/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.1320085]

Oh God, yesterday I have finished FF6 for, like, the 10th time in my life. Why this game is so fucking good? The music is perfect, the graphic is simple but creates a magnificent world. FF6 is THE final fintasy. The characters are impressive, Kefka is one of the best final boss ever seen in a RPG. I wish i can see a game this good very soon.

[Anonymous No.1320091]

Go play FFXIII. Basically FFVI on steriods.

[Anonymous No.1320095]

I dunno I got bored half way through and just stopped playing.

[Anonymous No.1320097]

>>1320085
yeah, it's pretty good, although the consistent high praise has resulted in an insufferable hipster backlash, so someone should be along shortly to tell you why your opinion is wrong.

>>1320091
what the actual fuck

[Anonymous No.1320101]

>>1320091
yeah, somebody tells me the same thing, but idk. Don't know why but for me the idea of a nice rpg is strictly linked with a simple graphic. I think FF9 is the real successor of FF6, but not good as it.

[Anonymous No.1320106]

lol I quit after the waterfall on my second run, so boring

[Anonymous No.1320125]

FF6 is not in my top 10 FFs. I have only one successful playthrough and had 4 playthroughs that ended shortly after
>PUSHIN DEM STATUS
out of sheer boredom. I enjoyed 1,4 and 5 more than 6. I really didn't like Kefka, and the chemistry between most of the characters was rather lackluster. Visually, I felt it was in the ballpark of every other JRPG being released at that time.

[Anonymous No.1320137]

i feel like ff7 is ff6 cooked up with baking soda into video game crack. and that's why i find it hard to play through ff6, even though i like it for some things. sheer amount of characters and difficulty if you stay underleveled

[Anonymous No.1320143]

>>1320097
>insufferable hipster backlash
What are you on? FFVII is the game with the hipster backlash that has resulted in FFVI's popularity.

[Anonymous No.1320168]

>>1320091
Well that's the strangest thing I've heard in some time. FFVI is nothing at all like FFXIII. Can you elaborate?

[Anonymous No.1320174]

Since we are on it, which version of FFVI to play?

[Anonymous No.1320179]

>>1320174
snes one.

[Anonymous No.1320178]

>>1320174
SNES

[Anonymous No.1320187]

>>1320178
>>1320179

I'm guessing I should go with the Japanese version with a patch, or is the US release not so different from it?

[Anonymous No.1320190]

>>1320187
>I'm guessing I should go with the Japanese version with a patch
Fuck no. Play the US release.

[Anonymous No.1320192]

>>1320190

Got it, thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.1320206]

>>1320192

Me again. Found two ROMs for the SNES version, the regular one and another one that states "Rev A".

Haven't found much info googling it... anybody with a clue if there are differencs between both ROMs?

[Anonymous No.1320208]

>>1320192
No problem. The only patch/hack I would consider is the one that fixes Evade/MBlock; the game erroneously applies MBlock to ALL blockable attacks, while Evade is completely useless.

[Anonymous No.1320212]

>>1320206
"Rev" means "revision". It's just the same version of the game with some fixed bugs.
Always download the version of the game with the highest Letter or Number.

>Final Fantasy III (USA) (Rev 1)

[Anonymous No.1320220]

>>1320206
>>1320212
I believe the only bug fixed in Rev A is the sketch bug, which you can avoid triggering anyways

[Anonymous No.1320234]

>>1320208
>>1320220

Thanks, got the Rev A version and applied the Evade/MBlock patch, seems like the game is pretty broken without it (although I didn't know about it when I played it 10 years ago).

Now, into more complicated territory: for those of you that have emulated it, what is the best emulator to run it? Zsnes seems to run it pretty good, but maybe I'm missing something...

Also, not a big fan of using scaling effects or something, but if any of you have found something that enhances the experience, I'm all ears.

[Anonymous No.1320252]

>>1320234
I'd recommend snes9x instead.
Only because ZSNES hasn't been updated for years.
Yeah, FF6 works on it, but you might have problems with other games in the future, so why take the risk?

[Anonymous No.1320256]

>>1320252

All set then. Time to undust some memorires.

[Anonymous No.1320259]

>>1320212
Link's Awakening being one notable exception, where version 1.2 is buggier than 1.1.

[Anonymous No.1320280]

>>1320252

OK, seems my emulation skills are a bit rusty after a while.

I have a monitor with a native resolution of 1360x768. However, if I choose this res and the Stretch image option, everything looks stretched, duh.

So, should I go with a 4:3 resolution, stretch image? If so, what would be the best combination?

[Anonymous No.1320323]

>>1320280
4:3 is the proper ratio but if you're not running fullscreen on a CRT there will be some minor graphical distortions

[Anonymous No.1320350]

Third best FF game, losing only to IX and XII

[Anonymous No.1320352]

>>1320091
>FFXIII

are you smoking crack out of Rob Ford's fat tits?

What!?!!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!!??

[Anonymous No.1320354]

>>1320091
Why would anyone want to play such a terrible, poorly-designed game?

It has nothing on VI. And it doesn't remsemble it one bit.

[Anonymous No.1320356]

>>1320352
He said 12 you goof.

