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Title: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 23, 2013, 09:38:56 PM: 1. Choose which game I play next.
2. I play the game
3. I write about the game
4. I procrastinate and get mercilessly mocked
5. Maybe some day I finish the game
6. Nothing. That's it.

Pretty easy, huh? So, hurry up and pick.

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"bubububu Final Fantasy IX came out in 2000!" So, what? Big deal. Wanna fight about it? ect.
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Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: chronovore on April 23, 2013, 09:41:48 PM: I like you, so I'm choosing the one I heard was good, and about which I am actually curious.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: magus on April 23, 2013, 09:42:50 PM: first time playing or replaying?
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 23, 2013, 09:43:34 PM: Quote from: magus on April 23, 2013, 09:42:50 PM
first time playing or replaying?

I've played some of the two Final Fantasies before, though not all the way through.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Human Snorenado on April 23, 2013, 09:56:46 PM: I voted for FF IX, because it's honestly one of the better games in the series. uguu wankers will say otherwise and make Morgan Webb/Steiner jokes, but if you can get over the main character having a tail and all, it's pretty good.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Don Flamenco on April 23, 2013, 09:57:40 PM: Bahamut Lagoon looks awesome, play it
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2013, 10:00:58 PM: Treasure Hunter G has a pretty great soundtrack (by a group of like 7 composers including Hitoshi Sakimoto) and I've heard the game is decent. So I vote for that

FF9 is good except for the godawful load times
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: demi on April 23, 2013, 10:07:13 PM: This list sucks
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Positive Touch on April 23, 2013, 10:18:04 PM: you havent finished ff6 and yet you call yourself a real man? WTF
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: fistfulofmetal on April 23, 2013, 10:19:23 PM: i dunno. just picked the one with the dumbest name.
then i forgot which one i picked.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 23, 2013, 10:21:44 PM: Quote from: Positive Touch on April 23, 2013, 10:18:04 PM
you havent finished ff6 and yet you call yourself a real man? WTF

:yeshrug
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Positive Touch on April 23, 2013, 10:25:54 PM: THERES SO MANY SIDEQUESTS
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 23, 2013, 10:36:50 PM: IX is the secret best 3D FF.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: tiesto on April 23, 2013, 11:18:07 PM: Live A Live but it's not on your list. So I picked TOP, though I'd advise you to go with the PS1 version (SFC version has a ridiculous encounter rate, and Cless' translation is much better than Dejap's).
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 23, 2013, 11:25:28 PM: Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on April 23, 2013, 10:50:29 PM
I picked Tales of Phantasia because I hate Tales of Phantasia and I want to see you suffer.

Joke's on you, I happen to like Tales of Phantasia. 8)

Also, man, it's gonna be really close with all the secret Bahamut Lagoon lovers on The Bore. :lol
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 23, 2013, 11:43:27 PM: Soul Hackers.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Beezy on April 23, 2013, 11:47:40 PM: FFIX
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Smooth Groove on April 24, 2013, 12:33:40 AM: Forget this and do the Ultima Challenge

Complete every single Ultima, including Underworld and Spinoffs
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Himu on April 24, 2013, 01:18:39 AM: FF6 because you will die during FF9 slow ass battles.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Rufus on April 24, 2013, 09:30:28 AM: I picked Tales of Phantasia because I don't even know why. So enjoy.

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on April 23, 2013, 09:56:46 PM
I voted for FF IX, because it's honestly one of the better games in the series. uguu wankers will say otherwise and make Morgan Webb/Steiner jokes, but if you can get over the main character having a tail and all, it's pretty good.
The main issue is the slow combat.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: demi on April 24, 2013, 09:40:13 AM: I tried to play Treasure Hunter G, there was a game breaking bug in the translation. This might have been fixed however since then.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: tiesto on April 24, 2013, 10:30:48 AM: Quote from: demi on April 24, 2013, 09:40:13 AM
I tried to play Treasure Hunter G, there was a game breaking bug in the translation. This might have been fixed however since then.

I beat the game a while ago (when the translation was first out) and don't remember any fatal bugs... could possibly be emulator-specific.

THG is a pretty cool game. A bit on the short and easy side, but the mini-SRPG one-time-only battles are cool and the music is good (made by 7 different composers). It's ST!NG's (the Yggdra Union/Evolution/Riviera guys) first game to my knowledge.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: magus on April 24, 2013, 10:34:19 AM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 23, 2013, 11:25:28 PM
Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on April 23, 2013, 10:50:29 PM
I picked Tales of Phantasia because I hate Tales of Phantasia and I want to see you suffer.

Joke's on you, I happen to like Tales of Phantasia. 8)

Also, man, it's gonna be really close with all the secret Bahamut Lagoon lovers on The Bore. :lol

if you pick tales of phantasia you should play the translated psx version as opposed to translated snes version if only because it has a more reasonable encounter rate (oh and voiced skits also)
but i see the best game is winning anyway :smug
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 24, 2013, 12:41:48 PM: Quote from: tiesto on April 24, 2013, 10:30:48 AM
It's ST!NG's (the Yggdra Union/Evolution/Riviera guys) first game to my knowledge.

Nah, they had quite a few games for THG.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Rahxephon91 on April 24, 2013, 03:10:28 PM: I voted Soul Hacker's because its the one I don't know anything about.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Momo on April 24, 2013, 03:50:59 PM: No Phantasy Star? You should be ashamed GR
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 24, 2013, 04:58:18 PM: Quote from: Momo on April 24, 2013, 03:50:59 PM
No Phantasy Star? You should be ashamed GR

But I'm not.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 24, 2013, 05:16:52 PM: Alright, the vote's gone on long enough. Final Fantasy 9 is the winner and I will start playing it later this evening. And I will probably finish it never, much to my great shame.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Don Flamenco on April 24, 2013, 05:47:24 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 24, 2013, 05:16:52 PM
Alright, the vote's gone on long enough. Final Fantasy 9 is the winner and I will start playing it later this evening. And I will probably finish it never, much to my great shame.

