The Black Mage Village (Final Fantasy)

[andyhainey]

i think there should be a poll, consisting of this :thumb:

ff5 poll round A: *choose favourite character*
ff6 poll round B: *choose favourite character*
and so on, and so forth, all the going up to ff10 and after the 10th one, we put the winning characters from each round into a final poll

POLL NAME: Ultimate final fantasy character





















:upset:

[red barchetta]

i think there should be a poll, consisting of this :thumb:

ff5 poll round A: *choose favourite character*
ff6 poll round B: *choose favourite character*
and so on, and so forth, all the going up to ff10 and after the 10th one, we put the winning characters from each round into a final poll

POLL NAME: Ultimate final fantasy character

we could do, but i think the hurt and heal was enough. besides, there arent enough good characters in FF5

[andyhainey]

suppose :lol:

[marc man]

has any one seen the chobo tribute song on flash player?

[andyhainey]

yes, but check this out


http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/randombattles_movie.php

[MAthiAS]

Yeah, that one's pretty good.

I hate it when people pronounce Tifa that way though.

[andyhainey]

they are meaning to do that

tifa: tiffa
aeris: aris
yuffie: yoofie

[Chrysostom]

aeris: aris

I pronounce that like the flower/part of the eye = Iris. 'AE' is the latinized version. It should be pronounced "eyeris" if you like.

Add Red XIII and Cloud to that list there. I agree totally... I dig love stories for some reason. Never thought I'd say that 5 years ago lol.

Yeah true. They both had dark/sad pasts. Especially Cloud.

Don't Steiner or Amarant count as angry characters?

Steiner isn't an angry character. He's an arse, and he's impatient. Amarant is more like a 'Meh...I'll do things my way and screw the rest of you' character. Best demonstrated by his attempt to get through Ipsen's Castle by himself. I like him, another of my loners that I have a thing for.

[MAthiAS]

They need to bring back the loner main character, and make the light hearted one's serve as comic relief from a deep story. It shouldn't be the other way around.

[Chrysostom]

They need to bring back the loner main character, and make the light hearted one's serve as comic relief from a deep story. It shouldn't be the other way around.

So true. Squall is probably my favourite character ever. Then Vincent, he was so tortured, it was cool. Even the way you find him, and the things he says at that point are great.

[MAthiAS]

Yeah, I probably relate most with Squall.

[Chrysostom]

Yeah, I probably relate most with Squall.

Me too. Why do you relate to him?

[MAthiAS]

Because I'm a quiet and clueless loner just like him, heh.

[Chrysostom]

Because I'm a quiet and clueless loner just like him, heh.

I see. Same here. He and I are also similar in that we both dislike relying on other people. I prefer to run my own affairs without interference, as does he.

[MAthiAS]

Yeah, same for me. In most cases I prefer spending time alone too, there's only one or two people on the planet I actually enjoy being around.

Its got its good points, I like the lifestyle. Even if at times it can suck, that's the way it goes.

[Chrysostom]

Yeah, same for me. In most cases I prefer spending time alone too.
Its got its good points, I like the lifestyle.

Agreed.

[crag]

hm, it seems a lot of people around here like being a loner, myself included, and all your talk of FFVIII makes me wish i had it.:upset:

[Chrysostom]

hm, it seems a lot of people around here like being a loner, myself included, and all your talk of FFVIII makes me wish i had it.:upset:

You need it bad. It's great. One of the best. Certainly my favourite so far. Although I have yet to play 10, I suspect FFVIII's position is safe. But maybe I'll be proved wrong.

[crag]

You need it bad. It's great. One of the best. Certainly my favourite so far. Although I have yet to play 10, I suspect FFVIII's position is safe. But maybe I'll be proved wrong.
i've played 7, 9 and 10 and 10 is by far my least favourite although still good.

[MAthiAS]

If you like good characters, then you'll hate X. You played IX yet?

[Chrysostom]

If you like good characters, then you'll hate X. You played IX yet?

Who me?

[MAthiAS]

Ya.

[Chrysostom]

Ya.

Yeah I have, I've had it since it was released, but am only now on the verge of completing (interrupted by going back to uni). Why?

As for lack of good characters in 10, from what I've seen, Auron and Lulu are my kind of people.

[MAthiAS]

Just wasn't sure if you had played IX. What school you at?

Auron and Lulu are cool, but they can't make up for the onslaught of annoyance that is Tidus and Yuna. Their too secondary as characters for them to save the game.

[Chrysostom]

Just wasn't sure if you had played IX. What school you at?

Auron and Lulu are cool, but they can't make up for the onslaught of annoyance that is Tidus and Yuna. Their too secondary as characters for them to save the game.

That's what I feared, but nevermind. IX itself had only one even vaguely "loner" character = Amarant. It was a bit disappointing.

I'm British, so I'm at one of the unis here.

[Liberi Fatali]

That's what I feared, but nevermind. IX itself had only one even vaguely "loner" character = Amarant. It was a bit disappointing.

I'm British, so I'm at one of the unis here. What about Vivi? He was a major loner, trying to find his place in the world.

Poor little guy. :(

[Chrysostom]

What about Vivi? He was a major loner, trying to find his place in the world.

Poor little guy. :(

Yeah, but he wasn't a loner in the same sense as Squall or Vincent.

[Liberi Fatali]

Yeah, but he wasn't a loner in the same sense as Squall or Vincent.
I guess he was more of a 'loner through people's views' rather than a 'loner by choice'.

[Spectrum]

Vivi is still one of my enduring favorites.

[MAthiAS]

Zidane wasn't a loner but I think he's a pretty good character.

Ramza was one hell of a main character, what a rebel.

[crag]

Vivi is still one of my enduring favorites.
he was my favourite in IX:)

[MAthiAS]

Alright guys, peace til later. Off to see Bad Religion. :D

[Timm]

I just got the ragnarok spaceship :D
/happily abuses "closest to heaven"'s hidden draw points :)

I'm starting to prefer VIII over VII

[Liberi Fatali]

I just got the ragnarok spaceship :D
/happily abuses "closest to heaven"'s hidden draw points :)

I'm starting to prefer VIII over VII
One converted, thousands of VII fanboys to go. :cool:

I've always preferred VIII, but that is probably because it was my first Final Fantasy.

[Timm]

One converted, thousands of VII fanboys to go. :cool:

I've always preferred VIII, but that is probably because it was my first Final Fantasy.
heh VII was my first :)

now on to bahamut
that biatch :cool:

[Spectrum]

Ah, Bahamut, how lovely of a summon that you are.