[Anonymous No.1320358]

>>1320252

yes ZSNES was the best for a while but now SNES9X once again reigns supreme.

[Anonymous No.1320359]

>>1320356
I can understand all those Is can get hard to count but that's clearly a 13.

[Anonymous No.1320360]

>>1320356
no he didn't you double goof

[Anonymous No.1320363]

>>1320359
>>1320360
Oh, oops. I thought he was replying to >>1320350

I guess I'm the goof!

[Anonymous No.1320492]

FF6 is my favorite FF game, but that being said it's a lackluster RPG, in the sense of a game. The sprite work is solid, the music is fantastic, and I really like the story and characters, but the characters are specialized by design, and only through the espers did you have any method of customization.

Some anon in another thread mentioned it was an Opera in videogame form, which I agree with. As an RPG it's not very good, but it has very good presentation. I just wished they had kept in 5's job system, then it would have been one of the most awesome RPGs ever.

[Anonymous No.1320715]

>>1320354
Take of the nostalgia glasses. FF6 is great but so is FF13. And they are quite similar.

[Anonymous No.1320719]

>>1320715
You are...I don't even know what to say to you. VII, VIII, and X are all far more like XIII than VI.

[Anonymous No.1320742]

The game is a mess, mechanically speaking, but that's what makes it great. Probably my favorite game ever. I appreciate all the different angles you get to see the resistance/evil empire/extradimensional beings conflict from.

[Anonymous No.1320768]

>>1320492
>but the characters are specialized by design, and only through the espers did you have any method of customization.
so what? this complaint doesn't even make sense.

[Anonymous No.1321932]

>>1320492
>but the characters are specialized by design, and only through the espers did you have any method of customization.

this is basically irrelevant, ff6 just has a different sort of system.

>>1320715
>. FF6 is great but so is FF13. And they are quite similar.

FF13 had some of the dumbest fucken character designs out of any FF. Very similar to the catastrophe that was 8.

They all had that moe style anime bullshit. The pop-star britney spears, spice girls look.

[Anonymous No.1321939]

>>1321932
you do realize that FF went with the cute moe girl starting at ff4?

you are probably just desensatized to it because you grew up with 90s anime and just said 'this is what anime is'

crap man FF has always been about cute girls. Tifa was modeled after an idol that was popular in japan ffs

[Anonymous No.1321954]

In FF6 are there any black mages ? I mean, not in the party, but in the background also. I was thinking that the black mage ( large yellow hat and obscured face) is a trademark of Final Fantasy, but FF6 is the only FF that I can think without any of them.

[Anonymous No.1321958]

>>1321939

one or two bimbo girls is fine, but not the whole cast.

they look like they are forming some korean pop band, the boys too.

At least FF7 had Red XIII, barrett, vincent, cloud, cid, who weren't presented like feminine faggots

[Anonymous No.1321962]

>>1321958
>final fantasy
>Retarded pop-star, moe character designs

that's why I like FF:Tactics the best, basically all the characters are cool fantasy style characters, not hyper-modern metrosexual fagboys

[Anonymous No.1321967]

>>1321962
>not hyper-modern metrosexual fagboys

how old are you

[Anonymous No.1321973]

>>1321954
FF6, 7, 8, and 10 and beyond don't have the classic black mage "Orko" style.

[Anonymous No.1321982]

>>1321962
>not hyper-modern metrosexual fagboys

$$$$$$$$

[Anonymous No.1322101]

>>1320091
No no no, it's spelled X-2. you know, with an actual two, not the letter 2.

[Anonymous No.1322126]

>>1320091
VI is quite mediocre in any of it's aspects, but XIII? Come the fuck on.

[Anonymous No.1322131]

>>1321958
>cloud
>vincent
>not feminine faggots

[Anonymous No.1322150]

I think FF6 is one of the few true masterpieces in gaming, that sort of rare creation where the imperfections work to its advantage and make it all the more captivating.

[Anonymous No.1322156]

>>1322150
yeah whatever you say hipster

[Anonymous No.1322157]

>>1322156
Can I still be a hipster at 31?

[Anonymous No.1322165]

>>1320768
Not him but I'd say that customization along with exploration are two of the main cornerstones of the genre. Not focusing on either makes FF6 seem like a... casualized example of it.

[Anonymous No.1322196]

>>1320085
I personally love this game too, but I have never been able to finish it.
After reaching the world of Ruin I started to get ass-ravaged by the dungeons, and I just couldn't bring myself to go through all that grinding to make it through them. Its a shame too, because I really did love the story, and the characters, and all that beautiful music.

[Anonymous No.1322205]

>>1322150
>where the imperfections work to its advantage and make it all the more captivating.
Isn't that, like, the entire reason why Silent Hill became popular? (short viewing distance? FOG! bad controls? YOUR CHARACTER ISN'T USED TO COMBAT)
No ill meant against SH, just an observation.

>>1322157
If you are a graphics whore at 31 and still into console wars, then sure you can be a hipster. Otherwise it's just another random insult from another random anon in another random thread.

