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I haven't seen that magazine in at least a decade, and the presentation of its cover (and presumably contents) hasn't changed one iota.
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"Most ambitious rpg ever" Sure, whatever you say.
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Mar 12, 2015 14:57
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continuously mishandling something for almost a decade = ambition
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Mar 12, 2015 15:00
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I thought the most ambitious rpg ever would be part of the Xeno- series.
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Mar 12, 2015 15:01
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XBC X is certainly trying its hardest.
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Mar 12, 2015 15:04
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That Girl/Guy's head is 90 degrees to the rest of their body, doubt that feels good
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ImpAtom posted:From what I understand basically what is happening is this: In the case of Chrono Trigger, the rom file is actually too big to load it all into memory at once, so the Psx has to load chunks off the disc.
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Mar 12, 2015 15:45
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YIKES Stay Gooned posted:I killed two of them with the Vanille summon/triple SAB death spam technique just to see how well it works and it's definitely not worth it until I can actually fight them normally. As I recall, that's how I powerleveled (and farmed for gil and Trapezohedrons) in the post-game. I actually don't think I ever fought an Adamantoise in FF13 using any other method. It helps to give Vanille the Malboro Wand, though. And by "it helps," I mean, "it'd be horrifically painful to do this method with any other weapon." It, uh, took a lot of time. Listen, I had just graduated college and I wasn't employed and... yeah. I also ended up writing a stupidly detailed weapon upgrading guide that I posted on the GameFAQs forums. It was a dark time. Anyway, when it comes to SEN, I found it really useful in the postgame, but I can't remember really using it in the main game. Some of the postgame hunt bosses, like Vercingetorix, basically require you to have a triple SEN paradigm in there somewhere. Mischitary posted:I'm pretty sure in like every Final Fantasy game the monsters you summon have the same name in Japanese, genju, which translates to something like phantom beast. I think the problem is that the word genju is a lot more succinct and distinct than phantom beast, so the English translations always try to come up with their own terminology. Whether it be Esper, Eidolon, or Aeon. I personally think that Eidolon is probably the best. Eidolon is my favorite, too. I really like the sound of the word "Esper," though, and it's the term used in two of my three favorite FFs, so I'm partial to that one as well. Harrow fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Mar 12, 2015 |
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Mar 12, 2015 15:47
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Believe me, you don't need to justify bad decision making here, in the Final Fantasy thread.
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Harrow posted:Eidolon is my favorite, too. I really like the sound of the word "Esper," though, and it's the term used in two of my three favorite FFs, so I'm partial to that one as well. Eidolon is also the closest to the meaning of "genju", anyways.
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Harrow posted:As I recall, that's how I powerleveled (and farmed for gil and Trapezohedrons) in the post-game. I actually don't think I ever fought an Adamantoise in FF13 using any other method. It helps to give Vanille the Malboro Wand, though. And by "it helps," I mean, "it'd be horrifically painful to do this method with any other weapon." Chances are I am probably using the guide you wrote, if it's that huge one with exactly how many sturdy bones and superconductors you need to buy to max each weapon really quickly.
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How can they give a verdict (on twenty pages, no less) after only playing the demo, is there a review copy released already?
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Szurumbur posted:How can they give a verdict (on twenty pages, no less) after only playing the demo, is there a review copy released already? If there were then there would already be a weeaboo battle royale to slay its holder and claim it for their own. This is just games journalism proceeding as usual.
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Szurumbur posted:How can they give a verdict (on twenty pages, no less) after only playing the demo, is there a review copy released already?
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*emerges from under rock, skin made of hardened scales, lizard eyes adjusting to the harsh light of the sun* WHY ISSSSS THISSSS GAMESSSSS MAGAZINE BEING SSSSOOO HYPERBOLIC? *eats a live rat*
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YIKES Stay Gooned posted:Chances are I am probably using the guide you wrote, if it's that huge one with exactly how many sturdy bones and superconductors you need to buy to max each weapon really quickly. Does it have an analysis of which weapon you should upgrade for each character, too? If so, that's definitely mine. I considered cleaning it up and submitting it to be an actual guide but just never got around to it. It seemed too short to warrant it and I couldn't think of anything else to include.
