Topic: Final fantasy discussion thread

So that’s the monster hunt board done, will give the chronolith trials a go tomorrow night… and if I get through them that’s everything done and I can take on the final mission.

Well I’d probably have to go with Svarog (I think his name was that any way… the big s class dragon basically), he was the only one that I had to try a few times tbh. Tried him as I was playing through the story and got wiped out. Then went back at level 48, initially died with about a fifth of his health bar remaining but beat him the next time.

@Jimmer-jammer yeah that was quite cool actually… almost forgot he was a monster hunt as he was also a site quest.

Well those chronolith trials are tricky hey! Managed to get the phoenix and the ramuh ones done but struggled with Garuda and Titan. Could take a bit longer than I was expecting getting through these fair play.

There's a yearly musical event in Edinburgh called the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Basically lots of soldiers performing songs in Edinburgh castle. I hadn't heard of it before, to be honest, but this year evidently some FF fan snuck in some classic FFVII music.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CePOBt6IBCY&t=1010s

@colonelkilgore Not sure if you're already doing it but you can relocate your skill points to make sure you're always fully upgraded on the specific Eikon you need
I found the trials relatively easy but I did them all just before the final battle. Only failed one of them once.

@Voltan not sure if that would help me (it might)… I’m just not racking up enough bonuses to add extra time, so I was running out of time on Garuda and Titan. Will have a look though and see if your suggestion has any impact on that 👍

@Jimmer-jammer I’ll be sure to check it out mate. I’m taking a brief hiatus from the game atm as the servers are back up (for how long no one knows) for Splinter Cell: Blacklist so trying to get as much of that done as possible. I will return to FFXVI though 🤔

@Matroska To be fair, it’s being performed by Final Fantasy baddies so it might as well draw from the series 😉

So after my week long sojourn I’ve returned to FFXVI this morning and I’ve managed to get through all bar one (Garuda’s) chronolith trials… will give hers a go once I’ve had a bite to eat. 🤞 I’m able to clear hers, beat a boss with out getting hit at the arete stone… and then I’m good to go onto the final mission.

Well that’s Garuda’s chronolith done too… wouldn’t say I found them easy this morning but nowhere near the challenge I was having last week 😀

… a boss ‘perfected’ and 36,000gil spent at the Tub & Crown: onto the final mission!

@colonelkilgore I’ll be interested to hear your final analysis and where the game lands in the order of your favorite games.

I beat Final Fantasy XIV and every expansion. It took 560 hours. It was worth it.

@Th3solution it was really good mate, a really well told (for the most part) fantasy narrative of just EPIC proportions, production values that compare favourably to the big Sony first party blockbusters, combat that I found really fun and more versatile that some would give it credit… a solid 9 out of 10.

Don’t think it’d make my top 10 games of all time… I’d have to have a good think 🤔, will be a worthy platinum milestone though.

@colonelkilgore Good to hear. I’ll be getting around to it in coming weeks or months. Certainly before end of year.

@Th3solution I think you’ll enjoy it mate, the combat/cool-down system is similar (albeit not quite as good) as the Norse God of War games and I remember you playing and enjoying at least one of those (maybe two, I can’t remember if you played Ragnarok or not).

Will be similarly interested to hear your thoughts on the game in the coming months.

@colonelkilgore Yeah, I’m ashamed that I haven’t played Ragnarok yet. I definitely remember your being totally smitten by it, and if it’s anywhere near the quality of GoW ‘18 then I’ll be really happy with it too. Same for FF16 — if it’s combat is anywhere near GoW then I should love it.

Speaking to GoW, it needs to take lessons from FF16 is having time spent meaningfully and not having a bunch padding that kills pacing. I do feel they have some similarities, and it felt like everything GoW got wrong, FF16 got right. It didn’t feel like 33-50% of the game should have been cut because it serves no purpose other than padding.

@johncalmc Really need to go back, think I’m on Heavensward. One hell of a commitment but definitely reminds you how good it is periodically.