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Cleretic posted:I'm quite happy I was wrong on this one, but I do find it weird in retrospect that their pre-release description of Thavnair was all 'this is where Dancers be from' and no 'this is Alchemist Country', when Endwalker's actual story flipped that around completely; I'm pretty sure there's not even a named dancer NPC in the expansion, or a single line of extra dialog for you being a Dancer (which probably puts it in the minority of jobs, EW loving loves recognizing when you've done a sideplot). Meanwhile, a significant chunk of Endwalker's story is powered by Thavnairian alchemy. Ahem.
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I bought that Theatrythm Final Fantasy game and it just has so much content. I only meant to play for a little bit but I couldn't stop and ended up playing for like 5 hours.
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Vitamean posted:I yearn for the day when we can all refuse to get on cleretic's wild ride As do I, as do I
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it is i who will be the first person to win an argument online
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Super No Vacancy posted:it is i who will be the first person to win an argument online No, it's going to be me. Cleretic posted:But honestly, I'm not sure why I bither with this thread. I say literally one word against a game and poo poo explodes. And of course then I can't help but take the bait, and my posts are read very differently than intended. It's a little bit more than a word. Honestly, it's the fact that you write long posts based on scanty information about games you haven't played, and I don't recall as much as a "whoops lol" from you when reality proves different than your suppositions. I don't think the thread would be the same without your posts, so I hope you continue to bither with us. Mega64 posted:It's OK to be wrong. I've been wrong tons of times in this thread! That's my secret, Cap: I'm always wrong. Agents are GO! fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Jul 21, 2023 |
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Mega64 posted:It's OK to be wrong. I've been wrong tons of times in this thread! Not me!
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Mordiceius posted:I take it Pentiment is worth playing? It slipped under my radar and I had completely forgot it existed. Pentiment is insanely good and my favorite game I’ve played this year, having played a lot of great games this year (like SOP). it resonated with me more than I had any belief it could.
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Cleretic posted:I'm quite happy I was wrong on this one, but I do find it weird in retrospect that their pre-release description of Thavnair was all 'this is where Dancers be from' and no 'this is Alchemist Country', when Endwalker's actual story flipped that around completely; I'm pretty sure there's not even a named dancer NPC in the expansion, or a single line of extra dialog for you being a Dancer (which probably puts it in the minority of jobs, EW loving loves recognizing when you've done a sideplot). Meanwhile, a significant chunk of Endwalker's story is powered by Thavnairian alchemy. when youve spent years on this forum refusing to engage with other people because you are so convinced of your own innate rightness that you talk at people instead of to them and ignore anything they say that even hints at a challenge to you, you should not be surprised that they start treating you similarly
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Cleretic posts... are good. Sometimes hilariously wrong, but good. Also, decent youtube content
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Pentiment, just like everything Obsidian does, makes me want a new Pillars of Eternity game where I always add mercenaries based on final fantasy jobs
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Cleretic posts often make me roll my eyes, but I love Cleretic and hope they continue to post in this thread forever. It wouldn't be the same place without them. And hell, they're not as bad of a poster as Cythereal. So there's always that.
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Jul 21, 2023 19:20
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What is a final fantasy (thread) without a final fantasy villain
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Mordiceius posted:Cleretic posts often make me roll my eyes, but I love Cleretic and hope they continue to post in this thread forever. It wouldn't be the same place without them. This.
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Shard posted:I bought that Theatrythm Final Fantasy game and it just has so much content. I only meant to play for a little bit but I couldn't stop and ended up playing for like 5 hours. It's great because the more you play the better you get at it too. Sometimes I come back to it after a few weeks and I can perfect chain an Ultimate that I was getting only an A on before.
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Shard posted:I bought that Theatrythm Final Fantasy game and it just has so much content. I only meant to play for a little bit but I couldn't stop and ended up playing for like 5 hours. They keep adding more! I take my switch to work when they've forced us in office and it seems like I get new dlc nearly every week. This week was octopath traveler music which bangs. Unironically probably going to be my game of the year (though SF6 might beat it out, maybe armored core).
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Final Bar Line needed a bigger character roster though.
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Much like Metroid Prime 1 made jokes about Space Pirates trying and failing to replicate the Varia Suit's many functions, I want future Final Fantasy games to try and recreate a human character as large as Barret Wallace again.
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RareAcumen posted:Much like Metroid Prime 1 made jokes about Space Pirates trying and failing to replicate the Varia Suit's many functions, I want future Final Fantasy games to try and recreate a human character as large as Barret Wallace again. Hugo Kupka is right there
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ApplesandOranges posted:Final Bar Line needed a bigger character roster though. It really didn't, it took me like 50 hours to get everyone to 99, and then another 40 after that to get just my main team to 9 stars (paine, yuffie, zidane, fran yes please give 10+ chest every map thanks).
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Man you all have made Stranger of Paradise sound really really good. Why is there so much good final fantasy in the world and I only have finite time?!
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lines posted:Man you all have made Stranger of Paradise sound really really good. Why is there so much good final fantasy in the world and I only have finite time?! It's the work of Chaos.
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Failboattootoot posted:It really didn't, it took me like 50 hours to get everyone to 99, and then another 40 after that to get just my main team to 9 stars (paine, yuffie, zidane, fran yes please give 10+ chest every map thanks). I just wanted more of my favourite characters in the game. There was no Sabin, or Quistis, or Basch.
