Topic: Final fantasy discussion thread

@themcnoisy to be fair the Black back ground isn't bad either, i just hope they do it properly unlike the other ones such as the FFXV Royal Edition one, it doesn't have any of the info on the back it's just blank with the logo (this image isn't mine, i just found it online)

i got the XBOX ONE version of KINGDOM HEARTS III for £11 in the Amazon black friday sale, now my collection is complete, unless the 1.5, 2.5 and 2.8 collections that are coming to the XB1 get a physical release of course

The December road map for Dissidia Opera Omnia is out

got a couple of new characters on the way, i wonder who they are

@KratosMD the whole Party mechanic was made foe the final dungeon, you can't get through it without splitting up your party and there are a few more times they split up after the bit you just did but nothing major until you get to the floating isle where a HUGE event happens and everyone gets separated (trying not to spoil it here) and you have to find everyone again

well i say everyone but you can actually miss some including Terra who is supposed to be the main character, that's why i think Celes is the true lead of that game as she is the one you control after the incident

@KratosMD yeah it's annoying i admit but i think it's still worth you sticking with it and at least in the way VI did you get to actually know and understand all the characters quite well

@KratosMD It's also a change in mentality from having a really powerful core team to having a solid team across the board. I have played the game a couple of times and got right to the end but never actually finished it for some reason.

@Thrillho I'm like that with most FF games I've played. Don't think I've finished one yet.

@KratosMD The only FF games I've played are 7, 8, 9 and 15 and iirc they all had difficulty spikes towards the end. Broke my heart with 7 as I loved that game. Oh well at least I can try again with the remake, when it's complete in 2025!

@Thrillho @JohnnyShoulder @KratosMD i finished them all bar 11 and 14 as they are MMO's but i would say the game that has the hardest end is FFXIII, the difficulty spike on the final boss is HUGE and you don't unlock the final Crystarium Level until AFTER you finish the game and even going through and filling EVERY role up to level 9 (or 2 for the none attuned roles) which is the max you can get to before the ending he still kicks my ass more often than not

the easiest is VII's though, W-Summon Knight's of Round with Quadra Magic equipped and you can destroy ANYTHING in the game in one move unless you count X's of course as you have auto life BUT the whole point of that fight is that you have to do something that has an emotional impact and i would say the REAL final Boss is the one before

oh and i would say XV's is pretty easy too

if i was going to list them in order of hardest to easiest (not counting IX OR XIV of course) i would say

FFXIII
FFVIII
FFXII
FFV
FFVI
FFIV
FFIX
FFIII
FFII
FFXV
FFI
FFX
FFVII

FF V is the one with Exadeath who turns out to be An evil tree right @KratosMD?

I know you said that in the purchase thread to RogerRoger... But I had the exact same opinion regarding RPG's in general!

When the PS1 came out and I'd finally got into gaming... I remember seeing the FFVII trailer on one of the numerous Official PlayStation Magazine demo discs.

It tried showing off all the "cool" moments like the train and Cloud on a motorbike... But all I remember was looking at it with my 16/17 year old eyes and going "Why's his hair like that? How is he holding that ridiculous sword? What's fun about going in a menu every five seconds?"

I remember seeing one for FFVIII not long after and basically saying the exact same things (Alright Squall has a normal-ish haircut at least but ya know...)

They just looked rather stuffy (despite trying to look cool in cutscenes) and incredibly boring to me.

And as I already said in this thread before I eventually ended up getting FF X-2 on sale for like £20 or so to give the series a chance.

X-2 was definitely the game that broke the notion that J/RPG or FF was stuffy. It's ridiculously campy or at least it came off to me like that 😂

The ludicrous motorbike looking airship, the magical girl-esque transformations for the job system or Dress Spheres, the entire opening sequence with the pop song and with the three girl party of Yuna (with her dodgy tattoo and trying terribly to be a bit of a bad girl), Rikku (just swanning about in a skimpy yellow bikini near all game) and Paine (Who is oh so goth) 😁

At the start I was admittedly laughing at it... But by the end... Ok I was still giggling at a few things it was doing but I was taking this more light hearted & goofy entry seriously

Needless to say I love J/RPG's now.

It only took playing what most consider the black sheep of the series 😅

Good luck with attempting FFVI again!

@KratosMD i think it does depend on when you played them for me FFIII was the last of the "Classic" FF games i played because it was the last released in the UK (by classic i mean menu controlled Turn Based games, basically FF1 through FFX) so by that time i had a lot of experience and understanding how these games played but going in number order i can see why for others it was so hard

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy yes it is

Do you think FF7 Remake Episode 2 will use the Episode 1's save data? If so, assuming SE is making a PS5 version of FF7 Remake Episode 2 can I still use the PS4 save data if I get the PS5 version instead for the second game?

@WanderingBullet no idea but i imagine they would as for changing from PS4 to PS5 well there has been no news at all the rest of the episodes are coming to PS5, people are just assuming they are but we do know all the episodes are coming to PS4 but as the PS5 is supposedly backwards compatible with PS4 i also imagine there will be some kind of save transfer feature between the 2 consoles anyway

@FullbringIchigo Yeah, it would make sense for them to do so only because PS5 owners would most likely rather get the PS5 versions if they're available.

@WanderingBullet it wouldn't surprise me if the PS5 gets some kind of "complete edition" at some point either

I've played FF I, III, IV, VII, The first disc of VIII (I should go back to that at some point), X, X-2, XII (I have the Zodiac Age version as well but haven't fully played it) , XIII & XIII-2 @KratosMD.

I like X the most overall I think with XII in second (One of the best localisations/voice casts ever in my opinion) and X-2 being a close third.

And Persona 3 was my first SMT game. Got it on a whim from a review I read before launch. I was so lucky finding a copy of that anyway as it wasn't printed a lot over here but now it's even rarer... Persona 3 FES (The updated Re-Release) goes for £60-70 which I'm lucky to have as well! 😅

I thought so... Cheers @FullbringIchigo!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy lets be honest though if a Tree looks like this you know something is up

of course it's their own fault, what do you expect to happen if you seal the souls of daemons in a tree

CALLED IT!, i knew the FINAL FANTASY characters would turn up in the KINGDOM HEARTS III DLC

and here is the trailer

@KratosMD FFVI has an awesome soundtrack with quite a few memorable songs, glad i have the album actually