I'm charging back my donation because my game didn't win
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [Game 1: 90's JRPG]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 24, 2013, 07:55:32 PM: ~Day 1~

-That opening teaser video is great, especially with the music [sounds like the start of some seafaring adventure]. And it's got airships, which is always a nice choice.

-And we've got super-derformed characters! You can expect character designs like that to never appear in another mainline FF game [that isn't an MMO] ever. Zidane's got a tail! Baku has bat ears and some kind of snout! He reminds me of Baku from Dominion Tank Police, but I can't be bothered to look up whether there was any connection.

-Baku is a great leader, always keeping his people on the toes by putting on a dragon hat and then attack them.

-Mission: kidnap the princess, the most babe-ilicious girl in the kingdom. So far, the best thing about this game is that the main characters are lovable rascals who just want to get up to a little kidnapping. You know, for fun!

-2D prerendered backgrounds! Also, they're animated! If Square Kickstarted a new game like that, I'd probably back it in a second, even knowing that it would be terrible and completely fail to live up to their legacy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Pi7MC_6bE

-Love this music.

-Now I'm running around town and looting everything in sight. No one cares. But, oh no! Vivi's ticket was blatantly fake and now he can't see the show. Except a help mouse-person came along and made him a slave in exchange for helping to sneak into the castle to watch some dumb Shakespeare knockoff.

-Let's just get this out in the open: Queen Brahne is hella ugly. Probably the ugliest major character ever in a Square game. Yeah, don't expect them to ever do that again. Nah, let's go back to pretty boys and such. I think they do that later in FF9 anyway.

-Gah, this play fight rhythm game is bad. Look, you can't just randomly fling up buttons like that! If you want some kind of rhythm and flow, you gotta have a system where the presses follow some sort of pattern or at least can be seen in advance of needing to actually press the button! But, I got 873 gil and Queen Brahne was QUITE IMPRESSED anyway, because I'm a boss like that.

-These two jester guys are dumb and I hate them. Let's just run them through now so I can be spared the headache when they doubtlessly appear a million times throughout the game.

-And what is with those female guards? They're wearing one piece bikinis and armored halter tops. Bizarre.

-Steiner's probably the most expressive FF character ever. Like how he's always perpetually pissed off at everything. Or this scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DoPLMdwf-c

-No! The awesome airship got tore up and then it crashed into the forest which no one ever escapes from alive!!

-And...save. Time: 1 hour and 3 minutes.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: magus on April 24, 2013, 09:08:51 PM: start again and do the 1000 jump on the jump rope like a real man :mynicca
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Positive Touch on April 24, 2013, 09:12:11 PM: yes you cant play thru the game unless you do every shitty pointless minigame in it
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 24, 2013, 09:56:41 PM: Quote from: magus on April 24, 2013, 09:08:51 PM
start again and do the 1000 jump on the jump rope like a real man :mynicca

:scusthov
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 25, 2013, 01:44:59 PM: Oh god, that card game is so good. cummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Steve Contra on April 25, 2013, 01:47:48 PM: Yeah I probably played more of that than the actual game.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Himu on April 25, 2013, 01:51:22 PM: Tetra Master sucks. Triple Triad for life.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 25, 2013, 01:52:39 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 25, 2013, 01:51:22 PM
Tetra Master sucks. Triple Triad for life.

Yeah, but then you have to play FF8 :yuck
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Steve Contra on April 25, 2013, 02:03:42 PM: God FF8 sucked so fucking bad.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Flannel Boy on April 25, 2013, 02:05:25 PM: There sure are a lot of posters who want to help you get to completion.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Himu on April 25, 2013, 02:08:40 PM: Quote from: Steve Contra on April 25, 2013, 02:03:42 PM
God FF8 sucked so fucking bad.

:heh :patel :babylawd
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Steve Contra on April 25, 2013, 02:23:30 PM: And 12 as well

(http://i.imgur.com/Y0gbXjZ.gif)
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Himu on April 25, 2013, 02:30:28 PM: BITCH

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2jihwP1zl1qe7335o1_500.gif)
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 25, 2013, 02:46:33 PM: 9 had the better card game, conventional wisdom was wrong
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Steve Contra on April 25, 2013, 02:55:43 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 25, 2013, 02:30:28 PM
BITCH

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2jihwP1zl1qe7335o1_500.gif)
Dany :heart
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Himu on April 25, 2013, 03:00:18 PM: :heartbeat
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 25, 2013, 03:25:52 PM: Good write up so far.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 25, 2013, 03:43:39 PM: Quote from: Flannel Boy on April 25, 2013, 02:05:25 PM
There sure are a lot of posters who want to help you get to completion.

:tocry
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: hampster on April 25, 2013, 04:25:33 PM: Who wants to play a stupid card game when you can play Chocobo Hot and Cold

:babylawd :rejoice :babylawd
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Himu on April 25, 2013, 04:56:39 PM: Hot and Cold :bow
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Positive Touch on April 25, 2013, 09:04:46 PM: maxed that shit out asap fuck the main quest. and FUCK anyone championing fuckin tetra master over triple triad. fuckin random ass ruleset.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 25, 2013, 09:36:56 PM: ~Day 2~

-And we're stuck in some creepy forest full of monsters. Also, CAPTURED PRINCESS! Quick, somebody go call Anita Sarkeesian!

-Haha, Steiner and Vivi got infected with evil spores that incubate inside their bodies until they hatch and cause instant death! Luckily out crew of scallywags* happens to have the cure. Don't ask where it came from or why they have it.

