 would probably fit in the middle there somewhere, though I'll see when I play it again :drool:
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Aye, I think I'd need to go through them all again before trying it. It's so close.

Out of interest Redlambs, do you think a laptop with 2.13ghz, Intel HD graphics card (:() and 4gb RAM could handle FFIX? Xenogears was good for the most part, but there's a couple of years difference between the games I think so am not sure. I'm willing to dig out the PS2 but was just wondering.
 
KingEric7 said:
Aye, I think I'd need to go through them all again before trying it. It's so close.
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It really is a shame in a lot of ways you had 7 before 6. I think anyone who is only really used to the 3D era can't really fully grasp the beauty of it. Funnily enough, when 7 was released and before the internet and messageboards, it was a bit of a comedown in many ways. I remember hating the return to stupid random battles every step, a more limited roster of characters, three per group and linear paths. The cutscenes helped the story obviously, but the characters in 6 just felt so much more developed, especially in comparison to the rival games of the time.

The fact people still cite it as amongst the best though, is testament to it's shear brilliance.


Out of interest Redlambs, do you think a laptop with 2.13ghz, Intel HD graphics card (:() and 4gb RAM could handle FFIX? Xenogears was good for the most part, but there's a couple of years difference between the games I think so am not sure. I'm willing to dig out the PS2 but was just wondering.
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It should do, it's worth a try. That sort of configuration should blitz a PSone emu, but the fact it's a laptop and the graphics card might hold it back a little.
 
Redlambs said:
It really is a shame in a lot of ways you had 7 before 6. I think anyone who is only really used to the 3D era can't really fully grasp the beauty of it. Funnily enough, when 7 was released and before the internet and messageboards, it was a bit of a comedown in many ways. I remember hating the return to stupid random battles every step, a more limited roster of characters, three per group and linear paths. The cutscenes helped the story obviously, but the characters in 6 just felt so much more developed, especially in comparison to the rival games of the time.

The fact people still cite it as amongst the best though, is testament to it's shear brilliance.




It should do, it's worth a try. That sort of configuration should blitz a PSone emu, but the fact it's a laptop and the graphics card might hold it back a little.
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Cheers will give that a try, then. I'm sure there are some tweaks or something out there that can help.

Yeah, it is definitely a shame. Still thoroughly enjoyed 6 I must say, but it does irk me a little I didn't play it back then. Must say I really do think the storylines of 7 and 10 are in a league of their own when you consider the two premises and the depth/twists of the plots. 10...some of that was actually shocking. I'm scared of playing it now because I reckon the voice acting would really piss me off, but:

The twists with Yuna's death upon summoning the final aeon, the true nature of Yevon, Auron/the maesters being unsent, Jecht being sin, Tidus being a dream of the faith, etc...even just plot events like the one in Zanarkand - it was all so gripping.

What a story that was. As for 7:

I can't believe the imagination of that story in terms of Cloud having this completely fabricated alter ego that he's created out of shame and embarrassment, with him eventually having lost himself to a complete delusion. I reckon he's the best character in all of Final Fantasy by quite a distance, to be honest. You get so involved with the idea that he's this top class Shinra solider who fought alongside Sephiroth, only to then find out miles into the game that the whole thing was bollocks and that he was just some low level randomer who was actually the one who killed him! The sheer depth of his character is amazing.

I think that's why I place those two above the others. There's an imagination to the plots there that I haven't seen in any other video game (although I'm still not sure whether this is missing in 9!). 8's was excellent:

but I think looking back it was maybe a bit too fantastical when it all transpired that they grew up in the same orphanage. Same with the Edea and Cid thing I think...I don't remember there being too much indication of that until it actually happened, unlike the FFX Yuna death/FF7 Cloud delusion stuff that cleverly unfolded and was hinted at with good subtlety. FF8's big plot twists were more revelations that arose out of the blue, I thought. Thought the Laguna side story was an amazing idea though to be fair and, even though a lot of people think the whole love story aspect of it was a bit soppy also, I didn't mind that too much. Was quite a good way to use Squall's character.

