Final Fantasy

[Anonymous No.4998593]

Sooo...
Final Fantasy thread?

[Anonymous No.4998630]

Give me the difiinitive versions of each. I've played 7, 12, 13, and 14 and 15.
14 is my favorite of these though and it's an mmo.
What version of 4 in particular? I know the psp version technically has the most content with interlude and after years, and I like having a "complete" experience.

[Anonymous No.4998631]

>>4998593
There's one up

>>4994307

[Anonymous No.4998825]

>>4998630
Never played 4 all that much, but I can tell you this much about definitive versions:

1: Original NES version, or the PS1 version. The GBA version and all future remakes dumbed things down and made it super fucking easy.

2: Remakes. The NES version is pure cancer.

3: Original famicom version, the DS remake and future releases fucked things up by making bosses attack twice in one turn.

[Anonymous No.4998834]

>>4998825
All of these are completely true and correct. Personally I prefer PSX FF1 over NES but that's just preference, both are excellent. I like turning off missing when targeting a dead enemy, turning on dash and the double boss HP.

[babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY No.4998843]

>>4998630
You should play Tactics before you're even allowed to play any third or fourth gen Final Fantasies - although you could probably squeeze some enjoyment out of 4 and 6. You won't really enjoy them until you learn to appreciate mechanics. Did you actually configure everything in 12?

[Anonymous No.4998853]

>>4998843
I had a friend beat the game and all trials on the ps4 release so I could play the low level challenge. I had played the base game before and it was super uninteresting. At least with the low level challenge mode I found an appreciation for the little mechanics.

[Anonymous No.4998864]

>>4998825
>1: Original NES version
yeah except the spells are fucking broken, any FF1 remake would be the better. I only played the original for curiosity sake, but any future replay should be on a remake
>inb4 muh authentic experience
damn bitch you play video games like this?

[Anonymous No.5000216]

>>4998864
Yeah the spells are broken in the NES version, but IIRC the PS1 version fixes that.

My problem with the GBA remake and beyond, is that it massively buffs the player's strength and everything becomes a joke. In terms of damage and stuff, the numbers are doubled/tripled, but enemy health was not doubled/tripled to compensate.

[Anonymous No.5000754]

so dispel doesn't work in the NES version of FFII, at least when you use it, but does it work when enemies use it on you?
I know that XFER didn't work on enemies in FF1 but it did work on your party

[Anonymous No.5000764]

>>5000216
So just play the ps1 remake, and WS is built off of that one, isn't it?

[Anonymous No.5000798]

>>4998825
I have a real soft spot the PSX versions and I don't even mind the load times because the atmosphere is so top notch.

When EB games downsized I snatched up all the used green label squaresoft games for almost nothing.

However the PSP remakes are my absolute favorites. Something about the art direction and music that just keeps me hooked. There are dozens of RPGs I wish they would remaster to a similar standard. The DS remakes are a close second.

>widescreen
>battle fast forward or cursor memory
>save anywhere
>added bestiary
>cutscenes

[Anonymous No.5000920]

>>5000798
Cutscenes are needed for nothing

[Anonymous No.5000943]

>>5000764
Correct. PSX FF best FF
>>5000798
The PSX version also has the bestiary. PSP FF1 is a little too easy for my tastes, but the sprites look great and the added dungeon on top of the GBA version is alright. PSP FF2 is amazing. Dawn of Souls really did wonders in making FF2 playable.

[Anonymous No.5000985]

why ff remakes are cute but easy gba/psp or more difficult but butt ugly 3ds/pc

[Anonymous No.5001082]

>>5000985
Who wants difficult when it translates to more A button pushs

[Anonymous No.5001096]

>>5000920
>nothing
If by nothing you mean they enhance the existing story then yes they add nothing

[Anonymous No.5001186]

>>4998593
6 is overrated characters. When you really play it you realize character dev is shallow across the board. Ff3 and ff7 did 10x better in terms of characters

Ff4 is underrated. The pacing, story, and character arcs are solid. Just because its le basic rpg ppl shit on

Ff8 is not an rpg. Ff8 is a sandbox for junction and triple triad fuckery. When viewed in this lens, u realize the game is fantastic.

Ff5 is also nothing but a sandbox. Garbage story and music

[Anonymous No.5001197]

I'm replaying FF4 (GBA patched one) and I'm stuck, cause I'm playing it on my WiiU through the VBAGX emulator, but the console shuts off at random, so I'm making slow progress. Any idea of why tuis happens? Maybe the rom is bad?

[Anonymous No.5001579]

>>4998593

Sure! Lets talk about the real VII.

[Anonymous No.5001581]

>>5001096
I'm actually replaying the PSP version (because that's all I have in a portable form). I don't really mind the graphics, in fact I think the map tilesets look 100% better than the originals. But the cutscenes definitely don't need to be there. They have bad graphics, and the moon travel one is simply garbage compared to the mode 7 original.

[Anonymous No.5001583]

>>5001581
Of 4, I forgot to add, though it should be obvious from the moon part.

[Anonymous No.5001594]

>>5001186
This nigga gets it.

[Anonymous No.5001598]

>>5001579
It was pitched as FFVII, but turned down for being too dark. Lots of ideas were pitches for FFVII. Some still became unrelated games, many did not.

If that's the "true" FFVII by your estimation, then technically, Parasite Eve counts too.

[Anonymous No.5001601]

>>5001594
ff5 has great music.

[Anonymous No.5001607]

>>5001601
It not only has great music, but it has the best instruments of the SNES trio. However, I wouldn't waste your time arguing with someone who pretends to like Final Fantasy but shits on FF6.

