Last Celebration posted:

Both are kinda jank from what I’ve seen/remembered, the original has that classic PSX-era “why the does a text heavy game need a dedicated translator, just have a bug fixer do it” jank and WotL is trying too hard to be flowery instead of just getting Alexander O Smith to just do it like XII.

Sakurazuka posted:

No because the original translation might have a couple of cool sounding lines but it's also a bad transition that barely makes any sense half of the time.

Harrow posted:

I think I like them about equally, weirdly enough. I think the WotL translation has some great lines, but the retranslated names are often way overwrought, and so are some moments of dialogue. On the other hand, the original is often nonsense, but it does still have the line "Blame yourself or God!" and it has the cool spellcasting quotes, so they both have their charms.

It's possible I'm warmer towards the original translation than I otherwise would be because I've played it enough times since I was a kid that I can decipher what it's trying to say. Without that history I'd probably be a lot less generous to it.

Harrow posted:

Yeah, the Zodiac Age remaster, which is on PC, PS4, Xbox, and Switch.

What we're talking about here is a mod for the PC version of Zodiac Age called Struggle for Freedom which rebalances the whole game to be more challenging but also more strategic, and also fixes some of the previously-useless weapon types like axes/hammers.

Arist posted:

Ashe is the main character.

Harrow posted:

Yeah, Ashe is the protagonist. From the moment she joins the party she has the spotlight for the rest of the game. Vaan's the PoV character for the player, but he isn't the protagonist. He plays an important supporting role as a foil for Ashe, but he's not the main character by a long shot.

zakharov posted:

Is Final Fantasy VIII good or bad

Bruceski posted:

Balthier is the main character of a different story.

Tae posted:

No, because this is their plan for the boomers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ZDKZfr-i0

Harrow posted:

Everyone will eventually get two jobs and also you can respec for free so don't stress too much about... well, anything, really. Nothing is truly missable, either. The worst that can happen is you miss a spell in a chest in a dungeon you completed and have to go back and get it, but you'll never miss anything permanently.

If you want a challenge, doing hunts and fighting optional Espers as soon as they're available can be really challenging, and pretty fun IMO. But again nothing is truly missable so if you would rather wait and come back with better gear, that's cool, too. In general, gear and licenses will have a bigger effect on your power than level for most of the game.

Oh, one thing to note is that there's equipment that boosts the damage of a specific element by 50% and the game doesn't really tell you that in the tooltips. You'll make your Black Mage a lot stronger if they hold a Flame Staff when they cast fire spells, or a Cherry Staff when they cast aero spells, etc.

16-bit Butt-Head posted:

imo you shouldnt kill chaos

No Dignity posted:

I think Ashe would at least have to be on the shortlist for worst character design for that character, it's downright bizarre that they thought that's how they should portray a stern and sober deposed princess and guerilla fighter

Blackbelt Bobman posted:

My wife didn’t believe me when I said the character designs were less sexualized in FFXII vs FFX. I don’t think I believe myself any more, either, after playing the HD version for 50 hours or whatever.

Leal posted:

Same. When I heard rumors of disc 2 I couldn't believe it until I saw an LP of it. You gotta admire the balls to go "Alright, now sit down and be narrated to for like 10 straight hours"

mandatory lesbian posted:

I want them to remake the first disk as the theater room

Snow Cone Capone posted:

In a stunning collaboration the opera scene music will be performed by The Wiggles

Harrow posted:

It's really good. I dunno how much you're familiar with Dragon Quest but generally the gameplay systems are on the simpler side and the story doesn't have a lot of twists, turns, or intrigue, but it's generally a very charming and fun game. It has intentionally old-school turn-based combat so if that appeals to you, you'll have a good time.

Elephant Ambush posted:

DQ11 was my favorite game of that year. It's excellent.

16-bit Butt-Head posted:

Twelve by Pies posted:

Please let it be a port of Final Fantasy Tactics on the Switch.

jokes posted:

Yeah approach it knowing that it’s a story-based game first, second, and third. It’s an MMO like… 7th.

Also, when you do group content tell them you’re new and they’ll be extra helpful.

FrostyPox posted:

The early game really is "Babby's First MMO" so it eases you into everything and usually explains things quite well.

Don't worry about doing every single side quest, the main scenario quest pretty much always gives you enough XP to keep moving through the chain. If there's a quest with a blue icon, that usually unlocks something cool like a new dungeon or the ability to dye gear or The Golden Saucer, so that's the exception to "don't worry about side quests"

EDIT: The Main Scenario Quest Icon is a starburst-y meteor symbol, whereas side quests are speech bubble icons

Super No Vacancy posted:

theres an ff14 newbies thread with good hints https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3973448

Bongo Bill posted:

Return of the Obra Dinn, then.

SkeletonHero posted:

Auron is also 35.

Electric Phantasm posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb9T679e3Z0

GreenBuckanneer posted:

I am so tired and uninterested in gacha or battle royales.

I want my goddamn turn based single player games again.

DeadButDelicious posted:

https://twitter.com/ProZD/status/1295838602727813121?t=mMa2f-CKDx1xqpKKtD9pmA&s=19

I appreciate his sense of humour.

jokes posted:

Rude. And chaotic.

Pennfalath posted:

Setzer needs three things to be a monster:
- magic stat
- special dice
- accessory that gives you multiple attacks

kirbysuperstar posted:

ImpAtom posted:

Algus is also in XIV and just as big a poo poo.

ManSedan posted:

I’ll be honest there is not a single thing about Final Fantasy Tactics that I enjoy even the slightest.

Mr. Locke posted:

FFT and TO both have an extremely compelling and political Act 1 and then both eventually push it off a cliff to tell a far less compelling magical horseshit tale. They both redabble a little slightly before kicking off the closing act, but yeah, neither seems to have the faith that people would actually enjoy their medieval politics power struggle and playing a game where they might not be The Good Guy and offramp into something else entirely that is just way less interesting.

Matsuno loves the hell out of this trope. Final Fantasy XII is probably the best execution of it he's done (mostly because it's baked into the concept incredibly early and involves the party being on a far more personal quest from the start) and even it flubs it by taking too long to get to the good parts then speedrunning what should be the final act because We Need To Get This Game Out Already in the first of what would become a trend of Final Fantasies being development disasters.