Great summon, really. Pretty darn good in that card game as well.

[MBS]

I just beat the Ancients Temple today for FF7. I knew that Aeris was going to run off and die after you beat it, so I unequipped all of her materia and items. Good times. :cool: Gonna go watch her die now.

/goes into room and plays FF7

Haha, Sephiroth shanked you!

[Timm]

my fav summon would be diabolos (never got eden so far :-/ )

edit: diabolos doing 9999 damage right now = :cool:

[MBS]

Carbuncle! Carbuncle's a cool summon. I heart reflect.

Ugh, I hate this part of FF7, when it's just Tifa and Barret, I never use them in battle, so they're about level 38 while Cloud, Vincent, and Red XIII are level 45. :-/

[Lionheart1827]

One converted, thousands of VII fanboys to go. :cool:

I've always preferred VIII, but that is probably because it was my first Final Fantasy.

Me too.:thumb:

[Timm]

eh my party in VIII is level 41-48

the rest is 12 :lol:

it's not so bad in VIII though given the junction system

in VII it was like :

active party 70ish

rest 45ish

[MBS]

in VII it was like :

active party 70ish

rest 45ish

Well, at least in VII they actually level up a bit, and can actually do something. When I had to bring Tifa along to fight Jenova D-E-A-T-H, I gave her all my summon materia and just kept on Summon > Summon > Turbo Ether when needed.

[Timm]

it's weird

in real life I have top notch orientation whether I know the area or not yet I get lost in Esthar >_<

[Liberi Fatali]

eh my party in VIII is level 41-48

the rest is 12 :lol:

it's not so bad in VIII though given the junction system

in VII it was like :

active party 70ish

rest 45ish
Yeah it was nice only having a level 10 Selphie then being able to get her up to 9999 HP purely through junctioning. It meant you didn't have to spend tons of time levelling up all the characters if you wanted to use them on rotation.

What I like so much about the KOTOR series is how all your characters level up together (essentially), which made it so that you could just use any characters you wanted in any situations.

[Timm]

just bashed Kaktor
that was too easy actually
aura-->irvine = instant win

[red barchetta]

I just beat the Ancients Temple today for FF7. I knew that Aeris was going to run off and die after you beat it, so I unequipped all of her materia and items. Good times. :cool: Gonna go watch her die now.

/goes into room and plays FF7

Haha, Sephiroth shanked you!
my Aeris died with a Dragon Armlet equipped :angry: stupid bitch

[Adam Jones is GOD]

Im pretty sure you get all her equipment back when she leaves.

I certinally remember using throw against Jenova with Aeris' ultimate weapon (it even hits for f-all with throw)

[red barchetta]

Im pretty sure you get all her equipment back when she leaves.

I certinally remember using throw against Jenova with Aeris' ultimate weapon (it even hits for f-all with throw)
nah, you get her materia but not her equipment. well, thats what happened to me anyway.

[marc man]

yes, but check this out


http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/randombattles_movie.php
yeh i loved that one. me and my pal could't stop laughing at it.

what about this one.
http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/finalfantasygilquest.html
i did't real find that funny.

[Lord Abortion]

aura-->irvine = instant win
You can say that about any boss.

Irvine>all

[andyhainey]

yeh i loved that one. me and my pal could't stop laughing at it.

what about this one.
http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/finalfantasygilquest.html
i did't real find that funny.

meh, it was alright

watch this
http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/ffmixedinbalamb_movie.php

then this
http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/ffmixedinbalamb2-1_movie.php

then this
http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/ffmixedinbalamb2-2_movie.php

and finaly this
http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/ffmixedinbalamb2part3_movie.php

NOTE!:MUST WATCH THEM IN THAT ORDER

[marc man]

meh, it was alright

watch this
http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/ffmixedinbalamb_movie.php

then this
http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/ffmixedinbalamb2-1_movie.php

then this
http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/ffmixedinbalamb2-2_movie.php

and finaly this
http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/ffmixedinbalamb2part3_movie.php

NOTE!:MUST WATCH THEM IN THAT ORDER

soooooooooooooooooooo funny.
this one is quite funny.

http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/finalfantasy.html

how do you get cid again, its been bugging me for ever.

[FlyingPaul_83]

Yeah, same for me. In most cases I prefer spending time alone too, there's only one or two people on the planet I actually enjoy being around.

Its got its good points, I like the lifestyle. Even if at times it can suck, that's the way it goes.


123 I completely agree with that :thumb:

[Otherside]

Yeah, same for me. In most cases I prefer spending time alone too, there's only one or two people on the planet I actually enjoy being around.

Although I'm like that usually, I don't shy away from meeting new people, and try to make friends with everyone. I guess it really depends on the mood I'm in :\

[crag]

i'm all for meeting new people and have no real problems socialising, but in the end of the day i just prefer to be alone.

[Lord Abortion]

Those videos are pretty bloody funny

[FlyingPaul_83]

Although I'm like that usually, I don't shy away from meeting new people, and try to make friends with everyone. I guess it really depends on the mood I'm in :\


yeah same here, but when I try to talk with them, most likely we will never have anything in common. :shrug:


I've always preferred VIII, but that is probably because it was my first Final Fantasy.

123, it will probabaly always be my favorite.

FFVIII music > all IMO of course :D

[Happy]

I try to make friends but it doesn't work. meh.

[Chrysostom]

One converted, thousands of VII fanboys to go. :cool:.

VIII wins all. Great game. FFVII fanboys. Tut tut. :cool:

[Chrysostom]

FFVIII music > all IMO of course :D

Hmmm...VII and IX beat it on a couple of things, but I mainly totally agree. The music for the Lionheart section of the final battle rocks my world.

[red barchetta]

Hmmm...VII and IX beat it on a couple of things, but I mainly totally agree. The music for the Lionheart section of the final battle rocks my world.
i agree

Those who fight further > Force your way

and

The airship Hildagarde > Ride on

[Timm]

can someone tell me how to make megapill2 again?

edit nevermind I've taught alexander something I shouldn't have :p

[MAthiAS]

Although I'm like that usually, I don't shy away from meeting new people, and try to make friends with everyone. I guess it really depends on the mood I'm in :\
I'm friendly to pretty much everyone, but I like very few people enough to actually call them 'friends'. I'm not afraid to make enemies though.

FF VIII definitely has the best music, though VII has some killer stuff too.

[Chrysostom]

i agree

Those who fight further > Force your way

and

The airship Hildagarde > Ride on

You'll have to spell those out within the context of the games. I don't know the proper titles.

