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Title: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 02:26:08 PM: Holy shit. I didn't play it until 1998 but holy shit.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: SantaC on April 01, 2014, 02:31:21 PM: played the US import version (obviously called FFIII) back at x-mas 94. It was glorious.

only sad thing was that last half of the ending scene went black with an adapter (known issue)
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 02:41:26 PM: Final Fantasy VI still has the best ending an rpg could ever have. A 30 minute epic, that closes ALL the stories on ALL the characters and wraps it up with a tight bow and beautiful, beautiful music.

The ending theme is a 21 minute song.

On the Super Nintendo.

Ahead of its time and still unmatched in many ways today.

Bow the fuck down.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: SantaC on April 01, 2014, 02:50:10 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 01, 2014, 02:41:26 PM
Final Fantasy VI still has the best ending an rpg could ever have. A 30 minute epic, that closes ALL the stories on ALL the characters and wraps it up with a tight bow and beautiful, beautiful music.

The ending theme is a 21 minute song.

On the Super Nintendo.

Ahead of its time and still unmatched in many ways today.

Bow the fuck down.

it's a good ending, but my fav is FFIX ending.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 02:58:32 PM: My favorite is VIII's, but I still think that VI's ending is the top.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: SantaC on April 01, 2014, 03:04:59 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 01, 2014, 02:58:32 PM
My favorite is VIII's, but I still think that VI's ending is the top.

all I remember from VIII's ending was zell eating hotdogs.

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FFVIII is awesome
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Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 03:07:16 PM: (http://i.imgur.com/pb2jIwu.gif)

:heartbeat
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Positive Touch on April 01, 2014, 03:11:24 PM: mah childhood :tocry

such an epic game. opens with a 20-hour quest that shamed damn near every other jrpg out, then gives you a huge open world full of SHITLOADS of side content. and that soundtrack :lawd
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 03:14:53 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED66swL2gtE
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: demi on April 01, 2014, 03:24:15 PM: Too many characters, weak second half, good villain, some nice moments, nice amount of side stuff and secrets. Nice detailed graphics. Esper system is come and go for me.

Solid entry.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Steve Contra on April 01, 2014, 03:26:56 PM: Needs job system.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 03:31:53 PM: (http://i.imgur.com/0lEtbnU.png)

(http://i.imgur.com/o6N7yp6.png)

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Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Rahxephon91 on April 01, 2014, 03:47:15 PM: I think this is probably the best part of the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvlYM2HqszU

Really cinematic and leads to one of the best songs in the series.

The game is pretty good, probably my third favorite FF.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 03:52:38 PM: That song is amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnvZ6Dqv7Ws

Also, the world is square.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Positive Touch on April 01, 2014, 04:00:56 PM: 90S CG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn9MR6QJExk
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Fifstar on April 01, 2014, 04:06:35 PM: Quote from: TalesofWin on April 01, 2014, 02:31:21 PM
played the US import version (obviously called FFIII) back at x-mas 94. It was glorious.

only sad thing was that last half of the ending scene went black with an adapter (known issue)

Almost the same here.

My parents actually went through small ads in my video game magazine and managed to buy it together with the adapter for. I didn't understand how the adapter worked at first (that I had to insert a pal game in the second slot to make it work, the manual was missing) and couldn't play it at first. Luckily I got Blackthorne as a back up. A couple of days later, I figured it out and was hocked. I remember playing it on new years eve 94, all the kids went out to start the fireworks and my little nerd ass couldn't stop playing this game :lol

:bow Best present ever :bow2 :bow my parents :bow2
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 04:10:00 PM: Favorite songs in the game?

Mine?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqoA6Q5dfGU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ru6s85JZZc

17 minute final boss theme, still unmatched:

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

22 minute ending theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdnmYg7Q5cs
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 04:19:04 PM: I'm listening to Balance Is Restored now and I swear I will cry a long time the day Nobuo Uematsu passes.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Steve Contra on April 01, 2014, 04:38:19 PM: Uematsu's great with the bonus of being, unlike Sugiyama, not a worthless piece of shit.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: magus on April 01, 2014, 04:40:10 PM: wow i saw this thread on gaf and tought it was stupid and now it's here too! what a jolly thing!

but i don't want to sound like a bitter asshole so i'm going to shed a tears for all the other games with spergy fanbase that are really old, what else was released in 1994, let's see... let's see...

