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#77
Posted 10 October 2007 - 04:43 PM
So yeah. No Final Fantasy titles worth getting for PS2. My pal Lefty did a good job of explaining my beef with so-called "RPGs" here: Orko-Playing Games. My apologies; I had to use a Google cache version of the page because his site crashed and he hasn't put it back up yet.
Edit: Killed the forum-TML.
This post has been edited by Slade: 10 October 2007 - 04:48 PM
#79
Posted 11 October 2007 - 05:03 AM
AND the battle/experience system is as complex as you want to make it. It's very similar to 'old school' RPGs, in that there aren't four trillion different commands to remember, and you're not fighting in fancy semi-real time, where the monsters can hit you, regardless of how far away you run. The storyline isn't as 'Emo' as the rest of the games, either.
But back to my original point. By the end of the game, Zane, Tidus, or whatever he may be called, is still the same skinny, malnourished little boy with a curvy stick for a weapon, but now he's capable of battering dragons to death. Makes no sense to me. Basically, what I'm trying to say is: At least Cloud looked 'Ard.
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#82
Posted 12 October 2007 - 06:03 AM
Did anyone else get the crap scared out of them by this game? Because when I was a wee lad of 9 most of the subject matter was disturbing as fuck.
Come to think of it, it still is.
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This post has been edited by Professor Saucy: 12 October 2007 - 06:05 AM
#84
Posted 12 October 2007 - 09:13 AM
And agreed, FF9 was crap, but it was better than emo8.
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#85
Posted 12 October 2007 - 10:20 AM
Agreed. Final Fantasy Tactics was probably the greatest FF game I have ever played (I don't have a PSP, though, so I'll never see those fancy FMVs they added. ). FF7 was okay, but it isn't THAT great. Certainly not great enough to have spin-off, after spin-off, after spin-off.
I didn't really like FF9 too much, but I did like FF8. Actually, I liked FF8 until the last disc or so, with all that time-compression crap I hated so much. That ruined the game for me. The love stories, high-schoolish characters and what not is what I liked. ...Probably a girly-girl thing.
FF10 was horrendous, as was X-2. I was hooked on XI for several years, but it just takes up too much time as you get up to levels 60+. I actually liked the idea that you HAD to party with people in order to advance ( I guess this was to emphasize the game's theme of 'teamwork'), but Slade's right -- it's all a grindfest from beginning to end. ...The story was pretty good, though.
And FF12? I really like that game. I ignore Vaan for the most part, but I like the licensing system... It reminds me of the Job Point system in Tactics. I mean, Tactics is kind of the same... You need points in order to learn how to throw a rock. But I digress. The battling system is wonderful!
This post has been edited by looktothesky: 12 October 2007 - 10:22 AM
#86
Posted 12 October 2007 - 10:48 AM
#87
Posted 13 October 2007 - 12:01 PM
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