/vr/ - Retro Games

Have you tried something like this?

>>2171520

all jokes aside, I think fighter/fighter/fighter/redmage is the most broken party.

I can't stand the fuckin beep-hoop soundtrack. Annoying as fuk

>>2171542
try final fantasy origins r

>>2171542
Play the GBA version, then. IIRC, there's even a difficulty balance patch so it plays like the original one better.

>>2171724
Or just play the PS1 version since it's more accurate to the original game without needing a patch.

>>2171732
>loading times

>>2171732
Patching just takes a few seconds, though. Loading times suck gotta go fast. Here's the site if anyone's interested on it.

http://jeffludwig.com/finalfantasy/download.php

>>2171724
>play the gba one
>beat it
>start /vr/ collecting, get FF1
>mfw I have to grind 10+ battles just to get enough dosh to save
One of these days I'll get the patience to sit through it but jesus fuck man.

>>2171734
There aren't any, or rather they aren't noticeable.

Recently started playing this for the first time, didn't notice until after like half a week of on and off playing that you could increase the speed in battles. I had played for hours on the slowest setting, which pulls the game down to a crawl.
Racked that shit up to the max and suddenly shit got a lot more bearable.

That fucking shithole where you have to find the crown early on had me stuck for way too long. It's so fucking annoying how half of everything will poison you, forcing you to save up and buy a billion cures, and then you have to find the one treasure room containing the shit you need (not a problem after the first time, but still), constantly running away from hoards of obnoxious enemies.
And when you finally get the crown, you need to go all the way back, I had my half murdered party die on the way back thrice, and one of those times it was because I figured I'd just go and return the crown to the elf king on the way back to town, upon which a boss battle started which I stood no chance against.

I'm starting to have the same shit happen on that cave with the vampire, could get down there and beat him, no problem, but then I need to be strong enough to make my way out of there too, and that's where the trouble begins.

Bottom line, this game shows little mercy.

>>2172150
Yeah, there's some pretty unforgiving parts that pop up out of nowhere. They're not too hard once you know they're coming but damn will they throw you for a loop the first time.

My autism won't let me have duplicates of the same class in my party. I usually go Fighter/Bmage/Wmage/Thief.

I can't seem to get into FF1, but Last Dream's been a fun alternative.

Hey Light Warriors. That's a mighty nice party you got there.

>>2172449

What's this now?

>>2172451
Fuck you Warmech, you're not even a real boss just a cheap random encounter. You don't even have an overworld sprite!

>>2172451
Hey WarMech. That's a mighty cute encounter rate you got there.

>>2172451
>>2172461
Would be a pity if someone...
Timed in a Bane hit on top of it.

>>2172454
Final Fantasy 1 homage made in RPG Maker, the resources are generic and its OST is... Hit or miss, but it still has a bit of depth to it.

It isn't free either, but it has a long demo and it's not like there's any game that can't be had for free. Though, the demo doesn't fullscreen correctly.

You get the same six classes from FF1, along with a hunter- the only ones that can tame the wild chocobo equivalent.

The engineer- skills you can learn give double attack to bombs, double the effect of items, and eventually learns skills that translate his Intelligence attribute into a direct attack stat- non-elemental spells that are hard to resist.

>>2172464
>Bane

Sounds like it would be extremely painful.

>>2172473

Gonna check this out. Thanks, anon.

>>2172505
4 you

>>2172515
He's a big guy.

>>2172507
It's fun, and it lets you adjust random encounter rates & difficulty at any time.

>>2172461
>>2172464

>wanted to fight Warmech after hearing my friend complain about it
>stock up my party and go to where it's supposed to show up
>just keep walking up and down the little bridge, killing everything no problems
>do this for hours
>get to level cap before deciding I'll try again later
>try it on and off for a week
>just give up
>get one of the remakes years later
>complete everything except beating it because it just won't fucking show up

I was thinking of emulating it but remembering this makes my blood boil.

>>2174179
I was lucky enough to have him show up almost immediately. He's kind of underwhelming if you know he's there tbh. He only kicks the crap out of parties that aren't expecting him.

>>2172430

my fav setup is
fighter
blackbelt
redmage (white focus)
blackmage

>>2171505
I played it ages ago and all I can remember is that the first proper dungeon (Elf village nearby?) was balls to the walls hard which required me to grind like a Korean and the rest of the game was a cakewalk

Played the PS1 version

my fav non-repeating party:
fighter
redmage
blackbelt
whitemage

>>2172473
>RPG Maker
>It isn't free

Funny how this game gave rise to the best webcomic ever.

>mfw playing through FF again
>mfw party member dies
>mfw I flee from every fight until I can revive all dead members because I want to have every party member to need the same amount for the level up
Who else does this?

>>2175104
when one member dies the remaining others get the xp he would have received
meaning if you have 3 characters they will get 1/4 more exp
and if you solo you'll gain 4x more exp

just wanted to share that

I'm glad that this thread is still up. I first started FF 1 on NES emu last night and even though I had only a few fights I totally loved it. Seriously, it impressed me so well: the fight system, the characters, the settings, the nostalgic charm, the high difficulty... Composing the right party is also a difficult task, do you have any recommendations? I'm thinking about using characters of different classes: a figther and a thief for the high strength and HP, plus a white mage for healing magic/support and a redmage for harm magic.

>>2172449
This looks so cute and adorable my heart can't just resist. Can it be played on emu?

>>2175115

You missed the part where the person you're replying to is an autistic ocd subhuman shit

Do weapons and armors have any importance in this game? I know I sound dumb, but I've just bought a chain armor for my white mage and his stats are the same as before. I also bought some weapons for my red mage and for my belt but again there seems to be no effect :/

>>2175234
Don't mind what I said. I didn't know that you had to equip armors/weapons to a characterto see the difference.