(https://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1ptvhG_-KWT4y4RU_CnVb8QLbqpm816oqoVWyD_3QuePOkSCtyGARZ_WUZnEoOkQ6AhISdEzfBP7QuxADIHYuUgg/7.jpg?psid=1)

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Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 04:41:32 PM: Tekken sucks dick. Get the fuck out of this thread. If you're going to post a 1994 fighter, it's going to be Virtua Fighter 2.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: magus on April 01, 2014, 04:52:05 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 01, 2014, 04:41:32 PM
Tekken sucks dick. Get the fuck out of this thread. If you're going to post a 1994 fighter, it's going to be Virtua Fighter 2.

nuh uh! anniversary don't work for sequels and only work if the number is divisible by 5, i'm afraid you'll have to wait 4 more years to have a 25 year anniversary thread about the original virtua fighter :wag

(http://image.dosgamesarchive.com/screenshots/warcraft1-2.gif)

and to think at the time they didn't even add the most important feature... :fbm

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bitching about things on the official battle.net forum!
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Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 04:53:53 PM: Guys, I remind you that Magus is over 30 years old and not 16. Please reflect on this before you have children.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Positive Touch on April 01, 2014, 04:58:16 PM: vanish + x-zone on magooses dumb daigo ass

thinking about picking this up on android because i never played the new content and the gbas butchered soundtrack is a damn disgrace

fake edit - oh shit i went to the gaf thread and saw that theres a patch that not only puts the snes music into the gba game but it also adds in the live recording of the opera scene instead of the shitty fake singing in the original FUCK ME I AM PLAYING THIS TONIGHT
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 05:01:31 PM: Yeah, they have a gba patch dude.

Fuck android version.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Yeti on April 01, 2014, 05:05:40 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uvxoIcgdpio

:'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: magus on April 01, 2014, 05:06:07 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 01, 2014, 04:53:53 PM
Guys, I remind you that Magus is over 30 years old and not 16. Please reflect on this before you have children.

eeeeeehhhh i'm not that old, but i'm happy to see that :umad

also i have an idea,let's have a FF death anniversary! i propose to put it somewhere between FF11 announcement and FFX-2 conception... whichever makes himuro the most :umad

to think final fantasy has been dead for more than 10 years... (http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sadbron.png)
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 05:08:39 PM: I was going to make a FFVII 20th anniversary thread when it comes, but I dunno know now.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Positive Touch on April 01, 2014, 05:13:05 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 01, 2014, 05:01:31 PM
Yeah, they have a gba patch dude.

Fuck android version.

aside from ugly figaro castle and the lack of black outlines on the characters the port looks much much better than the original :dealwithit
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 05:25:51 PM: No it doesn't, it looks like shit. More than that, it has larger issues than just terrible graphics.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 07:30:34 PM: Bugs. Didn't know they were patched.

Looks like poop tho.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: etiolate on April 01, 2014, 08:09:51 PM: I got pranked when I bought FF6. I had previously played Secret of Mana and that was my intro to Square RPGs. I loved Secret of Mana, so next up was FF6. I read all the EGM and Gamefan previews. I went over each screenshot. I went into Electronics Boutique several times asking if it was out yet. FInally, I go there and they have it. I had been saving my birthday money for it, so I'm like dish me up that RPG. I get it, take it home, open it up and pop it into the SNES.... and it's Super Mario World.

I start freaking out a bit. I thought the world had played a prank on me. I was like no game could have street fighter moves, airships AND robots right? It was all an elaborate prank on me.

My mom took it back to EB. Turns out someone had already bought the game, carefully peeled off the sticker on the cart and then reapplied it to a Super Mario World cart, and then returned the game. They gave me a new copy and happy fun time.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Beezy on April 01, 2014, 08:13:59 PM: I've never played any of the numbered 2D FFs. Am I gaming wrong?
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 08:17:44 PM: Quote from: Beezy on April 01, 2014, 08:13:59 PM
I've never played any of the numbered 2D FFs. Am I gaming wrong?

Yes.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Trent Dole on April 01, 2014, 08:55:16 PM: Quote from: Beezy on April 01, 2014, 08:13:59 PM
I've never played any of the numbered 2D FFs. Am I gaming wrong?
IV. VI. Pronto.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 09:00:44 PM: Um.

No.

