The Black Mage Village (Final Fantasy)

[MAthiAS]

How big is the HD on your mp3 player?

[DeusExMachina]

60 gigs. I wanted to get something bigger, but all the companies that make bigger ones are unknown, and my dad got it for me as a birthday present, so I'm not complaining.

I like the bluesy part of Matoya's Cave. I really like in the live version, when they have that little jam session. But, the beginning is definitely superior.

[Brew]

I have a 256mb MP3 player :cool:

I might look into getting a 40gb one after Christmas.

[MAthiAS]

Yeah I'm thinking about looking into one either on ebay or as a birthday (December 1st) present. Probably a 40GB Zen Touch, seems to be the best bang for your buck.

Actually the Zen Xtra looks pretty good too. Sacrifice some battery life for 20 more gigs. Tough call.

[crag]

my mp3 holds 500mb, i need more.

[Happy]

I broke my MP3 player. I got angry with it :cool:

[marc man]

i got one of those phones with i-tunes:amaze:

[red barchetta]

mine can hold 20gb.

ive got around 3000 songs, although around 450 is by Nobby

[Happy]

i got one of those phones with i-tunes:amaze:
"Biggy NO!"
"i-Tunes on your phone baby"
One of those?

[andyhainey]

how do you guys like the ff songs?

[Chrysostom]

The Sephiroth theme on 'a certain film' is great.

[MAthiAS]

how do you guys like the ff songs?
The YSI link you gave me gets a runtime error :upset:

[crag]

The YSI link you gave me gets a runtime error :upset:
it worked for me:)

[Happy]

how do you guys like the ff songs?
Great thanks.

[andyhainey]

The YSI link you gave me gets a runtime error :upset:

what try it again and if this problem continues email me :thumb:

[MAthiAS]

Aight there we go, working now. :thumb:

Much thanks bro.

[DeusExMachina]

I didn't recieve any songs... I put my email address up though. Tear.

MAthiAS, I would recommend sacrificing the battery life. As long as it's decent, it should give you at least 10 hours of battery life, which should be able to last you for a day. Then, you charge it at night.

[Lionheart1827]

yeah i have a 30gb zen xtra, its awesome. people give it flak because of the mediasource program being too "tedious" but i find that these people obviously dont have any patience whatsoever because ive never had a problem with it. great player! much better than the overpriced ipods.:thumb:

[MAthiAS]

Oh yeah, I'd never get an iPod. There are things much better for the same price, and things of the same features for much cheaper.

Yeah I think you're right Deus. The Xtra is like 14 hours battery life I think? Well the Touch is 24 hours, which I wouldn't need all of.

[Lionheart1827]

Oh yeah, I'd never get an iPod. There are things much better for the same price, and things of the same features for much cheaper.

Yeah I think you're right Deus. The Xtra is like 14 hours battery life I think? Well the Touch is 24 hours, which I wouldn't need all of.

Yeah, i use my xtra everyday and the only time ive ever drained the battery was on a really long road trip and there was a few times where i went to work and left my zen in my glove compartment while i had a looped playlist playing.:thumb:

[Happy]

Everyone's I-pod round here broke, Every single one of them. Serves 'em right :lol:

[kamiccollo]

Everyone's I-pod round here broke, Every single one of them. Serves 'em right :lol:

thats right,you buy a pile of crap you get a pile of crap.

I dont know a single person whos had an ipod not f**k up, but people still want to buy them. godam posers...

[Happy]

I think the I-pod nanos hilarious, you poke it, it breaks. Yet millions insist on getting one.

[kamiccollo]

I think the I-pod nanos hilarious, you poke it, it breaks. Yet millions insist on getting one.

sheep thats all they are, besides why get a nano anyway the things a gimmick why cant people see that? especially w/ an ipod video coming out, although i dont rate that either, much better ones out there. hell the iriver
h320's been playing videos for ages anyway plus there are betterones out now than the new ipod anyway. godam posers......

[MAthiAS]

Yeah, Ipods are crap... just well advertised. And the big deal with the Nanos... they're really not that much smaller, and so much more fragile.

[FatalEnergy]

The Ipod commercials annoy me. They should be taken off tv. I believe that had one with Bono from U2 (I hate that band) counting to 4 in Spanish. Except of saying" 1 2 3 4" he said "1 2 3 14".......idiot

[Pop music sucks]

Ugh. FFVII crapped out at the Shinra Headquarters, on the 59th floor when you use the 60th floor card to get to that level.

[Turkish]

So the game crapped out on you?

[Pop music sucks]

Not any more, I ran it under Windows 95 compatibility mode and it passed that part fine.

The FMV where it shows the lazy guard fall asleep at the security room and then your party runs out of the elevator door.

[Happy]

At least your FFVII works, I downloaded it all only to find it it wouldn't work.

[Pop music sucks]

That's cause I bought my copy, you leech:p

[Kingofdudes]

Ugh. FFVII crapped out at the Shinra Headquarters, on the 59th floor when you use the 60th floor card to get to that level.
I now how that can be

/me plays FFVIII
/me gets to the space station and gets to the FMV movie
/game freezes
/me retries
/freezes again :upset:

I always hated that, luckily I eventually got a CD doctor.

[Happy]

That's cause I bought my copy, you leech:p
I did buy it but it was for Ps1 and it broke. I can't be arsed to buy another.

[crag]

I did buy it but it was for Ps1 and it broke. I can't be arsed to buy another.
my 2nd disc is the only one that works:upset:

[Happy]

Why is it all the good games break easily but the ones you hate stick around forever.

[Chrysostom]

So I'll probably buy FF10 over my xmas break, and I was wondering how you all played it in terms of levelling up your characters. Did you conscientiously build all of them up to be of a similar level to each other of did you have a team you used for 90% of the time?

