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Gologle posted:As well as Final Fantasy Dimensions. Their very first game was Alundra which is one of my favorite PS1 games though. They just peaked really, really early on.
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Mercury Crusader posted:I was in tech school when Crystal Chronicles was released, and a bunch of us had GBAs, while I for some reason had a bunch of those connector cables for some unknown reason. Myself and another airman had a Gamecube, and my Gamecube had a GBA Player on it, so I thought it'd be hilarious to use that as my GBA for the game. Had an elaborate setup involving a small PC LCD screen, an A/V-to-VGA conversion box, and the GCN-to-GBA connector affixed to the GBA Player. It was basically this setup. It was stupid but a lot of fun. I remember my friends mom asked me what he wanted for his birthday that year and I said 4 link cables so we could play CC together lol
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It's kind of weird how much people seem to hate VIII considering it got like perfect reviews when it came out I wonder what kind of scores a rerelease would get
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Help Im Alive posted:It's kind of weird how much people seem to hate VIII considering it got like perfect reviews when it came out On the other hand so did Fallout 3 and that is not a particularly good video game either, especially not unpatched and unmodded. Highly anticipated and marketed AAA releases from a popular developer tend to have that effect unless the flaws are immediately obvious and glaring. With both of them everything looks great on the surface and they also give strong first impressions, and a lot of people do genuinely enjoy them. But if you grab a shovel and dig through that surface a bit, you don't need to go particularly deep to see the stinky mess that's holding the rest of it up and once you've become aware of its existence, it's very difficult to see the pretty surface in the same light that you used to.
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Kanfy posted:Their very first game was Alundra which is one of my favorite PS1 games though. They just peaked really, really early on. Even then Alundra, while being amazing, had some weird problems. Remember how it took absolutely ages to kill bosses? They actually had twice as much health in the Japanese version and took even longer to kill.
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About Final Fantasy XIV: is there ever a point in which I can summon a badass Eidolon or whatever to fight by my side? I've tried playing a Conjurer class and I've attained the ability to summon a mini-Carbuncle (or was that an actual Carbuncle?), which - while definitely charming and a pleasant companion - was hardly threatening and hard to control to boot. I don't presume to have Bahamut at my beck and call, but I was hoping for Ifrit or Shiva at the very least - at which level does the option open, if it ever does?
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Szurumbur posted:About Final Fantasy XIV: is there ever a point in which I can summon a badass Eidolon or whatever to fight by my side? I've tried playing a Conjurer class and I've attained the ability to summon a mini-Carbuncle (or was that an actual Carbuncle?), which - while definitely charming and a pleasant companion - was hardly threatening and hard to control to boot. I don't presume to have Bahamut at my beck and call, but I was hoping for Ifrit or Shiva at the very least - at which level does the option open, if it ever does? You start getting mini-versions of the real summons when you take the Summoner Job, available at level 30
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A Steampunk Gent posted:You start getting mini-versions of the real summons when you take the Summoner Job, available at level 30 Are there full versions to be used, maybe as a timed ability or something? After seeing Ramuh in FF XV demo I don't think I can be satisfied by a measly mini-summon beast any more.
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Szurumbur posted:Are there full versions to be used, maybe as a timed ability or something? After seeing Ramuh in FF XV demo I don't think I can be satisfied by a measly mini-summon beast any more. Nah, they play a different part in the plot and tend to be boss fights in XIV, including Ramuh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDG1rIz1S7k A lot of people who play Summoners have said the same thing as you but you can imagine what a mess it'd be whenever there were more than one summoner around in the same vicinity.
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Szurumbur posted:Are there full versions to be used, maybe as a timed ability or something? After seeing Ramuh in FF XV demo I don't think I can be satisfied by a measly mini-summon beast any more. No, at most you can go into a bahamut trance when you are using their limit break but you never get to summon a full sized Egi. Sure its there so your computer doesn't melt when you have more than 5 summoners around doing fates, but lore wise it would be incredibly dumb to do so.
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I understand why they wouldn't allow that, but it's still disappointing - oh well, mini-summons and limits are better than nothing, I suppose. Thanks for the answers and reminding me I should buy the OST for the game, in any case.
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Summoner's a pretty baller job anyway (at least pre-expansion when I last played) and learning to manage everything makes fights pretty drat fun if you can juggle everything properly. One of these days I need to play again to finish the story and to catch up on that awesome OST.
