Games The Final Fantasy Thread!

[ZERO PHOENIX]

I recently finished final fantasy VIII lol. I read a lot about ultimecia being one of the hardest bosses ever but I don't see how that can be lol.

I'm with you on that one. Different gamers have different levels of skill. I heard a lot of people say that VIII was difficult but to me, the GFs made that game little more than an exercise. Don't get me wrong FFVIII is great. One of my all-time favs. Difficult it was not.

Now Final Fantasy Tactics, THAT $#!* was hard. I don't mean the little remake for the PSP I mean the original PS title. That was a nightmare. I like my games difficult so I had a blast.

 

[kkck]

Yeah lol.... for me it got easy once I got the junction system. Now every time I see a spell I spend a decent amount of time getting 300 of it. Now I somehow ended up with demi, quake and a bunch of holys by the end of disk one. I actually had to heal seifer in order to not outright murder him in one round of attacks and steal whatever he had.... As soon as I get ragnarok I am leveling every character to level 100 lol. Hopefully leveling up will make the game more interesting. Not saying the game is not awesome but it is just too easy.


Seriously, haven't games in the past 2 decades been far too easy? Games this days don't even come remotely close to being a challenge.

 

[riki]

Kotaku has posted some clips of FFXIII VS, Final Fantasy Type-01, and FFXIII-2.

At least we get to see some gameplay from VS.

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The English trailer for FFXIII-2 is out.

 

[ibra87]

Anyone tried the dissidia 2 demo? It's in Japanese so it was a lil difficult to get everything, but I like the assist system, brings something new to the table. Not to mention they say they've added a lot of items for customization so yay.

 

[steelwingcrash1]

I haven't played Dissidia 2 yet. However, I found the first one pretty "not-quite-what-I-expected-from-a-final-fantasy-game" like that.

In my opinion, no other FF game has totally surpassed the trio 7, 8 and 10.

 

[ZERO PHOENIX]

In my opinion, no other FF game has totally surpassed the trio 7, 8 and 10.

Only thing I would change to that is take out 10 and in its place I'd put 9 or the original Final Fantasy Tactics.

This is probably the most accurate review of ten.
FFX Review Part One
FFX Review Part Two

As accurate as it is hillarious! Finally, a real FFX review.

 

[riki]

FFXIII VS's battle system has been revealed. The command menu will have four options: Magic, Summon, Item, and EX-Arts. You can also switch between characters, who have different weapons and abilities, during battle.

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More FF XIII-2 info has been posted. In the game, players search for an invisible world called Bunibelle. Other characters will show up in the game as well.

Likewise more details have been posted about FFXIII VS.

 

[Gintara]

I'm looking forward to all of the FNC titles, most especially Type-0. I can't really play vXIII or XIII-2 until I get a PS3 or 360 again (my brother sold his 360), which sucks of course.

From the Type-0 trailer, I guessing the story is very serious...? ^^'

And I got Dissidia a couple days ago and I'm liking it so far; if I finish it by the time duodecim comes out, I'll probably get it. I want to play as Lightning again and try out the others as well.

The new FNC info is interesting too. I'm quite relieved XIII-2 won't be J-poppy. Wasn't X-2 J-poppy because since X was influenced by traditional Japanese culture and they focused on its pop culture for the sequel? Or something like that?

 

[riki]

^More info has been posted about Type-0 so you can check it out. ^^

 

[vintagemistakes]

So many FF games... I'm just really looking forward to Versus though. The first trailer came out soo long ago and then there was nothing about the game for a long time. Judging from the new released content, it doesn't look like its going to disappoint.... so I guess I can wait.

 

[Gintara]

*sigh* I guess Versus won't come out until next year. ;_;

How many years would that be? Six, right? But the new tidbits are good. The battle system sounds cool.

 

[steelwingcrash1]

I watched some leaked videos of its game play in youtube. It definitely looks promising in most eyes of people. However, I'm praying to dear God that it won't be "just graphics". To be honest, I did not like the previous Final Fantasies that succeeded the FFX-2. I wish they would revert the format again to the traditional turn-based system of FF?

When I watched the video, it kind of looked like Tenchu style with Devil May Cry?

 

[riki]

The HD trailers for FFXIII VS, Type-0 and Dissidia 12 are out.

More FFXIII VS info:

- Your characters in Versus will not have jobs. However, your enemies will include dragon knights (or dragoons if you prefer) and summoners.

- There is a summoning element to the game.

- Your weapon selection will include: swords, axes, spears/lances, hand guns, machine guns, rifles, bazookas, and shot guns. This is just a partial list, though.

- The Ignis character (the guy with the glasses) is good with assist-style attacks. He can toss knives at enemies. (Note: I'm not sure if Nomura actually uses the Ignis name, or if it's just the person who wrote the summary.)

- The character with the scar on his face uses a fighting style. He can make use of a pile bunker and broad sword.

- The blonde character is a gunner.

- The game will have positional damage elements for attacking enemies.

- Larger enemies will have weak points.

- The game does not have team attacks for your party members. Repeat: does not.

