Vagrant Story

[Anonymous No.10316905]

A man named Ashley Riot, a hunter of men, is accused of killing a duke. He follows the trail of blood to a city of the dead, where he seeks the truth behind a cult leader named Sydney Losstarot. He crosses paths with knights and heretics, sorcerers and monsters, and learns of a dark power that lies beneath the stones. He fights for his life and his soul, but he cannot escape his fate. He is the vagrant, the wanderer, the seeker of secrets. He is the story.

[Anonymous No.10317168]

I keep telling myself I'll finally play this but I never get around to it.

[Anonymous No.10317237]

He is the reinforcements.

[Anonymous No.10317668]

got stuck in the snow forest and lost interest,

[Anonymous No.10319531]

>>10317168
same

[Anonymous No.10319747]

>>10316905
I kneel

[Anonymous No.10319754]

>>10317168
>>10319531
ive got the game. its sitting ontop of my PS1. Ivalice is my favorite part of final fantasy. i love weird concept rpg battle systems.

WHY THE FUCK HAVENT I PLAYED THIS YET?

[Anonymous No.10319770]

>>10317668
DESU, I've ALWAYS used a walkthrough for Snowfly Forest. Even when I had a file with ten consecutive clears.

[Anonymous No.10319850]

>>10319754
Because you're an indecisive vegetable.

[Anonymous No.10319942]

>>10316905
I love Akihiko Yoshida's artwork and it doesn't deserve that awful upscale even if VS isn't his best work.

[Anonymous No.10320110]

>>10319754
Vagrant Story isn't in Ivalice

[Anonymous No.10320694]

>>10320110
Nta but isn't this a sequel to FFT? Doesn't this game outright have the "blasphemous" history records that contradict what the church officialy said happened in Ramza's journey?

[Anonymous No.10320883]

>>10320694
At release Matsuno said the FFT references were just easter eggs and it was its own world. Later on he'd change his mind and confirm the game's setting Valendia, was another kingdom in the same world as Ivalice, and it had at one point been part of the once much larger Ivalician empire.

[Anonymous No.10320965]

>>10316905
Ashley doesn't kill the Duke until after the game ends though, you mostly chase Sydney before the murder. Or the game is framed like a flashback. Honestly it was weirdly convoluted in that respect

[Anonymous No.10321023]

>>10320883
tbf, having the true history survive outside of Ivalice's borders makes a lot more sense as they can't control the narrative

[Anonymous No.10321049]

>>10317168
Just do it, it's a ton of fun. Great music and visuals too

[Anonymous No.10322320]

>>10317168
The first part of the game is a slog of animu cutscenes and half-assed tutorials, but it gets much better after that.

[Anonymous No.10322334]

Ashley and Sydney both sound like girls names

[Anonymous No.10322357]

>>10322334
Ashley was a unisex name until very very recently in history.

[Anonymous No.10322362]

>>10322357
>a hunter of men

[Anonymous No.10322372]

>>10322334
Ash is short for Ashley and sid is short for Sidney. Those are both very manly nicknames, that come from what we're considered manly names at one point. We are still in the point in time where ash and sid/cid haven't completely detached from their respective origins. Its important to learn history, young zoom zoom

[Anonymous No.10322378]

>>10322372
I'm 45 years old

[Anonymous No.10322393]

This game was one of the goats but hasn't aged well

[Anonymous No.10322395]

>>10322378
Shut up zboomer

[Anonymous No.10322492]

I sacrificed my limbs to the Gods!

[Anonymous No.10322494]

>>10317237
https://youtu.be/FfzXnsBFZ3M?si=lQyEG6uVKWIK-o5C

[Anonymous No.10322717]

>>10322393
It's aged pretty damn well. It's easily one of the best looking PS1 games.

[Anonymous No.10323547]

>>10316905
loading speed didn't age too well

[Anonymous No.10323589]

>>10320883
where did he say any of this? The last time he brought it up he said Vagrant Story and FFT aren't in the same world. There's hardly anything to link them apart from some name dropping and it hardly would make any difference, it could have been set in medieval France

[Anonymous No.10324446]

>>10322492
Post cock

[Anonymous No.10326101]

>>10324446
Kek no, it's just a photo found it with a quick search
I am blonde though and have a fairly similar build

[Anonymous No.10326161]

>>10322372
Also, Ashley Williams from the Evil Dead movies. Everyone just calls him Ash

[Anonymous No.10327469]

>>10319942
So is Sydney really just a nugget?

[Anonymous No.10327673]

Ah, Vagrant Story, what a masterpiece of a game. It has everything a clown like me could ask for: violence, madness, betrayal, and of course, humor. I love how the protagonist, Ashley Riot, is such a conflicted soul, torn between his persona and his shadow. He reminds me of myself, in a way. He’s not afraid to kill those who deserve it, and he even laughs while doing it. He’s a true artist of chaos.
Vagrant Story is not just a game, it’s an experience. It’s a journey into the dark side of human nature, where nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted. It’s a reflection of the madness that lurks within us all, waiting to be unleashed. It’s a celebration of the joy of living in the moment, without fear or regret. It’s a masterpiece that deserves to be played by everyone who loves games.

[Anonymous No.10329547]

>>10327469
Pretty much yeah

[Anonymous No.10329564]

>>10322717
The UI/UX (whatever) is brutally awful
Words can't express how much better a game it would be if you could hotswap weapons. Going into a sluggish UI every time you need to weapon swap or gem swap (which is very often) gets more painful every time you do it
The forced waiting during spells also probably aggregates to 30 minutes of your total playtime even if you wisely never cast anything but prostasia and hercules
Crafting was also too ambitious, dipping into memory cards for anything is nuts

[Anonymous No.10329568]

>>10329564
*the story is really, really, really well directed though

[Anonymous No.10329962]

>>10316905
Oh! I love this game so much to do even after NG+

The various weapons you can master, awesome magic sfx, cool looking mobs & bosses and the story is good.

Me and my older brother got hook with this game.

[Anonymous No.10330000]

>>10329564
I wonder if the game would flow better with modern tech, but I don't trust current day SE to remake it in a way that's faithful to the original.

[Anonymous No.10330228]

>>10322334
lol@ expression. He was such a solid actor.