IV - VI.

non mobile versions.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Raban on April 01, 2014, 09:01:04 PM: Quote from: Beezy on April 01, 2014, 08:13:59 PM
I've never played any of the numbered 2D FFs. Am I gaming wrong?
Nope! In fact you're gaming as right as you possibly can.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Positive Touch on April 01, 2014, 09:40:13 PM: god dammit raban how many wrong gaming opinions can you have

beezy - ff4 on psp
ff5 on gba
ff6 on snes

ASAP
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 09:41:45 PM: No, ff6 on gba with snes music.

we need to figure out if Beezy has played Chrono Trigger.

There's an annual FF5 playthrough, so you should join then. It starts in June or July and ends in August. I suggest playing FFIV before V, though, because it will familiarize yourself with all the classes and their abilities, which will make V a lot less overwhelming.

Also I'd suggest playing FF1 down the line. Best version, Origins, is on psn for psx.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Positive Touch on April 01, 2014, 09:48:42 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 01, 2014, 09:41:45 PM
No, ff6 on gba with snes music.

i just tried this and the music is snes quality but still sounds like its being played off an old vhs like any other gba game
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Beezy on April 01, 2014, 09:51:41 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 01, 2014, 09:41:45 PM
we need to figure out if Beezy has played Chrono Trigger.
I have.

Quote from: Positive Touch on April 01, 2014, 09:40:13 PM
god dammit raban how many wrong gaming opinions can you have

beezy - ff4 on psp
ff5 on gba
ff6 on snes

ASAP

I have no PSP. Is it digital? Can I get the same on the Vita which I plan on buying soon?
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 09:52:45 PM: We are going to be starting up FFV four job festival up in late June or so, try to beat IV before then.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Shuri on April 01, 2014, 09:54:54 PM: I remember the christmas party of that year; my cousins got this for christmas with Super Punch Out, and I got NHL '95 and brought Mortal Kombat 2. We played that stuff endlessly, switching from games to games, challenging each other with our other cousins; fucking memories of eating tons of good food, drinking liters of cola and having our older cousins take sips of their beers; we played non-stop until we had headaches. Near the end, he let me tried FF6 and I was blown away by how much of an improvement it was over FF4; he let me borrow the game for a couple of days until the next party. Going home, I spent the next 4 days playing it as much as possible. I remember that he had his snes hooked up to his huge boombox, a novel thing at the time, and that we alternated from the game audio to music cds he had received that year, stuff like Aerosmith and Pearl Jam.

What a classic.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 01, 2014, 09:55:02 PM: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection is indeed Vita compatible on psn.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Positive Touch on April 01, 2014, 10:58:58 PM: Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on April 01, 2014, 10:40:29 PM
Proper Bio Sound (tm)

:aah always wanted this sound for my phone
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 02, 2014, 02:28:45 AM: I find it funny how the years haven't treated nes FF too well but nes DQ is still :bow particularly 3 and 4.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 02, 2014, 04:56:40 AM: Yeah I can still hear the bio sound in my head on demand even though I haven't played the game in like 10 years!
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 02, 2014, 08:50:00 AM: Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on April 02, 2014, 03:09:37 AM
the years haven't been very kind to nes dq1/2 either. but yeah, when you consider dq3 was just a couple months after ff2 and ff3 came just after dq4, it's kind of hilarious how far ahead dq was on the nes/famicom. ff did a great job of catching up in the 16bit gen tho. dq5 was bangin' but dq6 was a turd. meanwhile ff was beginning a hot streak that didn't end the whole generation.

Well DQ1 is tolerable and I like DQ2 even tho it is flawed as fuck. It is a cute Wizardry clone.

FF had a perfect run in the snes era. A lot of people praise 7-9 psx era but nuh uh. Snes era of FF kicks its ass in terms of quality. I do prefer psx era Squaresoft as a whole though.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 02, 2014, 09:11:52 AM: Does seem no matter peoples taste most people do agree VI is a top 5 FF. At least in the west. I think it is the most agreed upon FF. :obama
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 02, 2014, 11:03:00 AM: I wasn't talking about nes versions but the nes era games including remakes.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: tiesto on April 02, 2014, 05:48:36 PM: Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on April 02, 2014, 03:09:37 AM
the years haven't been very kind to nes dq1/2 either. but yeah, when you consider dq3 was just a couple months after ff2 and ff3 came just after dq4, it's kind of hilarious how far ahead dq was on the nes/famicom. ff did a great job of catching up in the 16bit gen tho. dq5 was bangin' but dq6 was a turd. meanwhile ff was beginning a hot streak that didn't end the whole generation.