-Active Time Events are awesome and I wish more RPGs had this kind of thing. That, and Star Ocean's private actions are just sound game designs for story-heavy games. Not all scenes involve the main characters and being able to interact with my party in towns is a very simple way of adding a little extra flavor.

-Cinna is a total perv. He always carries around, and sleep with apparently, a doll of a 15 year old girl. At least it's not a body pillow, though.

-And now there's a flashback to 5 minutes ago! I know what happened, I just saw it!

-Heh heh, the band is playing the parade them from FF7. It's a such a simple thing, but I appreciate it.

-Suck it, plant boss, you ain't got no game. Had to use a metric ton of potions and phoenix downs, though, stupid area attack.

-RUN! It's a horde of killer plants!

-Oh, they turned to stone, I guess!

-I miss RPGs with expansive overworlds. I know it's one of those things that was done way back when because a detailed, interconnected world wasn't feasible, but I still miss it. Gave this sense of being part of an entire world full of strange and amazing locations. Square RPGs had some of the best overworld, too, and some of the best overworld themes, especially Final Fantasy IX and Xenogears.

-Ice Cave...Evil Forest, really imaginative names, there!

-And...save. Total time: 2 hours and 13 minutes.

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Scallywag is a historical term that refers to white Southerners who supported Black emancipation. THE MORE YOU KNOW
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Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 2]
Post by: Momo on April 26, 2013, 01:08:27 AM: How are you finding the equip/ability system? I dont see anywhere you touched on it. I thought FF9 was putrid filth because of it.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 2]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 26, 2013, 01:17:08 AM: I literally have nothing to say about it.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 2]
Post by: Momo on April 26, 2013, 01:25:38 AM: It started nailing me end of disc one. Had to start grinding out abilities so i could switch equips :/
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 2]
Post by: Himu on April 26, 2013, 01:34:16 AM: It isn't unlocked yet for him.

And ff9 ability system is great. If you're grinding that's you're fault.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 2]
Post by: Momo on April 26, 2013, 02:14:57 AM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 26, 2013, 01:34:16 AM
If you're grinding that's you're fault.
Lol what.

No it is not. If I want my best armour + an ability on inferior armour I will have to equip the piece of shit inferior armour for X amount of battles. Keep in mind I usually finish RPGs on the lower end of the level scale.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 2]
Post by: Momo on April 26, 2013, 12:12:35 PM: Need them for a normal game? No. The way I play I rely on abilities/skills/status effects to win because I make sure my levels are on the low side. It's the only way you get a good game of chess out of these games and thats what im looking for.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 2]
Post by: hampster on April 26, 2013, 12:24:56 PM: You're out of the evil forest and not a single comment about Blank ??? But you'll give Cinna a shout out ::)

:bow Blank :bow2
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 1]
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 26, 2013, 12:35:04 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 25, 2013, 09:36:56 PM
~Day 2~
-I miss RPGs with expansive overworlds. I know it's one of those things that was done way back when because a detailed, interconnected world wasn't feasible, but I still miss it. Gave this sense of being part of an entire world full of strange and amazing locations. Square RPGs had some of the best overworld, too, and some of the best overworld themes, especially Final Fantasy IX and Xenogears.

I think this is one of the problems of games now, just hinting at more is better then implementing more bland stuff. This goes for story, missions, everything.

I'm not going to do every bland task games have, but if I have the feeling there is something out there I feel better about doing what I do.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 2]
Post by: Positive Touch on April 26, 2013, 04:11:21 PM: Quote from: Momo on April 26, 2013, 12:12:35 PM
Need them for a normal game? No. The way I play I rely on abilities/skills/status effects to win because I make sure my levels are on the low side. It's the only way you get a good game of chess out of these games and thats what im looking for.

keep your levels low or keep shit equpment on - whats the difference? the game is still piss easy regardless so who gives a fuck
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 2]
Post by: Himu on April 26, 2013, 05:09:54 PM: Game is easy as fuck.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 26, 2013, 11:18:17 PM: ~Day 3~

-Second dungeon completed! And it's about time, I was getting pretty tired of fighting flans every two seconds. Blah encounter rate, I don't got time for that.

-Easy boss is easy; don't waste my time, chump.

-And now, a brief interlude at an idyllic farming community!

-But the innkeepers is up to no good, apparently.

-No time for that, however, let's play cards instead! First match = first victory :aah

-And...save. Total time: 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 27, 2013, 01:45:12 AM: I liked the Ice Cave music
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 27, 2013, 01:53:33 AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUroOJ8CFpQ

Yeah, it's pretty good.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Himu on April 27, 2013, 01:59:49 AM: :rock Dali :rock
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 27, 2013, 10:38:43 PM: ~Day 4~

-Stop getting kidnapped, people! Come on!

-And now, a dramatic CG cutscene with slow-mo and sad piano music!

-Black Waltz = chump; don't mess with me, son

-And now, an epic airship chase with EXPLOSIONS! Michael Bay would be so proud.

-Finally arrived at Lindblum, which gives me an excuse to wander aimlessly, steal everything that's not nailed down, and win some cards.

