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Apr 13, 2019 18:30
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It's probably my least fave DQ, just because it's kind of huge and meandering. the parallel worlds narrative makes it hard to keep track of where you ever are or why you're there
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Apr 13, 2019 18:52
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6 is definitely the weakest of the bunch but it's still fun to mess around with jobs and stuff. The main issue is the final boss being drat near impossible unless you've built your entire team as Heroes and other OP classes, which goes against the main reason I enjoy job systems
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Apr 13, 2019 19:13
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I never played IX but it sounds like the best of the DQ job system games, is that true or am I imagining things.
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Apr 13, 2019 19:19
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Yeah I'd say it is. There's all the classics and more, plus armor and weapons are shown in game so you can look hella badass.
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Apr 13, 2019 19:23
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Tales of Woe posted:i know so little about dq6 that i'm not even convinced it exists it looked very pretty on snes but the grind is brutal and it takes forever to beat hell maybe even longer than original psx dq7
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Apr 13, 2019 19:25
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DQ6 was fun (I played the remake) and the job system is good. But there's definitely a segment in the middle of the game where the plot kind of disappears and you're wandering around aimlessly looking for quests.
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Apr 13, 2019 22:25
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I think 3 is worth playing. Maybe it's just nostalgia but it's a really cozy adventure game with lots of neat weird stuff to find. The plot isn't anything special but I'm a big exploration gamer and it has that in spades. Perhaps the grinding is bad though if you're not a 12 year old blitzed on adderall. The job system is fun, a good secret to win the game is to start with a fighter and then reclass them to a mage so they leap out first in combat throwing fire everywhere. The soundtrack is seared into my brain because I'd just sit and listen to it holding my gameboy up to my ear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBK7BZo2FQI It's worth playing just to see how the series evolved, at least in my opinion.
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Apr 15, 2019 00:02
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Unlike 1 and 2, 3 doesn't really feel very primitive at all. It's a bit sparse, but - provided you're playing a version with the modern EXP curve - it definitely still holds up today. The part in the middle of 6 where you're basically just on an aimless journey of self-discovery (please forgive me for this pun) is one of my favorite parts of it. I think the problem with 6 and 7 is that the job system they have is not a very rewarding one. It's kind of awkward, really. It encourages grind, requires blind choice, doesn't add much in the way of nuance to the characters, and has a tendency to induce a motivation cliff around the time you start mastering your first first top-tier vocations, which is usually right before the final dungeon.
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Apr 15, 2019 02:38
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I had no idea the FFXIII trilogy was on Steam. Do i definitely need to start with the first game? Because from what I've heard the gameplay in the others sounds more appealing to me
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Apr 16, 2019 22:34
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XIII-2 is pretty similar to 1 but LR is totally different, but I would recommend them all bc they all pwn
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Apr 16, 2019 22:55
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Play them all or burn in hell.
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Apr 16, 2019 23:00
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FFXIII and FFXIII-2 have the exact same battle system, and Lightning Returns has a faster and more action based one. XIII has a long linear section then a pretty huge and mostly optional open world one, XIII-2 is almost completely nonlinear (which while interesting I think hurts the challenge of the game a bit until the very end) and LR is a big open world split into 4 sections that has scaling difficulty depending on how many days have passed. I enjoy them all and since it is a trilogy you'd need to play them all to really understand the story. Though Lightning Returns is my favorite Final Fantasy game, so if I had to choose one that would be it.
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Apr 16, 2019 23:01
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imho play them all
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Apr 16, 2019 23:04
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goferchan posted:I had no idea the FFXIII trilogy was on Steam. Do i definitely need to start with the first game? Because from what I've heard the gameplay in the others sounds more appealing to me i dont like 13 but i like 13-2. corridors of unskippable enemies in identical formations and stuff .. just winds me up. 13-2 and LR doesnt have any of that
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Apr 16, 2019 23:04
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13-2 has that too since it's all just scrapped/reused assets from XIII
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Apr 16, 2019 23:22
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In Training posted:13-2 has that too since it's all just scrapped/reused assets from XIII u can avoid encounters in that. well except in that 1 part
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Apr 17, 2019 00:37
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if anyone wants an interesting short interview, here’s the guy who localized Vagrant Story, Ace Attorney, and bunch of other FF/Capcom games talking about the process https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/2019/04/16/the-writer-who-fixed-final-fantasy/
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Apr 17, 2019 18:21
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:if anyone wants an interesting short interview, here’s the guy who localized Vagrant Story, Ace Attorney, and bunch of other FF/Capcom games talking about the process this was a good read
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Apr 18, 2019 18:05
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I'm playing through 13 for the first time and wow the music box tower dungeon is exactly the kind of thing I didn't expect in this game and it's extremely good.
