Final Fantasy Thread

[Pandaprewmaster325]

well, ff4 on the psx is the hard version of the same game on the snes version. they made versions, easy type and hard type; and they were not lying.

Looks like i played the hard version without knowing.....explains why FF4 was in a nutshell my ass getting beaten by pretty much everyone both lorewise and gameplay wise.

i've noticed for the most part that debuffs really aren't worth it. the enemies can either dodge it too often or are immune to it; and in some cases where i've seen them land on both regular enemies and bosses, it doesn't hinder the opponent. i remember that there was a boss in a game who could be hit with silence, but it was a pure melee fighter, so that was a rather pointless weakness to give to it.

i don't mind bosses having immunities but they should get them as you progress through the game. weaker bosses at the start shouldn't resist the spells but endgame ones should have one weakness to a debuff if none at all. ffx is so far the only game in the series where i can recall bosses being able to have weakened defenses, lowered magic power, silenced, poisoned and slow actually worked. i only learned about 2 days ago that you can inflect some status effects like that to bosses in ff4 from the seer video. i tried before on several of them only to see nothing happen.

Silence did save me couple times i think it's perfect for kefka tower in 6.

Yeah bosses being immune to status effect limits these spell usage making them more niche than they should be , but if i remember the spell that reduces enemy armor does work on them so that's a win!

 

[MasterEn]

Looks like i played the hard version without knowing.....explains why FF4 was in a nutshell my ass getting beaten by pretty much everyone both lorewise and gameplay wise.



Silence did save me couple times i think it's perfect for kefka tower in 6.

Yeah bosses being immune to status effect limits these spell usage making them more niche than they should be , but if i remember the spell that reduces enemy armor does work on them so that's a win!

yeah, especially the regular enemies. i had easier times with the bosses like leviathan than the stupid little demon dudes that you fight on your way to fight the king of summons.

in the disgaea series, status debuffs work on nearly everyone. bosses have to be given a special ability to either make them immune to the staus decrease or just severly weaken the effects. you can lower their defenses almost down to 1 point in some cases and their offensive stats as well.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

yeah, especially the regular enemies. i had easier times with the bosses like leviathan than the stupid little demon dudes that you fight on your way to fight the king of summons.

in the disgaea series, status debuffs work on nearly everyone. bosses have to be given a special ability to either make them immune to the staus decrease or just severly weaken the effects. you can lower their defenses almost down to 1 point in some cases and their offensive stats as well.

There was a king of summons? The Leviathan you mean....you mean those in the cave right? Yeah i just kept running and running that's the best course of action.

Reminds me of Final Fantasy tactics with knight ability to weapon break and reduce damage to 1 btw what up with your FFT playthrough

 

[MasterEn]

There was a king of summons? The Leviathan you mean....you mean those in the cave right? Yeah i just kept running and running that's the best course of action.

Reminds me of Final Fantasy tactics with knight ability to weapon break and reduce damage to 1 btw what up with your FFT playthrough

yeah, the faymarch as it goes by nowadays. you can fight the king and queen of the summons there and get them for rydia to use. i'm guessing that you also misses out on the sylph summon and the most powerful weapon in the game too, huh?

i'll be getting back to playing ff tactics later today. got an art request from a person on deviantart that i need to do some work on first.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

yeah, the faymarch as it goes by nowadays. you can fight the king and queen of the summons there and get them for rydia to use. i'm guessing that you also misses out on the sylph summon and the most powerful weapon in the game too, huh?

Nah i did get queen/king and god of summons i may miss stuff but not this much you are talking to Allah most knowledge seeking and most curious soul on this planet (also Allah strongest modder) if i remember i got ragnarok the strongest sword for Cecil but i did miss something for edge i think a helmet.

i'll be getting back to playing ff tactics later today. got an art request from a person on deviantart that i need to do some work on first.

Looks like your work is going well happy for you bro , ok update me how it goes.

 

[MasterEn]

Nah i did get queen/king and god of summons i may miss stuff but not this much you are talking to Allah most knowledge seeking and most curious soul on this planet (also Allah strongest modder) if i remember i got ragnarok the strongest sword for Cecil but i did miss something for edge i think a helmet.




Looks like your work is going well happy for you bro , ok update me how it goes.

okay. i'll give you an update when i finish chapter 1.

 

[Mopeybloke]

Today Time Extension had an interview with Final Fantasy IX translator, Brodie Phillips. One of ~5 people who worked on the project.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

How better the PS1 Games would have been if they had voice acting but they probably couldn't shove voice acting in size was an obstacle and good VAs at the time were probably rare

 

[MasterEn]

How better the PS1 Games would have been if they had voice acting but they probably couldn't shove voice acting in size was an obstacle and good VAs at the time were probably rare

considering how megaman x4 and megaman 8 were with the voice acting, it's probably a god thing that there wasn't any voice acting for the games.

 

[Mopeybloke]

Voice acting for Western games at the time was good. Sometimes great. Played Soul Reaver?

 

[Turbo Kid]

Voice acting varied wildly from game to game. If it was from Japan, it was probably bad in most cases and that's still largely true today.

 

[Sora]

What is the preferred version of Final Fantasy 5? Other than PR.

 

[Mopeybloke]

What is the preferred version of Final Fantasy 5? Other than PR.

If I was going to play, I would mix the SNES release with the improved version of the first fan translation or use the GBA script port.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

considering how megaman x4 and megaman 8 were with the voice acting, it's probably a god thing that there wasn't any voice acting for the games.

For sure looking at resident evil it's a good thing but wish square enix added voice acting in Pc releases for example.