[Chrysostom]

I'm friendly to pretty much everyone, but I like very few people enough to actually call them 'friends'.

Exactly the same here. I like it.

[red barchetta]

You'll have to spell those out within the context of the games. I don't know the proper titles.
ah, ok then:

boss battle music in 7 > boss battle music in 8

airship music in 9 > airship music in 8

[FlyingPaul_83]

i agree

Those who fight further > Force your way

and

The airship Hildagarde > Ride on


meh, I like Force your way better than Those who fight further, but I agree with the second one.

[Chrysostom]

ah, ok then:

boss battle music in 7 > boss battle music in 8

airship music in 9 > airship music in 8

Ah. I agree.

Then theres the Jenovah music, the music for the purple Sephiroth, and the music for the City of the Ancients (atmospheric as hell).

[Timm]

I <3 find your way from VIII
starts kinda scary and goes into beautiful melody

[Chrysostom]

I <3 find your way from VIII
starts kinda scary and goes into beautiful melody

Which tune is that?

[fatbandit]

Still More Fighting is THE best boss music EVAR. Now if only they recorded it with real distorted guitars etc...

Wait... Sounds like a job for the ninja editors... :amaze:

:smash:

[Timm]

Which tune is that?
centra ruins for example
and the second laguna part I think

you can download all final fantasy music as midi by the way for free somewhere, just google it

I still need to buy the real ones

[Chrysostom]

centra ruins for example

Is that that abandoned mining facility that laguna goes to?

[Liberi Fatali]

Is that that abandoned mining facility that laguna goes to?
Yup, where you use the explosives to knock a boulder down that nearly squashes the Esther soldiers. Hehe always love that bit.

[Timm]

eh I meant the place where you get Odin actually, that's a centra ruin aswell

[Chrysostom]

Yup, where you use the explosives to knock a boulder down that nearly squashes the Esther soldiers. Hehe always love that bit.

Heh. Good times. I'm going to replay 8 once I finish X and X-2. It's the FF I've played least I think. Only completed it once.

[MAthiAS]

You guys got me wanting to play FFVIII again now too...

I hate it when sometimes you play through a game, and one of the major plot points doesn't really hit home with you. Like in VII, people were like 'omg i liek cried when aerith died', and I'm just like, 'ok'. Tough to explain...

[Timm]

You guys got me wanting to play FFVIII again now too...

I hate it when sometimes you play through a game, and one of the major plot points doesn't really hit home with you. Like in VII, people were like 'omg i liek cried when aerith died', and I'm just like, 'ok'. Tough to explain...
it was like that when I played VIII for the first time for me, I dunno why I didn't bother to complete it

now I'm playing it again after 5 years and I'm really into it somehow :lol:
just completed disc 3 for the first time ever :thumb:

though I have to say the regular bosses are just too weak
today I beat king tonberry, rai jin and fujin, that roboter thingy, cifer (tbc)
and the tonberry fight was the longest with about 3 minutes, the other ones just got blown away by my crew in one or two rounds, but what you wanna do with a 6000 - 9999 damage doing irvine :cool:

[Lionheart1827]

Still More Fighting is THE best boss music EVAR. Now if only they recorded it with real distorted guitars etc...

Wait... Sounds like a job for the ninja editors... :amaze:

:smash:

its been done by the black mages.:thumb:

[MAthiAS]

I think I prefer the midi version lol.

[Timm]

after you fought adell and that time thingy is on, can you come back to "the real world"?
cause I don't have eden and lionheart yet :-/

[MAthiAS]

Nope.

[Timm]

Nope.
that sucks

but thank god I didn't save :lol:

[FlyingPaul_83]

Have you guys ever had "the Line skip"? It's where your reading the dialogue and you accidently press the button for the next dialogue twice and you skip someting that could've been possibly important. I do it all the time :upset:

I think I need to replay VII just beacuse of that :lol:

[Timm]

Nope.
errrrr maybe you couldn't but I can :lol:

when you walk on that huge chain there are three portal
I entered one and now I'm somewhere on the world map in esthar apparently :confused:

[FlyingPaul_83]

errrrr maybe you couldn't but I can :lol:

when you walk on that huge chain there are three portal
I entered one and now I'm somewhere on the world map in esthar apparently :confused:


thats true but if I remember correctly, most of the cities/towns are locked.

[Timm]

thats true but if I remember correctly, most of the cities/towns are locked.
well I dunno

but there's a chocobo forest near that portal
I'm glad that I took the time to catch a chocobo, otherwise I couldn't go anywhere

is the ragnarok to be found?

I hope so :-/

/hopes

edit : :lol: at chocobo music after such dramatic events

[Timm]

sheeesh :upset:
I found the ragnarok but everything is locked by a blue something except the battleship, tear's point and the chocobo forests :(
is there an ingame explanation for this?
it would suck otherwise :-/
I missed so many sidequests thinking I could do them later but no...:(

also there the hell is the balamb garden?
it's not in F.H.

[MAthiAS]

Have you guys ever had "the Line skip"? It's where your reading the dialogue and you accidently press the button for the next dialogue twice and you skip someting that could've been possibly important. I do it all the time :upset:

I think I need to replay VII just beacuse of that :lol:
Ah yeah, I do that a lot too.

Just adds to replay value :cool:

[Lionheart1827]

Have you guys ever had "the Line skip"? It's where your reading the dialogue and you accidently press the button for the next dialogue twice and you skip someting that could've been possibly important. I do it all the time :upset:

I think I need to replay VII just beacuse of that :lol:

I did this a lot in FFX because i would read the text faster then the voice, and sometimes id have an over-pushing finger.:thumb:

[DeusExMachina]

I line skip ALL the time. I'm so obsessive that I'll restart the game just to find out what I missed.

[Brew]

sheeesh :upset:
I found the ragnarok but everything is locked by a blue something except the battleship, tear's point and the chocobo forests :(
is there an ingame explanation for this?
it would suck otherwise :-/
I missed so many sidequests thinking I could do them later but no...:(

also there the hell is the balamb garden?
it's not in F.H.

I'm not sure why all the towns are locked, but I think its linked to the Time Compression.

My guess for Balamb Garden is it gets destroyed, again linked to the Time Compression.