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Apr 29, 2019 17:46
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The 13 trilogy is all 50% off on Steam for the week. The patient gamer wins again  excited to play
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Apr 29, 2019 20:13
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I finished ff13 and holy crap I'm glad I didn't skip it it gets extremely good. I love how the final boss felt super powerful and dangerous while at the same time not feeling like a damage sponge. It's so weird to play a game that ends so much better than it begins, like it's much more common for games to fall apart. It does get so good though.
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May 6, 2019 05:24
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May 6, 2019 05:38
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goferchan posted:The 13 trilogy is all 50% off on Steam for the week. The patient gamer wins again aw yeah
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May 6, 2019 08:26
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I was really hype on FFXII on Switch but I’m starting to understand some of the criticism after I whooped a boss’s rear end without touching the controller. I’m pretty early in but how does the difficulty curve out?
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May 9, 2019 00:46
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AverySpecialfriend posted:I was really hype on FFXII on Switch but I’m starting to understand some of the criticism after I whooped a boss’s rear end without touching the controller. I’m pretty early in but how does the difficulty curve out? gently caress you
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May 9, 2019 00:49
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Why. Auto battling random enemies is cool but if I don’t even have to do anything during boss fights then what’s the point
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May 9, 2019 01:14
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mysterious loyall X posted:gently caress you Hold on, let's here what he has to say AverySpecialfriend posted:Why. Auto battling random enemies is cool but if I don’t even have to do anything during boss fights then what’s the point *loading shotgun as fast as humanely possible*
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May 9, 2019 02:09
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i think im gonna play lighting returns again. they say lightning never strikes twice but i'm gonna have fun a second time
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May 9, 2019 02:19
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AverySpecialfriend posted:I was really hype on FFXII on Switch but I’m starting to understand some of the criticism after I whooped a boss’s rear end without touching the controller. I’m pretty early in but how does the difficulty curve out? IDK, I never got far enough to see since I had the same problem with the game as you. I always meant to give it another shot tho
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May 9, 2019 02:28
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I'm still enjoying it, it's just really easy right now. I know the superboss is supposed to be really hard which is cool but I hope it picks up soon
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May 9, 2019 03:29
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every FF is easy outside of postgame stuff, it's by design, since they're insanely popular and need to be beaten by anyone dumber than a 3 year old.
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May 9, 2019 03:31
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AverySpecialfriend posted:I'm still enjoying it, it's just really easy right now. I know the superboss is supposed to be really hard which is cool but I hope it picks up soon the superbosses in ff12 aren't really hard either, they mostly just take a long time
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May 9, 2019 03:37
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It’s crazy how XII was such a departure from the insanely interactive and reflex driven battles the series was known for.
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May 9, 2019 04:00
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AverySpecialfriend posted:Why. Auto battling random enemies is cool but if I don’t even have to do anything during boss fights then what’s the point u can play it manually if you realy like and just set up some gambits for auto res or countering specific status effects something. but its not my favourite ff either way
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May 9, 2019 09:30
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but to answer your question yea some of the later bosses are more complex. and some of the super bosses wont work if you just have 1 gambit list no matter what u do. and u still need to plan each list out for each boss etc. my advice would be to not use quickenings on anything in the game since they are stupid. unlock them though cos they increase your mp bar
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May 9, 2019 09:33
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i mean bear in mind even rpgs like DQ11, persona 5 and nocturne can be broken with the right demon setups if all u do is google what they are .. and those are top tier jrpgs. its on you to draw the line in the sand
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May 9, 2019 09:35
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All the post game bosses constantly throw up physical and magical immunity barriers and sometimes both simultaneously. They take ages
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May 9, 2019 11:58
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ff12 just takes the series to it's logical conclusion and has most of the combat be in the set-up in the menu screen. even the boss fights with the bigger hunts are mostly about choosing when to activate the insane limit break chains to finish the boss off. you do have to set up your gambits differently for some of the fights, though.
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EmmyOk posted:All the post game bosses constantly throw up physical and magical immunity barriers and sometimes both simultaneously. They take ages yeah, this is kind of how they try to answer the limit break chain thing. a lot of the bosses turn it on when they're low on hit points and just have the barrier up for a couple of minutes to prevent you from just chaining them to death. i like 12 but i always bounce off of it once it gets to the part where you're just collecting the big summons and doing the last few hunts. i've gotten to pharos multiple times and never beat the game.
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