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Every single time I forget The After Years exists, it feels like Mega64 exists for the sole purpose of reminding me.
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Sakurazuka posted:It's literally the DS version with TAY done in the same style as well. Please play the PSP version. A PSTV and the game can be had for like $30 total.
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May 14, 2017 15:46
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Graphics are definitely the most important part of a Final Fantasy game, I've come to learn.Mega64 posted:
The only thing you should know in advance for FF4 3D is to make sure every party member has at least 2 augments on (even if they're filler) to avoid the missable augments, and put 3 between the twins. They aren't required but one in particular makes life a lot easier if it's your first time through, cause it might get a little tough in spots with no prior knowledge.
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May 14, 2017 15:47
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Music chat: what are your favorite remixes? I've gone looking for some FF remixes on YouTube and usually come up with super generic stuff.
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May 14, 2017 15:50
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Ventana posted:Graphics are definitely the most important part of a Final Fantasy game, I've come to learn. I don't consider the 3D version to be superior in any other way either.
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May 14, 2017 16:28
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Unironically: I think the improved graphics in the PSP port of TAY miss the point and lose some cool things. The original TAY is done in the style of FF6 (up to and including seemingly recycling some sprites) which both keeps it feeling SNES and also allows them to do some amusing things. (Any flashback in the game is done in the FF4 style for example.) The new graphics are clean and nice but are less nostalgic which is like the one thing TAY really has going for it. If you only have one choice it's better than the 3D version naturally.
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May 14, 2017 16:38
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Gologle posted:Every single time I forget The After Years exists, it feels like Mega64 exists for the sole purpose of reminding me. hosed up if true.
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May 14, 2017 17:05
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May 14, 2017 17:11
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Mega64 posted:hosed up if true. what the fu-i just remembered TAY exists gently caress you mega69
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May 14, 2017 17:22
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Bean posted:Music chat: what are your favorite remixes? I've gone looking for some FF remixes on YouTube and usually come up with super generic stuff. Most people probably know her stuff but it's still really good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbgCBZ86z4 https://youtu.be/vpfe1BkP2HA When I was playing playing FFVII with mods a few years back, I had a music change mod on there that put various selections from all sorts of different sources in the game. When I fought Zack (you need to fight him for Omnislash) and this song was used for it, I had to go out and find it. I like it more than the original. It was a pretty memorable fight too so that probably helped.
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May 15, 2017 00:16
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Bean posted:Music chat: what are your favorite remixes? I've gone looking for some FF remixes on YouTube and usually come up with super generic stuff. This four-part FFVI cover has to be heard to be believed - https://youtu.be/VKWAb-DSpG4
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May 15, 2017 01:27
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kirbysuperstar posted:He did great work for Parasite Eve. Bean posted:Music chat: what are your favorite remixes? I've gone looking for some FF remixes on YouTube and usually come up with super generic stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGSmW_EGcss
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May 15, 2017 01:35
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I'm playing FF4TAY and enjoying it, but it wore out its welcome a bit by the time I got to Edge's Chapter. I like the idea of revisiting places from the first game and seeing what it's like after two decades and I like to explore new places that might as well have been in the first game's world but weren't part of the game because they weren't plot important, but there isn't a lot of either of that. Regardless, I've played all the way to the final dungeon and I think it's really cool that the game hands you a couple dozen characters and lets you choose which party ya wanna take (I took Edge, Luca, Rydia, Golbez, and Porom because I spent the whole prelude of the final chapter with them). I can see why the devs put in Challenge Dungeons because many heroes are dwindling at Level 20 when the dungeon is acting Level 40. Let's just say Porom took awhile before she stopped getting crushed in one hit.
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May 15, 2017 17:50
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Die Sexmonster! posted:This four-part FFVI cover has to be heard to be believed - https://youtu.be/VKWAb-DSpG4 You WON'T BELIEVE what happens at 3:12 - Buzzfeed
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May 15, 2017 17:51
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Josuke Higashikata posted:You WON'T BELIEVE what happens at 3:12 - Buzzfeed Yeah, I know I wrote that kinda clickbaity, my dungeon queue in FFXIV had just popped.  It's seriously great though, especially if you're into prog rock.Part 4 has a deconstruction of the battle theme that still blows me away, if you listen to nothing else at least pull that up! But really, if you appreciate VI's soundtrack at all, the whole thing deserves your time. Die Sexmonster! fucked around with this message at 18:38 on May 15, 2017 |
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May 15, 2017 18:34
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The White Dragon posted:i mean, it's pretty hard to gently caress up "nypd uniform" I'm pretty sure that post-FF8 "incurable and I can do anything I want, including spinning my wheels on a game for 5+ years before moping out and handing it to someone else to finish and then be given the responsibility of making the most fan-anticipated game in the company" Nomura would find a way to turn that uniform into something in between his weird Batman design and the main dude from Bouncer. Like that almost sounds like a challenge to Nomura up a police uniform.