I've not played VIII for ages, I want to start a new game on it but my Disc 1 freezes about 10seconds into the intro FMV :(

[Lord Abortion]

sheeesh :upset:
I found the ragnarok but everything is locked by a blue something except the battleship, tear's point and the chocobo forests :(
is there an ingame explanation for this?
it would suck otherwise :-/
I missed so many sidequests thinking I could do them later but no...:(

also there the hell is the balamb garden?
it's not in F.H.
Yeah, You have to go through a portal or so to get back to the Ragnarok, but you'll miss out on some sidequests.

The towns are locked by the time compression.

[MAthiAS]

I'm not sure why all the towns are locked, but I think its linked to the Time Compression.

My guess for Balamb Garden is it gets destroyed, again linked to the Time Compression.

I've not played VIII for ages, I want to start a new game on it but my Disc 1 freezes about 10seconds into the intro FMV :(
Yeah, mine stuttered all the way through last play through. Doubt its still alive.

[Happy]

Mine was like that too. So i bought a new one.

[kamiccollo]

I've not played VIII for ages, I want to start a new game on it but my Disc 1 freezes about 10seconds into the intro FMV :(


You should d/l the game, that way you can forget about the discs getting damaged.

Ive been wondering if i should replay VII or VIII, i just dont know where ill find the time. The only way to play is to lock yourself away for hours at a time!

[Jonny]

Does anyone know if they've confirmed that they're remaking FFVII for PS3?

Also is anyone else gonna get FFIII remake on the DS?

[fatbandit]

I am in the mood to play VIII now actually, but I only have it on PC, which is sucky compared to the PS version. Zell's limit becomes impossible. And my computer can't really handle it. The FMV's look awful, and my soundcard never wanted to play the BGM, just sound effects :/

Raijin and Fuijin the first time was always one of the hardest battles for me :(

The robot in Lunatic Pandora owned me wuite a bit too...

:smash:

[Chrysostom]

Raijin and Fuijin the first time was always one of the hardest battles for me

Yeah, that was tough. The last boss is seriously difficult too. It took me ages to get through all four sections. Hardest FF boss I've been up against so far. But then, I haven't faced FF9's boss yet. Or Sin from X.

[kamiccollo]

Does anyone know if they've confirmed that they're remaking FFVII for PS3?

Also is anyone else gonna get FFIII remake on the DS?

Nope, don't think so, Ive been told it was just to show off the PS3 graphics by everone.
My bro's pretty adamant that it is being remade tho, so ill have to ask where he got his info from.


But then, I haven't faced FF9's boss yet. Or Sin from X.

FF9 was pretty easy I found, esp the end boss. The only reasonably hard one was the one at the bottom of the well/hole thing (been a while), It took some time.

[fatbandit]

If by FF boss you mean last boss, then they're almost always a joke.

I only got into Ultimecia's castle in VIII, and then my computer got wiped :upset:

So was it me, or were Bizarro Sephiroth and JENOVA Absolute harder than Safer Sephiroth?

And in IX, the last boss was ridiculously easy... Not a patch on Trance Kuja (Quina's Limit Glove FTW!)

In X, Yu Yevon was barely a boss... Jecht was so much harder.

Its usually the optional bosses, and some of the earlier bosses where you aren't super-levelled etc which bite you hardest.

:smash:

[burning star IV]

If by FF boss you mean last boss, then they're almost always a joke.

I only got into Ultimecia's castle in VIII, and then my computer got wiped :upset:

So was it me, or were Bizarro Sephiroth and JENOVA Absolute harder than Safer Sephiroth?

And in IX, the last boss was ridiculously easy... Not a patch on Trance Kuja (Quina's Limit Glove FTW!)

In X, Yu Yevon was barely a boss... Jecht was so much harder.

Its usually the optional bosses, and some of the earlier bosses where you aren't super-levelled etc which bite you hardest.

:smash:


I hate that thing.

[fatbandit]

Jecht owned me so hard :lol:

It was like '60,000 HP? No sweat!'

Then he kept healing himself, and like... raping my characters with his gnarly attacks. When I finally decked him, and he came back with the sword and another 60,000 HP, I was so gutted :p

:smash:

[burning star IV]

Jecht owned me so hard :lol:

It was like '60,000 HP? No sweat!'

Then he kept healing himself, and like... raping my characters with his gnarly attacks. When I finally decked him, and he came back with the sword and another 60,000 HP, I was so gutted :p

:smash:

Use Anima and the Mangus Sisters. They demolished him.

[Happy]

If by FF boss you mean last boss, then they're almost always a joke.

I thought Ultimecia was pretty hard.

[fatbandit]

I had neither. Didn't know about Anima until I'd already missed the Besaid Destruction Sphere, and damned if I was going to go back and kill Dark Valefor. I killed it with Yojimbo, but it didn't get me Ribbon armour, so I thought I should just leave it until I was strong enough to get it with other means.

And Magus Sisters... You can't get them without Anima, right?

I just kicked Jecht's arse conventionally after about 4 attempts.


I thought Still More Fighting was one the BM's hadn't done...?

:smash:

[Happy]

I thought Still More Fighting was one the BM's hadn't done...?

:smash:
Yeah, they did. It's on their first album.

[fatbandit]

I never got to fight Ultimecia, due to my game breaking. I'm tempted to buy FFVIII for PS, just to play it some more.

And I always found it so hard trying to find that white SeeD ship :lol:

(Edit: Fancy sending me their Still More Fighting version?)

:smash:

[Chrysostom]

I never got to fight Ultimecia, due to my game breaking. I'm tempted to buy FFVIII for PS, just to play it some more.

Do it. Yesterday if not sooner.

[Happy]

(Edit: Fancy sending me their Still More Fighting version?)

:smash:
It's not on my comp but I could try uploading it. It's weird cos the Cds are Japanese and the song names come up as squares.

[Chrysostom]

Who are these Black Mages you people keep talking about?

[kamiccollo]

Who are these Black Mages you people keep talking about?


I second that. they keep getting mentioned.

[Happy]

They're a rock band set up by Nobuo that play Final Fantasy music.

[fatbandit]

The BM's are Nobuo and a bunch of other guys. Who perform FF music.

Basically.

:smash:

[Chrysostom]

They're a rock band set up by Nobuo that play Final Fantasy music.

Did they do the rock version of the Sephiroth theme in AC then?

[Timm]

nobuo uematsu's FF rock cover band

nobuo uematsu is the FF music composer btw

[Happy]

Did they do the rock version of the Sephiroth theme in AC then?
yes. They have a Myspace too.

[kamiccollo]

is there anyway to d/l their music?

[Chrysostom]

yes. They have a Myspace too.

I thought they did, that kicked arse. Awesome. Time for me to recreate my myspace profile then.