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Jan 10, 2016 15:41
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Mega64 posted:Summoner's a pretty baller job anyway (at least pre-expansion when I last played) and learning to manage everything makes fights pretty drat fun if you can juggle everything properly. Sometimes, I wonder if the reason I still play this silly game is because Soken shits out so many baller tracks in such a short amount of time. I even have all the BluRay OSTs and the Fourth one pre-ordered 
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Mega64 posted:Summoner's a pretty baller job anyway (at least pre-expansion when I last played) and learning to manage everything makes fights pretty drat fun if you can juggle everything properly. Summoner has gotten even better. It's no longer just "apply dots, spam filler spell, manage pet". They got a lot of cool new toys, but the highlight is what's basically an orbital ion cannon that you can fire every minute. Also, if anybody needs some enticement to come back, the next primal fight is going to be this guy: 
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Fister Roboto posted:Also, if anybody needs some enticement to come back, the next primal fight is going to be this guy: whats wrong with those graphics
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Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call is way more stupidly addictive than I thought it would be. I'm dreading doing the hard mode versions of some songs though.
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I really enjoyed 14 2.0 but after I'd finish all the content, grinding dungeons for better gear and running into bugs in that Bahamut dungeon were not exactly fun things. Summoners are neat though, used it as my main job. You are basically a flexible utility damage dealer who, at least when I played, could outdamage some of the dedicated damage dealers like Dragoons. You always had to be doing a million things though to keep it all up though. If everyone was doing their job right, it was nice and breezy because you could just focus on damage. Half of the time though you end up picking up slack by off-healing a bit or have to use Titan-egis to off-tank which was fun in its own way. Some of my most memorable Summoner moments were poo poo-hit-the-fan battles where we'd turn certain defeats into a victory.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:I remember my friends mom asked me what he wanted for his birthday that year and I said 4 link cables so we could play CC together lol  Crystal Chronicles was great, we were all in boarding school just when it came out. They played it in one of the other dorms, but they had an absolutely huge group of like twelve people so they had to share and manage two different save files and it sucked for them. In my dorm, it was just the four of us, so we actually got to finish it. Got all the best weapons and everything. No Ring of Life, though, because gently caress running that half-hour marsh for just a chance at the drop pool it was in. Plus we were all upperclassmen so we had the seniority to say "hey no gently caress y'all, the time for watching reruns of Best of the 80s is past. It's the weekend, we're commandeering this TV." Tyranny feels great  And you know what? It was boarding school, we're all still bros. We're co-oping Grim Dawn right now 
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I've gotten together for CC once or twice, it wasn't that great. Maybe it was a personality thing. Four Swords absolutely made those cables worth it though, it's a shame they don't do anything with the 3DS like these games.
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CC was a staple of my like young teen all nighters at a buddy's house. Can't stand that game solo but with the right group of people it was a great experience.
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The mini versions of the summons you get in FF14 look so stupid, it was such a huge disappointment for me
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baram. posted:whats wrong with those graphics ~*high definition*~ Red Red Blue posted:The mini versions of the summons you get in FF14 look so stupid, it was such a huge disappointment for me Please don't make fun of Titan-egi, he looks tough but he's very sensitive.
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I've been thinking about re-subbing to FFFXIV now that my PS4 has a halfway stable connection, but oh god it's been a year since I last touched it and I'm only like level 12 and I'll have no idea what I'm doing or why.
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If you're only level 12 just start again that's like maybe a days casual play.
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The White Dragon posted:Crystal Chronicles All I wanted in my adolescent life was that game and enough of those stupid link cables to play with my mates. It always looked WAY more fun than it probably actually was. Bad or even mediocre co-op games are always way better than bad or mediocre single-player adventures. Fister Roboto posted:Summoner has gotten even better. It's no longer just "apply dots, spam filler spell, manage pet". They got a lot of cool new toys, but the highlight is what's basically an orbital ion cannon that you can fire every minute. I recognize he's from FFVI from the background, but that's about it. My mind wants to say he's part of the Warring Triad?