I personally think I might stick with a permanent team (lulu, auron and the main kid and yuna) like did on all previous FFs, unless someone can convince me of the benefits of investing time and effort in all the characters.

[crag]

So I'll probably buy FF10 over my xmas break, and I was wondering how you all played it in terms of levelling up your characters. Did you conscientiously build all of them up to be of a similar level to each other of did you have a team you used for 90% of the time?

I personally think I might stick with a permanent team (lulu, auron and the main kid and yuna) like did on all previous FFs, unless someone can convince me of the benefits of investing time and effort in all the characters.
i found leveling everyone up equally was better because they all had different abilities that you needed in certain battles, apart from Rikku and Wakka i never used them.

[MAthiAS]

So I'll probably buy FF10 over my xmas break, and I was wondering how you all played it in terms of levelling up your characters. Did you conscientiously build all of them up to be of a similar level to each other of did you have a team you used for 90% of the time?

I personally think I might stick with a permanent team (lulu, auron and the main kid and yuna) like did on all previous FFs, unless someone can convince me of the benefits of investing time and effort in all the characters.
I don't think it really matters, because that game had an extremely low difficulty for story completion. But if you want to do the Battle Arena... good luck.

[Happy]

I never went training, they just levelled up enough as the story went on.

[MAthiAS]

Yeah. They make the battle system easy enough that its rarely an issue.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

So I'll probably buy FF10 over my xmas break, and I was wondering how you all played it in terms of levelling up your characters. Did you conscientiously build all of them up to be of a similar level to each other of did you have a team you used for 90% of the time?

I personally think I might stick with a permanent team (lulu, auron and the main kid and yuna) like did on all previous FFs, unless someone can convince me of the benefits of investing time and effort in all the characters.

It's easy enough to just keep switching characters, seeing as it dosn't take up a turn, but the question is is it worth it? Well not really, as someone said you need certain characters for certain parts, but other than that just use the best guys.
Great game though.

[MAthiAS]

I'd actually say if you've not played any of the previous games, play them first before you get X. Especially Tactics if you haven't experience the pure genius story and incredible frustration that is Velius yet.

[Chrysostom]

I'd actually say if you've not played any of the previous games, play them first before you get X. Especially Tactics if you haven't experience the pure genius story and incredible frustration that is Velius yet.

I've got 7, 8 and 9.

[MAthiAS]

I'd say go for VI and Tactics then. I don't know... I was extremely dissappointed with X...

[HNLzero]

Something about FFVIII seemed the most ____ in terms of the story (compared to the others) for me. But I'm sure what it is. Maybe it was most like a love story.

[Chrysostom]

I'd say go for VI and Tactics then. I don't know... I was extremely dissappointed with X...

What was wrong with X? Other than the voiceovers? As for getting 6, I'd like to but...I can't bring myself to accept the graphics. I've been spoilt with the PS games I guess.

On a side note, I can't believe FF7 is almost a decade old. Where has time gone?

[MAthiAS]

Very linear story, seemed very bland too. Annoying characters, particularly Tidus, Yuna, and Rikku.

I couldn't get over the crappy story compared to the preceding 9 games. It was very predictable, even the 'twists'.

[Happy]

Must get Tactics.

[Chrysostom]

Very linear story, seemed very bland too. Annoying characters, particularly Tidus, Yuna, and Rikku.

I couldn't get over the crappy story compared to the preceding 9 games. It was very predictable, even the 'twists'.

I find it hard to decide which of the PS titles had the best story, they're all great. Hmmm, I'll bear your criticisms in mind, but I'm still buying it, if only for completeness.


Also, has FFXI even been released in Britain?

[MAthiAS]

Must get Tactics.
Yes yes. I've played the game through upwards of 7 or so times, and I'm still taking more from the story every time. Best replay value of any FF game out there.

[Happy]

Also, has FFXI even been released in Britain?
I thought it was already out here.

[MAthiAS]

It definitely is.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

Very linear story, seemed very bland too. Annoying characters, particularly Tidus, Yuna, and Rikku.

I couldn't get over the crappy story compared to the preceding 9 games. It was very predictable, even the 'twists'.

As much as I hate Rikku, I still thought it was a great game. The story lline as not that linear IMHO, but it was still good.

[crag]

Very linear story, seemed very bland too. Annoying characters, particularly Tidus, Yuna, and Rikku.

I couldn't get over the crappy story compared to the preceding 9 games. It was very predictable, even the 'twists'.
very true

[Turkish]

Very linear story, seemed very bland too. Annoying characters, particularly Tidus, Yuna, and Rikku.

I couldn't get over the crappy story compared to the preceding 9 games. It was very predictable, even the 'twists'.


At least Rikku made up for her annoyingness by being hot.

Whereas I wanted to decaptiate Yuna and Tidus.

[crag]

At least Rikku made up for her annoyingness by being hot.

Whereas I wanted to decaptiate Yuna and Tidus.
i thought Yuna was pretty hot:upset:

[Turkish]

i thought Yuna was pretty hot:upset:

she was in X-2


And ONLY in the songstress dressphere.

[kamiccollo]

well what about the warrior one, or the blck mage one? they wernt to bad.

[MAthiAS]

i thought Yuna was pretty hot:upset:
Yuna and Lulu are way hotter than Rikku.

[crag]

Yuna and Lulu are way hotter than Rikku.
Yuna and Rikku are way hotter than Lulu:)

[MAthiAS]

Meh... I don't really like blondes. :shrug:

[Happy]

I feel so weird talking about a video game character's hotness :-/ but Rikku>Yuna & Lulu.