-Regent Cid is a philanderer who got turned into an oglop because he cheated on his wife. I like how he made up a story about a mysterious attacker instead of admitting the truth. :lol

-And...save. Total time: 3 hours and 58 minutes.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: OptimoPeach on April 27, 2013, 10:40:34 PM: Are you playing this on an emulator? How does it look?
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 27, 2013, 10:44:09 PM: Yeah, I'm playing it on emulator. It looks fine, but I'm not really using any kind of graphical trickery or filters. Cutscenes are really choppy in fullscreen, so I've just been playing it in a window.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Himu on April 27, 2013, 11:06:26 PM: It is going to take Rumbler two years to do this at this pace.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 27, 2013, 11:25:39 PM: Final Fantasy IX takes 730 hours to beat? :wtf
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Rufus on April 27, 2013, 11:53:29 PM: Nah, but you're 'only' playing about an hour a day. At this pace, you're going to be busy til June.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Momo on April 28, 2013, 03:45:52 AM: Quote from: Positive Touch on April 26, 2013, 04:11:21 PM
Quote from: Momo on April 26, 2013, 12:12:35 PM
Need them for a normal game? No. The way I play I rely on abilities/skills/status effects to win because I make sure my levels are on the low side. It's the only way you get a good game of chess out of these games and thats what im looking for.

keep your levels low or keep shit equpment on - whats the difference? the game is still piss easy regardless so who gives a fuck
Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 26, 2013, 05:09:54 PM
Game is easy as fuck.
Congrats on practicing some magical form of bush reading that allows you to click quote and answer text you clearly have chosen to un-comprehend.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Himu on April 28, 2013, 03:50:25 AM: Don't blame us you end up grinding because of assburger OCD because you can't deal with the fact that you have to equip shit equipment to learn new skills in a game where I died only once on - the secret boss btw - when I was 15 years old.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Momo on April 28, 2013, 03:54:38 AM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 28, 2013, 03:50:25 AM
Don't blame us you end up grinding because of assburger OCD because you can't deal with the fact that you have to equip shit equipment to learn new skills in a game where I died only once on - the secret boss btw - when I was 15 years old.
You're an imbecile if you haven't comprehended that my complaint stems from the fact I can't make this game difficult for myself.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Himu on April 28, 2013, 04:02:36 AM: You're playing a Final Fantasy. Why are you surprised? FF4 was the last challenging Final Fantasy.
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Post by: Momo on April 28, 2013, 04:23:44 AM: I got a challenge out of FF7 playing that way, thanks to the flexible equip/ability system. The first time I beat FF7, no grinding and just running through it took me 30 hours I think. In that time I never used escape, barrier, mbarrier, haste, reflect (except like once to exploit an enemy using cure), poison etc.

I played through it again this time I used escape generously to prevent my party leveling up much. In this play through I had to use haste, barrier, mbarrier, reflect, think about equips and roles for chars etc in order to survive higher difficulty battles. It took me 40+ hours and it was fun and glorious.

I cant do this with FF9 because grinding for abilities kills a low level game and trying to play through with just the latest equips ends up as easy or tedious if you try to do this low level. The only challenge I got out of FF9 was doing the time challenge but it was a fucking snore.
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Post by: Momo on April 28, 2013, 05:54:05 AM: There are more factors than just the challenge obviously.

- there arent many battle systems I like, Final Fantasy has managed to produce two near perfect ones for my taste

- sadism
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Post by: Positive Touch on April 28, 2013, 10:20:01 AM: "i get the most out of the battle system by spending a lot of time running from battles" :derp

Quote from: Momo on April 28, 2013, 04:23:44 AM
I got a challenge out of FF7 playing that way, thanks to the flexible equip/ability system.

:idontbelieve the last time i played thru that game YEARS ago i only used equipment that gave you double or triple AP which meant that i only upgraded my stuff like 3 times during the whole game. it was still piss easy
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Post by: Momo on April 28, 2013, 10:26:30 AM: Is bush reading a disease on here? Jesus.
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Post by: Positive Touch on April 28, 2013, 10:30:37 AM: anime fan
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Post by: Momo on April 28, 2013, 10:33:46 AM: Quote from: Positive Touch on April 28, 2013, 10:30:37 AM
anime fan
This is a low blow and you know it :japancry
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Post by: Positive Touch on April 28, 2013, 10:35:16 AM: who doesnt like low blows :nah
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Post by: Himu on April 28, 2013, 10:47:47 AM: You're right in that FF9 is the easiest psx FF. But 7 can be just as easy playing a "normal" way. Running away to create challenge seems a bit...haphazard.

I tend to do low level challenges n FF8, but that's by actually fighting battles and carding enemies, which is actually challenging.

A more fun challenge in 7, is giving materia to specific people that ONLY befits the storyline. For me, Cloud is my red mage. He's capable of using basic cure and attack magic ONLY. Red XIII is my beastmaster, he can ONLY equip materia pertaining to animals (enemy skill materia, frog, mini, poison, summons) or beastly damage (2x/4x cut). Yuffie can ONLY equip materia that can allows her to manipulate. Being a thief, she is a master manipulator, so she can only equip stuff like steal/mug, mime, throw, confuse, sleep.

Aeris is my only white mage and she DIES. WHOOPS. I don't even use her, who gives a shit.

If I play Tifa, Barret, Cait Sith, Cid I change their shit accordingly. None of them can do what the GOAT party (Cloud, Yuffie, Red) can do. Follow the storyline, craft abilities that fit their personalities and battle experience, use creativity, and FF7 is a fun experience.

FF9 is not that type of game, but it is a post FF4-Final Fantasy, so you should expect this. The only 3d FF's with an inkling of challenge are 12 and 13.
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Post by: Momo on April 28, 2013, 10:56:50 AM: I do that in FF7 as well, it's what i meant with character roles. The games I had the most satisfaction with playing the way above were all post FF4 - FFV, FFX and on a lower rung FFVII.
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Post by: Himu on April 28, 2013, 11:12:08 AM: In FFX, I barely put anyone on anyone else's sphere grid because I didn't like how it made the characters all literally clones. Fucking Jecht took me all afternoon on Easter Sunday 2002 to beat. That fucking CUNT. Once you finish a characters grid section, their stats for that are now finite, kaput. So that makes the end game relatively challenging because the game is crafted for you to jump on other people's grids to continue leveling up.