WTF? 6 was pretty awesome... Probably Sugiyama at his peak, and the graphics are probably the best in the series apart from 3R and 8.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 02, 2014, 06:25:29 PM: Agreed. VI feels off. VII is a much better return to form.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: magus on April 02, 2014, 07:59:39 PM: i like dq4 for it's characters (whatever little characterization there might be), dq5 for it's premise and dq8 for it's amazing presentation... the first dragon quest is an ancient game (you don't even have a party) that should only be played for curiosity reason, dq2 is pretty much the same (but you actualy have a party now!) dq3 and dq6 are pretty similiar game, they both have an high encounter rate, some dull "FETCH THE MAGIC ITEM" bits and generaly just couldn't catch my attention (i haven't played much of DQ3 though) i tried getting into them several times and i always quit somewhere in the middle, they both have job system if you are into those (though 3 is more closed in a "pick your class and stick with them" way where DQ6 let you mix & match)

DQ7 is an interessing game in that it's plot is made up by several mini plots like the one where you save a town thanks to the help of a magic wolf and the inhabitants all turns into horrible furries afterward, but the pacing is awfull (it takes 30 minutes alone just to get to the first fight) and the job system completly broken and bound to frustate, lastly DQ9... it's allright barring the post-game content which is mostly designed to waste your time... it can't be accessed anymore through normal means anyway :heh
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 02, 2014, 09:55:52 PM: I like every DQ I've played, and I've played em all. Except for that fucking game DQX.

Most consistent jrpg franchise next to SMT main line. Well, until DQX. Don't know what the fuck that's about.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 02, 2014, 09:58:09 PM: Also, DQ doesn't have jobs. It has classes. :jawalrus

And almost every DQ is made up of vignettes - which you call mini-plots. IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX especially. Not just VII.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 02, 2014, 10:01:12 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 02, 2014, 06:25:29 PM
Agreed. VI feels off. VII is a much better return to form.

Yeah, Cloud was such a great protagonist, the characters in VI were just so forgettable. And VII had the CG to really draw you into the story.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 02, 2014, 10:02:34 PM: We were talking about dragon quest
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: magus on April 03, 2014, 07:09:40 AM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 02, 2014, 09:58:09 PM
Also, DQ doesn't have jobs. It has classes. :jawalrus

And almost every DQ is made up of vignettes - which you call mini-plots. IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX especially. Not just VII.

in other DQ games it feels integrated better so that the stuff that happens kinda feel like it's part of the plot, in DQ7 you literaly warp to a random zone where random event happens

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 02, 2014, 10:02:34 PM
We were talking about dragon quest

i don't know dragon quest vii had some amazing CG :jawalrus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CjdYR4AVVs

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sadly i can't find the one with the shrine maiden dancing... too ugly even for youtube :fbm
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Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 03, 2014, 09:10:21 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 02, 2014, 10:02:34 PM
We were talking about dragon quest

I know. :jawalrus
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Rahxephon91 on April 03, 2014, 09:11:56 PM: (http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dragonquest/dq7-20.png)
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: Himu on April 03, 2014, 09:20:30 PM: Hahaha
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: magus on April 03, 2014, 09:21:05 PM: Quote from: Rahxephon91 on April 03, 2014, 09:11:56 PM
(http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dragonquest/dq7-20.png)

thank you rahx
Title: Re: Final Fantasy VI is 20 years old today
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 03, 2014, 09:23:12 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 02, 2014, 08:50:00 AM
Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on April 02, 2014, 03:09:37 AM
the years haven't been very kind to nes dq1/2 either. but yeah, when you consider dq3 was just a couple months after ff2 and ff3 came just after dq4, it's kind of hilarious how far ahead dq was on the nes/famicom. ff did a great job of catching up in the 16bit gen tho. dq5 was bangin' but dq6 was a turd. meanwhile ff was beginning a hot streak that didn't end the whole generation.

Well DQ1 is tolerable and I like DQ2 even tho it is flawed as fuck. It is a cute Wizardry clone.

FF had a perfect run in the snes era. A lot of people praise 7-9 psx era but nuh uh. Snes era of FF kicks its ass in terms of quality. I do prefer psx era Squaresoft as a whole though.

I like the PS1 FFs better as 90s Multimedia CD-ROM Experiences than as RPGs, especially 7.