[MAthiAS]

I feel so weird talking about a video game character's hotness
I don't. See avatar.

[Chrysostom]

Yuna and Rikku are way hotter than Lulu:)

I fear the reverse is true. Lulu = hottest FF maiden yet.

[MAthiAS]

Tifa > Yuna > Lulu > Rinoa > Rikku

[Turkish]

Quistis>Rikku>Lulu>Tifa(unless we're talking FF:AC Tifa...then she's number 2)>Yuna>Rinoa

[Lionheart1827]

Meh... I don't really like blondes. :shrug:

tr00f:thumb:

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

First of all, it's not right to talk about a character in a game's hotness. Second of all Yuna was the hottest one anyways.

[MAthiAS]

First of all, it's not right to talk about a character in a game's hotness.
Yeah we might get drunk and rape them.

[Turkish]

First of all, it's not right to talk about a character in a game's hotness. Second of all Yuna was the hottest one anyways.


Hypocrisy?


Also it doesn't matter, don't you ever watch G4? Where the have the hottest video game chick awards?

[MAthiAS]

Also Tifa's got the coolest character, the only one of them I'd actually like if they were real people.

[Pop music sucks]

I dunno, Aeris seems sweet.

[MAthiAS]

Yeah she's alright I suppose. Celes has a cool character too. Too bad she's a sprite.

[Magical_Mystery_Tour]

Yeah we might get drunk and rape them.

Just a joke guys. No need to be so mean. :upset:

[MAthiAS]

Lol it cool bro.

Dammit Velius STOP USING CLOPS I GET IT YOU CAN KILL ME IN ONE HIT.

[DeusExMachina]

Lol it cool bro.

Dammit Velius STOP USING CLOPS I GET IT YOU CAN KILL ME IN ONE HIT.
Still soloing it? There are some battles in that game that are obscenely difficult to solo.

[MAthiAS]

Yeah I am. Solo Monk is pretty easy for most battles, because Hamedo is amazing along with massive healing, and two high powered long range attacks. Easy leveling, etc... But Velius only physically attacks if I have low HP, in which case I Hamedo him, but then get pwned by Dark Holy from one of the Demons.

After this I think I'll do a Tactics Double Dare with a Dancer/Time Mage and Ninja/Thief, sounds fun. I'd do Samurai/Monk but I'm going to be really sick of monk abilities...

[DeusExMachina]

The Velius battle took me so long to finish. It was very obnoxious. I don't quite remember how I did it, but I think it involved speed boosting equipment.

[MAthiAS]

I can get two turns before Velius, then a Hamedo. So that's like 750 damage there, but after that I'm killed.

[DeusExMachina]

What level are you at? I think I was around 50 when I fought Velius, but I could be off.

[MAthiAS]

46. 50 is the cap for this chapter so I can't raise my HP enough to survive.

[DeusExMachina]

Damn. I didn't really follow those guidelines, I just let my own judgment of what would be reasonable be my guide. But, good luck to you!

[MAthiAS]

I've got one more idea on what to do, hope it works... otherwise I might be screwed.

[DeusExMachina]

Well, good luck. Hopefully it'll work out.

[FlyingPaul_83]

Dammit! thats it, I'm gonna try and finish tactics this weekend so I can try out a solo game. Sounds fun.

[MAthiAS]

Tis. Just remember, Summoner Delita pwns.

[FlyingPaul_83]

I'll try my best to finish it this weekend. I guess I can train cloud another time....

[MAthiAS]

Leveling Cloud... easily:

Here is what you need:
1. A mage that can cast frog.
2. Beowulf for casting Berserk.
3. A knight with Power and Speed Break Skill.
4. A bard to sing 'NAMELESS SONG' (regen, raise, protect, shell)
5. A person you want leveled, or job points for. (Cloud is good since he starts out at level one)

The method:
1. Kill all the enemies except one.
2. Have your mage turn the last remaining enemy into a frog.
3. Use your knight to 'Power Break' the last remaining enemies attack to 1 point of damage.
4. Have your mage turn the character you want leveled into a frog.
5. Use your knight to 'Power Break' the character you want leveled.
6. Use Beowulf to 'Berserk' both frogs.
7. Have your bard sing 'NAMELESS SONG'.
8. Run all characters (not frogs) away from the battle, then put them on auto battle (run like a rabbit).
9. Turn off your TV and go to bed.
10. Wake up and you have just leveled a bunch of times, not to mention your job pts are in the thousands.

Maximization:
You can have more than one bard at a time, or dancer to maximize your progression in leveling.

From fftrealm.com

[FlyingPaul_83]

I dont have any bards :(

what does nameless song do?

[MAthiAS]

Don't know, never had one lol.

[Lord Abortion]

At least Rikku made up for her annoyingness by being hot.

Whereas I wanted to decaptiate Yuna and Tidus.
Very true, like Yuffie in that role

[Chrysostom]

Lulu > Rinoa > Tifa > all the rest.

[kamiccollo]

there is something dark and seductive about lulu tho...

[Chrysostom]

there is something dark and seductive about lulu tho...

Precisely. And the low cut top.





















/reaches ultimate computer game geekdom, yet strangely couldn't care less.

[crag]

meh, i don't like Lulu

[MAthiAS]

Very true, like Yuffie in that role
Yuffie didn't have annoying voiceovers though. That was a plus.

Alright, after at least 20 resets, I just pwned Velius. Bracer + Power Sleeve + Hamedo > Satan.

[MAthiAS]

Holy crap, I'm in a random battle at Grog Hill, and there's ELEVEN FRICKING MONKS! What the hell?! Bug? Fluke?

