okay. that's good. the extra stuff form the ds version is accessible in that version. it's locked off behind the multiplayer stuff on the ds. i think it level 44 or so when the master monk class starts to give more and more hp boosts upon level up, and hp is the only stat that can vary, all others are predetermined.The PSP version of the 3D remake on my Vita
But FF7 already plays and looks like the DS remakes of 3 and 4, making one that's exactly like it would be redundant, just add mods to original game.
i think Strategist was referring to the ff7 remake.
i made a post about this somewhere on the site: squaresoft had about 3 years to develop ff7,which was supposed to e a snes game, but about halfway in, they scrapped what they had and jumped onto the 3-d bandwagon and had to hurry to finish the game. that's part of the reason for the very different and not matching very well models for the overworld and battle scenes. as well as the cutscenes.
i think there's footage of a short battle using ff6 characters to showoff what a n64 ff game would look like.
As a massive Akitoshi Kawazu/SaGa stan, you are not alone! The GBA/PSP/Pixel Remaster versions of that game fix so many of the issues most people have with the game and I've always admired its ambitions even if many of their experiments didn't fully pan out. It laid the blueprint to one of my favorite RPG franchises of all time and for that I am thankful.
Honestly, I love the Famicom version. However, I was playing the translated rom before we had the PSX version. I guess it's all about what you're looking for. As someone who likes making the numbers go up, it's a great game.
There's actually a super rudimentary N64 tech demo that Square made before jumping ship due to Nintendo insisting on using low-capacity cartridges. I'm sure development didn't really go anywhere but Square was certainly hoping to maintain that relationship if nothing else.
yeah, ff2 is a weird and impactful anomaly in the series. half of the games that come after it copy the idea of fully customizable characters. i think 5 and 10 did the idea best.
Equip and attack with shields. For bonus points, attack with two Equipped and you might hit and kill low level enemies. But your mage in the back in low level areas and let them swing for the fences.
i did. maxed out shields on everyone before hitting the snow town. barely had 20 speed points. i'll have to look for my save file if it still exists for more specific numbers. i decided to just raise all of the other stats and Kenshiro my way through the fights.
I know, my point was that making remake in FF3/4 style made no sense for FF7 since the FF3/4 3D versions were made to look like FF7/9 with their chibi models in the first place.
I agree, and the cutscenes are also inconsistent, compare Shinra Tower bike FMV with reactor explosion cutscene.
Not my experience at all. I did that, and I was op for like ever. On the famicom version however. It's not easy though. Games back then weren't made to be easy. Grinding was expected, in fact, was the gameplay loop.
it would help quite a bit with the consistency and overall look of the game. the developers could also add in easter eggs, references, extra quests and stuff from the other parts of the 7 saga. instead, they rebuilt the game from the ground up and tried to pass off an alternate timeline adventure as a remake.
i was playing the psp version.
All I ever wanted was a good translation of the original game. Too bad Ted Woosley only worked on 3 games...
hopefully someone is out there working on a faithful translation of the script.
Check the repo.
Nah the game is honestly super linear. You just ask characters in towns about the keywords and if they know something they'll more or less tell you where to go directly (the first half or so of the game has cutscenes telling you exactly where to go too). The way that random encounters are designed in the overworld also really punishes you for straying even slightly off of the intended path since you run the risk of finding enemies far beyond your current level. The only thing that makes FF2 a slog are the dungeons due to the sections where you need to choose between 1 of 4 doors, with the others ranging from teleporting you to random places or placing you in high encounter rate rooms. Still, it isn't the end of the world and if that's all you're using a guide for then it isn't a big deal.
i looked. there is an english patch for the nes version. romhacking dot net lists the release date as 18 June 2020.
the problem is that you're thinking like a logical, grown up person. most of us played these when we were younger. i rarely talked to npcs in games. i never knew about the machop trade in pokemon gold until i got my aunt into playing the game and i was helping her out with her playthrough. i only talked to the specific characters in ff2 when the game mention them and i think i still got stuck when you bring back fake hilda for awhile.