FF8 is the funnest about this due to the junction system. In that game, Selphie is my black mage. I think it fits her personality, because she's insane, likes offense without thinking, and likes to blow stuff up. So she gets my offense spells at the expense of no practically no magic pooled into her defense, hp, or attack stats. I just ignore them or give her shitty magic so it barely makes a difference. This means depending on how you play, enemies will kill her in just a few (if not one) hit. This is where Squall comes in; he's my knight for obvious reasons He has high hp, good strength, good defense. I limit the stats by not giving the best magic to his stats so he's still crippled but not compared to Selphie. I'll put cover on him, and he'll protect anyone that is weak. Rinoa is my white mage, I like to think makes a nice juxposition between that and her sorceress abilities later on. Rinoa receives similar stat treatment like Selphie, pumping junctions into her magic stat and magic def at the expense of hp, attack, and defense.

The great part about this is that usually I will have the magic I'm using (like Curaga to heal) equipped to their stats, with the full knowledge that I'm losing stats while I use it. :hyper Shit is straight baller. :hyper Then I replenish my stock after a bit.

It's great because if you play normal, just fighting and leveling up, enemies will continuously get stronger while you're still weak due to crippled stats. If you do a low level game via carding, that's challenging too because enemies are going to get stronger anyways. :teehee When I fought Edea for instance, many of her attacks will cut my hp in half, so I have to use stuff like triple-> protect, triple -> shell, and triple -> curaga on the regular.

Fun.

Highly suggested.

Just 1 out of 100000 ways to play FF8. You're welcome.
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Post by: Momo on April 28, 2013, 11:21:06 AM: Fucking Jecht? No sir, FUCKING NEMISIS. God damn that motherfucker for making me level up lol (At this point I was secret hunting so the level up wasnt that painful, but still goddamn that motherfucker :lol )
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Post by: Himu on April 28, 2013, 11:22:18 AM: Jecht has an ability that turns the entire party to stone and then he immediately does this sword swipe move where he attacks the entire party horizontally. So he'll wipe out like two members in one hit.

That fucking cunt.

I don't bother with FFX battle arena. Maybe if the game had new game +. :yeshrug
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Post by: Momo on April 28, 2013, 11:37:01 AM: NEMESIS has like 1 billion hit points or something, the bastard could also kill anyone at will, fuck him :lol
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Post by: Himu on April 28, 2013, 11:38:30 AM: God I really dislike how to be strong in FFX your characters all have to literally be clones. Hadn't been that bad since FFVI.
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Post by: magus on April 28, 2013, 11:40:48 AM: i voted for FF9 and now this thread turned into a final fantasy discussion :fbm

what have i done? :sadbron
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Post by: Great Rumbler on April 28, 2013, 12:20:25 PM: Quote from: magus on April 28, 2013, 11:40:48 AM
i voted for FF9 and now this thread turned into a final fantasy discussion :fbm

what have i done? :sadbron

:ufup
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Post by: Powerslave on April 28, 2013, 02:59:54 PM: This is the Final Fantasy where Squaresoft blew their complete load all over our face and they have been out of juice ever since.
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Post by: Trent Dole on April 29, 2013, 12:09:47 AM: Well since this has turned into a generic FF thread...
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/04/27/square-enixs-super-nintendo-final-fantasy-games-are-getting-remastered-soundtracks/
Commenters seem to think that it'll be on two discs instead of one so the tracks will get a decent amount of looping time unlike the original one disc version. Also Amano cover illustration for the first print run. :krs
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Post by: Momo on April 29, 2013, 12:11:40 AM: Quote from: magus on April 28, 2013, 11:40:48 AM
i voted for FF9 and now this thread turned into a final fantasy discussion :fbm

what have i done? :sadbron
You've lepered us all
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 29, 2013, 12:50:23 AM: The biggest problem with FF6/7/8 balance-wise is that it's easy to give all your party members cure magic, and cure magic is overpowered in that once you have enough healing-per-round power there's not much risk of you ever dying - spells are too cheap and Ethers too abundant for you to really worry about running out of MP - and enemies and bosses don't generally heal themselves or anything meaning if you can go long enough without dying you'll eventually win.

The problem with the materia system in particular is that the set of abilities/spells you can equip is basically the same as in previous FFs like 5, where they're bundled together into jobs (or at least, large all-or-nothing categories like "white magic" that you can only choose a few of) and each job usually has a few really widely useful spells/abilities like Cure, and a lot of utility spells/abilities only useful in specific situation. But now you can pick and choose them one by one, yet they haven't really been rebalanced for this so people end up just giving the "good" ones to everyone. I don't think the materia system is necessarily bad but to make it work they'd have needed to rethink the balance between abilities, nerf healing magic, etc.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on April 29, 2013, 10:02:31 PM: ~Day 6~

-Knockout a guard and take his disguise! It's okay, he probably doesn't have a horrible concussion!

-Dagger sings, but it's PS1 game so don't expect the song to actually have any lyrics or anything.

-And now it's time for the annual tradition of setting hundreds of dangerous monster loose in the streets of the city! It's fun!

-I won, of course, because I'm awesome and totally didn't savescum the heck outta that thing.

-But the festivities are short lived, because it's TIME FOR WAR!

-Also, Dagger secretly slipped a sleeping drug into everyone's food.

-And...save. Total time: 4 hours and 57 minutes.
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Post by: Himu on April 29, 2013, 10:19:20 PM: Tip for making the end of disc 1 more challenging. Don't get Quina on disc 1. Wait for disc 2 when you're forced to get him/her/it. You get Quina by going to the swamp lands which is on the way to Gizamaluke's Grotto. Avoid it. There are multiple swamps and chances to get Quina. Avoiding getting her/him/it as long as possible will increase game enjoyment and this isn't because Quina sucks either.

On the other hand, DO Chocobo Hot and Cold. Similarly to the swamp lands, there's a giant dome sized forest (I think) south of the swamp. Get your KWEH on.

