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Think it's safe to make a new thread as the old one is just about at 1,000.
How far along is everyone? I'm up to chapter 5, most of my guys are level 32.
Think it's safe to make a new thread as the old one is just about at 1,000.
How far along is everyone? I'm up to chapter 5, most of my guys are level 32.
I wouldn't really say Zidane was emo.
Neither was Tidus (as goofy and infamous as he was), or Vaan for that matter (or Balthier, Ashe or Basche, if we're being particular about who the main character was)..
That's how they lost me with FF12.
Is this at least better than the disaster that was FF13?
Neither was Cloud, everyone's big glaring example of "emo" FF characters. He only ever becomes brooding after his major identity crisis toward the end of the game, and it lasts for like an hour. Otherwise he's pretty upbeat most of the time.
Squall is the only FF main character that truly goes "emo" more often than not.
I am at level zero. By the end of the week, I should still be at zero.
I haven't purchased the game yet as I have been swamped with work & travel lately. Not to mention, I am finishing off the FFX remaster for PS4. Should have plenty of time after this weekend as work will be slowing down, I will have tons of vacation time left to burn and I should have taken care of the monster arena/dark aeons in FFX, thus finishing that game.
Everyone I know has raved about this game. I am extremely excited.
Have you guys heard the rumor about the massive FF collection heading to the PS4 next year?
Saw it on Reddit the other day. Comes from a reliable source. 30th anniversary FF chest, including:
Final Fantasy 1 - 9 on a single Blu Ray disc
Final Fantasy X and X-2 HD remaster
Final Fantasy XII HD remaster
Final Fantasy XIII, XIII-2, and Lightning Returns
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, including expansions and three month trial subscription
Final Fantasy XV, including all released DLC up until that point
Random collector's edition statuettes, figurines, art books, plush toys, etc.
It's called the "Crystal Collection" and will be available in limited quantities some time next year. Likely around $300-400.
I usually never splurge for the bell and whistle collector editions, but I may have to pick this up.
Also, same rumor mill said that the first episode of the FFVII Remake will be released in late 2017. So take that for what it's worth.
I'd definitely get the remake of VII and X.
I thought X was pretty underrated
I'd definitely get the remake of VII and X.
I thought X was pretty underrated
Have you guys heard the rumor about the massive FF collection heading to the PS4 next year?
Saw it on Reddit the other day. Comes from a reliable source. 30th anniversary FF chest, including:
Final Fantasy 1 - 9 on a single Blu Ray disc
Final Fantasy X and X-2 HD remaster
Final Fantasy XII HD remaster
Final Fantasy XIII, XIII-2, and Lightning Returns
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, including expansions and three month trial subscription
Final Fantasy XV, including all released DLC up until that point
Random collector's edition statuettes, figurines, art books, plush toys, etc.
It's called the "Crystal Collection" and will be available in limited quantities some time next year. Likely around $300-400.
I usually never splurge for the bell and whistle collector editions, but I may have to pick this up.
Also, same rumor mill said that the first episode of the FFVII Remake will be released in late 2017. So take that for what it's worth.
Ya X definitely wasn't underrated. Probably my favorite.
I dunno, I tend to see a lot of negative stuff about X. I didn't think it was the best, but I enjoyed it.
The only main complaint I see about it was the voice acting.
Voice acting is a huge complaint, but at the time I actually didn't mind it that much...no game had really used voice acting that much yet when it came out, so it's only really bad in retrospect.
The characters themselves, however, made the game completely unplayable for me. Same issue I had with FFVIII & Grandia III. These are three of the biggest disappointments in my gaming life, all because I hated the characters to the point where I couldn't bring myself to care about their struggles...and you're not going to devote 40 hours to a game in which you want the protagonists to lose.
I was expecting Prompto to fall in that same tier of horribly insufferable characters that ruin a game for me, but that hasn't been the case yet.
Voice acting is a huge complaint, but at the time I actually didn't mind it that much...no game had really used voice acting that much yet when it came out, so it's only really bad in retrospect.
The characters themselves, however, made the game completely unplayable for me. Same issue I had with FFVIII & Grandia III. These are three of the biggest disappointments in my gaming life, all because I hated the characters to the point where I couldn't bring myself to care about their struggles...and you're not going to devote 40 hours to a game in which you want the protagonists to lose.
I was expecting Prompto to fall in that same tier of horribly insufferable characters that ruin a game for me, but that hasn't been the case yet.
Zell may be my most hated video game character ever. FFVIII has a lot of good things that could have been great if the turnaround for the game wasn't so damn quick (I think it needed another year of development), which results in a lot of the game being unbalanced or nonsensical, but I generally like the core ideas...they just needed refinement. That said, Squall is an emo ***** (the only FF character who truly deserves that 'emo' tag), Zell strikes me as too stupid to breathe on his own, and most of the other characters aren't given enough backstory to be interesting.
I don't think my view of VIII is uncommon, especially amongst those of us who played either VI or VII first...VIII had expectations that simply weren't likely to be met and an abbreviated development cycle didn't help.
VII & VI are my favorites FWIW. I'd expect Tactics to be on that tier if I ever got around to actually playing it.