Final Fantasy Thread

[Jediuser]

Almost finished XV

I could tell it got heavily cut down during development. The plot feels half written (Luna is barely even there, clear they didn't know what to do with her after rewrites; I miss Stella), the camera is terrible (pro tip: do NOT fight near trees), and there are some egregious visual glitches. Still, I enjoy it mostly for the dynamic between the four main characters and the massive open world. It really feels like a buddy road trip with four old friends.

 

[MasterEn]

Almost finished XV

I could tell it got heavily cut down during development. The plot feels half written (Luna is barely even there, clear they didn't know what to do with her after rewrites; I miss Stella), the camera is terrible (pro tip: do NOT fight near trees), and there are some egregious visual glitches. Still, I enjoy it mostly for the dynamic between the four main characters and the massive open world. It really feels like a buddy road trip with four old friends.

it kind of had to be shortened down. the game spent nearly a decade in development, and the longer it went on, the higher the chance of it never being completed. the guy in charge kept wanting to add and remove things at random and even at one point, wanted to change the game fundamentally by turning it into a musical video game.
it also was planned from the start to be a multimedia series, with an anime, movie and a couple of other games to go with it. and it shared it's development cycle alongside ff13 and type 0; so everyone was spread out a bit during that time period.

 

[Michael Frank]

Finished both IV and III 3D PC versions(yeah, in that order) recently, honestly i enjoyed IV more than III, but that doesn't mean III was bad per se, hopefully i will start IV-After Years 3D on PC soon, saw the opening and now Cecil became Joseph Joestar for some reason...

Also quick note: Zeromus was glorious in 3D, honestly it was great!

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

Final Fantasy is what helped me learn how to read when I was younger. Which probably explains a lot

 

[LightningLegs]

I've been hankering to play through FF1. The fact it uses a Vancian magic system is really unique to JRPGs. The only other NES RPGs I can think that have spell uses rather than MP are WRPG ports like Wizardry or Bard's Tale.

By now there's got to be ROM hacks with QOL fixes and such. I'm curious what people's thoughts are about the OG Final Fantasy.

 

[fishboneKiller]

ive been slowly working my way through the nes version of ff3. i played ff1 and loved it a lot, but when i tried to play ff2 i got stuck at deist caverns because the hill gigas enemies kept steamrolling my party, and i couldnt do anything about it. (i was really enjoying the game up to that point, too...)

ff3 holds up extremely well as an nes rpg, it's so impressive for the time and i can totally get why they had such a hard time figuring out how to remake it. (have you seen the water effects in that game????) its the only game of the original 6 that didnt get a gba remake, and they waited till the ds to do a full 3d remake. to be honest though, i dont know how i feel about the 3d version... i really like when the older final fantasies let me roleplay with my characters. yknow, give them my own names and personalities in my head, i think that's really fun. they sorta take that away in the 3d remake, which feels kinda lame. (that's just my opinion, of course)

besides those, ive also been working my way through ff9, and that game is super good! it looks insane for the hardware, and i love the characters to death. steiner might be my favorite guy so far, im only on disc 1 but hes just so goofy and fun. it's cute to see him encouraging vivi through improve himself too, you can tell he really cares about the kid. speaking of which, vivi is also really good, i love his storyline so far. (no spoilers, please!!!!) design wise though, i'd say my favorite party members might be Freya and Quina. Quina was one of the few characters i knew about before starting the game, but Freya i only found out about when i saw her for the first time in game. people say the red mages always have the best designs, and they weren't lying!

 

[Tonberry]

I've been hankering to play through FF1. The fact it uses a Vancian magic system is really unique to JRPGs. The only other NES RPGs I can think that have spell uses rather than MP are WRPG ports like Wizardry or Bard's Tale.

By now there's got to be ROM hacks with QOL fixes and such. I'm curious what people's thoughts are about the OG Final Fantasy.

It's great, but riddled with obnoxious bugs and issues.
I'd recommend (if I remember correctly) the "Final Fantasy Restored" hack. It's been a while but I think that's the good NES hack I played.