[Happy]

is there anyway to d/l their music?
Not that I know of. I think you can listen to their stuff on ffdream.com

[kamiccollo]

Not that I know of. I think you can listen to their stuff on ffdream.com

Ill try that then. Any you recommend?

[Happy]

Ill try that then. Any you recommend?
Well, all of 'em are great except Otherworld IMO.

[burning star IV]

My buddy has a the FF5-6 soudtrack. We listen to it whenever we play Phantasy Star.

[Chrysostom]

Well, all of 'em are great except Otherworld IMO.

Have they released any records? Nobuo is a legend. His music is some of the best I've ever heard, in and outside games.

[Happy]

Have they released any records? Nobuo is a legend. His music is some of the best I've ever heard, in and outside games.
Yeah 2 Cds from what I know. "The Black Mages" and "The Black Mages 2: The Skies Above".

[Chrysostom]

Yeah 2 Cds from what I know. "The Black Mages" and "The Black Mages 2: The Skies Above".

Available in the UK?

[kamiccollo]

Available in the UK?

If not you could try ebay or amazon, they might sell them

[Chrysostom]

If not you could try ebay or amazon, they might sell them

Good thinking. Thanks. :thumb:

[Happy]

Available in the UK?
I got them off E-bay.

[Chrysostom]

I got them off E-bay.

Are they Japanese imports then?

[Happy]

Are they Japanese imports then?
Well, the booklets and stuff are in English but when I put them on the comp the names come up as boxes which I think means they're japanese. The Cd cases also had a Jap sticker on them.

[Chrysostom]

Well, the booklets and stuff are in English but when I put them on the comp the names come up as boxes which I think means they're japanese. The Cd cases also had a Jap sticker on them.

That does mean they're in Japanese. Gutting, but worth it.

*Checks Xmas list*

1. Lord of the Rings Box Set

2. FFX

3. Black Mage CDs

4. The Silmarillion

5. Second hand bass and amp.

This will be a good Christmas.

[kamiccollo]

*Checks Xmas list*
1. Lord of the Rings Box Set
2. FFX
3. Black Mage CDs
4. The Silmarillion
5. Second hand bass and amp.
This will be a good Christmas.

why dont you download the lord of the rings trilogy, thats what i do unless i can buy the film for under a fiver. you can get them dvd quality too.

[Chrysostom]

why dont you download the lord of the rings trilogy, thats what i do unless i can buy the film for under a fiver. you can get them dvd quality too.

I have a thing for owning things.

[Happy]

That does mean they're in Japanese. Gutting, but worth it.


They still play perfectly well. There's only 2 songs with lyrics and they're both English.

[Chrysostom]

They still play perfectly well. There's only 2 songs with lyrics and they're both English.

Excellent. They'll get played a lot over the xmas holidays then.

Which tunes do they do?

[-Listy-]

The Sephiroth theme is the best character theme EVER imo, its so eerie and fitting, and generally kicks arse.

[Chrysostom]

The Sephiroth theme is the best character theme EVER imo, its so eerie and fitting, and generally kicks arse.

It's better in AC. That was awesome.

[Happy]

Excellent. They'll get played a lot over the xmas holidays then.

Which tunes do they do?
Battle Scene (FF1)
Clash on The Big Bridge (FF5)
Force Your Way (FF8)
Battle, Scene II (FF2)
The Decisive Battle (FF6)
Battle Theme (FF6)
JENOVA (FF7)
Those Who Fight Further (FF7)
Dancing Mad (FF6)
Fight With Seymour (FF10)

The Rocking Grounds (FF3)
Vamo' Alla Flamenco (FF9)
Zeromus (FF6)
Hunter's Chance (FF9)
Otherworld (FF10)
Matoya's Cave (FF1)
The Man With The Machine Gun (FF8)
Maybe I'm A Lion (FF8)
Battle With Four Fiends (FF4)
The Skies Above (FF10)
Blue Blast-Winning The Rainbow

[burning star IV]

I still need to see AC. I'll watch it at Puma's sometime.


EDIT: Jecht's theme song is pretty badass

[-Listy-]

It's better in AC. That was awesome.
True :)

[Chrysostom]

True :)

:thumb:

[Happy]

True :)
Sup Listy.

[Chrysostom]

Force Your Way (FF8)
JENOVA (FF7)
Those Who Fight Further (FF7)
Vamo' Alla Flamenco (FF9)
Hunter's Chance (FF9)
The Man With The Machine Gun (FF8)
Maybe I'm A Lion (FF8)


Quality stuff. Especially JENOVA I bet that rules. That was one of the best bits of music from 7.

What's Vamo' Alla Flamenco? Not that tune that plays during the staged fight between Blank and Zidane?

[Happy]

What's Vamo' Alla Flamenco? Not that tune that plays during the staged fight between Blank and Zidane?
Yup, that's the one.

[Chrysostom]

Yup, that's the one.

Oh dear. Tribute to Rush via my post count right now.

[Happy]

Oh dear. Tribute to Rush via my post count right now.
didn't I comment you on your 1986 postcount a couple of days ago?
Still, VAF is a great tune.

[-Listy-]

Sup Listy.
Hey, pretty bored, my band has another 2 gigs this month and one in December w00t :p you?

[Happy]

Hey, pretty bored, my band has another 2 gigs this month and one in December w00t :p you?
I'm pretty good apart from a slight Chest infection. My band played our first gig last month, it was pretty funny seeing as the sound sucked and we couldn't hear each other.

[Chrysostom]

didn't I comment you on your 1986 postcount a couple of days ago?
Still, VAF is a great tune.

You sure did. It's really not that good of a tune. The Evil Forest/Pinnacle Rocks tune is so great. Really conveys a mystical, magical atmosphere. In fact every time I enter the Evil Forest, I stop dead and let it play through a couple of times. Great stuff.

[-Listy-]

I'm pretty good apart from a slight Chest infection. My band played our first gig last month, it was pretty funny seeing as the sound sucked and we couldn't hear each other.
That sucks man, the same prob happened with us at our first gig, i couldnt hear where we were in a song and we all got lost :( ah its just a laugh anyway, keep at it.

[Chrysostom]

That sucks man, the same prob happened with us at our first gig, i couldnt hear where we were in a song and we all got lost :( ah its just a laugh anyway, keep at it.