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I'm quite certain they could've merely narrate what they did in the demo and it would take less than twenty pages, I'm curious what's the actual article says.Endorph posted:*emerges from under rock, skin made of hardened scales, lizard eyes adjusting to the harsh light of the sun* lol
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Szurumbur posted:I'm quite certain they could've merely narrate what they did in the demo and it would take less than twenty pages, I'm curious what's the actual article says. Lots of big, glossy images would be my guess.
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Vanille/Sazh is the best core in 13. When leading with Sazh, you want to buff Vanille while she lands a deshell on a mob, then double rav to stagger, com/rav to kill, repeat. Assist off Vanille and don't let her debuff everything off the bat, as she'll just stand around then you need to build the chain off of that initial deshell. Things die incredibly fast and it's a lot more engaging than Light/Hope's more traditional setup. Vanille lead is easier as you can spam debuts manually. Sen is good to duck in to soak a hit or when you're punching above your pay grade but is definitely not an everyday role.
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Aside from obvious "use sen now" boss fight moments, I mostly remember finding it useful for those nasty flying motorcycle things in the Snow/Hope portion of chapter 7.
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All of this FF13 talk is making me want to play it again, which is something I legitimately never thought I'd want. Maybe I'll grab the PC version to play whenever I'm not playing an unhealthy amount of Bloodborne. It could be interesting to do a reassessment of it like I did a few years ago with FF8. (I still came away not liking it very much, though the first half of the story is better than I gave it credit for.)
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derra posted:Vanille lead is easier as you can spam debuts manually. Oh yeah! I forgot to mention that. For those who are interested in issuing commands often instead of auto battle then try putting your SAB as your leader and go to town with strategically ordering your debuffs. It can make a big difference. SYN as leader isn't bad either for the same reason, but not as useful as SAB imo.
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Harrow posted:All of this FF13 talk is making me want to play it again, which is something I legitimately never thought I'd want. Maybe I'll grab the PC version to play whenever I'm not playing an unhealthy amount of Bloodborne. Bloodborne isn't out for 2 weeks, you could finish it before it even arrives! E: I want to play it but I've yet to finish demons souls let alone dark souls and I have a mental block against playing series out of order.
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Kalenn Istarion posted:Bloodborne isn't out for 2 weeks, you could finish it before it even arrives! But I'm neck-deep in replaying FF12 IZJS! If it helps re: Bloodborne, none of the games have any connection to one another, story-wise (except Dark Souls 2 to Dark Souls, in a minor, callback-y sort of way), so you'd be extremely safe just jumping right into Bloodborne. It promises to be pretty different, too!
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Harrow posted:But I'm neck-deep in replaying FF12 IZJS! Well... based on the beta, Bloodborne might have some pretty direct connections to another Souls game. Not that it matters a whole lot, though.
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Harrow posted:But I'm neck-deep in replaying FF12 IZJS! Yeah, but you see it's a spiritual sequel and I can't because
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Hakkesshu posted:Well... based on the beta, Bloodborne might have some pretty direct connections to another Souls game. Not that it matters a whole lot, though. Yeah, that's true. Plenty of Demon's Souls references, though I would be surprised if they went further than names and oblique references. Anyway! This is the Final Fantasy thread. I only barely managed to avoid steal-grinding to make Arcturus before the Tomb of Raithwall in my current IZJS playthrough. What stopped me wasn't the grind of it all--somehow I was fine with that part--but the fact that it'd break the game wide open for the next thirty levels or so. It's not a hard game by any means, but I'd like to at least see bosses move before Balthier pops them in the head.
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Sakurazuka posted:And yet I'm probably going to buy FF7 for the third time when it's released on PS4. I bought it once to play on PS3/PSP/Vita
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In other Final Fantasy news, FFXIV is the only MMO whose music alone makes me want to play it again. I know I don't have the time (or the desire) to get entrenched in an MMO, but drat if that music isn't amazing.
