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alcharagia posted:Mystic Quest? You're goddamn right it was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJQK0ZvSgj0
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 20:53 |
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There's no context for all the stuff that happens in VIII, it's just like a kid making up a story as they go along, or someone describing a dream. There's no reason why there's a flying university, they just wanted to have an impressive FMV. At least when you go into space in FFVII, there's a reason for it.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 20:53 |
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Character wearing a fedora in FFXV? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V1_HW7i_ho Skip to 1:20.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 20:54 |
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Austrian mook posted:I want to meet the people that think Vannile is a very good and fleshed out character so bad. I do too, so that I can punch Toriyama's face for what he did to Parasite Eve.
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Azure_Horizon posted:FFVIII is also a game with absolutely poo poo gameplay that can be broken within the first hour by playing a card game and then all you have left is its poo poo-salad storyline, passable soundtrack, and inane plot twists. The gameplay structure is built so that playing the game the normal Final Fantasy way is wrong and playing the game how it's meant to be played makes it the easiest game in the franchise, thus being so boring that it threatens to swallow the entire game into a vacuum of boredom. If they'd replaced 'sorceress' with 'fal'Cie', and 'SeeD' with 'l'Cie' then the story might've been a problem sorry everyone The soundtrack is loving great though, I don't know how you can call it 'passable'.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 20:55 |
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Azure_Horizon posted:FFVIII is also a game with absolutely poo poo gameplay that can be broken within the first hour by playing a card game and then all you have left is its poo poo-salad storyline, passable soundtrack, and inane plot twists. The gameplay structure is built so that playing the game the normal Final Fantasy way is wrong and playing the game how it's meant to be played makes it the easiest game in the franchise, thus being so boring that it threatens to swallow the entire game into a vacuum of boredom. Game too easy is a complaint that can be levelled at nearly every final fantasy. Played right, FF8 has the best combat in the series, because running renzokuken and duel over and over is fun. Similarly, how much I enjoy FF6 is entirely dependent on the answer to the question, "is Sabin in my party?"
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 20:56 |
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Pesky Splinter posted:Do tell, I'm curious as to how it could be any worse than the English version - the only thing I know is that they replaced the useless dodge roll with an equally useless dash for the international versions. Alright. The thing to understand about DoC is that they designed it expecting people would play the lovely-rear end multiplayer mode. So the game's single player design shoved a multiplayer-designed character into a single player game and it was just a loving mess. Doubly so because the game was literally designed to be played with a mouse and keyboard. (That was one of the big features they advertised for it.) To begin with, the camera was shittier. Every single thing in the game was also slower. You drew weapons slower, you moved slower, you dodged slower. Air combat was basically nonexistant. (You couldn't double-jump or attack in the air.) Limit Breaks were ni-worthless because they used your magic bar instead of items. The only redeeming feature of the game was that you could use the mouse and keyboard which slightly alleviated the fact that the game controlled like a pile of thrice-warmed dogshit. This is, of course, in addition to all of the many, many, many problems the US version has. Be glad you didn't have to play the completely awful multiplayer mode either because it was the biggest pile of poo poo Square-Enix has ever put out. There's a reason they dropped it from the US version. ImpAtom fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Aug 4, 2013 |
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Yohan Kebab posted:If they'd replaced 'sorceress' with 'fal'Cie', and 'SeeD' with 'l'Cie' then the story might've been a problem sorry everyone Most of the town themes except Timber are lazy and dull, and the game has maybe two dungeon themes max. The best tracks are all in the out-of-context, incredibly stupid cutscenes and story moments.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 20:58 |
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Azure_Horizon posted:Character wearing a fedora in FFXV? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V1_HW7i_ho HAHAHAAHA I was completely kidding oh goddamit gently caress me I'm buying this game so hard. VVVVV: It's just the dumbest internet thing to have in a FF game and makes no sense in context. I really hope this character gives a PUA speech at some point and complains about the friendzone. Austrian mook fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Aug 4, 2013 |
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Why does this fedora thing matter in the least? Also post more music thanks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ZUO60kxlg
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:02 |
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ImpAtom posted:Alright. Has there just been a mass gas leak at the SE offices for the last 10 years or something, and nobody's noticed?