>>2175115
That I already know (most RPGs back then did that), but still. Even if there are three survivors, all three would need x XP for the next level up while the revived member x+y XP (where y obviously the lost XP means). That is my "dilemma".

>>2171724
>there's even a difficulty balance patch so it plays like the original one better.
That EXACTLY what it needed. I mean jesus christ, Dawn of Souls was too fucking easy.

I LOVE EIGHT BIT THEATER!!!

>>2171505
that picture just makes me realize black mage eyes are all sorts of messed.

>>2172519
oh god, the lol's i hurt.

>>2175402
>YFW Fighter and White Mage has the same face.

>>2175139
Most combinations will work. Just go with what feels right to you.

>>2175778
I've decided to play FF 1 on both Nes and PSX at the end. Currently I'm using a party composed of a fighter, a black belt, a black mage and a white mage.

>>2175473
Everyone except the black mage has the same face, dude.

>>2175402
What if it's black mage that has the normal face and everyone else has a messed up one?

>>2171738
hell yea dude, this mod is legit. before i knew it it'd been an hour

>tfw never beaten a single Final Fantasy

>>2175945
Yeah, but those two also have the same hair color.

>>2176301
iktf bro

>>2172473
I remember playing a remake of FF1 back in highschool using the OHRRPGCE Engine. Was pretty good, it included races alongside the original classes for more variety.

>>2176301
Why? They're not particularly difficult games.

>>2171505
They told him don't you ever come around here. Don't wanna see your face, you better disappear. The fire's in their eyes and their words are really clear. So beat it!

>just beat it!

I finished the NES version on a NES about 25 times with different parties.

The two toughest parties are 4 White Mages and 4 Thieves runs. But both are very easy to play on later versions of FFI due to all the game breaking items the new dungeons throw at you.

>That feel when playing GFF after beating the game several times.
http://youtu.be/lLbCm3YgKoQ

>>2175970

I loved the combat, because if one character kills an enemy before another character can, that second character won't target another enemy. It makes things less brain dead. But the fetch quest chain is annoying and bugs are everywhere.

>>2178454
I feel like that if I beat NES FF I, I could be able to beat any other game. Megaman 1 and GnG excluded.

>>2178890
The first Mega Man really isn't that hard. I beat it in one sitting the first time I ever gave it an honest chance.

>>2179160
I don't know, maybe it's just me or maybe it doesn't look difficult to you because you're used to old games. I used to play Megaman when I was 6 but now that I'm 26 it's really hard. I can get past Cutman amd Gutsman quite easily, but all other levels and bosses make me swear like no tomorrow. God, how I like that feeling!

>>2175402
black mage is just veering slightly at you, planning how to break out of the screen and obtain world domination.

>>2176298
So, how is this up until now, anon? I'm curious.

>>2171505
>And I never will

I just don't have the time in my life for punishing and long JRPGs, honestly. I know FF isn't that bad difficulty wise, but I already know the gaming lesson it teaches and it's formula wasn't even that refined yet.

If I was still in High School or on my first deployment, I might do it just to kill time, but now my backlog is eclipsing half of the goddamn gaming universe.

>>2180437
Play the easy-mode GBA version then. You can progress tons faster.

>>2180450
But first I have to
>Beat FFVI (patched GBA)
>Mod/Patch FFVII PC
>Beat FFVII PC
(likely will take less time then patching the PC version the way I want it to be, because holy fuck there are a lot of mods to unfuck and improve the PC version and I don't think they'll want to play nice)
>Beat P3P
>Beat P4G
>Beat FFX
>Beat FFX-2
>Beat Mother
>Beat Earthbound
>Beat Earthbound 2
>Beat Bravely Default

And that's just on the JRPG side.
>Behind door number 2 is cRPGs
>Door number 3 is all those fucking Steam sale games!

I think I've just become a collector of digital licenses, more then I am an actual gamer.

>>2179292
>it doesn't look difficult to you because you're used to old games.
This could also be a possibility. People have been surprised with the shit I've completed more than once, but I don't feel like it was that hard at all.
I mean, with Mega Man you have unlimited continues, so fucking up has few penalties. It's a lot more forgiving than other games of the time that basically required you to play them every day until you knew the entire thing inside and out.

>>2180890
It's indeed true that multiple continues make Mega Man more accessible than other games such as, let's say, Solstice (which I totally love). Still, I just couldn't beat Fireman and Iceman's level no matter how many times I tried...

>>2180410
well, the armor/weapon equippablility distribution is amazing (rogues can actually use shields, which always bugged me about thieves)

integration of MP over magic level spell restrictions a la modern FF convention makes grinding less frustrating

this is the definitive fusion of early turn based RPG's difficulty, and modern mechanics. I could do a commercial for this ROMhack.

>>2182563
Does it change the quest story somehow? Have you played FF II with this mod? I need to do a rerun of it since I couldn't finish soul of rebirth on my first one, and was thinking about going with this mod. Didn't know I had to grind my part time allies. Technically you can advertise this hack on romhack threads.

>>2171734
Like, I legit just got done playing some Final Fantasy I on the PS1 and the loading times are not that bad. It does exist, obviously because it's a disc based game on the Playstation, but it doesn't even come close to the load times of V and VI, and more importantly, I can load the menus on I and II without any loading at all. Something which VI had to do, and it was really bad.

>>2182563
Thieves are meant to swift and agile. Shields would defeat that purpose.

>>2182670
i haven't tried FF II's mod yet, so i can't say... FF 1's Story is virtually identical it seems, besides the new classes (which is optional; earlier versions of this hack have the default class system) and some of the treasure items are altered-- for better or worse.

>>2182740
Okay. I'll try it here and maybe report in later.