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ImpAtom posted:Hugo Kupka is right there The 1997 FF7 art threw me off. I remember Barret standing out among the cast as if Zangief were in Xenoblade. After googling who that was (I was assuming a FF14 character) he seems Dwayne Johnson sized so I don't think he's truly that insanely massive in comparison 
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I don't want to push Cleritic off of this thread because she does have insightful things to say and good fun posts. The issue is just that you can't keep making snap decisions about things from essentially vibes based on scant information, refuse to acknowledge any indication that maybe your first impression was wrong, and continue to double down in every situation involving said thing for the rest of forever. That's not what critical thinking is. Like, hey, I actually think one of Cleritic's snap random impressions of FFXVI was accurate in that Jill kind of sucks, but she sucks in the way a lot of bland FF heroines suck and not some kind of new way caused by any unique problem FFXVI specifically has.
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Cleretic posted:But honestly, I'm not sure why I bither with this thread. I say literally one word against a game and poo poo explodes. And of course then I can't help but take the bait, and my posts are read very differently than intended. It's not just you this happens to, it's this forum in general lately.
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absurd takes are very funny, I encourage them
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OhFunny posted:It's the work of Chaos. Hearing a lotta bad things about this Chaos guy. Maybe someone should do something about him.
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I said come in! posted:It's not just you this happens to, it's this forum in general lately.  aegof posted:absurd takes are very funny, I encourage them anyone whose takes are worth respecting has to have at least a few wild takes
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RareAcumen posted:The 1997 FF7 art threw me off. I remember Barret standing out among the cast as if Zangief were in Xenoblade. After googling who that was (I was assuming a FF14 character) he seems Dwayne Johnson sized so I don't think he's truly that insanely massive in comparison for the field models they gave most characters in the game a generic body type and then occasionally made them round like palmer and wedge or muscular like dio and mukki then they just made barret like 4 times the volume of the generic body type, just an absolute brick shithouse. in every other depiction like battle scenes and FMVs and everything after the original game he is merely a very large man as opposed to looking like 7 foot tall sumo wrestler
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As opposed to Ward from FFVIII, who is actually 7', making him one of the tallest playable characters in the series (above Kimahri and just shorter than Fran, though the latter has her ears extending her measured height).
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Blockhouse posted:I don't want to push Cleritic off of this thread because she does have insightful things to say and good fun posts. The issue is just that you can't keep making snap decisions about things from essentially vibes based on scant information, refuse to acknowledge any indication that maybe your first impression was wrong, and continue to double down in every situation involving said thing for the rest of forever. That's not what critical thinking is. I think Jill’s cool. I like the swashbuckling vibes of her outfit.
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Sleng Teng posted:I think Jill’s cool. I like the swashbuckling vibes of her outfit. I need her outfit in XIV or I will die
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Consummate Professional posted:I need her outfit in XIV or I will die Yes please, really all of the outfits I would like to see in XIV.
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I enjoyed FF16's combat system but for people wanting 'more FF' it does feel disappointing that there are actually few games actually doing what FF does on a story and character level, while having graphics that are not pixel art. Not to say that pixel art is bad, just that it would be nice to have the term "FF-inspired RPG" mean "FF7 to FF10 inspired, including their look" instead of "FF5-inspired". Like, I like Persona 5 but sometimes I want to be characters who are not just teenagers and who do stuff outside of a single country. Tales of Arise was OK on this front until the bosses got more and more HP spongey with not much you can do about it and then once the game reaches 'part 2' the story starts falling apart. I'm told I do want to play Xenoblade Chronicles 3 apparently though?
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bewilderment posted:"FF7 to FF10 inspired, including their look" instead of "FF5-inspired". You do realize FF8's entire party is teenagers, right?
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I want (mid game spoilers) adult Joshua’s outfit in FFXIV. The top especially would be some great Red Mage gear.
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bewilderment posted:I enjoyed FF16's combat system but for people wanting 'more FF' it does feel disappointing that there are actually few games actually doing what FF does on a story and character level, while having graphics that are not pixel art. Not to say that pixel art is bad, just that it would be nice to have the term "FF-inspired RPG" mean "FF7 to FF10 inspired, including their look" instead of "FF5-inspired". The issue there is that you really can't go back to PS1-era easily. Trying to make something low budget looking is honestly probably harder and takes more effort than making it modern looking, and creating an RPG on its own is already a hugely expensive and time consuming process. FF7 and such made heavy use of prerendered backgrounds and incredibly simple models but that is because they were being designed for an entirely different period where such things were considered great looking.
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lines posted:Hearing a lotta bad things about this Chaos guy. Maybe someone should do something about him. Just texted someone who can take care of it. 
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His name is Jack and he is here to wack. Chaos.
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bewilderment posted:I enjoyed FF16's combat system but for people wanting 'more FF' it does feel disappointing that there are actually few games actually doing what FF does on a story and character level, while having graphics that are not pixel art. Not to say that pixel art is bad, just that it would be nice to have the term "FF-inspired RPG" mean "FF7 to FF10 inspired, including their look" instead of "FF5-inspired". there's been a few ps1/prerendered background-inspired jrpgs out there, it's not a totally gone genre. i'm kind of curious about the fantasian port which i think should be sometime next year given how apple arcade exclusivity has worked so far, apparently it's pretty brutal in an interesting way: https://toucharcade.com/2021/08/30/fantasian-review-iphone-ipad-apple-tv-final-fantasy/
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