I've seen people recently go on about how amazing the storylines of Mass Effect, KOTR (which I haven't played, but is supposedly comparable to ME), etc...but Mass Effect, say, is genuinely nowhere near any of these FFs. I think a lot of more modern day games create more of a history in game as opposed to a particularly complex and compelling plot. FF13 went down this route too with a sort of codex thing, and it just seems like something to compensate for a lack of imagination in plot development.

On 6, I acknowledge with older games and graphics there is something there that makes it more of a challenge to be properly engaged and taken in by the game even if you're not really too arsed about graphics. Maybe this is the case for some in some senses (although I do still maintain the difference is there and fairly clear). I think it's because you start looking at the characters as 16 bit figures instead of people in a plot and at some level take it less seriously as a result. I'm guessing many people that play FF7 now won't get the sheer intensity of the storyline that everyone had when it was first played (for the reasons above), and as a result don't become quite as engaged by the plot as people did back then. You have to more work your way into the frame of mind of accepting these comparably ridiculous looking figures as characters in an amazing storyline, where as back then there was no real issue here. You weren't used to anything else and just took it as it was.
 
How use can use other limit breaks? I just finished the second part of the game but I only have two first limits which are level 1 limits. I am absolutely sure that I have killed enough enemies to have second and third limit (and have seen that I have gained them) but don't know how to use them. Do I need to do something else, cause where a limit is being activated there are only them of first level and don't know how to use others which are more powerful. Help please.
 
You have to set which limit break level you want from the menu. So it has told you that you've learned the next limit breaks but you have to set it to level 2 or 3 before you can use them.

You've been missing out!
 
Scrumpet said:
You have to set which limit break level you want from the menu. So it has told you that you've learned the next limit breaks but you have to set it to level 2 or 3 before you can use them.

You've been missing out!
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Firstly I thought that I haven't gained them yet but now I am at level 60 and still can't use them. From which menu you mean, during the fight or from main menu before I start a battle.
 
Not the battle menu, the main one. I think it 'Limit' is the option. Then for each character 'Set' then pick the level.

You'll probably have the first one for level 3 without having the second one for level 2 as it's based on how many times you use the first limit break in each level.
 
Thanks mate. I almost finished the game without using them and I saw some video how powerful they are. I feel stupid.

Also, is Emerald beatable without Knights of the Round materia which I don't have, and I don't know if I should raise a Gold Choboco to get it? He killed my entire party in about 20 seconds.
 
I'm sure it can be done somehow but it'd take you forever probably. The chocobo breeding is tedious to be honest but it's probably worth it to get KotR and Mime and some other things I've forgotten. The racing gets you a lot of GP though that you can use in the battle arena to get Cloud's last limit break while you're there.
 
Revan said:
Thanks mate. I almost finished the game without using them and I saw some video how powerful they are. I feel stupid.

Also, is Emerald beatable without Knights of the Round materia which I don't have, and I don't know if I should raise a Gold Choboco to get it? He killed my entire party in about 20 seconds.
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Both Emerald and Ruby weapon can be beaten without it, but I would definitely recommend doing the racing and breeding. It's probably the most famous sidequest in the entire series and is very rewarding, not to mention that you will probably need the materia that you can get with the other chocobos if not Knights of the Round with the gold one.

There is a way you can get huge amounts of AP and EXP in the last cave if you'd like to know it. It involves the W-Item materia (I don't know if you've got this yet - you only have one chance, though!) and is sort of cheating, but nevertheless it is the quickest way to level up.
 
Just got myself a PS2 emulator and started FFX. It's been so many years since I last played this masterpiece. Cannot wait til I reach Bevelle and Mount Gagazet.

So many great moments to look forward to again
 
RedMist99 said:
Just got myself a PS2 emulator and started FFX. It's been so many years since I last played this masterpiece. Cannot wait til I reach Bevelle and Mount Gagazet.

So many great moments to look forward to again
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Not played it for years myself, I think it takes a long while to get going X, I don't think it fully opens up properly and the story really starts to grip you until Bavelle as you mention. Prior to then I think there's only two places in the game I really enjoyed playing (Luca and the kidnap of Yuna and the first fight with sin when you first meet Seymour).

But KingEric is right, the story is up there with the best FF's. The capture side quest is the best side quest in any FF and the second half of the game is as gripping as any.
 
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