Voice acting varied wildly from game to game. If it was from Japan, it was probably bad in most cases and that's still largely true today.

What? I remember seeing few Final Fantasy 14 cutscenes and it seemed good , i also remember seeing the tactics remaster voice acting and it was alright.

 

[reakain]

Today Time Extension had an interview with Final Fantasy IX translator, Brodie Phillips. One of ~5 people who worked on the project.

Oh, this is delightful. It's fun seeing how they came up with things like the dwarves, jesters, and tantalus. I also like the discussion of the lost references to previous FF games. FF9 was my first, so they all had gone way over my head anyway, but I remembered seeing other folks at the time talking about different items and things that were references to previous games.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Yeah FF9 is a treasure of older games refrences it's characters , dialouge , places and even music! If you played previous FF games from 1-8 you will have a good experience with 9 it's very much a tribute to the original Final Fantasy storyline the crystal story and the 4 fiends of elements still amazed we got lich in 3d before gta 6


OK but really garland being an old angry man from another planet was cool

 

[reakain]

Yeah FF9 is a treasure of older games refrences it's characters , dialouge , places and even music! If you played previous FF games from 1-8 you will have a good experience with 9 it's very much a tribute to the original Final Fantasy storyline the crystal story and the 4 fiends of elements still amazed we got lich in 3d before gta 6


OK but really garland being an old angry man from another planet was cool

Ok, I didn't consider FF9's old man Garland as being Garland until you mentioned it, and now I am laughing so hard at angry old man Garland hahahaha

 

[MasterEn]

Ok, I didn't consider FF9's old man Garland as being Garland until you mentioned it, and now I am laughing so hard at angry old man Garland hahahaha

this scene is very appropriate for this conversation.

 

[reakain]

this scene is very appropriate for this conversation.

That is amazing. I'm going to have to go back and try to find all the different references now.

The bit right after it in the video with You're Not Alone reminded me of this old, but great cover I'm sure y'all have already heard, but it's my favorite version, and the lyrics she wrote really fit the entire narrative for that chunk of the game.

 

[MasterEn]

That is amazing. I'm going to have to go back and try to find all the different references now.

The bit right after it in the video with You're Not Alone reminded me of this old, but great cover I'm sure y'all have already heard, but it's my favorite version, and the lyrics she wrote really fit the entire narrative for that chunk of the game.

there are references scattered through out the game, even in the ending sequence right before the credits. the main party of characters are a reference as well. zidane, the thief; garnet the white mage; vivi, the black mage; and steiner, the knight [warrior].
i saw that video on that channel after stumbling across that fantastic roses of may song. i got both in my music collection.

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oh, i forgot to mention; there is a hidden scene that you can come across that reveals a bit of information about garnet. i remember it being a rather confusing series of things that you had to do during one point in the story; and it's not particularly worth it just for a small bit of info, unless you are playing through the game again.

 

[reakain]

there are references scattered through out the game, even in the ending sequence right before the credits. the main party of characters are a reference as well. zidane, the thief; garnet the white mage; vivi, the black mage; and steiner, the knight [warrior].
i saw that video on that channel after stumbling across that fantastic roses of may song. i got both in my music collection.

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oh, i forgot to mention; there is a hidden scene that you can come across that reveals a bit of information about garnet. i remember it being a rather confusing series of things that you had to do during one point in the story; and it's not particularly worth it just for a small bit of info, unless you are playing through the game again.

Her Roses of May is also so good, and it and You're Not Alone, have lived in my playlist for over a decade at this point haha

Oh yeah, I remember the thing about Garnet. I tried it myself back in the day, but never got it to work, and this was back when it was just people arguing about the "correct" method on various fan forums.

 

[MasterEn]

Her Roses of May is also so good, and it and You're Not Alone, have lived in my playlist for over a decade at this point haha

Oh yeah, I remember the thing about Garnet. I tried it myself back in the day, but never got it to work, and this was back when it was just people arguing about the "correct" method on various fan forums.

i was reading a guide on gamefaqs about the secrets in the game. that's how l learned about it.
i might that info the next time that play through the game. i think i have the steam version, so i'll use it on that version; along with the mod that makes my favorite character in the game, beatrix, fully playable.

 

[reakain]

i was reading a guide on gamefaqs about the secrets in the game. that's how l learned about it.
i might that info the next time that play through the game. i think i have the steam version, so i'll use it on that version; along with the mod that makes my favorite character in the game, beatrix, fully playable.

Yesss, the most important mod! Get Beatrix in the party because she's just absolutely the best. For not being one of our main party members, she's incredibly well written and fleshed out

 

[MasterEn]

Yesss, the most important mod! Get Beatrix in the party because she's just absolutely the best. For not being one of our main party members, she's incredibly well written and fleshed out

yes! she's absolutely the best character in the game; alongside vivi. she's also in one of my two favorite classes in rpgs, paladin. i need to work on more drawings of her. i got only one up in my gallery on deviantart and newgrounds; and one in the works for my final fantasy babes set of drawings. still quite a ways form drawing her yet, but she will be one of my favorites to draw in that series.

 

[reakain]

yes! she's absolutely the best character in the game; alongside vivi. she's also in one of my two favorite classes in rpgs, paladin. i need to work on more drawings of her. i got only one up in my gallery on deviantart and newgrounds; and one in the works for my final fantasy babes set of drawings. still quite a ways form drawing her yet, but she will be one of my favorites to draw in that series.

I forever love Kuja because I have a weak spot for overdramatic, kind of unhinged villains, but Beatrix is just such a compelling character, I can't imagine anyone not loving her. They give so much care to her struggle. She always deserves more fan art!! =D