[Lord Abortion]

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3145629&did=1

FFXII, according to this, seems to be a mix of FFX, FFXI, and Tactics, with the odd bit of Star wars: KOTOR thrown in...

make of it what you will, I think it looks good, but am wary a little.

[red barchetta]

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3145629&did=1

FFXII, according to this, seems to be a mix of FFX, FFXI, and Tactics, with the odd bit of Star wars: KOTOR thrown in...

make of it what you will, I think it looks good, but am wary a little.
i'll need to play it to get a opinion of it of course, but i am worried about it. especially the battle system. it works well with the 'Tales' series, but i just hope they pull it off well with XII

[Chrysostom]

They should keep 10's battle system.

[Otherside]

Being the Final Fantasy Progressionist(New title?) that I am, I'm very excited about XII. It is really taking them too long to get done with it though, I'm hoping/expecting XIII to come out within a year of XII's release.

[red barchetta]

They should keep 10's battle system.

i didnt like X's system.

ATB >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CTB

[Chrysostom]

i didnt like X's system.

ATB >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CTB

Good, now someone said it first, I can speak truthfully. Bring back the old system!!!!

[Otherside]

Ugh! No. Do not recycle and rehash the same system they used for 9 consecutive games(with added tweaks here and there) again! Be innovative SE, I'll support you if no one else :(

[Lord Abortion]

I liked X's battle system, it was fast as buggery. But the ATB system has alot going for it.

[Lionheart1827]

i didnt like X's system.

ATB >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CTB

tr00f

esper system foreverrrr:thumb:

[crag]

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3145629&did=1

FFXII, according to this, seems to be a mix of FFX, FFXI, and Tactics, with the odd bit of Star wars: KOTOR thrown in...

make of it what you will, I think it looks good, but am wary a little.
hm, the battle system looks confusing, and i think the main character's gonna be another Tidus, although you never know.

[Lionheart1827]

hm, the battle system looks confusing, and i think the main character's gonna be another Tidus, although you never know.

the way the battle system is going, im not really looking forward to it.:upset:

AND CAN THEY PLEASE NOT MAKE A GIRLY LOOKING LEAD UNLESS ITS GOING TO BE A GIRL?:evil:

[crag]

the way the battle system is going, im not really looking forward to it.:upset:

AND CAN THEY PLEASE NOT MAKE A GIRLY LOOKING LEAD UNLESS ITS GOING TO BE A GIRL?:evil:
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http://simplyff.free.fr/FF12/artworks/vaan.jpg WTF?

what the hell happened to main characters like Cloud, Squall and Zidane?

[Chrysostom]

123

http://simplyff.free.fr/FF12/artworks/vaan.jpg WTF?

what the hell happened to main characters like Cloud, Squall and Zidane?

We need another Squall, someone dark, or at least cool. None of this borderline girl crap.

[andyhainey]

I liked X's battle system, it was fast as buggery. But the ATB system has alot going for it.


meh, i prefered the speed of ff10-2's battle system and i still need to buy a graphics card and sound card for ff11, but i have know money :upset:

We need another Squall, someone dark, or at least cool. None of this borderline girl crap.

oii, my brother is always the main character in borderline plays, hes awesome

EDIT: but he is not a girl..................or at least i hope he isnt

[MAthiAS]

We need another Squall, someone dark, or at least cool. None of this borderline girl crap.
They're trying to appeal to the emo kids while still appealing to the overly talkative annoying people. Ugh... it almost makes me feel too old to like it.

Otherside... this is regression. Progressive would be fine, and maybe they did that with XI, but this is just further alienating the fans of the pre PS2 games.

[Lord Abortion]

tr00f

esper system foreverrrr:thumb:
Screw all of you FFVI fanboys

That main character looks like a puff.
I may be happy when he dies, at least Tidus wasn't an obvious raging homosexual like this one, it would be amusing though if the voicen he had was really manly.:p

[andyhainey]

tidus is a legend

[MAthiAS]

I may be happy when he dies, at least Tidus wasn't an obvious raging homosexual like this one, it would be amusing though if the voicen he had was really manly.
...Tidus was so annoying though dude.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha." Whoever came up with that voiceover idea needs to be skinned alive and buried in salt. Just take out voiceovers... if you're not going to do it right don't do it at all.

[Lionheart1827]

...Tidus was so annoying though dude.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha." Whoever came up with that voiceover idea needs to be skinned alive and buried in salt. Just take out voiceovers... if you're not going to do it right don't do it at all.

I agree. If they could get some decent voice acting like they get with the MGS games, it could be awesome. But if there gonna sound stupid, id rather read text, so i can draw my own conclusions about what they sound like.:thumb:

[Pop music sucks]

I love customizable names:evil:

Cloud=Dirt
Aeris=Stabbed
Barrett=Mr. T
Red XIII=TonyTiger

[MAthiAS]

I agree. If they could get some decent voice acting like they get with the MGS games, it could be awesome. But if there gonna sound stupid, id rather read text, so i can draw my own conclusions about what they sound like.:thumb:
Yeah I was just about to refer to MGS.

[Pop music sucks]

The voice actors/actresses chosen for FFVII: Advent Children were well cast. At least to me, they sounded like how I'd think they'd sound. I'm fine with reading subtitles and listened to non-forced lines, I hope the english dub will be as good.

[Otherside]

Otherside... this is regression. Progressive would be fine, and maybe they did that with XI, but this is just further alienating the fans of the pre PS2 games.

Regression by doing something new? I don't think I understand.

[Pop music sucks]

Regression by doing something new in a not-so-good way.

[Lord Abortion]

I liked Tidus...The voice probably suited his character...

