Should I replay FFX or wait for the remake?

[FFfreak1]

What do you guys think? After looking at screens for FFX: R, I can't decide whether I should replay the game or just hold out for the new version what do you guys think?

[Mirage]

I can't tell you what you should do, but I'm in the same situation and I am definitely waiting for the remake.

[Elly]

simple... if you wanna CodeBreaker past the Stupid Chocobo, play it on the PS2 now... if not, then wait...

[Sephiroth]

if you want the trophies later, practice now.

[Nebulance]

I would wait, unless you've got no other games to keep you busy. I started a replay months ago, but I haven't really finished it at all -- I was planning on leveling everyone up to max values and going through the monster creations, but as this news has ramped up, I've decided to just wait and start fresh. Plus, I could finally pay closer attention when deciphering the Al Bhed language (I always miss that one letter from Home, that you can't go back and get!)

If you're looking for a JRPG fix, I would go with Ni No Kuni -- I highly recommend it! That's what I'm working on in the meantime, along with Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance...

[Mirage]

if you want the trophies later, practice now.

Or just practice while you can also acquire trophies. THere's not really a lot of practice needed anyway. It's all theoretical. THere are very few reaction based things in the game, except lightning dodging and whatever it was with those chocobos.

[Jinx]

Is there a confirmed release date for FFXHD? I'm not sure; I don't think there is.

In my opinion, play it now! If you want to play it, play it! I'm pretty sure even if the HD version comes out soon, it's going to be so pretty and fresh, you're going to play it even if you just beat it. I know I would/will.

[Sephiroth]

if you want the trophies later, practice now.

Or just practice while you can also acquire trophies. THere's not really a lot of practice needed anyway. It's all theoretical. THere are very few reaction based things in the game, except lightning dodging and whatever it was with those chocobos.

As member of a trophy forum I know many people who don't want to lose time WHILE they get the trophies. Maybe here people don't want to get trophies fast or not at all but I know many who want to get them as fast as possible (whether it makes sense is irrelevant here).

[Mirage]

But you're not making the trophies faster if you spend time practicing now. You're just moving things around.

Besides, we don't even know what the trophies will be yet. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to spend hours on finding the fastest way to do X when it later turns out X doesn't get you a trophy.

Additionally, I'd rather not get tired of the game before I play the PS3 port.

[Sephiroth]

But you're not making the trophies faster if you spend time practicing now. You're just moving things around.

Well, you may move things, in this time the training, around but you definitely get the trophy faster if you don't need to try it 10 times after the release and practice before. You have the same effort but for many people it is important that their trophy is earned one day earlier. And with practicing that is possible.

Besides, we don't even know what the trophies will be yet. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to spend hours on finding the fastest way to do X when it later turns out X doesn't get you a trophy.

I am not talking about me, I have all the stuff already. But of course you just said "I don't know about you" without really talking about me practicing.

I definitely know earlier training is worth the time you have spent if you are interested in trophies and are a trophy hunter who wants to get them fast.

You are right about me not knowing which action brings a trophy at all. But I am very good at estimating such things. And such important side quests normally give you trophies.

Additionally, I'd rather not get tired of the game before I play the PS3 port.

Luckily that does not happen with me and Final Fantasy. if he/she gets tired easily is something I can't tell you. I just say in my eyes Final Fantasy X is worth two walkthroughs even if they are close together.

[Mirage]

FFX might be worth two playthroughs. However, my two playthroughs of FFX happened a few years ago already. I just want to replay it to see if I experience it the same way now, ten years after I first played it. I suspect I won't, but we'll see. And maybe get some trophies, if they are actually appealing and not just really boring.

But no, really. If you're spending 40 hours practicing now and 20 hours getting the trophies when it launches, you haven't gotten the trophy "faster" than if you spent 60 hours when the game launched instead.

[Sephiroth]

But no, really. If you're spending 40 hours practicing now and 20 hours getting the trophies when it launches, you haven't gotten the trophy "faster" than if you spent 60 hours when the game launched instead.

You have gotten the trophy faster because the time you spend before the release does not matter for a trophy hunter and not in this case at all. You spend exactly the same time in reality but the time is only important after the release. And if you get it 2 hours after the release or 5 minutes after the release you definitely have a difference. For the time count of getting a trophy you cannot count a time in which the option to get the trophy does not exist. You are absolutely right about the same time you need and the same effort. But if you get a trophy 2 hours after the release or 5 minutes then it is faster. You are just using "faster" in a completely different way.


Before Release: Training (2 hours) | No training
After Release: Succeeding (1st try) | Training (2 hours)
Getting the trophy | Succeeding
after a few minutes |Getting the trophy

Same time and effort. But the trophy itself was gotten earlier. Every trophy hunter and the PSN trophy time list could show you that. So for the official trophy list the trophy was gotten faster.

This is getting off-topic. I am sure the user FFFreak does not even want to know that.

Oh wait, people actually care about getting all the trophies before other people get them?

Yeah, whatever to that .

Great response. Yes, there are people who do care about that, "trophy hunter" and "as fast as possible" implies that. I told you that before and that proves you did not even read my posts. And even without it it can be axiomatically proven what I said.

Don't expect another reply from me. I know now that you would not read or think about it completely but just focus on saying something different or answer with sarcasm as you did now. I am outta here.

EDIT: Even replying will not help here. You don't understand the 2nd and 4th axiom of communication.

[Mirage]

Oh wait, people actually care about getting all the trophies before other people get them?

Yeah, whatever to that .

But again, the trophy hunters have no way of knowing which things will be trophies and which will not yet. They cpuld be wasting a lot of time on nothing. For all we (and they) know, 95% of the trophies could be story-based trophies, like all that terrible trout in FF13.

[Karifean]

Personally I'd recommend playing it now. Partially because I think the game only gets better with every subsequent playthrough, partially because it'll probably still take quite a while until it's actually released. There was a rumor that it'll be June but I think it'll take some more time than that. So yeah, you might end up waiting a lot longer than you had anticipated.

[Rocket Edge]

What? Why would you even consider it? I'm definitely holding out. To me it would ruin the experience of getting the HD release when I just beat the game. I really think you should wait. It'll make the game all the sweeter playing it in HD.

As someone mentioned, if you want an RPG fix, get Ni No Kuni. If you don't have any money, play another RPG game you already own.