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May 16, 2017 20:13
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Hey, this is kind of dumb, but would anyone who owns WoFF for PS4 mind helping me out? I got the bug to collect every mirage and I'm literally only missing one - Maduin. Only way to get it is to get an essentially perfect run on that idiotic Minesweeper-type minigame; I've spent a couple hours on it so far and it's really dumb. Anybody have one they could trade me? I don't care about trading it back right away, just need it for the log.
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May 16, 2017 20:32
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So, the new theme song for the FFXIV expansion came out. It's composed by Nobuo and it's ... just ok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmQm76wFfKk e: the instrumental is ok, it's the vocals that bug me
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May 16, 2017 22:44
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Die Sexmonster! posted:Yeah, I know I wrote that kinda clickbaity, my dungeon queue in FFXIV had just popped. lovely description aside, there's actually some fun mixes in there.
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May 16, 2017 22:48
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I'm surprised to hear how lukewarm everyone is about Revolutions. It's probably my favorite theme so far, it has an appreciated optimism to it.
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May 16, 2017 23:52
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That's the problem. You don't play FFXIV for the optimism, you play it for the subtle grimness and horribleness lurking just under the surface of Eorzea. This isn't Hajime no Ippo.
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May 17, 2017 01:06
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Countblanc posted:I'm surprised to hear how lukewarm everyone is about Revolutions. It's probably my favorite theme so far, it has an appreciated optimism to it. I just don't like the way the vocals [fail to] mesh with the music. The music is ok if somewhat blandish orchestral music. Maybe that's the problem - Nobuo was forced to compose a song that fits structurally with all the crap they've been pumping out for XIV for the last 5 years where he's always been more experimental stylistically.
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May 17, 2017 01:10
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The first thing that pops into normies heads when they think FFXIV is the disaster of the first version and how that version literally gets nuked by Bahamut. Happiness just does not fit with FFXIV's image.
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May 17, 2017 01:18
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Gologle posted:The first thing that pops into normies heads when they think FFXIV is the disaster of the first version and how that version literally gets nuked by Bahamut. Happiness just does not fit with FFXIV's image. Yes that's totally it and not just that I dislike the composition of that song in particular 
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May 17, 2017 01:58
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Gologle posted:That's the problem. You don't play FFXIV for the optimism, you play it for the subtle grimness and horribleness lurking just under the surface of Eorzea. This isn't Hajime no Ippo. I want you to know Gologle that I appreciate the joke here.
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May 17, 2017 02:05
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ImpAtom posted:I want you to know Gologle that I appreciate the joke here. Please explain to those of us who don't, I assumed it was normal Gologle brain salad
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May 17, 2017 02:10
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Kalenn Istarion posted:Please explain to those of us who don't, I assumed it was normal Gologle brain salad Hajime no Ippo is a series about boxing which is largely positive but has subtle grimness lurking beneath the surface. Last I check in on the protagonist suffered brain damage from too many blows to the head.
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May 17, 2017 02:37
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Bean posted:Music chat: what are your favorite remixes? I've gone looking for some FF remixes on YouTube and usually come up with super generic stuff. I've downloaded a ton of stuff form OCRemixes over the years for VII, VIII and X. It's more involved than queuing up a youtube playlist but there are some gems on that site.
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May 17, 2017 20:03
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Countblanc posted:I'm surprised to hear how lukewarm everyone is about Revolutions. It's probably my favorite theme so far, it has an appreciated optimism to it. It's a really good song, but most of the problem is that it's overshadowed by Answers and Dragonsong, which were both loving amazing songs. It reminds me of Terra's theme a lot.
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May 18, 2017 05:02
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kirbysuperstar posted:He did great work for Parasite Eve. Nomura is fine if allowed to design within a basically contemporary/modern setting. The World Ends With You is another example of his art actually feeling very natural and daresay expressive; it's the only time I've felt like his artistic signature enhanced the game, whereas most of the time his art direction seemed actively detrimental. FFVII and FFVIII succeed by and large because his character designs are relatively constrained due to technology and also because they had really great environmental artists who were able to make settings that suited the characters. Squall and Co look totally at home running around Balamb or Deling City; Cloud's sprite is quite simple and is colored purple and gold to help him stand out in often visually busy environments.
