THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: CurseoftheGods on January 05, 2008, 02:35:48 PM

Title: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: CurseoftheGods on January 05, 2008, 02:35:48 PM
Do you have the option of starting a new game with all of your previous equipment, levels, LBP (sort of like a New Game+)?

Thanks in advance. No spoilers please. :)
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: demi on January 05, 2008, 02:37:07 PM
No
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: CurseoftheGods on January 05, 2008, 02:38:09 PM
That sucks.
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: demi on January 05, 2008, 02:40:44 PM
So does XII
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 05, 2008, 02:44:10 PM
So does XII

:bow
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: CurseoftheGods on January 05, 2008, 02:48:29 PM
FFIX was good, right? :angel
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: demi on January 05, 2008, 02:51:19 PM
Yep, one of the best
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: CurseoftheGods on January 05, 2008, 02:55:32 PM
 :interracial
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 05, 2008, 05:04:17 PM
I actually liked FF9 a lot, if they sped up battle loading it would be a close second after FF8 in my PERSONAL list of good FF games.
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: AdmiralViscen on January 05, 2008, 05:21:33 PM
It wasn't just the loading, every battle command took ages to execute too. And I seem to remember the ATB being obnoxiously slow until 1/3 of the way through the game.

Still one of my faves though.
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 05, 2008, 05:27:19 PM
yeah, I got pretty far before the technical issues turned me off
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: Powerslave on January 05, 2008, 05:31:37 PM
It wasn't just the loading, every battle command took ages to execute too. And I seem to remember the ATB being obnoxiously slow until 1/3 of the way through the game.

Still one of my faves though.

Adjust the battle speed in the config menu?
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 05, 2008, 05:46:04 PM
has anyone tried FFIX on PS3? does the loading improve in battles?
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: demi on January 05, 2008, 05:47:38 PM
You should try it on your PSP :hyper
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: AdmiralViscen on January 05, 2008, 05:49:52 PM
It wasn't just the loading, every battle command took ages to execute too. And I seem to remember the ATB being obnoxiously slow until 1/3 of the way through the game.

Still one of my faves though.

Adjust the battle speed in the config menu?

Shit's slow no matter how you slice it. Turning up battle speed is the first thing I do in any FF.
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 05, 2008, 05:52:19 PM
haha I dont own FFIX, I might go hunt for it at a few stoers if I hear the ps3 speeds it up...or is it fast on psp? if so I may go get it just for that.
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: Powerslave on January 05, 2008, 06:06:59 PM
I usually play on default settings or slighty above.
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on January 06, 2008, 06:54:31 PM
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It wasn't just the loading, every battle command took ages to execute too. And I seem to remember the ATB being obnoxiously slow until 1/3 of the way through the game.

It's just the one-on-one battles they make you fight at certain points in the story.  ATB speed in regular 4-char party battles is fine; they really should've had the speed automatically adjust to fit the number of characters involved.
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on January 06, 2008, 09:01:02 PM
has anyone tried FFIX on PS3? does the loading improve in battles?

Hmmmm....I think I still have FF9 laying around.  Wonder if it works on the 80gig PS3......

I'll be back.
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: y2kev on January 06, 2008, 09:09:56 PM
ff9 is like trudging through molasses with the loading and the battle system

It's manageable once you autohaste every character.
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on January 06, 2008, 09:12:09 PM
And the PS3 doesn't make it any faster.  I popped it in and there doesn't seem to be any sort of improvement.
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: y2kev on January 06, 2008, 09:13:42 PM
And the PS3 doesn't make it any faster.  I popped it in and there doesn't seem to be any sort of improvement.

Yeah, it's not just the loading. There's a noticeable delay between choosing the command and it actually happening.
Title: Re: After you finish FFXII...
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on January 07, 2008, 03:38:45 PM
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Yeah, it's not just the loading. There's a noticeable delay between choosing the command and it actually happening.

That's not a technical issue, it's part of the battle system.  FF5 and 6 had the same delay, it's meant to approximate a turn-based system where you have to think ahead a bit and perhaps queue spells in advance, etc.  The difference is that in FF9, the animations are longer, and since (as in all FFs before X-2) only one animation can play at a time, any spells set to go off during an animation won't actually go off until it's over.  So although the delay feature itself is exactly the same in 5, 6, and 9, it might feel different in 9 than the others because of how it interacts with other aspects of the battle system and presentation.

Personally, I still like the delay; setting up spells to go off at just the right time adds a bit more strategy and tension (my favorite battle was vs. Trance Kuja where you had to anticipate when his Reflect would wear off, and time your own Reflects to keep yourself covered).     Can't stand the load times though.