He isn't the best hero, but there could have been worse

NP-Trail of blood

[FlyingPaul_83]

Ugh! No. Do not recycle and rehash the same system they used for 9 consecutive games(with added tweaks here and there) again! Be innovative SE, I'll support you if no one else :(

:thumb: I'm with you man. I'm actually pretty excited about this new battle system. I want to see if it will be good.

[MAthiAS]

Regression by doing something new in a not-so-good way.
Yeah, pretty much.

I mean, look at FFVII, they took a big chance with the story, making it more futuristic, and even more so with FFVIII, and those two are great games. The stories and battle systems worked well, and the characters were well thought out, particularly in VII.

With X and X-2 though, it really seemed like the game couldn't live up to the graphics. The characters were pretty bland, they were either really energetic or really quiet. And anyone who didn't see every plot twist from a mile away might want to consider being institutionalized.

[Pop music sucks]

Yeah, I really liked the love story in VIII, it was tragic.

I can't be bothered to play X just because of the horrible voice-acting, let alone X-2.

[fatbandit]

Nah, Tidus' voice is cool. Its Fry from Futurama, how's that a bad thing :p

And I don't know about Advent Children, but Steve Burton playing Cloud in Kingdom Hearts was so spot on awesome! :eek:

Lance Bass from N*Sync as Sephiroth, not so.

:smash:

[Liberi Fatali]

Nah, Tidus' voice is cool. Its Fry from Futurama, how's that a bad thing :p
The voice acting for Tidus is horrible, not because of how his voice sounds but how he uses his voice. That laughing with Yuna scene is one prime example.

[MAthiAS]

I also heard that the actors had no clue what the scene was like when they were recording the voices.

[Lionheart1827]

I also heard that the actors had no clue what the scene was like when they were recording the voices.

that makes sense :D

there better be moogles in the new FF:evil:

[MAthiAS]

And a decent minigame. Blitzball = teh suck

Since its set in 'Ivalice', it could follow in Tactics' footsteps storywise. Which would be absolutely sick. Could be cool if they made it like a non strategy Tactics style game, if you know what I mean.

[Liberi Fatali]

And a decent minigame. Blitzball = teh suck
It was good until about 30 minutes in when you realised in order to get all the goodies at the end you'd have to play tons and tons of 10 minute+ matches that are just the same thing over and over again.

[MAthiAS]

Yeah, it was too easy and too boring.

Turn based soccer in a huge water sphere? Come on guys...

[The "Plummer"]

Ya blitzball sucks. I had more fun gettin pwned by Seymore.

[DeusExMachina]

It's going to be set a long time before Tactics. In Tactics, there's no technology. The old civilization with airships and stuff has been dead for a long time. And yet, FFXII has airships. So it's either going to be way in the past, or way in the future. Future could be kind of cool, actually... with Ramza being like some famed hero or something.

[MAthiAS]

Past would be cool though, because remember all the machines found in Goug? It could also be like living through the Germonik Scriptures or something.

[Spectrum]

Yeah, I was surprised by their choice to maintain continuity between FFXII and FFT. I'm waiting to see just how that works out, like what they do with the story line - wait, I'm basically reflecting Deus here. I want to see what they do with the conitnuity.

Past would be cool, like MAthiAS said, and I might actually currently prefer it that way.

[MAthiAS]

I just hope they don't ruin the perfection that is Tactics. Actually... I don't think there's any way they can come close to Tactics' story. Its so awesome... so applicable to the real world too.

[Spectrum]

Tactics ruled. I love the switches in loyalties in the game as your character undergoes hard transformations and follows his true moral compass... God, such a well-done game.

[MAthiAS]

Yes, it is.

And I still don't understand it in full. So is Delita the one on top?

[man_with_bass]

Hey,guys, in Advent Children what's the gray wolf doing there?I was confused cuz I don't remember seeing a gray wolf in FF:VII.

[MAthiAS]

Shut the **** up about AC, dumbass

[man_with_bass]

:'(

[infinate_ammo]

advent children = lame

[Brew]

'sup thread.

I downloaded FFVI last night, mainly because the PS1 version is annoying with its retarded loading times.

[Pop music sucks]

Urgh, I need to level up my party before I can take on the Midgar Zolom. I do fine until Beta is used:(

[andyhainey]

Yeah, it was too easy and too boring.

Turn based soccer in a huge water sphere? Come on guys...

i had more fun out of WALKING through the calm lands, it really was a disappointment :upset:

[Echleon]

With FFV and FFVI being remade for the GBA, and FFIII on the DS; I guess the next remake would be VII.

If they release it on the PSP (how ever unlikely that is) i'd buy one purely for that game.

[crag]

With FFV and FFVI being remade for the GBA, and FFIII on the DS; I guess the next remake would be VII.

If they release it on the PSP (how ever unlikely that is) i'd buy one purely for that game.
heehee my bro's getting a PSP for Christmas so i'll be all set if they release VII:)

[andyhainey]

my brother is getting a psp as well, but i actually thought it was going to be released on the ps3

[Echleon]

Nah, there have been no official plans.

When the PS3 was showcased it featured a graphically re-vamped version of FFVII's opening FMV as a technical demo just to display the PS3's power. As of yet, there are no plans to remake the game.

I'd rather see if for PSP though.

[andyhainey]

actually i read an artical that it IS going to be released, apparently you are vincent in the game, but i dont know the storyline :upset:

[Pop music sucks]

wtf

I beat the first Fort Condor mission, head out into the woods, and I encounter and get Yuffie. I didn't even have enough time to do the "run-in-a-circle-until-I-encounter-something" thing.

Hooray for getting Yuffie really early in the game?