Once I carried on playing even though the rest of the band had finished the song. I rescued it nicely though. I suck :upset:

[Happy]

That sucks man, the same prob happened with us at our first gig, i couldnt hear where we were in a song and we all got lost :( ah its just a laugh anyway, keep at it.
yeah I definately will. Next time I'll make sure I take my V as well. I was left with a Single Coil Fender Squier playing metal songs. :-/

[Chrysostom]

Y'know what other bit of music makes me daydream? Garnet's tune that she sings periodically throughout FF9.

[Happy]

Y'know what other bit of music makes me daydream? Garnet's tune that she sings periodically throughout FF9.
I can't for the life of me remember that.

[Chrysostom]

I can't for the life of me remember that.

Really? That's a shame, it's quite beautiful. I've found myself whistling it recently.

[Happy]

Really? That's a shame, it's quite beautiful. I've found myself whistling it recently.
Every time I try to think of it, I think of the tune they sing in Harvest Moon.

[crag]

i can't remember Garnet's theme either all that comes into my head is the Hymn of the Faith

[fatbandit]

Otherworld? From FFX?

The BM's did that?

I was convinced that was another band altogether? And I liked the song... :upset:

:smash:

[Happy]

Otherworld? From FFX?

The BM's did that?

I was convinced that was another band altogether? And I liked the song... :upset:

:smash:
Yeah complete with bad female singing.

[Chrysostom]

What are the official soundtracks like? They're on my xmas list too.

[fatbandit]

Wait wait... Otherworld with a woman singing?

How on earth does that work? The original has a guy screaming his way through it, I'm sure :confused:

And why did they cover it if Nobuo didn't write it (I'm pretty sure he didn't)?

And the only tune that comes into my head trying t think of Garnet's theme is Suteki Da Ne (is that what its called?) from X.

:smash:
:smash:

[kamiccollo]

Garnet theme the one she whistles to herself right? from her hometown, cant remember it but i do rememberliking it.

[Chrysostom]

Garnet theme the one she whistles to herself right? from her hometown i think, cant remember it but i do rememberliking it.

We have a winner. It's the Madain Sari tune. :thumb: Ah, you're a Notts boy eh? :thumb:

[Happy]

What are the official soundtracks like? They're on my xmas list too.
They're pretty good.

[Chrysostom]

They're pretty good.

Excellent. Are they all done with proper orchestras?

[Happy]

Excellent. Are they all done with proper orchestras?
No, they're just the same as in the game. The Black Mages are much better, they add parts like little solo breaks ect.

[kamiccollo]

We have a winner. It's the Madain Sari tune. :thumb: Ah, you're a Notts boy eh? :thumb:

wish i could remember it, been to long since i played it.

Notts...cough..nott trent ....cough...

[Chrysostom]

wish i could remember it, been to long since i played it.

Notts...cough..nott trent ....cough...

You're at Trent?! Get out of my county! :angry: Thou art not worthy to set thy foot uponst Nottighamshire's fair turf.

[kamiccollo]

:lol: /turns serious

Bring it on :angry: ......


Another at notts eh?
Are you at uni or do you live in notts?

[Chrysostom]

Another at notts eh?

Born and bred. Are you a local boy or one of those invaders from the lesser counties (ie all other counties)?

[Chrysostom]

Another at notts eh?
Are you at uni or do you live in notts?

I live there. When I'm not at uni.

[kamiccollo]

Born and bred. Are you a local boy or one of those invaders from the lesser counties (ie all other counties)?

HAhA, here to rape, pillage and steal.......and get my degree...

[Chrysostom]

HAhA, here to rape, pillage and steal.......and get my degree...

Fair enough. The first bit sounds more enjoyable though. So wherefore cometh thou from originally, ye vagabond of a traveller?

[kamiccollo]

Fair enough. The first bit sounds more enjoyable though. So wherefore cometh thou from originally, ye vagabond of a traveller?

originaly london, only place worth originating from......cough...oh and nottingham included of course ....

[Happy]

I'll remember to stay away from Nottingham.

[Chrysostom]

I'll remember to stay away from Nottingham.

You do that. I don't plan on spending all of my life there. It's a craphole.

[Happy]

You do that. I don't plan on spending all of my life there. It's a craphole.
Not so much that, I'm scared of you two.

[Chrysostom]

originaly london.

Nice. I've only been there once. From what I saw, it's quite nice. Very busy, but great architecture. Although Cambridge is the nicest city I've seen.

[kamiccollo]

Not so much that, I'm scared of you two.

well its not Englands most violent city for nothing you know...

[Chrysostom]

Not so much that, I'm scared of you two.

Also a valid reason. Though I'm not there much right now.

[kamiccollo]

Nice. I've only been there once. From what I saw, it's quite nice. Very busy, but great architecture. Although Cambridge is the nicest city I've seen.

south londons the place to live, dont let anyone tell you otherwise, none of that north london crap

[Chrysostom]

south londons the place to live, dont let anyone tell you otherwise, none of that north london crap

I'll bear that in mind. :thumb:

[marc man]

hey, who do you get cid again? its been a while since i last got him.

[Happy]

hey, who do you get cid again? its been a while since i last got him.
in what FF?

[fatbandit]

In which game?

Chances are you mean VII, seeing as Cid isn't playable in 6, 8, 9 or 10 AFAIK.

In which case, just progress to Rocket Town. You can't not get him then.

:smash:

[marc man]

in what FF?
ff VII.
i like hows its in roman thingys.

favorite charitor = squall

favorite music = the rammsiten song at the begins of FFX and when your vs. Jecht or barska'a final aeon.

[Lord Abortion]

Character- Squall
Music- A one winged angel

[Happy]

ff VII.
i like hows its in roman thingys.
You get him in Rocket Town. He's not an optional character so you WILL get him.

[Chrysostom]

Character- Squall
Music- A one winged angel

Nice choice of music.

[fatbandit]

Favourite character? Tough one...

Possibly Sabin or Edgar.

Favourite music?

FFVII Overworld. I have the orchestral version and its great. Its actually like a proper classical tune... It goes from bright and happy to having a sense of foreboding in such an effective way.

:smash:

[Chrysostom]

FFVII Overworld. I have the orchestral version and its great. Its actually like a proper classical tune... It goes from bright and happy to having a sense of foreboding in such an effective way.

Would that be the world map music?

[Happy]

Character-Vincent (yeah :p)

Music-Matoya's Cave (BM style)

[crag]

Character- Vincent, Vivi or Auron

Music- J-E-N-O-V-A, Those Who Fight Further or One Winged Angel

[marc man]

You get him in Rocket Town. He's not an optional character so you WILL get him.
thanks,
yuffie sucks.