- You can combo your attacks across character changes -- that is, you can keep your combo going when you switch the character you're currently controlling. As an example, you can make the scarfaced character do positional damage with his hammer, then switch to Ignis, or you can make the enemy shrink away in fear from Ignis's magic then call in another character to attack.

- You can bring party members back to life if they die. The exception is Noctis. If he dies, the game ends

- The difficulty is being set towards the high end.

 

[Gintara]

I was able to download all of the trailers yesterday. They look pretty good.

The CG sequences in the Versus trailer are really detailed. ^^

I was trying to make gifs out of them and somehow the Dissidia trailer shows up funny in virtualdub. *sigh*

And if anyone wants any screens from the trailers, I'll be glad to capture some. I got some already from Versus.

 

[ibra87]

No jobs, I'm kinda happy about that since I always worry what I should choose<.<

Who knows, maybe they'll re-release some JP-only version which includes jobs and other changes (as was the case with ffxii International) should the game prove to be popular :-].

 

[riki]

Famitsu interviewed Square Enix about FFXIII-2 and the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythology. I'm too lazy to read the latter so here is info about the FFXIII-2 instead.

FFXIII-2 will answer the question on whether or not Lightning has found happiness at the end of the first game. New characters as well as the old ones will show up in the game. The story will be darker and more mysterious. Even though Lightning was shown in a new world, the FXIII world can still be explored. Speaking of Lightning, she has lost all of her l'Cie abilities (how convenient ).

SE is considering the idea of giving a bonus to players who have a FXIII save file.

 

[saladesu]

The trailers for Versus are pretty amazing. Even my parents were really impressed - they were all "are those real people!?!?" FF has always had great graphics, but this time they're really blurring the line between reality and graphics with the CG sequences.

The story will be darker and more mysterious.

Sounds promising, and I hope it delivers Like steel said, I hope it's not just graphics and nothing else to justify its price (and the wait!).

 

[vintagemistakes]

Thats probably my only concern for Versus at this point; A long time ago Squaresoft made a game called The Bouncer that had really pretty graphics but terrible game mechanics. Hopefully they have learned from the mistakes of their past.

 

[riki]

I agree. Hopefully Versus lives up to expectations.

Type-0 has a very detailed update about the title, story, characters, battle system, and multiplayer mode. According to director Hajime Tabata, the game will have two UMDs.

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A small Versus update has some more screenshots and info about the battle system.

The command palette (Magic, Item, Summon and EX Arts) will be on the bottom left while the bars (HP, MP, EX) will be on the bottom right. The battles in VS will have a lot of gimmicks (e.g. tanks, mechs, etc.).

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They're really spoiling us with VS and Type-0 info...

In an interview with Famitsu, Nomura revealed more info about Versus. Ignis (the guy with the glasses) was trained to be Noctis's military tactician. He and the scar-faced guy are childhood friends with Noctis while the blond guy has just become friends with the prince. Nomura said that the other two names won't be revealed yet, but Siliconera noticed that there is a character named Gladiolus.

Storywise, it takes place when the enemy kingdom of Niflheim invaded Noctis's country so his friends and he must escape though the prince viewed it as "pursuing the enemies". When Noctis's father declared that he would be the final king, the quote was taken in a different scene and he was not talking to his son (I think he might be telling that to the white-robed man or maybe in that meeting of his "cabinet"). The white-robed man whom Noctis confronted is a different person. The forest scene in the trailer is from Noctis's youth. The term "l'Cie" and other words used in FFXIII will be used in the game as well but they will have different meanings.

The battles will be much faster than what has been shown in the trailers. The characters can double-jump, etc. and move with very fast speed. The battle system is close to Kingdom Hearts. The commands are temporary so they might changed but the HP bar, etc. are finalized. Nomura pointed out the orange gauge next to the HP bar but he didn't elaborate. The characters' faces above the HP bar show how well they are doing in battle. Interestingly, the other characters can only use magic if Noctis is around.

He also talked about Versus's worlds and field. There will be a lot of exploration and gimmicks. The example he gave was that in the highway scene, the behemoth won't destroy the bridge if you decided not to go across it. Speaking of behemoths, you can fight smaller version of them in the wild. According to Nomura, there will be day-night cycle so you'll confront different types of enemies based on the time.

We'll find out more info at E3.

Nomura also discuss some of his other games. For FFXIII-2, he's designing the new characters and the old characters' faces though other artists will be in charge of clothing designs.

Nomura mentioned that he told the staff of Type-0 (the same one who did Crisis Core) to make the battles interesting. Based on some screenshots, it looked like you can directly control the summons in Type-0. Apparently there will be a lot of characters since they have 50 voice actors in the game.

 

[Gintara]

I guess that's what happened to XIII; good graphics and stuff but people didn't enjoy its restrictions and limitations. I hope they release more info regarding XIII-2 soon; can't wait to see what they improved on since XIII.

btw, the FFIV Complete Collection for the PSP is confirmed for an English release on April 11th (according to Amazon). It wouldn't hurt to replay IV, or I'll try out the After Years first. Just like I and II, everything got a graphic rehaul from the earlier versions.