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Blitz7x posted:I am the FFIX standard-bearer and will remain so for all time High five, totally agreed.
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I'm glad to see a bunch of goons acknowledging FFIX, because in Gamefaqs forums that was a very hot take
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Blitz7x posted:I'm glad to see a bunch of goons acknowledging FFIX, because in Gamefaqs forums that was a very hot take gamefaqs forum makes youtube comments look like Plato's symposium
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Dec 31, 2017 21:59
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FFIX was fun but :meh:
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Oh! Speaking of JRPG's and series that died an ignoble death. Suikoden. 1, 3 and 5 were all good, 2 was amazing, and 4 was trash. Man was that a great overarching storyline that just got murdered in the most depressing way
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Kalli posted:Oh! Speaking of JRPG's and series that died an ignoble death. Suikoden 3 had the weirdest ending "We all allied to face a universal existential threat and put aside our differences and embraced brotherhood. Ok, now that the threat is over we are all gonna just go back to wars with each other" Suikoden 2 is weird because the sad ending is actually way more satisfying than the happy one
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Dec 31, 2017 22:02
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I have also never played a final fantasy, and never will
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The Puppy Bowl posted:I first played FFVI in the 4th grade. I made it to the part where you get the submarine saw emerald weapon and got so scared I didn't play again until 6th grade. This is my FFVII story. The one time I played FF7 my friend spent at least half an hour trying to capture a Chocobo so he could get through some swamp on the world map, a snake was flying over the area and you'd get into an (at the time) unwinnable fight if it touched you. He kept trying and failing to cross it on foot and was convinced that you couldn't get through without a Chocobo and then I said "let me try" and got past it on foot in one attempt. That's all I remember about that game. Thaddius the Large posted:You’re not missing much, most of them kind of peter out about 70-90% of the way through, the final boss rarely feels like an actual climax to the game. The final boss of 6 isn't super-tough but that whole sequence, and then the ending cutscene, is loving incredible. Maybe my favorite sequence in any video game ever. Mel Mudkiper posted:One of my favorite things is that when the creator of Final Fantasy left, his first new game he made was called "The Last Story" I have a copy of this and still need to play it. I broke the factory sealing just to look at the disc and thumb through the manual so I might as well play it since I can't resell it!
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Leperflesh posted:I have also never played a final fantasy, and never will play XII, it has a lot of people sitting around talking too much you would love it
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Kalli posted:Oh! Speaking of JRPG's and series that died an ignoble death. I never finished Suikoden 2 and it's the only game that's made me consider finding a rom or iso or whatever and installing an emulator to play.
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Also Sephiroth is a basic bitch compared to the villain from Suikoden 2
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FF XII is great because Jun Marketing was like "make some teenagers the main characters of this game for demographics" and the writers were like "pffft fine but after the first hour of the game they're just gonna sit on the sidelines looking like lost dogs while the actual characters talk about the important stuff"
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Alaois posted:FF XII is great because Jun Marketing was like "make some teenagers the main characters of this game for demographics" and the writers were like "pffft fine but after the first hour of the game they're just gonna sit on the sidelines looking like lost dogs while the actual characters talk about the important stuff" Yeah, XII is Star Wars if the main character was C-3PO
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Doesn't FFXII have judges like FF Tactics? Or am I thinking of something else
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Alaois posted:FF XII is great because Jun Marketing was like "make some teenagers the main characters of this game for demographics" and the writers were like "pffft fine but after the first hour of the game they're just gonna sit on the sidelines looking like lost dogs while the actual characters talk about the important stuff" It was a great followup to 10 where the main character narrates a lot, but has obvious brain damage
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Blitz7x posted:Doesn't FFXII have judges like FF Tactics? Or am I thinking of something else XII and the Tactics games are set in the same world, yes
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Blitz7x posted:Doesn't FFXII have judges like FF Tactics? Or am I thinking of something else Yeah, it's set in the same world as FF tactics, but has next to no overlap, it's depressing.
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Wasn't there a FF XII re-master on the way, or did that already come out?