[Chrysostom]

Character: Squall, Vincent, Auron, Cloud, Lulu.

Music: JENOVA, Bizarro Sephiroth theme, Evil Forest/Pinnacle Rocks theme, Lionheart boss theme, Northern Crater theme, One Winged Angel, Laguna fight music.

[Happy]

thanks,
yuffie sucks.
I like Yuffie. :upset:

[fatbandit]

It would indeed be the world map theme. You don't really listen to it all normally. It takes less time to travel between locations and get into fights than listen to the whole piece.

:smash:

[Chrysostom]

It would indeed be the world map theme. You don't really listen to it all normally. It takes less time to travel between locations and get into fights than listen to the whole piece.

:smash:

I listen to it. VII and IX have good world map music.

[Happy]

I listen to it. VII and IX have good world map music.
I didn't like FFVIII's world map music. I thought t'were rubbish.

[fatbandit]

I like Yuffie too...

Cait Sith is a bummer because of his low Vitality.

Looks like he should be able to take the hits. Can't.

I do dislike Lulu though. She's just a cold hearted, generously breasted woman. I wonder who they designed her to appeal to :/

:smash:

[marc man]

I like Yuffie. :upset:
to each his own.

[Chrysostom]

I do dislike Lulu though. She's just a cold hearted, generously breasted woman. I wonder who they designed her to appeal to

Me. Lulu = best female FF character yet. For both the reasons mentioned.

And yes, VIII's world map theme wasn't great.

[Happy]

I like Yuffie too...

Cait Sith is a bummer because of his low Vitality.

Looks like he should be able to take the hits. Can't.

I do dislike Lulu though. She's just a cold hearted, generously breasted woman. I wonder who they designed her to appeal to :/

:smash:
123 to everything you said right there.

[crag]

Lulu was meh IMO

[kamiccollo]

All this talk of TBM, allright im gonna check them out...

[marc man]

i don't like lulu personatly but in battle she is good. her best abilty (for me) is double cast.

what is the best abilty in all the FF?

[Happy]

i don't like lulu personatly but in battle she is good. her best abilty (for me) is double cast.

what is the best abilty in all the FF?
Summoning but not FFX style :mad:

[fatbandit]

Rinoa is growing on me more and more... She's kind of... a flat character though. I think it'd depend on the voice. If she had a voice like Yuna, I would dislike the character so much more :p

Favourite girl in FF is probably Aeris actually though.

I don't know... I think VIII would benefit from having voices, but I guess that's just me.

Whatever they do with 7 in future - spin off films or a remake, if they have voices, they MUST have the guy who played Mr T for Barrett, and Steve Burton did Cloud so wonderfully in KH, he must stay.

:smash:

[Happy]

Rinoa is growing on me more and more... She's kind of... a flat character though. I think it'd depend on the voice. If she had a voice like Yuna, I would dislike the character so much more :p

Favourite girl in FF is probably Aeris actually though.

I don't know... I think VIII would benefit from having voices, but I guess that's just me.

Whatever they do with 7 in future - spin off films or a remake, if they have voices, they MUST have the guy who played Mr T for Barrett, and Steve Burton did Cloud so wonderfully in KH, he must stay.

:smash:
Someone else with the same mind as me.
Steve Burton would be good for Cloud again, yes.

[Chrysostom]

Whatever they do with 7 in future - spin off films or a remake, if they have voices, they MUST have the guy who played Mr T for Barrett, and Steve Burton did Cloud so wonderfully in KH, he must stay.

:lol: :lol: Mr.T (B.A. Baracchus, or whatever). I agree.

What's KH?

[marc man]

Summoning but not FFX style :mad:
yeh i think that sucks, i prefere when the aeon just comes down and hits the enemy and levaes.

yeah Mr. T would be a great barret. has anyone ever wanted to be barret?

[fatbandit]

No, no, no. Best Ability = Aura + Lionheart.

And actually Lulu sucked... Her limit was balls, and once Yuna had Double Cast and some black magic, she was a better Black Mage, as her offensive magic stats were oddly better than Lulu's.

:smash:

[kamiccollo]

Ah otherworld, i loved this song in FFX (im listening to FFdream radio) who did this song?
Is it TBM??

[fatbandit]

KH is Kingdom Hearts.

And actually, X style summoning would be cool if all your characters hung around too, and it acted as an extra party member for a while...

Maybe have summon-party member combo moves and stuff. Different one for each character depending on which summon you have out :) Something like that :p

:smash:

[Lord Abortion]

I have given this alot of thought and wanted a pumped up Samuel L Jackson as Barrett.

[marc man]

KH is Kingdom Hearts.

And actually, X style summoning would be cool if all your characters hung around too, and it acted as an extra party member for a while...

Maybe have summon-party member combo moves and stuff. Different one for each character depending on which summon you have out :) Something like that :p

:smash:
yeah that would be good.

[Chrysostom]

yeah that would be good.

A little confusing though.

[Happy]

Maybe if the characters just chilled on screen whilst your Aeon kicks butt. Or mabye if they all rode it.

[fatbandit]

I'm pretty sure Otherworld wasn't a Nobuo song, unless anyone can prove me wrong.

:smash:

[marc man]

Maybe if the characters just chilled on screen whilst your Aeon kicks butt. Or mabye if they all rode it.
yeh, imagin wakka on vaflore's back? or lulu on top of yojmbo?

[fatbandit]

Maybe if the characters just chilled on screen whilst your Aeon kicks butt. Or mabye if they all rode it./
:naughty:

Okay... Maybe not :p

Can't be any more confusing than junctioning ;)

And BA >>> Samuel L Jackson.

:smash:

[marc man]

red XIII is cool, his granda is nothing like him though

[kamiccollo]

junctioning was great once you got used to it, just a pain sometimes to arrange.

[Chrysostom]

junctioning was great once you got used to it, just a pain sometimes to arrange.

It's been the least enjoyable system so far, but I still quite liked it.

[marc man]

junctioning was great once you got used to it, just a pain sometimes to arrange.
yeh.

what do think was better: the sphere grid, materia or the other ones?

[fatbandit]

Yeh, junctioning smelled. It was useful, and it worked... It was just such an effort.

:smash:

[kamiccollo]

It's been the least enjoyable system so far, but I still quite liked it.

I found it really usefull, but learning it took time, i didnt bother untill the 2nd disc.

Materia definalty the best. FFVII all the way!