Disc 1 of FF9 is one of if not the best paced section of any FF. It is full if personality and it is fun as balls. Enjoy.
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Post by: Positive Touch on April 29, 2013, 10:41:49 PM: yeah but then you miss out on some ate and sweet treazur
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Post by: Himu on April 29, 2013, 10:58:02 PM: God Quina sucks almost as bad as Amarant
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Post by: Positive Touch on April 30, 2013, 07:36:12 AM: i like quina because she likes to eat, just like me

we have something in common
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 30, 2013, 02:20:36 PM: I like quina cuz I do what I want, you have problem?!
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Post by: Powerslave on April 30, 2013, 02:38:26 PM: quina is pretty good in battle.
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Post by: Himu on April 30, 2013, 04:14:47 PM: Thats why Rumbler should avoid getting Quina as soon as possible.
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Post by: Steve Contra on April 30, 2013, 04:36:16 PM: Quote from: Momo on April 28, 2013, 11:37:01 AM
NEMESIS has like 1 billion hit points or something, the bastard could also kill anyone at will, fuck him :lol
Nemesis was easy.
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Post by: Momo on April 30, 2013, 05:07:15 PM: Quote from: Steve Contra on April 30, 2013, 04:36:16 PM
Quote from: Momo on April 28, 2013, 11:37:01 AM
NEMESIS has like 1 billion hit points or something, the bastard could also kill anyone at will, fuck him :lol
Nemesis was easy.
easy, but tedious
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Post by: Great Rumbler on April 30, 2013, 05:14:53 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 30, 2013, 04:14:47 PM
Thats why Rumbler should avoid getting Quina as soon as possible.

I skipped Quina because I do what I want. I wouldn't even use that derpy-looking loser in my combat party anyway.
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Post by: Himu on April 30, 2013, 05:15:33 PM: :obama
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Post by: Powerslave on April 30, 2013, 07:47:01 PM: eiko, freya and amarant are the most boring characters of the game. In terms of using them in battle.
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Post by: Rufus on April 30, 2013, 08:06:37 PM: Amarant was a turd, indeed. He's completely flat. I liked Freya at least in concept, what with being a rat person that wields a spear.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on April 30, 2013, 10:19:07 PM: ~Day 7~

-I went and picked up Quina because THAT'S WHAT I DO I DON'T CARE. :mynicca

-Pop quiz time!

-Burmecia is under siege! But first, I'll play with a chocobo for a while and see if I can find some awesome treasures.

-The encounter rate in Gizamaluke Grotto is appalling. I think it shoves you into combat about once every five steps. Which leads to...

-ENOUGH WITH THE LAMIAS. I AM SO TIRED OF FIGHTING THIS STUPID LAMIAS, THEY'RE NOT EVEN THAT HARD BUT THEY'RE SO DUMB THAT I WANT TO PUNCH THEIR SPERGTARD FACES IN.

-I went the wrong way and ended up in a part of the world where a giant dragon attacks you and kills you whole party in about a second.

-But going the right way puts you up against Gizamaluke, some kind of water dragon of some sort. He beat me the first time, but proper preparation [and equipment] meant a swift defeat on the second fight.

-And...save. Total time 6 hours and 32 minutes.
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Post by: Himu on April 30, 2013, 11:00:02 PM: I'm kupo for kupo nuts. Also getting on disc 1. :fbm
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Post by: tiesto on April 30, 2013, 11:27:22 PM: I remember showign one of my ex's this game (Lithuanian, eastern euro chick 8) ) and she hated it at first. then she became a lesbian and got into games like Kingdom hearts, Xenosaga... and liked FF9 again. I'm glad to introduce some of my ex's to the wondes of the :japancry :japancry :japancry JAPNANESE rpgs. had one girlfriend, she used to play euro RPGs like Divine Divinity and such.. (Jowood games PC games), then I let her borrow Skies of Arcadia, now she is playing :uguu UGUUUST games ... and she thought DQ8 was amaizng. My dream would be to meet a waifu I can introduce to games like Project Diva F and the phantasy star (offline) series.....and random PC-ENgine games.
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Post by: Himu on May 01, 2013, 04:28:27 AM: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=551612

Sweet mother of god.

Lost FF9 art from pre-production.
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Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2013, 05:28:28 AM: Lately I have this weird feeling... or thought.. that somehow my deepest wishes are somehow gonna be fulfilled. That hope is sparking up again.. I keep seeing more and more people sharing the same ideas, same wishes and same desires. I was really glad to read in several threads relating to David Hayter's possible disinvolvement in MGS5 how people were agreeing by majority that his performance was only ever good in MGS1.
I keep holding on to the hope of that you people, the general majority of audience will eventually realize that FF9 was the last true FF.
Reading that thread makes you really wonder how Square doesn't remake these 3 ps1 games with the higher resolution renders. You even read stuff about Square not even having the original renders anymore and it really makes me go like what the hell is going on with companies like that? How do you eventually not posses the assets anymore that you produced yourself? Is such a thing even possible?..
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Post by: Human Snorenado on May 01, 2013, 08:43:29 AM: Could you rename characters in this one? I seem to remember renaming Quina to Jemima.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on May 01, 2013, 08:50:22 AM: Quote from: Powerslave on May 01, 2013, 05:28:28 AM
How do you eventually not posses the assets anymore that you produced yourself?

Sakaguchi needed the space on the servers to store his stash of tentacle hentai.

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on May 01, 2013, 08:43:29 AM
Could you rename characters in this one?

Yes.
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on May 01, 2013, 04:53:03 PM: I'm not sure that some high-resolution art existing necessarily means they have (or ever had) everything required to create an HD remake. The art etc. could be wildly inconsistent with the stuff in common being just what's enough to produce the 320x240 target. Though you'd think it would occur to them during the original production that they might want to update it for newer tech someday but they just didn't seem to really think in this terms back then.
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Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2013, 04:59:29 PM: This all wouldn't be something people actually discuss if Square continued to make great FF games.
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Post by: Positive Touch on May 01, 2013, 05:12:16 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on May 01, 2013, 04:28:27 AM
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=551612

Sweet mother of god.

