Final Fantasy IX - Steiner says "Princess" 89 times on the first disc

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MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Fedule posted:

Fun fact: Final Fantasy IX has bar none the best, finest, most awesomest opening hour of any game of its type.

More than anything else, the thing that comes through the strongest about it is that the entire game was made by people who loved what they did.

I disagree.

The entire first disc is amazing.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2015 06:14

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 03:39

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

You can change your way.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2015 05:17

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I love how the fact that Alexandrian males are worthless is a thing that keeps being brought up. Sure, the Alexandrian soldiers fight in weird metal lotards, but they're clearly in charge!

I like it ebcause it's different from normal generic fantasy kigndoms without going into full-fledged straw feminist territory.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2015 23:48

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Fister Roboto posted:

This is a massive understatement.

Yeah, it's super easy to jsut max out his Magic stat and do amazing damage for the rest of the fight. It stacks and stays for the whole battle.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2015 19:28

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

This game is full of reference to older Final Fantasy games. In this update, the song the band was playing was from FFVII.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2015 23:19

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

This LP got me to want to replay this game again: turns out I had a save set just after this part. Right before fighting Black Waltz #3 That's a nice coincidence!

I turns out I missed the Mythril Dagger though. :negative:

# ¿ Jul 17, 2015 16:01

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

KataraniSword posted:

Sell no equipment, keep at least two of every equipment, hoard like crazy

FF9 is an absolutely horrible, awful game for someone with that "but what if I need it later" hoarding/OCD.

Play Shin Megami Tensei. Expecially 3: Nocturne. You'll spend your elixirs like there's no tomorrow after that.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2015 17:14

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

kalonZombie posted:

Not REALLY easily, but more easily. There's another skill way late in the game that makes stealing even easier, but by then if you're getting everything you'll be decked out in poo poo that's mostly better than what you can steal by that point.

Especially if you've also been extensively playing the best minigame.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2015 16:17

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I named her Halberd or Katana or whatever.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2015 21:25

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Call her Shank. It's her prison nickname.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2015 17:41

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Rabbi Raccoon posted:

It's really easy to write Dali off as a standard "first town in an RPG" type small town, but if you remember Alexandria and see how big it looks and how alive it is (and other future cities), you realize that it's supposed to be this small. This barely qualifies as a village.

To quote Pratchett: "The village was too small to show up on a map of the village."

# ¿ Jul 21, 2015 03:47

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Awww man, Vivi and my other favorite character have such depressing quotes. :smith:

# ¿ Jul 29, 2015 04:45

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Ubiquitous_ posted:

This FMV sequence is my favorite in the series. The music, the cinematography, and the action are just amazing.

Yeah! And it's short and effective. Cutscenes don't need to last an hour to have an emotional effect.

Black Waltz #3 establishes himself really quickly, and makes quite an impression for someone who blows himself up after the booss battle.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2015 06:51

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

KataraniSword posted:

If we got FFV on Steam it would be the janky-rear end mobile version and nobody wants that. Nobody at all.

The only things wrong with FFV mobile are the mainc haracter sprites and some of the world tiles. Both of thsoe could be fixed easily with a patch.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2015 02:07

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Dastardly posted:

I don't even need black bars to say that my favorite team is Zidane, Vivi, Garnet and Freya. Team: The characters I like the most.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2015 20:26

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Steiner believed in RNGesus.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2015 04:46

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Now I really wish I'd named everyone after Shakespeare character in my latest playthrough.

Steiner would be Falstaff, of course.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2015 21:32

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Fister Roboto posted:

Sorry, the only correct choice is John Cleese.

John Cleese would actually be Cid.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2015 21:59

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Patrick Stewart should actually be Baku.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTROgQORCt4

# ¿ Aug 4, 2015 23:02

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

cdyoung posted:

He didn't die, he became one with the force.

He'll rise again in a 100 years, along with his giant multiple stage chaos castle.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2015 07:22

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Make Zidane lose. Cock-block him... for the Ring!

# ¿ Aug 13, 2015 01:33

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

The best possible outcome.

# ¿ Aug 23, 2015 14:50

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Cerebral Bore posted:

Dagger freakin' owns.

She truly deserves the name of "Shank".