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Kalli posted:It was a great followup to 10 where the main character narrates a lot, but has obvious brain damage X is weird because it has the best story but the worst characters to experience it "Its a morose journey of death where people will sacrifice themselves just to give a hopeless world an indeterminate amount of time where there will not be untold suffering, all under the eyes of a church subservient to an all-mighty god who keeps the world in this state to protect his imaginary paradise" "LETS PLAY BLITZBALL BRUTHA"
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and then there's the FFXIII trilogy which isn't a video game series, it's videographic evidence of a man slowly going insane from dehydration because he won't stop masturbating long enough to take a drink of water
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C-Euro posted:Wasn't there a FF XII re-master on the way, or did that already come out? Yeah, you can probably get it for ~$20-25 right now at a bunch of places. Mel Mudkiper posted:X is weird because it has the best story but the worst characters to experience it Yeah, I played through it a few years ago when the remaster came out and the main character's narration was very obviously the confused ramblings of a mentally challenged child. Alaois posted:and then there's the FFXIII trilogy which isn't a video game series, it's videographic evidence of a man slowly going insane from dehydration because he won't stop masturbating long enough to take a drink of water The story arc and growth of the characters in 13 is fantastic. The game's story aside from that is so lovely and slapped together. 13-2 was... funny but so very flawed, with an absolutely hilarious ending.
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C-Euro posted:
Yeah, it’s the one exception I could think of, maybe debatably 10 as well, otherwise every one I can remember off the top of my head (7, 8, 9, 10, 12) has a really disappointing final area/boss.
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I was in freshman year of college and I played FFXII for about two days straight when my roommate walked out all dressed and said "come on dude, Sarah is putting her tits in a jar of peanut butter to make an mold at the SAE house" and I put down the controller and gaming in general until I graduated Thanks FFXII
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It took a lot of work to make a portrayal of a black person less sensitive than Barrett, but goddamn if a dude keeping a literal bird in his afro didn't make a strong play
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Mel Mudkiper posted:It took a lot of work to make a portrayal of a black person less sensitive than Barrett, but goddamn if a dude keeping a literal bird in his afro didn't make a strong play Also they wanted to name him "Sax" but someone at least slapped them and made them change it to "Sazh". Also, no, Barrett is one of the more racist depictions of a character in both original creation and translation into English. Kalli fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Dec 31, 2017 |
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Kalli posted:Also they wanted to name him "Sax" but someone at least slapped them and made them change it to "Sazh". never heard of japanese barrett, how bad was he?
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Mel Mudkiper posted:never heard of japanese barrett, how bad was he? I mean, it's just the same typical japanese depiction of black people. You know, like... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYQrisUdus&t=85s
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Kalli posted:I mean, it's just the same typical japanese depiction of black people. That like a 0.8 on the Bob Sapp scale
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Anyway, happy new years guys. Gonna go help my cousin walk around handing out costco hors d'oeuvres to a few dozen of my aunt' waspy friends until 9pm then go to a goth dance party and then die somewhere between Boston and my house at 2 AM. If I die please delete my browser history, thank you. Kalli fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Dec 31, 2017 |
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I picked up the FFXII remaster. It's good, it added a fast forward mode for easy leveling and running through town. Plus it has the Zodiac job system which is cool.
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seiferguy posted:I picked up the FFXII remaster. It's good, it added a fast forward mode for easy leveling and running through town. Plus it has the Zodiac job system which is cool. I vaguely recall that magic was virtually useless until you unlocked a few of the limit break squares or whatever, as that doubled/tripled your MP and made it viable, is that still the case?
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All I remember about 12 is for a hot minute getting really into the card system for AI and thinking about all the ways you could tailor it to each area and mob you were fighting. Then I figured out just set up healing first, then buff / debuff and finally damage and you are correct 90% of the time. Also I got to the end and was surprised because of how much of a wet fart it was.
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I'm going to spend my NYE playing the new Zelda and eating Char Siu Bao and it'll be glorious.
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I don't like going out for New Years Eve because of all the drunk people, so I am gonna cook a steak and have some beers.
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swickles posted:I don't like going out for New Years Eve because of all the drunk people, so I am gonna cook a steak and have some beers. NYE, Halloween, and at Patrick’s day are the worst nights of the year to go out Christmas Eve and thanksgiving day are the best.
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Thaddius the Large posted:I vaguely recall that magic was virtually useless until you unlocked a few of the limit break squares or whatever, as that doubled/tripled your MP and made it viable, is that still the case? I just started playing, but I know all jobs are viable including the mage classes.
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4th of July is also pretty rad
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Yeah skipping everything staying at family members
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