Lost FF9 art from pre-production.

funny thing is, i remember a lotta jrpg spergs ripping on the games art style as generic while championing skies of arcadia as the better alternative
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Post by: Himu on May 01, 2013, 05:14:07 PM: Quote from: Positive Touch on May 01, 2013, 05:12:16 PM
Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on May 01, 2013, 04:28:27 AM
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=551612

Sweet mother of god.

Lost FF9 art from pre-production.

funny thing is, i remember a lotta jrpg spergs ripping on the games art style as generic while championing skies of arcadia as the better alternative

I don't remember that, but I do remember the "childish" jabs at it. And making fun of Zidane because he has a tail so of course they ripped of DBZ (::) ) or there were talking hippos.

I remember being in Square Gamer's chatroom as FFIX was revealed. The art made people freak out and have meltdowns about how Final Fantasy was "dead" because the art was "kiddy". Suffice to say, I swallowed every bit of FFIX hype, and thought the game looked beautiful. Those pieces of art leaked to the gia, I thought were cool, and I was mad they got rid of the job system because I was deep in FFV at the time.

The even funnier thing about IX and its reveal is that X and XI were announced and revealed AT THE SAME TIME and looked nothing LIKE IX. I still remember being amazed by those black hair Tidus shots.
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Post by: chronovore on May 01, 2013, 08:47:55 PM: Square put out some very nice, affordable volumes of production art with V-Jump for several of the FFs. These were called "mook," from "magazine/book;" clearly Sho Nuff was not in the marketing meetings to correct them. They ran less than ¥1000, and have a trove of great art in them. I've got them from VII through X, though I've never played a FF other than FF:T.

It appears that with XI or XII Square disengaged from V-Jump, and started to make them more about the actual game screenshots instead of the background and creature concept work.
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Post by: Positive Touch on May 01, 2013, 09:31:48 PM: they also translated & released a ff9 artbook here in the US
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Post by: Himu on May 01, 2013, 10:16:26 PM: FFXII's media train had please ty of art for the game. Though what you say is true. I was heartbroken they never showed off art for XIII in the media hype. It was cg shot after cg shot. The in game portraits aren't even artistic portraits. They're just cg portraits.
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Post by: tiesto on May 01, 2013, 10:27:48 PM: Man, I wish RPG companies would do pre-rendered backgrounds again...
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Post by: Great Rumbler on May 01, 2013, 10:47:52 PM: Quote from: tiesto on May 01, 2013, 10:27:48 PM
Man, I wish RPG companies would do pre-rendered backgrounds again...

Prerendered backgrounds are making a comeback:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Is2T5ue5d8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUleDEFkUtE
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Post by: Human Snorenado on May 01, 2013, 11:07:20 PM: In superior western rpgs :smug

:piss modern jprgs :piss2
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Post by: Himu on May 01, 2013, 11:13:23 PM: Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on May 01, 2013, 10:27:34 PM
I remember when they showed the art for 9/10/11, the FF9 art was like "ahh, thank god, they're going back to fantasy after that horrible shit in 8", the 10 art was like "oh fuck only a brief respite i guess" and the 11 art was like "mehhhh mmo"

To be fair the x reveal did have fantasy stuff in it iirc. Weird fantasy architecture and crap.

Just read the gia news feed and forgot it was originally going to have Play online components
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Post by: tiesto on May 02, 2013, 12:26:11 AM: Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on May 01, 2013, 11:07:20 PM
In superior western rpgs :smug

:piss modern jprgs :piss2

Western RPG combat systems :yuck :yuck :yuck
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Post by: Great Rumbler on May 02, 2013, 12:29:01 AM: Quote from: tiesto on May 02, 2013, 12:26:11 AM
Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on May 01, 2013, 11:07:20 PM
In superior western rpgs :smug

:piss modern jprgs :piss2

Western RPG combat systems :yuck :yuck :yuck

Western RPG combat systems :rock :rock :rock
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Post by: Positive Touch on May 02, 2013, 12:32:00 AM: western rpgs that merge fps combat into their systems :rock :rock :rock :rock
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Post by: tiesto on May 02, 2013, 12:35:54 AM: Maybe I'm playing the wrong western RPGs but every single one I've played that attempted action-based combat has been extremely janky and stiff, not to mention easily broken and not with much strategy. Mass Effect 3 probably handled combat the best but it got pretty repetitive fighting the same 3 types of enemies over and over in a game that is extremely combat-heavy to begin with. The older, turn-based western RPGs are definitely better. But between the art, combat engines, Lord of the Rings/Star Wars cliches, I can't get into most of them at all.
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Post by: Himu on May 02, 2013, 12:37:18 AM: These games are based on games like BG2, which for my money has better combat than any jrpg. Get real tiesto. I think you mean 3d wrpg combat systems. These games will be turn based.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on May 02, 2013, 12:51:41 AM: What himu said. Not to mention, pretty much ALL arpgs (Diablo, Titan Quest, etc) are western developed and have really great combat, unless you're a pussy that cries when you have to use a mouse and keyboard for anything vidya related.

Basically, you like jprgs. Nothing wrong with that, but admit to your bias.
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Post by: Raban on May 02, 2013, 01:28:57 AM: Quote from: Positive Touch on May 02, 2013, 12:32:00 AM
western rpgs that merge fps combat into their systems :rock :rock :rock :rock

STALKER :rock :rock
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Post by: Rufus on May 02, 2013, 01:32:06 AM: I always thought of Stalker as an FPS that incorporated RPG elements, but I guess it makes no difference in the end.
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Post by: Powerslave on May 02, 2013, 07:48:02 AM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 01, 2013, 10:47:52 PM
Quote from: tiesto on May 01, 2013, 10:27:48 PM
Man, I wish RPG companies would do pre-rendered backgrounds again...

