Topic: Final fantasy discussion thread

@KratosMD Oh, I saw that. It was just like a quick preview for the actual game.

Interesting that didn't show up for everyone.

@Ralizah Yeah I got an extra cutscene and I picked 20 minutes. It’s basically a montage trailer thing with added Sephiroth.

@nessisonett Yeah, I saw it. I thought he meant some sort of story content.

It makes sense to reward players with a trailer for picking the stricter time option.

@FullbringIchigo Yeah I found the boss challenging but still fun. You really had strategise which party members to control, when to use your abilities and heal your party. I think I only had a couple of potions left, so made it by the skin of my teeth.

@JohnnyShoulder it's definitely a game where you have to think as you fight, which is good

Cloud was cool but my favourite character in the demo was Jessie. Barret was over the top and also a bit of a jerk towards Cloud but shooting enemies with his gatling gun was quite fun.

I also chose 30 minutes and played it on normal difficulty. Not sure if I want to play it again for the extra cutscene but if choosing 20 minutes unlocks a reward for the full game then I'll definitely play the demo again.lol

I like how Barrett sounds like a WWF wrestler. Might as well be shouting ‘MACHO MAN’S A COMIN’. He also calls Cloud ‘Soulja Boi’.

@WanderingBullet I mean Barrett is supposed to be a jerk to Cloud, that is who he is initially. So if he comes across that way, that is the devs doing a good job.

My favourite wrestler is The Boulder but that's because I don't follow WWF.

played the demo which was also my first ever FF experience!

it was very good fun.

did have some trouble first time with the boss though but did manage to defeat it on my 2nd try.

set the timer on 30 minutes because i did not know how it would effect things if i picked 20 (again it was my very first FF).

oh and yeah baret was a bit of a bellend but i guess he will appreciate cloud more as time goes on right?

@jdv95 that's how he was in the original too, he didn't trust him because not only was he a merc but he also once worked for the very company they were fighting against

literally one of the earliest things he says to Cloud in the PS1 original was "Ex-SOLDIER huh, don't trust yah"

but yeah eventually he warms to him, you can even date him in the PS1 original if you do it right

Special theme for those who own FFXIV and pre-order FFVIIR digitally:

@FullbringIchigo dating him huh? sure that could be fun

but yeah i thought he would indeed become friends with cloud.

@FullbringIchigo Nice read up, makes me want to play it. It may not finish in my lifetime, but I'm leaning towards playing it anyway (the fact that Persona 5: The Royal comes out ten days before is what deters me).
As for the reviewer complaining, c'mon, they gave sammy a Japanese game to play, a JRPG to play. What did you think was gonna happen? The day that man doesn't find something to complain about in a JRPG is the day the Earth stands still.

@Jaz007 that's true i suppose :laugh:

but on about the time it's gonna take well now the engine and many assets are in place i don't think it's going to take as long as people think after all production of this part only took so long because they had to start again half way through when the partnership with CyberConnect2 broke down

i don't know if i am to optimistic but would it be realistic to expect part 2 around the end of 2021?

nah that's perhaps pushing luck thinking about it.

@jdv95 sometime in 2022 probably i reckon

@Jaz007 I can absolutely believe the quality might drop off at the point where the demo we’ve played ends, for a little while at least, so can appreciate Sammy’s comments. Of course, not long to find out for ourselves. I mean, if you’re talking about his distaste for Persona 5, I hate that game too.

@kyleforrester87 ‘hate Persona 5’ 👀👀👀

@nessisonett I didn’t hate it, the first boss was great. Then it got worse and worse. And the cool music and the flashy menus were so repetitive. And the cat, man the cat. And the way the game took control away from you for in-game days on end. And the way it took as long to make a lock pick as it did to crawl through an entire dungeon. And the way they ruined a great sound track with it being sooo repetitive. And did I mention the repetitive music? And the cat. Man, the cat. And the endless exposition. Okay, we get it, we’re on the 7th dungeon, we don’t need to run through everything that happened up until this point. And the cat. And the music. And the cat. And the music. And the damn lock picks.