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:03 |
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That loving Sned posted:There's no context for all the stuff that happens in VIII, it's just like a kid making up a story as they go along, or someone describing a dream. There's no reason why there's a flying university, they just wanted to have an impressive FMV. At least when you go into space in FFVII, there's a reason for it. To an extent, I don't see the problem with this. The thrust of what I was getting at was that in Final Fantasy VIII you *do* all of the things I described--you have an active role in almost all of them, and your involvement and skill matters in success. In FF13, every single important thing happens in a cutscene. Even the big boss fights with Barthandalus just sort of...end and then poo poo happens anyway. It's as if you weren't even there. In FF8, when you are having a sweet flying university versus flying military academy fight, yeah, it was for the sake of having a cool movie, but then you get to play it.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:12 |
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Pesky Splinter posted:
Aaaaand that comment, plus the recent FF8 chat is my cue to re-post this gem from hundreds of pages ago. "" posted:I imagine the events leading to Final Fantasy VIII's inception went down something like this: every Monday morning, Sakaguchi would call Kitase (director), Nojima (scenario writer), Hiroyuki (battle designer), Nomura (character designer), and Uematsu (composer) into his office and sit them all down. He'd remind them that the wildly successful sequel to Final Fantasy VII wasn't just going to make itself, and the clock was ticking. "Stop pussyfooting around it," he'd tell them, "and make it happen already."
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:15 |
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While I loathe Spoony for being absolutely wrong about FFIX, his review of FFVIII is completely spot-on.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:18 |
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ImpAtom posted:I mean before we forget, Square-Enix put out this game too. Neither SO4 or FFXIII are close to Worst Game Ever material, in spite of how embarrassing both of them are. And God help me, I'd much rather play The Last Hope than FFXIII. At least I get to explore and listen to a Motoi Sakuraba soundtrack.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:23 |
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NikkolasKing posted:Neither SO4 or FFXIII are close to Worst Game Ever material, in spite of how embarrassing both of them are. Ah yes, a Sakuraba soundtrack! Here's <synth-based battle theme that sounds like the one he made for all the previous games>. VVVV FF8 "clarifies" things about as well as a telescope covered in mud will help you spot land.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:25 |
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VIII and XIII both allow you to access important plot info before it is brought up. The difference is that VIII actually brings it up/clarify within its own game whereas XIII does so in a sequel. There are probably other similarities between the two games, but who really cares.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:25 |
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Lessail posted:There are probably other similarities between the two games, but who really cares. Gunblades. And Storm-themed forenames, I guess. [e]: fount of knowledge posted:Aaaaand that comment, plus the recent FF8 chat is my cue to re-post this gem from hundreds of pages ago. Hehe.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:30 |
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Azure_Horizon posted:Character wearing a fedora in FFXV? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V1_HW7i_ho I love how the dude immediately busts out the umbrella after donning the fedora. That thing is for form, not function.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:31 |
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At least II and VIII had great music. Every game might be the worst in the series, but at least it has something to redeem itself. I wish more bad games could get the XIV treatment of "Let's do it again, but properly this time".
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:34 |
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Pesky Splinter posted:Gunblades. Both even have the common trick of having a party member who knows more than they let on but doesn't tell everyone because reasons. I also wouldn't put it past Vanille to really, really, really like trains.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:36 |
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That loving Sned posted:At least II and VIII had great music. Every game might be the worst in the series, but at least it has something to redeem itself. Honestly, I think a lot of FF games get poo poo because of their name but XIII is the only one where I go, yeah this is bad beyond recognition, FF series or not. I always wonder what peoples honest reception of games like Skyward Sword or Mario Sunshine would be if they were new IP's.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:37 |
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Azure_Horizon posted:Ah yes, a Sakuraba soundtrack! Here's <synth-based battle theme that sounds like the one he made for all the previous games>. ...so you dismiss the entire OST because you think he has repetitive normal battle themes? For one thing, SO4 has about three or four normal battle themes which gives you a decent bit of variety in the same game. Blood on the Keys For Achieve Stab the Sword of Justice Don't Be A Hero And there's probably more I just cant remember right now. Sakuraba never leaves you wanting for a lot of great, distinct and memorable battle themes. I remember precisely the areas where you hear each of these battle tunes and I think it enhances the world as a whole to have unique battle themes along with area music. There is no denying Sakuraba loves him some synth and prog rock - I know this from only hearing a handful of his soundtracks - but I think he does remarkably well with all of them and keeps them fresh and intense. NikkolasKing fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Aug 4, 2013 |
# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:41 |
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FF13 had to use a bunch of apostrophes because FF8 used up all the ellipses.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:44 |
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Lord of Pie posted:FF13 had to use a bunch of apostrophes because FF8 used up all the ellipses. This is perfect.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:46 |
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Lord of Pie posted:FF13 had to use a bunch of apostrophes because FF8 used up all the ellipses. Then 14 came and used up the rest of the apostrophes, before resorting to outright randomly punching the keyboard for NPC names.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:47 |
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Shaezerus posted:Then 14 came and used up the rest of the apostrophes, before resorting to outright randomly punching the keyboard for NPC names. 11 was pretty bad about that too now that I think about it
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Lord of Pie posted:11 was pretty bad about that too now that I think about it Nothing 11 ever did comes close to Roegadyn names in 14.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 21:54 |
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Shaezerus posted:Then 14 came and used up the rest of the apostrophes, before resorting to outright randomly punching the keyboard for NPC names. Man look SE you guys have about 3 dozen playable races that I'd love to play as in an MMO. Hell, Ivalice alone could supply all the races you need for an MMO. But you didn't do that. You did the lazy thing and picked the laziest race designs ever (Human, Big Human, Elf, Catgirls, Children. Really?) and that's fine but why, why dear lord why did you not call them things that can be said with the human tongue? It's loving ridiculous
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 22:03 |
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You guys should be nicer to the Welsh.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 22:09 |
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Next Final Fantasy MMO I want to play as a Cave Bat and waste everyone's time spamming Vampire.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 22:09 |
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Shaezerus posted:Nothing 11 ever did comes close to Roegadyn names in 14. Sorry bud but the Roegadyn names are fantastic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFHlJ2voJHY
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 22:13 |
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Lightning Returns gameplay details: http://www.novacrystallis.com/2013/07/luxerion-shops-actions-and-difficulty-details-for-lightning-returns/ http://www.novacrystallis.com/2013/07/judge-and-response-are-the-keywords-behind-the-battle-system-of-lightning-returns/ Interesting tidbits: - Enemy info doesn't come from Librascopes or Scan anymore, but from NPC conversations that fill out a bestiary that could have some neat lore. - "Judge and response" is the basis of the battle system. Enemies will get more difficult as the in-game days pass, and you'll only have a limited amount of time to grind and buy Schema for Lightning. Basically, difficult enemies won't just exist in certain zones but can end up all over the place. - Enemy movement is being changed from the previous games, so monsters fought in the earlier titles will act differently in LR.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 22:24 |
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It all sounds pretty good to me although I'm not sure whether it's worth starting on Easy or Normal considering how easy XIII-2 was. I found this part really interesting: quote:You can strengthen your abilities at this shop by combining the abilities you obtain from enemies. So Enemy Skills/Blue Magic kinda?
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 22:33 |
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Shaezerus posted:Nothing 11 ever did comes close to Roegadyn names in 14. That sounds like an OTC cough medicine
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 22:41 |
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Lord of Pie posted:11 was pretty bad about that too now that I think about it Really only as far as the Zilart are concerned. Everything before and after was pretty straightforward.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 22:45 |
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I don't get how someone can hate XIII so much and love X, if only for how similar those two games are to each other.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 22:48 |
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Last Emperor posted:It all sounds pretty good to me although I'm not sure whether it's worth starting on Easy or Normal considering how easy XIII-2 was. It just means you can strengthen your Fire spell by dumping in 35 grimy fangs, but only after using 23 sparking circuits and before using 17 mysterious oozes. The game will never tell you this.
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# ? Aug 4, 2013 22:48 |
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Pasteurized Milk posted:I don't get how someone can hate XIII so much and love X, if only for how similar those two games are to each other. Can you elaborate a little on this point? Because I absolutely completely loving disagree in literally every way it is possible to disagree with a statement.
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I want a game set in Ivalice where you play as the Occuria and you're creating the world along with your Occuria bros but you have to use the correct debate and iambic quadrupleseptameter word choices and speeches to make stuff and get your bros to agree on something so together you can create it. Basically Ambition by Michael Gibson.
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