[Echleon]

actually i read an artical that it IS going to be released, apparently you are vincent in the game, but i dont know the storyline :upset:

Oh, that isn't the original FFVII

It's something like 'Crisis Core' or one of the various other spin-offs of the title that Square-Enix are releasing.

Though I just recently looked, and the PSP spin-off will be an RPG. I'm pretty excited about that now.

[andyhainey]

wtf

I beat the first Fort Condor mission, head out into the woods, and I encounter and get Yuffie. I didn't even have enough time to do the "run-in-a-circle-until-I-encounter-something" thing.

Hooray for getting Yuffie really early in the game?

you can get her after you come out of the cave after chocobo ranch, before you goto that place where you get shiva

[Happy]

Urgh, I need to level up my party before I can take on the Midgar Zolom. I do fine until Beta is used:(
Use a chocobo to cross the marsh?
You don't have to fight it.

[andyhainey]

there is 2 ways to cross

1: wait until the snake thingy is at the other side of the marsh then run across beside the mountains

2: use a chocobo, easy!

EDIT: beta is also an enemy skill

[Pop music sucks]

I know how to pass it without a chocobo. If you read it I said, "I played the first Fort Condor...". That should've told you right away I already ran passed the Zolom. Fort Condor is on the other side of the mountain range.

And I know Beta is an enemy skill.

I just want to kill the Midgar Zolom to get enough experience points so that they're still useful, not unlike way into the game and you get the Highwind.

They're making Dirge of Cereberus, that's where you play as Vincent.

[Happy]

Dirge of Cerberus sounds like it'll be good but hopefully it won't be like X-2.

[andyhainey]

yeah, that really sucked

[andyhainey]

I know how to pass it without a chocobo. If you read it I said, "I played the first Fort Condor...". That should've told you right away I already ran passed the Zolom. Fort Condor is on the other side of the mountain range.

And I know Beta is an enemy skill.

I just want to kill the Midgar Zolom to get enough experience points so that they're still useful, not unlike way into the game and you get the Highwind.

They're making Dirge of Cereberus, that's where you play as Vincent.

by the way, you get crap exp off a zolom i swear, you get like 300 exp

[fatbandit]

Getting Yuffie early on is bad. As her level is dictated by the average of the rest of your party at the time. So getting her early just means you have to level her up more. Get her on Disc 2 though, so you can do the Don Corneo sidequest. You miss out a couple of materia and a cool little story otherwise.

:smash:

[crag]

by the way, you get crag exp off a zolom? i swear, you get like 300 exp
:cool:

[andyhainey]

its really crappy

i remember my i bet my brother £2 that he couldnt get 1000 hp before he got into calm, but suprisingly enough he got 1500hp and he had like cure 2 and stuff

[fatbandit]

Of course you can. Its just about the levelling up...

I've had Finishing Touch in the first reactor before...

:smash:

[andyhainey]

nice :thumb: i had meteorain just after the 1st time you visit fort condor

[Happy]

Getting Yuffie early on is bad. As her level is dictated by the average of the rest of your party at the time. So getting her early just means you have to level her up more. Get her on Disc 2 though, so you can do the Don Corneo sidequest. You miss out a couple of materia and a cool little story otherwise.

:smash:
Yeah, characters level up when they're not used too, so you can get Yuffie early on.
I remember that I've got to get my party to lvl 99. must do that tonight.

[andyhainey]

me too, here are my characters stats

cloud: lvl 99
barret: lvl 97
tifa: lvl 95

[MAthiAS]

Getting Yuffie early on is bad. As her level is dictated by the average of the rest of your party at the time. So getting her early just means you have to level her up more. Get her on Disc 2 though, so you can do the Don Corneo sidequest. You miss out a couple of materia and a cool little story otherwise.

:smash:
Corneo sidequest? You mean Wutai?

I hate overleveling... it ruins the game for me.

Reliving the Fantasy

IF you were cruising the internet through the week of E3, you probably read about SE's hot to trot FFVII tech demo, which was shown during Sony's preshow press conference to help convey the power of the PS3. Unfortunately, you probably also read how Square's president denied that the footage meant a remake of its colossal PS1 role-playing game was in the works. Put away the Kleenex, people; we have it on very, very (notice the double verys) good authority that the company is indeed bringing a visually updated version of FFVII to PS3. Any other details? Well, Aerith still dies in this version, so maybe you should keep those tissues within arms reach.
Yeah, from a while back.

[andyhainey]

overleveling saves you hassel for later in the game, so i usually do a little bit of lefveling up after every even i.e. after midgar then again after chocobo ranch etc:

[Happy]

This whole "FFVII will be remade/won't be remade" is confusing the hell outta me.

[MAthiAS]

overleveling saves you hassel for later in the game, so i usually do a little bit of lefveling up after every even i.e. after midgar then again after chocobo ranch etc:
Yeah but it makes the game overly easy. Next play through I do will be a low level run. You only get EXP from boss fights.

[Lord Abortion]

I do a massive amount of levelling up in FF games.

the prime place in 7 is the forests near fort condor.
also good for Getting Limit levels raised, I aim to have two of my three on L3 limit before I leave there...

[MAthiAS]

Overachievers. :p

[andyhainey]

THATS the word lol :thumb:

[crag]

all this talk of FFVII makes me want to play it, to bad mine broke:upset:

[andyhainey]

buy it off ebay for cheap

[andyhainey]

me 2

[crag]

buy it off ebay for cheap
i would but my funds appear to be rather low

[andyhainey]

as are mine

[crag]

It appears it's selling for £8

FFVII (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FINAL-FANTASY-VII-7-EXCELLENT-ps1-2_W0QQitemZ8231643498QQcategoryZ90843QQrdZ1QQcmdZV iewItem)

[andyhainey]

tell your mother to buy it

[crag]

tell your mother to buy it
my mother doesn't trust the internet

[Happy]

my mother doesn't trust the internet
Then steal her credit card.