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Mr. Fortitude posted:Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call is way more stupidly addictive than I thought it would be. I'm dreading doing the hard mode versions of some songs though. Ultimates are where the real party's at, the only downside is that after you get used to them the other two difficulties feel really slow. Also I think I've linked and said it before but I'll do it again because the boss theme in Alexander in XIV is probably peak Soken bossfight music when it comes to the transition from "What the hell is this" to "wait this is weirdly awesome." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cKy5Qk0QMM So that you can sing along: Lyrics posted:
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SonicRulez posted:All I wanted in my adolescent life was that game and enough of those stupid link cables to play with my mates. It always looked WAY more fun than it probably actually was. Bad or even mediocre co-op games are always way better than bad or mediocre single-player adventures. Yeah, Fiend/Sefirot. Eventually they will likely be adding Demon/Zurvan and Goddess/Sophia. I'm really looking forward to it, as a big FFVI fan. Concerning Summoner, they don't allow you to summon the actual big bads, but as others have explained, you get small "egi" forms of Ifrit, Titan, and Garuda to sic on your enemies. Between 50 and 60, you gradually gain the knowledge of Bahamut and can summon his powers into your body using Dreadwyrm Trance, unlocking Summoner's current most powerful attacks. And, as a nice nod to Tritoch/Valigarmanda, one of their most useful spells is "Tri-Disaster," which puts 3 of Summoner's most useful debuffs on an enemy at one time. They were considering allowing certain exceptional individuals on various servers to be able to summon the actual Primals themselves at some point, but as of yet they still have not implemented the idea. Their reasons at the time were that they wanted it to make sense with the plot, since summoning Primals in XIV is a big no-no, and because they also wanted things to be balanced. We haven't learned anything more about it in a year, so most people think they're just dropping the idea. It would probably be for the best since there would not be a many reasons to lug Ifrit around in the overworld unless you just wanted to overpower FATEs really fast or something. e: Alex's boss music is so god drat good
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Kanfy posted:Also I think I've linked and said it before but I'll do it again because the boss theme in Alexander in XIV is probably peak Soken bossfight music when it comes to the transition from "What the hell is this" to "wait this is weirdly awesome." The second Alexander boss song is awesome as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWTT7Y6KM00 Can't wait to hear the music in Alexander: Midas in 3.2
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I can't wait to never step foot in Gordias again because it's poo poo.
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TheHeadSage posted:The second Alexander boss song is awesome as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWTT7Y6KM00 It's a crime that we never got more FF14 music as Curtain Call DLC.
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kirbysuperstar posted:I can't wait to never step foot in Gordias again because it's poo poo. As a healer Gordias is fine except Manipulator because pubbies just love to run into me when Judgement is up and then bitch when they die because they eat it harder than I can possibly heal it. gently caress pubbies.
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:As a healer Gordias is fine except Manipulator because pubbies just love to run into me when Judgement is up and then bitch when they die because they eat it harder than I can possibly heal it. In my case it's "my raid group was inexperienced and underprepared and never got past A1S and now I'm a bitter rear end in a top hat". The best people are the ones that get Judgement and then run it into the melee crowd, though.
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kirbysuperstar posted:In my case it's "my raid group was inexperienced and underprepared and never got past A1S and now I'm a bitter rear end in a top hat". A single healer tear rolls down my Roe face, I know I can't esuna stupidity.
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The White Dragon posted:
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They should make a new CC with online coop. Like, come on.
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Fister Roboto posted:Also, if anybody needs some enticement to come back, the next primal fight is going to be this guy:
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I just got to Feral Chaos in Dissidia Duodecim and I am not very happy. Who thought 59k hp was a good idea, especially when you can't do any BRV damage after 60 seconds? What's the pro strategy here? I use Onion Knight for basically everything because he's really fast and can combo into HP attacks very easily.
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 BURN EVERYTHING IN SIGHTSeriously you're in superboss territory now as far as the game is concerned this shouldn't be surprising.
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:I just got to Feral Chaos in Dissidia Duodecim and I am not very happy. Who thought 59k hp was a good idea, especially when you can't do any BRV damage after 60 seconds? What's the pro strategy here? I use Onion Knight for basically everything because he's really fast and can combo into HP attacks very easily. IIRC, there are those stat variables (Stuff like "Enemy has greater brave {Value}>Player) that can be fiddled around with to make things slightly more bearable, or exploitable with the right set-up. Though I hasten to add, It's been a while since I've touched to the game. The other way (the long tedious way) is to have a mid-long range character spam HP attacks (Kuja's Ultima/Yuna's Megaflare/Garland's Cyclone & Blaze, etc) - basically whatever cheap HP move you can spam without being in range of F.Chaos to keep him dodging or hit him. Pesky Splinter fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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Andrast posted:It's a crime that we never got more FF14 music as Curtain Call DLC. I'd love it if they did another round of DLC with songs from the last few FF11/14 expansions.
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