Also:
>>1322150
>FFVI has tons of interesting and captivating places and events
>the most rememberable ones have nothing to do with the main plot
That's my complaint against FFVI. Take that as you like.

[Anonymous No.1322243]

As with all games I try to put them into the context of the era. When this game came out it was one of the most complete rpg's to ever come out for a console. It was a complete package. It showed what the snes really could do at the time and it really is a marvel of a game. Other rpg's of the time also came out that had good graphics, a good plot, or any other number of benefits but few pulled them together like FFVI did.

Really the best thing you can do for retro games is to not judge them by your modern gaming experience. People have had years to play those games and build off their foundation, so of course older games are going to appear unrefined. Accept them for that they did in their era and niche.

[Anonymous No.1322249]

>>1322243
>Really the best thing you can do for retro games is to not judge them by your modern gaming experience
Well thank you, Captain Everybody-Already-Agrees-With-You!

[Anonymous No.1322575]

>>1320091
no

[Anonymous No.1323642]

WHATS IN THE BOX?

WHATS IN THE FUCKING BOX?!

ITS BEEN BOTHERING ME SINCE 1994!!!

[Anonymous No.1324909]

>>1323642
Ive been waiting for him to clear out the dangerous monsters in Figaro cave.
Since 1994

[Anonymous No.1324942]

>>1320091
This is a ruse.

[Anonymous No.1324986]

>>1320174
Is there another version more than the SNES? Sure there's GBA, but I can't think of another. Unless it's taking so long for it to load up in my mind.

[Anonymous No.1324990]

>>1323642
I want to believe it's the green cherry you got from him before.
Also, ziegfried, sigfried or siegfried.

[Anonymous No.1325009]

>>1324986
There's also the PS1 version, which I think adds an intro movie, and the upcoming version on iOS.

If it counts, there's the SNES version on the Virtual Console and the PS1 version as a PSOne Classic.

[Anonymous No.1325013]

>>1324986
Yeah, there's the PS1 version from Final Fantasy Anthology that has some pre-rendered scenes... and unbearable load times.

[Anonymous No.1325035]

I've played FF6 on PS1 when I was about 10 years old. I never figured out how to resolve the Locke's scenario in South Figaro, lol. I feel a little stupid.

[Anonymous No.1325296]

>>1325035
the mansion in the NW of town has a secret passage in one of the upstairs rooms

[Anonymous No.1325308]

>>1320715
13 is fucking awful whether you like 6 or not.

[Anonymous No.1325321]

>>1325308
Seriously.
When the game has to provide a dictionary, just so you can understand what is going on. Something is wrong.

[Anonymous No.1325351]

>>1325321
>When the game has to provide a dictionary, just so you can understand what is going on. Something is wrong.
Xenosaga called.

[Anonymous No.1325353]

how is the gba version of this game?

[Anonymous No.1325358]

>>1325353
As a rule the GBA ports of the FF games are pretty good and have plenty of additional content. However FF6 got the sound fucked, but if you emulate there's a patch to fix it on romhacking.

[Anonymous No.1325369]

>>1325358
What a shame. Didn't the same thing happen with the PC port of ffVII? In any case, maybe I'll just try picking up a copy of the snes version sometime. Assuming I can get it for a decent price

[Anonymous No.1325378]

>>1325369
There is a patch to fix pc version sound to that of the ps1 release.

[Anonymous No.1325412]

>>1320168
The battle system is actually quite similar and some of the bosses are the same, although it reminds me more of Chrono Trigger to be honest, since some of the bosses are practically pulled from that game.

[Anonymous No.1326475]

>>1320091
Did you accidentally type an X when you meant to type a V? Because that I could kinda sorta maybe understand. But XIII and VI have absolutely nothing in common besides the Final Fantasy name.

[Anonymous No.1326505]

>>1320097
>An old game became more popular now
>It's the work of the hipsters
Fuck you!

Also, you should pay attention to the game itself instead of the fandom.

[Anonymous No.1326509]

>>1325369
Well, not exactly. The GBA games sound bad because the GBA has bad sound. But the PC version of FFVII sounds very noticeably different, not just worse. This is because the midi files get played with different instruments depending on what soundcard you had.

[Anonymous No.1326780]

>>1325351
>Xenosaga called.
and it's also shit

[Anonymous No.1327185]

how can I save the ninja and don't let him die ?

[Anonymous No.1327208]

>>1327185
when the floating continent is going kaputt, wait until 5 seconds to the explosion are missing.

[Anonymous No.1327423]

>>1324986
I see what the fuck you did.

[Anonymous No.1328367]

>>1325412

hmmm, yes...Ultros does appear in FFXIII in a cameo I believe. But he's not cool n' funny in 13...and that alone does not make the games similar.

[Anonymous No.1331178]

Does anyone still have that old comic of Nomura designing a character and he just keeps adding belts and stuff?

[Anonymous No.1331179]

>be eurofag
>import ff6
>realise the game doesn't work properly with a converter and will need a NTSC snes
>mfw

[Anonymous No.1331581]

>>1331178
no but I've got this

[Anonymous No.1332848]

>>1331581

looooooooooooooooooool

[Anonymous No.1332887]

>>1320091