[FlyingPaul_83]

The first time I played through VIII, my friend told me to level up to lvl40 in the garden place. So I did, and it pretty much ruined the whole game for me. Thankfully I ****ed up to the point where I just started the game over, so I just started the game and it was MUCH better.

[crag]

i guess i'm the only one that finds unchallenging games more fun

[andyhainey]

yeah, i usually just lvl up when i need to, or i use my cheat disk

[Happy]

You levelled up to Lvl 40 in the training centre? Wow. I thought I had patience getting GF abilities there.

[red barchetta]

The first time I played through VIII, my friend told me to level up to lvl40 in the garden place. So I did, and it pretty much ruined the whole game for me. Thankfully I ****ed up to the point where I just started the game over, so I just started the game and it was MUCH better.
i beat ultimecia with a level 16 Squall :cool:
Getting Yuffie early on is bad. As her level is dictated by the average of the rest of your party at the time. So getting her early just means you have to level her up more. Get her on Disc 2 though, so you can do the Don Corneo sidequest. You miss out a couple of materia and a cool little story otherwise.

i just got her in disk 1, so that i had a character with level 4 limit break early on in the game (i had a limit level 4 Red and Yuffie at Temple of Ancients)

[Happy]

i beat ultimecia with a level 16 Squall :cool:

:eek:
Jeebus.
Doesn't the boss difficulty depend on your levels anyway?

[red barchetta]

:eek:
Jeebus.
Doesn't the boss difficulty depend on your levels anyway?
yeah, the level of every enemy in the game depends on your party's average level. meaning high levelling up can be a bad thing. besides, you dont get that much stat gain with a level up in VIII.

you can get high stats using wise junctioning

[Happy]

yeah, the level of every enemy in the game depends on your party's average level. meaning high levelling up can be a bad thing. besides, you dont get that much stat gain with a level up in VIII.

you can get high stats using wise junctioning
Cool. I think I'll try a game like that.
<All luck 7's lol. (well not for long)

[andyhainey]

You levelled up to Lvl 40 in the training centre? Wow. I thought I had patience getting GF abilities there.

if you have troubles getting your gfs abillities up, when you have the ragnorok, goto the the catuar island
and fight the cactai you get 20 ap for 1

[Happy]

if you have troubles getting your gfs abillities up, when you have the ragnorok, goto the the catuar island
and fight the cactai you get 20 ap for 1
Nah, I didn't have the option for that. I wanted to get Card, and some other abilities before I went to Dollett for the trainign mission.

[FlyingPaul_83]

Nah, I didn't have the option for that. I wanted to get Card, and some other abilities before I went to Dollett for the trainign mission.


Whenever I used card it never worked.

whats the highest that you have ever boosted shiva? I think i got 148 one time.

[andyhainey]

meh, card is soo boring

[Happy]

The highest I boosted Shiva is probably over 200. I seriously spazz out when it comes to button mashing.

[FlyingPaul_83]

The highest I boosted Shiva is probably over 200. I seriously spazz out when it comes to button mashing.

jeez man. :lol:

Now I feel like playing VIII :upset:

[andyhainey]

the best i boosted her is like 145

[red barchetta]

i dont use GF summons in VIII :eek:

[marc man]

wow. alot happins hen you computer brakes for three days:amaze:

[Happy]

Sure does. MX is one fast moving forum.

[marc man]

Sure does. MX is one fast moving forum.
yeh

[MAthiAS]

i dont use GF summons in VIII :eek:
Yeah, I only use Eden and Doomtrain when necessary. It really doesn't pay to use any others. Meltdown + Aura > Everyone.

[red barchetta]

Yeah, I only use Eden and Doomtrain when necessary. It really doesn't pay to use any others. Meltdown + Aura > Everyone.
exactly.

casting meltdown is the first and most important thing you should do in a boss battle in FFVIII.

[marc man]

i started a new game of ffVI last night and i am at the part where you are on the rafth thing, how do you bet the **** out of the squid thing? and what are thingys biltz codes again?

[red barchetta]

i started a new game of ffVI last night and i am at the part where you are on the rafth thing, how do you bet the **** out of the squid thing? and what are thingys biltz codes again?
cast fire with terra, attack with Edgar, Blitz with Sabin (left right left is the code you want) and pray with Banon (make sure he's in the back row)

[marc man]

cast fire with terra, attack with Edgar, Blitz with Sabin (left right left is the code you want) and pray with Banon (make sure he's in the back row)
kewl. Does sabin only know one blitz code?

[red barchetta]

kewl. Does sabin only know one blitz code?
no, go to the menu screen and you can see what the other codes are

[marc man]

no, go to the menu screen and you can see what the other codes are
thanks again.

[Liberi Fatali]

i dont use GF summons in VIII :eek:
I use them just because they're so pretty. :cool:

And the button mashing means you don't just sit around watching it the whole time, you have something to do.

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, I leveled up on the island closest to hell in VIII

[andyhainey]

i love to use gfs, but i dont as much as i used to because my normal attacks are taking more damage off apponents, i still use them for fun

dont you guys think the way eden is summoned its really long and pointless?

[Liberi Fatali]

dont you guys think the way eden is summoned its really long and pointless? Yes, even if you screw up doing the square button boost you could still easily get to 250. It was fun to watch the first time, but after that I never used it.

[MAthiAS]

i love to use gfs, but i dont as much as i used to because my normal attacks are taking more damage off apponents, i still use them for fun

dont you guys think the way eden is summoned its really long and pointless?
Yeah, they might as well just give you the 250 boost and call it a day.