Prerendered backgrounds are making a comeback:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Is2T5ue5d8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUleDEFkUtE

pc games don't count ._.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on May 02, 2013, 08:53:33 AM: Quote from: Powerslave on May 02, 2013, 07:48:02 AM
pc games don't count ._.
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:expert
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Momo on May 02, 2013, 11:22:31 AM: fuck, I cant unsee gabe
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 02, 2013, 03:55:57 PM: (http://i.imgur.com/lXF7hR6.png)

(http://i.imgur.com/bxsipwR.png)
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 3]
Post by: Momo on May 02, 2013, 11:47:41 PM: We dont even need gabe :momo covers it :lol
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 06, 2013, 09:42:48 PM: ~day whatever~

-shut up

-you don't know me

-Burmecia is all tore up and families are being torn apart! I did save a mouseguy from being crushed by a falling statue, without even having to press a button! Yeah, I'm pretty awesome.

-And...save. Total time: 7 hours and 7 minutes.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Positive Touch on May 06, 2013, 09:51:33 PM: HOW MANY TETRA MASTER CARDS DO YOU HAVE
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 06, 2013, 09:55:58 PM: I DON'T KNOW MAYBE LIKE 25 OR 30
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Smooth Groove on May 06, 2013, 10:10:46 PM: tiesto has the worst gaming tastes in EB
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: tiesto on May 07, 2013, 10:27:26 AM: Quote from: Smooth Groove on May 06, 2013, 10:10:46 PM
tiesto has the worst gaming tastes in EB

Big talk for someone who plays hardware, not games.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: magus on May 18, 2013, 09:18:24 PM: my vote was wasted

thanks ~~obama~~ great rumbler
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 18, 2013, 09:19:24 PM: :yeshrug
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 18, 2013, 10:03:48 PM: -At last, the appearance of FFIX's pretty-boy villain with his luscious hair and outfit that would look ridiculous at even the most fabulous gay pride parade!

-How about an unwinnable battle? Let's do an unwinnable battle, because everybody likes those.

-Disc change!

-And now go back to whatever Dagger and Steiner are up to.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Trent Dole on May 18, 2013, 10:31:47 PM: :bow Kuja-hime :bow2
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Positive Touch on May 18, 2013, 10:50:19 PM: I need a in depth breakdown of your gameplay here rumbler. how many chests have you gotten? have you had to run from fights? what level is yr chocobo? got any new cards? you keep armor on til you get all the abilities or are you picking and choosing?
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Himu on May 18, 2013, 10:52:19 PM: RIVER DANCING RATS

:gladbron
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 19, 2013, 04:13:42 AM: Unwinable battles are horrible if you dont realize it quickly enough, all those wasted potions :(
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Himu on May 19, 2013, 05:21:42 AM: Fighting Beatrice and kuja without quina :rejoice

rumbler is straight up puss
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 19, 2013, 10:46:07 AM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on May 19, 2013, 05:21:42 AM
Fighting Beatrice and kuja without quina :rejoice

rumbler is straight up puss

(http://i.imgur.com/G5i4HgY.gif)
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Momo on May 19, 2013, 02:54:26 PM: Kuja and Eiko are about the only things I liked in this game. Jesus Christ is Kuja fabulous
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Himu on May 19, 2013, 02:55:06 PM: So you're gay and a pedophile.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Momo on May 19, 2013, 02:59:14 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on May 19, 2013, 02:55:06 PM
So you're gay and a pedophile.
I went through this weird stage in my life called being 12
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Himu on May 19, 2013, 03:14:12 PM: even when i was 15 when i played this game i knew eiko sucked :larry It's all about Dagger.
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 19, 2013, 03:22:59 PM: (http://i.imgur.com/UiKMpSt.jpg)
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Momo on May 19, 2013, 03:31:11 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on May 19, 2013, 03:14:12 PM
even when i was 15 when i played this game i knew eiko sucked :larry It's all about Dagger.
I'll end you himu
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Himu on May 19, 2013, 03:32:29 PM: come get sum bitch
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Momo on May 19, 2013, 03:58:03 PM: (http://stream1.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs1/1327144_o.gif)
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Positive Touch on May 19, 2013, 04:51:56 PM: ^lololol

and dagger sucked. eiko learned the good spells sooner and she wasnt incapacitated for like a 1/4 of the game
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Himu on May 19, 2013, 05:27:41 PM: talking about characters :wag who said anything about battle
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Positive Touch on May 19, 2013, 06:15:03 PM: dagger got sad because her dirtbag monster genocidal mom died. meanwhile eiko lived in a kitchen full of moogles. eiko >>>dagger

also dagger is a stupid name
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Himu on May 19, 2013, 06:44:47 PM: Another loli lover.

Adding to the list.

(http://imgboot.com/images/Javan/naomireads.gif)
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Rufus on May 19, 2013, 08:09:03 PM: Woah, low! :lol
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Himu on May 19, 2013, 08:39:45 PM: Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on May 19, 2013, 07:16:10 PM
Himu, aren't you currently hotly anticipating a game that pedophiles use to lure in children?

Pedophiles also use soda and candy doesn't mean we should demonize candy or associate candy with pedophiles. You don't see me praising the children tho. :aah Or playing games with children becoming pop singers in Tokyo. :aah

(http://sewinggoddess.com/wp-content/gallery/eiko-carol-reference/eikoref.jpg)

Especially children with camel toes. :aah
Title: Re: Force me to play a game to completion and write about it! [FF9 - Day 199X]
Post by: Himu on May 19, 2013, 10:20:11 PM: iie~ :heartbeat