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Final Fantasy VII (original). My first time with the game, not counting a couple aborted attempts over the last few years that never got too far past leaving Midgar. I don’t have much FF experience (I played the 1+2 GBA ports way back in the day but don’t remember whether or not I beat either of them, and beat XV a couple years back, and I think that’s it) and this is such an iconic game that I figured I needed to play it at some point. I liked it a lot, the active battle thing took some getting used to but once it clicked with me I enjoyed it a lot, and I really liked most of the characters and the story. I totally understand why the game has the reputation that it does and its got me rally excited to play further in the series.
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:Final Fantasy VII (original). My first time with the game, not counting a couple aborted attempts over the last few years that never got too far past leaving Midgar. I don’t have much FF experience (I played the 1+2 GBA ports way back in the day but don’t remember whether or not I beat either of them, and beat XV a couple years back, and I think that’s it) and this is such an iconic game that I figured I needed to play it at some point. I liked it a lot, the active battle thing took some getting used to but once it clicked with me I enjoyed it a lot, and I really liked most of the characters and the story. I totally understand why the game has the reputation that it does and its got me rally excited to play further in the series. chuck...have you never played an ff
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Jan 9, 2022 22:06
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Fungah! posted:chuck...have you never played an ff Like I said, I’ve beaten XV and played 1 and 2 over half a lifetime ago but that’s it until now. I didn’t really get into JRPGs until the last few years so I’ve got a huge list of them I still need to get to
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Jan 9, 2022 22:14
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:Like I said, I’ve beaten XV and played 1 and 2 over half a lifetime ago but that’s it until now. I didn’t really get into JRPGs until the last few years so I’ve got a huge list of them I still need to get to dude i'm so fuckin pumped for you. which one are you thinkin next
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:Final Fantasy VII (original). My first time with the game, not counting a couple aborted attempts over the last few years that never got too far past leaving Midgar. I don’t have much FF experience (I played the 1+2 GBA ports way back in the day but don’t remember whether or not I beat either of them, and beat XV a couple years back, and I think that’s it) and this is such an iconic game that I figured I needed to play it at some point. I liked it a lot, the active battle thing took some getting used to but once it clicked with me I enjoyed it a lot, and I really liked most of the characters and the story. I totally understand why the game has the reputation that it does and its got me rally excited to play further in the series. Hell yeah
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Jan 9, 2022 22:20
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Fungah! posted:dude i'm so fuckin pumped for you. which one are you thinkin next I’m trying to decide between just going on numerically and doing 8 or starting the pixel remasters with 1
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Jan 9, 2022 22:21
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:I’m trying to decide between just going on numerically and doing 8 or starting the pixel remasters with 1 I'm gonna suggest something a little different and say play FFT if you haven't, it counts
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:Final Fantasy VII (original). My first time with the game, not counting a couple aborted attempts over the last few years that never got too far past leaving Midgar. I don’t have much FF experience (I played the 1+2 GBA ports way back in the day but don’t remember whether or not I beat either of them, and beat XV a couple years back, and I think that’s it) and this is such an iconic game that I figured I needed to play it at some point. I liked it a lot, the active battle thing took some getting used to but once it clicked with me I enjoyed it a lot, and I really liked most of the characters and the story. I totally understand why the game has the reputation that it does and its got me rally excited to play further in the series. I'm so jealous. Ff7 is a brain wipe game for me, no question about it
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Jan 9, 2022 22:24
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Also Chuck if you’ve never played Chrono Trigger please play it immediately.
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:Final Fantasy VII (original). My first time with the game, not counting a couple aborted attempts over the last few years that never got too far past leaving Midgar. I don’t have much FF experience (I played the 1+2 GBA ports way back in the day but don’t remember whether or not I beat either of them, and beat XV a couple years back, and I think that’s it) and this is such an iconic game that I figured I needed to play it at some point. I liked it a lot, the active battle thing took some getting used to but once it clicked with me I enjoyed it a lot, and I really liked most of the characters and the story. I totally understand why the game has the reputation that it does and its got me rally excited to play further in the series. nice. cant wait to try it myself
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That Little Demon posted:I'm gonna suggest something a little different and say play FFT if you haven't, it counts I’ll definitely have to do that sometime, I never played the original but I borrowed FFTA from a friend in middle school and really liked it although I don’t think I made it too far before giving it back GorfZaplen posted:I'm so jealous. Ff7 is a brain wipe game for me, no question about it I kept kicking myself for not playing it back when it first came out, it would have been crazy experiencing it with no prior knowledge whatsoever
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Also Chuck if you’ve never played Chrono Trigger please play it immediately. This
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play 6 before 8 imo. 8 is fine but 6 is on a similar tier as 7 and you should check it before you start dipping into the b-sides. FFT next is good too i'm just talking about in the numbered entries.