I loved watching Bahamut's GF. Twas really cool.

[andyhainey]

i find the boost option helpful, but i go physco if i dont get it right

[Lord Abortion]

I never really use summons, unless the enemy was weak agianst it, I'm too impatient to sit through the animation really.

[andyhainey]

doomtrain is quite a useful gf, doesnt that put your opponents defense down to 1?

[cloud^]

doomtrain is quite a useful gf, doesnt that put your opponents defense down to 1?

Yeah, 1 or 0. He also adds some status effects to the enemy.
Listening to some FFVIII music, right now...

[Lionheart1827]

Once you get Lion Heart, the GF's are pretty much useless, except for a choice few.:thumb:

[DeusExMachina]

no, go to the menu screen and you can see what the other codes are
You win the "best avatar on MX" award.

[Lionheart1827]

You win the "best avatar on MX" award.

Magus ****ing owns so hard. I miss Chrono Trigger. I think I should fire up my SNES and play it again during thanksgiving.:thumb:

[infinate_ammo]

I feel the need to post this
http://i.somethingawful.com/inserts/articlepics/photoshop/11-04-05-games/TheSwami.jpg

[Pop music sucks]

by the way, you get crap exp off a zolom i swear, you get like 300 expI know that also, I only want to kill it because I can.

What I'm gonna do is level them up enough so that they barely survive Beta, that way I won't be too high to really utilize the experience it gives me.

Like I haven't played the game before:rolleyes:

[Brew]

I feel the need to post this
*silly picture*

refl :lol:

/me plays FFVI

[andyhainey]

meh, i like the the rip of ff7 cover. i also have a picture of yuffie doing something dirty, :lol:

[infinate_ammo]

meh, i like the the rip of ff7 cover. i also have a picture of yuffie doing something dirty, :lol:
Sharing is caring

[andyhainey]

yes beut its, very dirty (nudity) ill be happy to send you it via email

[Happy]

I feel the need to post this

/Proud to be a fanboy :cool:

[infinate_ammo]

yes beut its, very dirty (nudity) ill be happy to send you it via email
Haha I'll leave the twisted pron to you.
Isnt the cover of ff7 just ****in awsome? Brings back great memories jsut looking at it.

[Happy]

Mine's just the FF logo on a blank cover. I stuggled to remember what the cover looked like just now.

[Pop music sucks]

Yeah, anybody else try to draw the characters from the Official Guidbook.

I still have some of the better redrawings.

I can't draw any of my own, they're all just "*looks at picture* *looks at paper* *draws*":(

My friend, however, made awesome drawings all the time.

[crag]

i drew Cloud once, it wasn't bad

[red barchetta]

You win the "best avatar on MX" award.
:cool:

[Chrysostom]

So I'm finally getting 10 this xmas, but is X-2 worth it as well? My friends tell me it sucks but...?

[red barchetta]

So I'm finally getting 10 this xmas, but is X-2 worth it as well? My friends tell me it sucks but...?
around 95% of the people that have played X-2 says that it sucks. if you really want to play it, i suggest borrowing off a friend.

if you dont like it but want to see the ending, i suggest you do what i did and download it somewhere on the internet.

[DeusExMachina]

I want to see the ending, but I haven't found a place to download it yet. Not that I've looked or anything. Does ffdream have it?

[red barchetta]

I want to see the ending, but I haven't found a place to download it yet. Not that I've looked or anything. Does ffdream have it?
http://www.ffdream.com/?cat=downld&rub=videosffx2

[infinate_ammo]

I think ffx-2 is a great game, sure it's not like the other Final Fantasy games but it's great fun to play. Also I claim it's got the best battle system FF has ever had and I love the whole dressphere thing.
Plus the gameplay in it feels really non-linear which is great.

[Chrysostom]

I think ffx-2 is a great game, sure it's not like the other Final Fantasy games but it's great fun to play. Also I claim it's got the best battle system FF has ever had and I love the whole dressphere thing.
Plus the gameplay in it feels really non-linear which is great.

Maybe I'll buy it second-hand then.

[infinate_ammo]

Someone please make a list of the things that make ffx-2 such a horrid game, I'm curious to see what everyone hates.

[crag]

http://www.ffdream.com/?cat=downld&rub=videosffx2
is there any way of getting that site to be in English?

[marc man]

Its easy to learn Japnase playing ffVII, just play the game in english then in janpanse.:thumb:

[Otherside]

I can't see that doing much at all o.o

Japanese is a very complex yet vague language, almost opposite of English. I used to want to learn to speak it, but I eventually gave up :\

[red barchetta]

Its easy to learn Japnase playing ffVII, just play the game in english then in janpanse.:thumb:
i like the way you spelled japanese wrong in 2 ways in 1 sentence :amaze:

[marc man]

I can't see that doing much at all o.o

Japanese is a very complex yet vague language, almost opposite of English. I used to want to learn to speak it, but I eventually gave up :\
my teacher (french) told me how to speak Japanese. Really easy after a while.:thumb: Wow i can't spell.

[Chrysostom]

i like the way you spelled japanese wrong in 2 ways in 1 sentence :amaze:

Aha ha ha. That's great. :lol:

"Japnase" or "Janpanse" which are you?

[crag]

the only Japanese i know is Origato (sp?) and even then i don't know what it means, i think it's thank you

[red barchetta]

the only Japanese i know is Origato (sp?) and even then i don't know what it means, i think it's thank you
Arigato

[Chrysostom]

Arigato

crag's version means "thank you for the paper swan"

[marc man]

hagi de mashti = hello, how are you?