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Harrow posted:I only barely managed to avoid steal-grinding to make Arcturus before the Tomb of Raithwall in my current IZJS playthrough. What stopped me wasn't the grind of it all--somehow I was fine with that part--but the fact that it'd break the game wide open for the next thirty levels or so. It's not a hard game by any means, but I'd like to at least see bosses move before Balthier pops them in the head. Don't... want... to break?  (I kid, but holy poo poo, half my desire from playing any given FF game is how quickly and widely I can break it open.)
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Kyrosiris posted:Don't... want... to break? That's just so simple in FFXII, though. Just steal five items, sell them, drop 8000 gil, and (in IZJS) have a Machinist, and you're going to sail through like 60% of the game one-shotting everything, even some bosses (with minimal setup). Make me work a little harder for it, y'know? That does remind me how fun it is to break FFVIII wide open, though. Played correctly, FFVIII is the story of some teenagers saving the world by being really good at a popular trading card game.
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Harrow posted:That's just so simple in FFXII, though. Just steal five items, sell them, drop 8000 gil, and (in IZJS) have a Machinist, and you're going to sail through like 60% of the game one-shotting everything, even some bosses (with minimal setup). Make me work a little harder for it, y'know? Eh, fair enough, I guess. I will say though that one of the things about IZJS that pisses me off is how late you get the Nihopalaoa. Let me loving throw debuff bombs, damnit! 
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Sakurazuka posted:XBC X is certainly trying its hardest. It'll be worth it though. I like how FF15's roadtrip video tried to show off landscapes and they still weren't as interesting as the shots in XBC X.
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Kyrosiris posted:Eh, fair enough, I guess. I will say though that one of the things about IZJS that pisses me off is how late you get the Nihopalaoa. Let me loving throw debuff bombs, damnit! Now that's the fun way to break FFXII. It's also the primary reason to use an Archer in IZJS. All those Remedy Lores make the Nihopalaoa hilariously fun. I mean, I guess all you really need is to slap it on and throw Chronos Tears, but still. I'll never get tired of seeing the cascade of status ailments pop up thanks to the ol' Niho.
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Kyrosiris posted:Eh, fair enough, I guess. I will say though that one of the things about IZJS that pisses me off is how late you get the Nihopalaoa. Let me loving throw debuff bombs, damnit! How long do you have to wait for the Niho in IZJS? It came at a reasonable mid-game-ish point in vanilla.
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Evil Fluffy posted:It'll be worth it though. I like how FF15's roadtrip video tried to show off landscapes and they still weren't as interesting as the shots in XBC X. I feel like they're going for different things though, X is trying to be this super epic thing about the last of humanity trying to survive on a hostile alien planet while XV seems to be going for a more personal story, at least from what we've seen, and the world is more evocative of ours but fantasy rather ridiculous vistas all over the place.
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Vil posted:How long do you have to wait for the Niho in IZJS? It came at a reasonable mid-game-ish point in vanilla. It's a crafted thing with some fairly annoying materials (10% steal out of Tchita Uplands and a 3% Steal/15% monograph out of Adramallach's room), or not until Pharos Subterrane/Henne Dig 2.
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YIKES Stay Gooned posted:Do you think Final Fantasy XVI will have Morpheus support Yes. It will be amazing* *terrible
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Kyrosiris posted:It's a crafted thing with some fairly annoying materials (10% steal out of Tchita Uplands and a 3% Steal/15% monograph out of Adramallach's room), or not until Pharos Subterrane/Henne Dig 2. Honestly I think the ingredients are a bit easier to get than the stuff to get the Arcturus really early. I'm pretty sure you can still get the Nihopaloa around the time you can access Mt. Bur Omisace, which isn't terribly late. It's been a while though, so I may be remembering wrong. Yeah, you need: Leo Gems x3 - steal from the non-hostile Wild Saurian in the Estersand (very early, low risk). Blood-Stained Necklace x3 - 15% Warmage Monograph drop from shambling corpses in Zertinan Caverns (Available early. It's not like you have to fight Adramelech; just head to the middle to start enemies spawning, exit the zone, then go back in and hang out by the exit where Adra won't bother you). Death's-Head x2 - steal from the Grave Lord rare game that spawns in the one area of the Golmore Jungle after you kill everything else (this is the most annoying, but it's not real late in the game).
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