I think the question of whether or not traditional writing "rules" (and as an aside I care little for traditional "rules" in artistic domains) apply to video games is still open. It goes without...
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I think the question of whether or not traditional writing "rules" (and as an aside I care little for traditional "rules" in artistic domains) apply to video games is still open. It goes without...
FFIX fans are a defensive bunch, aren't they? It seems that every FF forum online has an "FFIX is underrated" or "Why do people hate FFIX?" thread. I don't think many people hate this game, nor is...
FF1 was my first FF and I don't love it :).
Anyway, FF6 is my favorite of the first 6 entries, but it's not as good as 7, 8 and 12.
I don't think that Alexandria literally looks like anything in the Wizard of Oz. I was referring more to its general atmosphere (and that of the whole game). FF9 has an atmosphere that one might...
In some sense barely any JRPG is "hard" given that any "challenge" can usually be overcome by levelling and purchasing better equipment (see my signature). I personally found this game to be harder...
If you're cheap like me and can't be bothered to buy 3 rubber suits, Addle also reduces the damage done by the Hecteyes' (flan type enemy) Thundaga spamming. Wither also works well to reduce the...
As the author of my signature said on another occasion: "Kuja is a disappointment as a villain. He is a Dr. Evil stereotype with a bishonen character design."
I liked the overall graphics...
I've never used it and I consider it to be cheating (any amount, even as a last resort). It seems like either a bug or a trick the programmers put in to allow them to kill monsters easily but then...
What rubah said.
I used to have dreams of creating my own games from scratch, but I know better now. Even if you program everything you need (itself an extremely tall order), there's always the...
Uematsu's been on the decline since FF7 IMO. FF6 was his masterpiece and FF7 was his last really strong score. FF8 was a mixed bag, and after 9 & 10 I don't believe that the series's music is...
Vayne's intentions are never made totally clear, so it didn't appear to me that he "suddenly becomes a cartoon bad guy". For all we know Vayne's speech in Rabanastre near the beginning was merely a...
Great. It's clear that you like playing the same thing over and over again. The series's battle system hardly evolved for 10 games. Why the sudden concern with repetition?
Not only is this not...
Huh? Takes away the fun of the game? No game in the FF series allows every character to use every weapon without imposing any sort of cost except for FF2 (whose gameplay is rotten anyway). FF5 and...
Or, you know, you could actually put some effort into controlling at least one character. I always kept Vaan with Gambits turned off so I had someone to control at all times. Honestly, the only...
Not really. FF3's plot is worse than FF2's, and FF5's is IMO worse than FF4's (4 generic heroes are destined to save the world from a generic villain generically sealed away for many years by...
It made me feel food. At first I thought I was going crazy for not liking an FF game storytelling. Now I know it's not just me.
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So you actually liked the storytelling in FF1-3 and FF5? ...
*Yawn*
Complaining about crystals is so 1997.
And please people, can we stop pretending that every previous FF had a compelling storyline and exciting gameplay throughout? Or is everyone content...
Nah, level grinding = masochism.
I can't be bothered to check all of the marks that I did since I've already taken out the FF12 DVD from my PS2 to finish DQ8 (FF12 has a bland story you say? Just...
Not the softest way to say this, but I agree :tongue:.
The only "grinding" I did from time to time was to accumulate loot to buy some better equipment. I did get slightly stuck at a few spots like...
Customizable weapons - virtually useless for the vast majority of the game due to the difficulty of obtaining items that allow for decent customizations.
Return,friend etc. spheres - again...
This is totally unnecessary - I just beat the game and my highest level was 48.
Really, people seem to grind way too much in this game. I think I beat the Feywood with my characters around level...
License board - though I really do wish that weak enemies wouldn't give you any LP to prevent cheap LP farming.
The sphere grid, even in advanced form, just ends up playing too much like an...
I can't think of any really bad games I like, just some that are not well regarded.
Quake 1 single player- It's got a paper-thin plot that was added after the game was complete, it's thematically...
Perhaps the graphics weren't massively more cartoony than those in FF1-6, but trying to mimic the visuals of those games with pre-rendered backgrounds and low polygon count models somehow looks...
The game disappointed me on several levels, and I'm quite clear on why that is, but that's not the point. Perhaps I worded my original post badly, but I'm just trying to argue that this game does...