Topic: Final fantasy discussion thread

Thats ok Aerith, you just stand there and watch while a helicopter just crashes in front of you! 😒😂

@JohnnyShoulder Reminds me of this classic video! https://youtu.be/8nv6vchiwG8

On to chapter 14. My favourite part of the game so far was when Jessie slaps Wedge's injured arse and he cracks a joke that even makes Cloud laugh. Jessie is all, "was that a smile?"

I am doing some hard mode only battles...tough stuff! The materia system is cool but some setups that get from round 1 to 4 are no good for round 5 huh, and I cannot change it.

@FullbringIchigo I think you are onto something.

@Feena well it would give calling the game "Remake" a new meaning

like i said though, probably way of the mark

@FullbringIchigo There are problems with that. Incoming wall of text. 😬 One is that Aeris dying was needed for them to win in the original as she brings the lifestream up to Midgar to save it - and the world - from meteor. The other is that if anyone is from the future, it's Aeris. Though it's more that she's getting visions of the future. She immediately knows Cloud is ex-SOLDIER, which surprised him. She then knows he's a merc which also surprised him. When he asks how the hell she knew that, she says in an obviously telegraphed lie "I, er... I just guessed from the sword". It's also said that the only way you can see the time ghosts is by touching them or them touching you - however it was Aeris touching Cloud that let him see them.

That said, who really knows what's going to happen next? Even if we could read Nomura's mind, he's infamous for making things up as he goes along and carpet bombing his own work with retcons. This is the guy that woke up one day and wanted to change FFXV into a musical before SE had to stop him, before finally kicking him off the team.

@Matroska well i think it's safe to assume we are all over thinking it

At least we can safely say for the first time we can't be sure about what's coming next and personally i find that exciting

@FullbringIchigo About as exciting as trying to guess which method of execution you’ll die by 😉

@nessisonett nah i already chose that

death by snu snu

I'm finally on chapter 10 after squeezing in a bit more play time earlier before work.

Don Corneo looks great in this and is as sleazy as ever. I'm glad they kept in the "..or I'll cut them off" dialogue which is something I weirdly do specifically remember from the original.

At the beginning of chapter 10 Abzu did wipe me out on my first attempt, mainly from misreading his big attack using the water from the pipes. Good fight though.

Yeah, Don Corneo was ace. He went full Joker when he was laughing and frolicking on the bed.

@Thrillho I love that he has a custom vending machine that looks like him. Its also cool in Wall Market how there are two quest paths, one being new and the other being like what happens in the original (dress shop guy, buying something for a guy from the vending machine, etc)

With all the hype surrounding FF7R doing the rounds I bought FFIX on a whim today on Switch.

I definitely do want FF7R, but I'm gonna wait to pull the trigger until after I've cleared Tales of Berseria, which I've been playing for over a month now I think.

Hopefully all this hype I've caved into is worth it, because I have a mixed history with FF. I love X, like IV (but it took me a couple goes to finally finish that one), & even enjoyed that Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers spinoff, but I never got on with I & II: Dawn of Souls (got to the final dungeon in II, though) or XII.

@RR529 IX is a good one to get you into classic FF. It has a similar plot to the original ones but has some great systems such as the abilities being learned from equipment. I still haven’t finished it but it’s a really good one and a nice stepping stone to others such as VII and VI.

@RR529 I love FFIX. It's such a magical and charming game. Did you play the remake of IV or the original? I never like the original since (among other reasons) there's no character customisation at all, but they fixed that in the remake.

Wow, the FF7 Remake plays brilliant on Vita Remote Play. There’s a slight amount of input lag just due to the way Cloud starts walking but I have to say I’m impressed. It helps that the back triggers aren’t heavily used too.

@RR529 9 is brilliant 🤩

Glad to hear everyone is glowing about IX!

@Matroska, when it comes to IV, I first played the GBA port and stalled out somewhere on the Moon (I didn't realize just how close I was to completing it, and wasn't all that fond of exploring an entire 3rd world, not realizing it was so much smaller than the Earth & Underworld areas), I later bought the DS remake (well, the mobile port of it anyhow) and played it fully through. As really shallow as it sounds, just being in 3D (no matter how rudimentary) invests me more than pixel art.

Final Fantasy IX is an authentic 10.

@nessisonett you know i actually haven't tried it on remote play, i'll have to give it a go later

Also chiming in @RR529 that FFIX is awesome and in my opinion one if the best games in the franchise