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Final Fantasy is a cool series because every player has a different Best One. People say "oh it's just the one you played first" but that's reductive as hell. The games are so diverse that they resonate differently with everybody, and I think that's not a flaw because it keeps nerds arguing, it's instead a wonderful achievement because you can play the whole series and you WILL find your personal GOTY in there unless you, like, hate the concept of JRPGs. Personally 6 leaves me kinda cold but I love 9 (world and story), 5 (mechanics) and 2 (it's broken but super fascinating). IMO an "ideal playing order" would be to pick what looks interesting either in presentation, or from what people tell you they love about it, and see if it also is your jam. Don't force yourself to go by a certain order and don't force yourself to finish one that you don't really enjoy.
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ignore everything he just said and do what i said.
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That Little Demon posted:I'm gonna suggest something a little different and say play FFT if you haven't, it counts Pablo Nergigante posted:Also Chuck if you’ve never played Chrono Trigger please play it immediately. this and this
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The ideal playing order is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and then 15, because that's the order numbers go.
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4. Gorogoa. I agree with what the others have said, it's a cool short puzzle game with nice graphics and a clever idea.
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Fungah! posted:dude i'm so fuckin pumped for you. That Little Demon posted:I'm gonna suggest something a little different and say play FFT if you haven't, it counts Pablo Nergigante posted:Also Chuck if you’ve never played Chrono Trigger please play it immediately.
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and 5. Celeste (All A, B, and C Sides but I'm going to leave Farewell for now). This was my second playthrough, and I'm now convinced that Celeste is the best platformer I've ever played. Here's my stats:  It's should be more like 15 hours, I left the game on pause for 4 hours at one point and it looks like it still counts that time. My first playthrough was something like 50 hours for reference. If you like platformers and somehow haven't tried this yet, you really should.
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Also Chuck if you’ve never played Chrono Trigger please play it immediately. extremely this, but congrats on ff7, it's so iconic and now at some point you can enjoy the remake. looking forward to your takes on 8 or the PRs.
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Raging Loop Truly bizarre but pretty good
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:I’m trying to decide between just going on numerically and doing 8 or starting the pixel remasters with 1 [trollishly] You should play Dirge of Cerberus as it is a continuation of the story of FF7
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never played chrono trigger as well and am debating if i should play that or FF4 next, i think i remember hearing the version released on steam though is AIDS
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Nutmeg posted:never played chrono trigger as well and am debating if i should play that or FF4 next, i think i remember hearing the version released on steam though is AIDS you should play CT, and you should emulate the snes version
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That Little Demon posted:you should play CT, and you should emulate the snes version this. the steam/iOS port is probably bad. the DS one is probably fine if you ignore the bonus dungeon but just go with the original. under no circumstances play the playstation version.
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Shin Megami Tensei 4: Apocalypse Loved what it changed from 4. weaker story but not as aids as people would have you believe. The Steven dlc is amazeballs but I wish you got a reward. Dagda should be in smt5. The final dungeon is one of the worst designs I've ever seen
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That Little Demon posted:you should play CT, and you should emulate the snes version 
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Bicyclops posted:this. the steam/iOS port is probably bad. the DS one is probably fine if you ignore the bonus dungeon but just go with the original. under no circumstances play the playstation version. th playstation version gets the badass animated scenes though and iirc theres a patch to deal with the slowdown. but if theres not yeah the playstation version is hell
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Fungah! posted:th playstation version gets the badass animated scenes though and iirc theres a patch to deal with the slowdown. but if theres not yeah the playstation version is hell The cutscenes are also in the DS version if you wanna watch them on a 3 inch screen
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mbt posted:Shin Megami Tensei 4: Apocalypse That final dungeon is so bad and it’s completely meaningless to the story. The actual story as it relates to the characters and everything that came before it is finished and then Steven just shows up out of nowhere as everyone is celebrating and says “good work nanashi. But if you want to put this game on your Games Beat list there’s one more thing you must do…”
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Pablo Nergigante posted:The cutscenes are also in the DS version if you wanna watch them on a 3 inch screen 
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:That final dungeon is so bad and it’s completely meaningless to the story. The actual story as it relates to the characters and everything that came before it is finished and then Steven just shows up out of nowhere as everyone is celebrating and says “good work nanashi. But if you want to put this game on your Games Beat list there’s one more thing you must do…” lol
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Bicyclops posted:this. the steam/iOS port is probably bad. the DS one is probably fine if you ignore the bonus dungeon but just go with the original. under no circumstances play the playstation version. I was looking at the steam version and recent reviews say it’s gotten some big fixes. Idk if I care enough to pay for a game I have y he rom for on my pc tho
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I got the tude now posted:I was looking at the steam version and recent reviews say it’s gotten some big fixes. Idk if I care enough to pay for a game I have y he rom for on my pc tho pc gamers love patches and mods
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elf help book posted:pc gamers love… mods I hereby renounce pc gaming
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That Little Demon posted:you should play CT, and you should emulate the snes version i think it should be played on original hardware through a crt fursonally
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trying to jack off posted:i think it should be played on original hardware through a crt fursonally there are like... 2 of us on this forum who would do that lol
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That Little Demon posted:there are like... 2 of us on this forum who would do that lol I would do that
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That Little Demon posted:there are like... 2 of us on this forum who would do that lol I have done it and will do it again
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