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May 18, 2017 05:30
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So I didn't see any other posts on this Potentially more PS1 FF remakes to come. It's not all that likely but it's something to think about. Naturally people are going to be jumping towards "remake FFIX." But, and hear me out, I'd probably prefer an FVIII remake. I use the same sort of logic for the various mods I play. It makes sense that VII is getting a remake and has a ton of mods because it is a good game.But by its very nature of being a good game, it is in less need of help than its successor. IX is even better off than VII as it hasn't quite aged so terribly in terms of graphics and I still had fun with the battle system. Basically, do the potential pros outweigh the potential cons, or if it ain't broke, don't fix it. There's no real way you could screw up an FFVIII remake. You can only go upward and improve things. IX was not a perfect game by any means but you could still screw a lot of things up.
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NikkolasKing posted:So I didn't see any other posts on this Remake FFVIII in the style of Type-0. You have a giant class of SeeDs and a bunch of missions to complete, all while deciding which specialists you want to take with you for each one. Explore Balamb GARDEN between missions, take some classes, rest up, and swap out your junctions. Call in a GF if you're getting your rear end handed to you. Cinnamon Bear posted:I've got Aranea as a temporary party member now, and I'm going to miss her when Gladiolus eventually comes back. you and everyone else, friend. morallyobjected fucked around with this message at 07:18 on May 18, 2017 |
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May 18, 2017 07:15
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I'm continuing to play XV, and admittedly still not super far along in the story. I was really starting to feel like things were dragging for a while, but then the Aranea boss fight was fun and got my attention back despite being pretty easy. Then cruising after that and deciding to pull up to a dungeon with its own parking lot for a brief hike was so dumb and hilarious I couldn't help but love it. Thats kind of how I'm feeling about the game as a whole. It's not good, its actively dumb, but it somehow manages to be entertaining/endearing in spite of all the issues. It feels so close to being good but just not quite getting there. I've got Aranea as a temporary party member now, and I'm going to miss her when Gladiolus eventually comes back.
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morallyobjected posted:Remake FFVIII in the style of Type-0. You have a giant class of SeeDs and a bunch of missions to complete, all while deciding which specialists you want to take with you for each one. Explore Balamb GARDEN between missions, take some classes, rest up, and swap out your junctions. Call in a GF if you're getting your rear end handed to you. and if someone dies, everyone forgets them, and squall is also just a character, like the entire story of ff8 is happening but you can ignore all that poo poo and just go on seed missions however nobody ever remembers squall because hes dead inside
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The White Dragon posted:and if someone dies, everyone forgets them, and squall is also just a character, like the entire story of ff8 is happening but you can ignore all that poo poo and just go on seed missions on the plus side, no one will talk about him in the past tense. honestly, though, I'd play (and most likely enjoy) FFVIII Type-0, as long as they incorporated the original location design. I know Type-0 was a Vita game originally, but those towns got so same-y if you stayed in one region.
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morallyobjected posted:on the plus side, no one will talk about him in the past tense. psp even
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May 18, 2017 07:32
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NikkolasKing posted:So I didn't see any other posts on this I'd actually be okay with a Final Fantasy VIII remake. I always felt that the game had 3 or 4 different good ideas for its plot, which got smashed together and became totally incoherent. You had the horror of a world where child soldiers are necessary and they're more or less being groomed to fight other peoples wars, you have Laguna's story, you have a story about childhood friends who have largely forgotten each other and moved on, with attempts to rekindle old friendships, you have a story about an anti-social introvert who learns to come out of his shell, you have a story about a victim of persecution falling into a self-fulfilling prophecy cycle by becoming the very thing others always feared she would be. These are all actually really great ideas individually. But combined as they are, VIII just does not work at all. At least not with the screentime devoted to each plot beat. On the flip side, the only thing I'd really want from an IX remake is a faster battle system and for characters like Amarant and Freya to have more plot importance and thematic relevance to the game; since Freya in particular feels like she's missing a resolution to her arc.
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May 18, 2017 08:02
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i don't know if remaking FF8 into a different kind of terrible game will solve anything
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Mr. Fortitude posted:I'd actually be okay with a Final Fantasy VIII remake. I always felt that the game had 3 or 4 different good ideas for its plot, which got smashed together and became totally incoherent. You had the horror of a world where child soldiers are necessary and they're more or less being groomed to fight other peoples wars, you have Laguna's story, you have a story about childhood friends who have largely forgotten each other and moved on, with attempts to rekindle old friendships, you have a story about an anti-social introvert who learns to come out of his shell, you have a story about a victim of persecution falling into a self-fulfilling prophecy cycle by becoming the very thing others always feared she would be. I agree with all of this. Maybe also eliminate Necron entirely or actually have him make sense and be explained. Also for FFVIII, playable Seifer in the endgame. Actually let him redeem himself by fighting Ultimecia.
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NikkolasKing posted:I agree with all of this. Maybe also eliminate Necron entirely or actually have him make sense and be explained. Necron is explained. he's explained right before you fight him, so maybe what you want is for him to be mentioned at some point before then
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