[Anonymous No.5001662]

never played a FF game before, but I did watch my friend play some FF10 years ago. I'm going to start FF3 in a few days, what am I in for?

[Anonymous No.5001717]

>>5001598

>but turned down for being too dark.

Oh whats so dark about having a 100 km O'Neill 3 getting crashed into a 400 million population mega city by a fight between Bahaumut and Omega Weapon (Welltal Id)?

[Anonymous No.5001820]

>>5001186
6 is great and far superior to 3. 7 is a little better but it came out afterward.

[Anonymous No.5001831]

5 is best

[Anonymous No.5002263]

>>5001662
Any reason you're starting with 3?

[Anonymous No.5003816]

>>5002263
i dug up an old SNES and my friends say FF3 is a good place to start.

[Anonymous No.5003827]

>>5003816
Its been so long since the SNES days that most people assume that one means the original famicom Final Fantasy 3 or its 3d remake, not the SNES release of 6.

The game you are about to play is great, but people are thinking of a mediocre game when you say "FF3".

[Anonymous No.5003896]

>>5001186
>playing FF games for the story
>actually playing FF for the story
>FFIV had a solid story
>Oh no, Golbez is actually your brother who was mind controlled!
>Oh no, Cain is actually mind controlled as well and totally not evil!
>Oh no, there's actually a bigger bad evil guy that's only relevant for like a few minutes towards the end!
>Oh no, everyone dies!
>Oh no, the bard is completely useless except for like one plot armor!

FFIV had a garbage story like the rest. the only good thing about these games are the actual combat system

[Anonymous No.5003961]

>>5003896
>playing FF for the combat
>every combat the same stupid elemental weakness gimmick
>repetitive combats every 5 steps
>you can win by pressing only the A button, making fast forward in emulators actually a viable strategy.
>Every boss ever: have a healer to cure your party and attack with the rest
>challenge depends on whether you spent more or less time fighting random encounters.

Imagine this, imagine actually playing a FF for the combat and finding it enjoyable doing the same shit that everybody is willing to skip with the fast forward button.

[Anonymous No.5004064]

>>5003961
>not having fun with the job system
>not finding character customization enjoyable
>not abusing the character classes
>not mastering the Junction System
>not enjoying yourself by actually playing the game

if i wanted to watch a movie, i'd just watch one than playing a game pretending to be one. FF is a sorry excuse for a story-driven game as much as i like the series and people who just mash the button just to follow some shitty plot the game presented never truly appreciated the games for what it supposed to be

[Anonymous No.5004226]

I love VII and VIII never go into IX it never held my attention for some reason. My goal next month is to start playing through every squaresoft game up to 7th gen. So hopefully I can get to see what I missed out in with IX

[Anonymous No.5004239]

>>5004064
Good news for you, there is a whole genre dedicated to infinite random encounters: dungeon crawlers. People who play jrpgs where story, characters and exploration have more weight since the 4th gen must really enjoy playing the same combat 20 times in a row

[Anonymous No.5004248]

>>5004226
Only brainlet liberals can't get into IX because it's "problematic" because it dosen't have a nigger and a cross dressing tranny as a hero.

>>>/lgbt/
>>>/r/eddit

[Anonymous No.5004252]

>>5004248
would you fuck off you racist shithead, ffs

[Anonymous No.5004263]

>>5004252
You can't even refute me without resorting to telling me to go away because I'm triggering you.

Typical liberal faggot nigger lover.

[Anonymous No.5004268]

>>5004263
You derailed the other final fantasy thread with your offtopic racebaiting. You're going to get banned again, but you literally cannot help yourself because you're a subhuman racist that is triggered over people ignoring you.

[Anonymous No.5004281]

>>5004268
faggot nigger lover

[Anonymous No.5004284]

>>5004248
>>5004263
>racist fucking moron loves terrible childish game about a little boy furry in a painfully cliche setting
what a surprise lol

[Anonymous No.5004294]

>>5004284
He does this is every ff thread.

[Anonymous No.5004304]

>>5004226
IX is my favorite of them. To me it felt like a mix of what felt to me like a "classic" ff setting but with the beauty of the newer games. I liked it so much I feel like it encapsulated what I wanted out of Final Fantasy and I never played any of the later ones.

My tastes are odd though.
9>2>3>6>5>8>7>1>4

[Anonymous No.5004306]

>>5004239
>jrpgs where story, characters and exploration have more weight
that's a very funny way to spell wrpgs

[Anonymous No.5004313]

>>5004226
faggot cuck numale

[Anonymous No.5004316]

>>5004064
Just play FFT and the Ogre series, that's the good shit

[Anonymous No.5004336]

>>5004226
faggot nigger lover

[Anonymous No.5004384]

just started ff3 on psp emu
fucking loading times between areas are getting annoying
maybe i should just replay pc version instead

[Anonymous No.5004450]

Speaking of dungeon crawling, I feel that's another strength of FF4. While on the simplistic and easy side, it has the dungeon crawler appeal, where you always are watching your resources (mana, potions), because random encounters hit hard.

Other Final Fantasies, even ones I really like (such as 6 and 7) don't have that aspect going for them.

[Anonymous No.5005008]

>>5003827
>3 is mediocre
NES 3 is great. What are you talking about?

[Anonymous No.5005016]

>>5004239
I recommend you play Romancing SaGa 2.

[Anonymous No.5005018]

>>5003827
>>5003816
Nobody calls 6 3 unless they're a contrarian little faggot.

[Anonymous No.5005193]

>>5004239
this is a faggot that never plays a jrpg beyond Final Fantasy