# ¿ Aug 28, 2015 23:15

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Kanfy posted:

People creating fictional memories of FF VII characters' personalities and believing them to be real remains the meta-est thing in video gaming.

Many of friends still don't believe me when I tell them this.

# ¿ Aug 29, 2015 16:35

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:

WATCH BRAHNE START A loving WAR

Brahne stole that election, Doctor Tot won the popular vote! :argh:

# ¿ Aug 30, 2015 00:23

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

BravestOfTheLamps posted:

The "traditionalists" are actually just your standard "JRPG Catholic Church".

The critique of "traditionalism" is actually just anti-clericalism.

Actually, they look a lot more like Buddhists. Their temples have a very Tibetan aesthetic.

# ¿ Aug 30, 2015 16:37

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

cdyoung posted:

Or....
It's because Japan is, still actually, an majorly aethiest/agnostic country without a major theocratic system that's overpowering in it's politics.

Just about every country aside from a few can see how major religions have strangleholds on their countries. Japan just likes to show that these systems are inherently corrupt since religion is almost always self interested and not about the masses. Which is why EVIL CHURCH is such a common narrative trope there.

Surprisingly, a large number of J-horror tropes are based around Shinto, with evil rituals in isolated villages and whatnot.

# ¿ Aug 30, 2015 19:51

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Suspect Bucket posted:

So are zebras.

No.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2015 17:10

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

SorataYuy posted:

For that matter, except for Brave Fencer Musashi and Grandia II, have there ever been any RPGs where the legends and myths turned out to be wrong? Like completely, utterly, got everything completely the opposite of what the truth actually was, and it was mostly just made up because... well, just because.

Tales does it pretty often, actually. So often it's hard to think of one that doesn't have a similar twist.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2015 04:50

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

KWEH!

# ¿ Sep 8, 2015 15:24

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

KataraniSword posted:

See, that one almost makes sense because Akitoshi Kawazu was in charge of the second half of 12's development.

The man is mentally troubled and has an unhealthy obsession with making a game that is impossible to create a strategy guide for. In fact, three years before FF12, he actually accomplished that very task.

I can't wait for the next SaGa game!

# ¿ Oct 1, 2015 07:45

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Hahahaha, yesss, yesss! More terrible awesome SaGa games! :unsmigghh:

# ¿ Oct 1, 2015 22:58

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

FeyerbrandX posted:

I agree with you, the main thing I see about Kuja being a budget villain would be drifting off to spoilers.

The simplest thing I can think of that doesn't go in that direction is how that scene played out. Beatrix curbstomped you because she was challenged by some ignorant peon and you ruined her n00b-griefing fun.

Kuja somehow provided Black Mages. Kind of evil yeah, but Hojo-tier or Dr. Lugae evil at this point of the game. Sure some of the party might have a valid personal grudge against someone like that, but at the moment? meh.

Kuja ain't got poo poo on Lord Yuna.

All my hate. :argh:

# ¿ Oct 23, 2015 04:06

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

FeyerbrandX posted:

And that's why I did not include that monster on my list of "trivial middle-management level jerk face scientists"

Hojo is arguably the real villain of FFVII, as everything is his fault. He's the one who decided to build his son out of spare parts from John Carpenter's The Thing.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2015 13:44

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I'm 27, but I look more like 40.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2015 06:51

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Tae posted:

He met Steiner I guess.

Actually, all the party member slike him and respect him and try to help him out. Getting involved with the war really is been the best thing that happened to him.

# ¿ Nov 9, 2015 08:10

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot3LYupdTOQ

Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.

William Shakespeare
From The Tempest, Act 4 Scene 1

# ¿ Dec 3, 2015 18:01

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

You missed the Stellazio in the fountain.
:goonsay:

# ¿ Jun 14, 2016 04:22

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Hobgoblin2099 posted:

I find it really interesting that Steiner not only gets Knight skills, but also Dark Knight skills.

He goes both ways.

# ¿ Jun 18, 2016 06:27

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 03:39

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

MarquiseMindfang posted:

As with Odin in all other Final Fantasies, if this was gameplay, Odin's attack would have landed three miles to the left and a giant MISS! would have appeared over Cleyra.

As if any of the Cleyrans and Burmecians had the HEAVY flag.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2016 04:20

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