 

[snes9x]

About to finish FFVI. I got to Kefka last night but after two attempts I decided to grind some more so I went to the forest with all the t-rex enemies and spent an hour staring slackjawed at my DS slowly watching my damage numbers go up in a dripfeed of serotonin. Lexapro could never

 

[Fray Guillermo]

Have you seen the MtG collab?? I grew tired of the game and it's been years since I last played but I sooo want these cards!!

 

[ATenderLad]

Have you seen the MtG collab?? I grew tired of the game and it's been years since I last played but I sooo want these cards!!

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They make me so mad because I want them so bad!

(No chance though, I spend my free time on a fucking game piracy website, I can't afford Mtg anymore!)

The chocobo is actually pretty good, too, I'd love to use it with a bird deck.

 

[Deleted member 257420]

So when’s the FINAL Fantasy?

 

[Mopeybloke]

So when’s the FINAL Fantasy?

That would be 10, 12, or 13 depending on whom you ask.

 

[MasterEn]

That would be 10, 12, or 13 depending on whom you ask.

the last true final fantasy would be 12. after that, it was moved away from the crazy awesome fantasy stuff and seems to have mostly chased trends and tried to be a interactive movie series.

 

[snes9x]

For me it kind of died with XV once they decided to make mediocre action RPGs rather than experiment with turn-based combat. I think all of the talent was siphoned toward the VII remakes as those are actually pretty fun (imo). I really hope XVII goes back to turn-based

 

[Den MDM Den MDM]

For me it kind of died with XV once they decided to make mediocre action RPGs rather than experiment with turn-based combat. I think all of the talent was siphoned toward the VII remakes as those are actually pretty fun (imo). I really hope XVII goes back to turn-based

The 10219210 VII remakes were shit anyway, the series now appeal to a whole different group of people than what they did until X

 

[starseeker300]

I really hope XVII goes back to turn-based

It could happen, but probally wont

 

[snes9x]

When I was in middle school I joked to a friend that once they get to Final Fantasy XXX its going to be impossible to google it without getting a ton of porn, but I'm pretty sure at this rate civilization will have already collapsed by the time they'd make it to 30

 

[starseeker300]

with the rate the main games are coming out at now, try before we get to FF20

 

[snes9x]

It could happen, but probally wont

Yeah, I'm not getting my hopes up. XVII would just as soon be a loot shooter with roguelite elements than turn-based at this point

 

[MasterEn]

When I was in middle school I joked to a friend that once they get to Final Fantasy XXX its going to be impossible to google it without getting a ton of porn, but I'm pretty sure civilization will have already collapsed by the time they'd make it to 30

they will probably do something like 30XXX or 3X or just something weird like that to try and avoid getting mixed up in the search results. or it'll be final x fantasy x X. or x final x fantasy x. or no one will care by that point.

 

[Deleted member 259254]

I thought the 16th game was fine, but it wasn't a final fantasy game in the slightest. It also likes crashing on me lmao

 

[Michael Frank]

For me it kind of died with XV once they decided to make mediocre action RPGs rather than experiment with turn-based combat. I think all of the talent was siphoned toward the VII remakes as those are actually pretty fun (imo). I really hope XVII goes back to turn-based

The remakes are hack and slash games with rpg elements(bare bones i might add) with barely any substance or artstyle, man it bums me out how devs think that "realistic" is an artstyle and killed all the vibrant colors of VII, also less stuff, no Vincent or Sid party members in disc 2, come on now!, they could have implemented co-op at least seeing how the combat works, but that would mean Square has some resemblance to creativity now, it's sad man.

 

[Strategist's icon Strategist Strategist]

Anyone interested in the MTG Final Fantasy set? No way I'm going to spend on paper magic, but I'm considering reinstalling MTG Arena. Gotta grind some for coins to do some drafts once the set releases. I usually play Arena when a set comes out for a few weeks and then take a break for a long time.

 

[Tonberry]

Anyone interested in the MTG Final Fantasy set? No way I'm going to spend on paper magic, but I'm considering reinstalling MTG Arena. Gotta grind some for coins to do some drafts once the set releases. I usually play Arena when a set comes out for a few weeks and then take a break for a long time.

My brother plays MTG and managed to snag the FF6 and FF10 packs. He's gonna play with me and show me how it works, but I've played maybe one game of Magic in my entire life lol.

 

[elwynd16x]