[fatbandit]

A FFVII materia and FFV job combo would be awesome. Seeing as I can't choose between them :lol:

:smash:

[marc man]

ahh crap, i just remeberd. it was't cid i wanted to find out how to get, it was vincent.

[Chrysostom]

yeh.

what do think was better: the sphere grid, materia or the other ones?

I don't own X, so I have yet to work with the sphere grid. My friends enjoyed it though. I like FFIX's system.

[Chrysostom]

ahh crap, i just remeberd. it was't cid i wanted to find out how to get, it was vincent.

He's in the basement of the Shinra mansion.

[Happy]

Materia system FTW.

[Sabin]

Brilliant thread...the FF series is the best thing to happen to video games...nothing like a great RPG to play for 100+ hours. I'm a big fan of FF3...hence my name. I just found this thread and don't wan't to skim the 300+ pages so i hope i'm not repeating something but......
Has anyone checked out the new FF11 coming out on the xbox 360.(YES!Finally they bring out a decent,true RPG for the X-box)...I guess there making it totally online. If you check out the x-box site they got some screenshots. I'm not sure if bringing it COMPLETELY online is a good idea...unless they do a damn good job but i'm very much looking forward to seeing how it turns out.:D

[marc man]

I don't own X, so I have yet to work with the sphere grid. My friends enjoyed it though. I like FFIX's system.
i think that FFVII system was the best and thanks for the hepl.

[Chrysostom]

i think that FFVII system was the best and thanks for the hepl.

No worries. :thumb:

[marc man]

I don't own X, so I have yet to work with the sphere grid. My friends enjoyed it though. I like FFIX's system.
i bought my FFX cheap on ebay, i am sure you could get one there.

[fatbandit]

To get Vincent:

Make sure you can take on a boss who has 8000 HP and uses second level spells.

Enter the Shinra mansion in Nibelheim, and either follow the clues in the bottom left room (the fourth is in invisible ink, so select it anyway, or just go straight to the safe if you know the combo - R36, R97, L10, R57? Sounds kinda right, but I wouldn't go on it from my memory :lol: ).

When you open the safe in the 30 second time limit, you fight Lost Number. After losing half his HP, he will become a monster who uses physical attacks, or magic attacks, depending on what attack you used to take him under the 4000 HP barrier. Not too hard. Generic boss really. If you're on the third disc, chances are you can beat on him with 1 or 2 attacks.

Anyway, beating him nets you the Odin materia, Red XIII's lvl 4 limit - Cosmo Memory, and the key to the basement. Go down the spiral staircase to the basement, and into the room with coffins. Talk to Vincent in the purple coffin. After a while, he wants you to let him sleep. Do so. Leave the room, and head back towards the stairs. He will join you.


I didn't really like the Sphere Grid :/

:smash:

[Happy]

i bought my FFX cheap on ebay, i am sure you could get one there.
God belss Ebay.

[marc man]

To get Vincent:

Make sure you can take on a boss who has 8000 HP and uses second level spells.

Enter the Shinra mansion in Nibelheim, and either follow the clues in the bottom left room (the fourth is in invisible ink, so select it anyway, or just go straight to the safe if you know the combo - R36, R97, L10, R57? Sounds kinda right, but I wouldn't go on it from my memory :lol: ).

When you open the safe in the 30 second time limit, you fight Lost Number. After losing half his HP, he will become a monster who uses physical attacks, or magic attacks, depending on what attack you used to take him under the 4000 HP barrier. Not too hard. Generic boss really. If you're on the third disc, chances are you can beat on him with 1 or 2 attacks.

Anyway, beating him nets you the Odin materia, Red XIII's lvl 4 limit - Cosmo Memory, and the key to the basement. Go down the spiral staircase to the basement, and into the room with coffins. Talk to Vincent in the purple coffin. After a while, he wants you to let him sleep. Do so. Leave the room, and head back towards the stairs. He will join you.


I didn't really like the Sphere Grid :/

:smash:

thanks
yes, god bless ebay and all who go there to get there x-mas crap!

[andyhainey]

did you guys see that thread about the ffXII demo being released the other day? it got leaked on the net and eggo made a thread about it

[marc man]

did you guys see that thread about the ffXII demo being released the other day? it got leaked on the net and eggo made a thread about it
yeh i saw that, wonder why he did't put the screen shot in here?

[Lord Abortion]

Mah, Lost Number is my Specialty, I was stuck on him for Ages when I first played through it. When he uses Lost Blow, you're buggered unless you can cope with 2000+ damage.
Poison is always the best way.

That's why leveling up well before then is a good idea.

[Happy]

did you guys see that thread about the ffXII demo being released the other day? it got leaked on the net and eggo made a thread about it
Nah I didn't watch it, couldn't be bothered.

[marc man]

wonder what the whole point in the next one will be? they have used the 'the guys that you think are the goodies are baddies and no one but the main charters know' alot. I hope its something like a giant feind that threats all of man kind like sin again.

[andyhainey]

yeh i saw that, wonder why he did't put the screen shot in here?

yeah i know, i think the graphics look awesome, the armour is more detailed, the hair hasent improved much, but i see the battle system is the same as always :)

[fatbandit]

You think they'll change the formula?

:upset:

You have a lot to learn.

There will be a main character. They will be searching to destroy something. Somewhere along the way, they'll realise what they were chasing was only a small fry, and their REAL quest will be to go after a bigger GLOBAL threat. And so they do. And an unlikely bunch of characters will succeed where the rest of the world couldn't. And the main character might have a bit of a thing going with another female party member.

Meh.

That'll be the basic premise of FFXII.


Here's a piece of advice for FFVII (And a lot of FF games actually... The ignorance most people have to it is mostly in VII though): USE THE BACK ROW!

Put Barret, Yuffie and Vincent in the back row anyway. They have long range weapons. In the Mithril mines, you get a Long Range materia. Give this to another character with a short range weapon, and put them in the Back row. You have no idea how many times this has saved my arse...

Also, steal Atomic Scissors for Barret from those machine things outside the city as soon as you leave Midgar. They're better than the costly weapon you buy from Kalm. Only problem is they're short ranged.

:smash:

[andyhainey]

11000th post :D

EDIT: ^^^^took the words straight out my mouth :)

[marc man]

You think they'll change the formula?

:upset:

You have a lot to learn.

There will be a main character. They will be searching to destroy something. Somewhere along the way, they'll realise what they were chasing was only a small fry, and their REAL quest will be to go after a bigger GLOBAL threat. And so they do. And an unlikely bunch of characters will succeed where the rest of the world couldn't. And the main character might have a bit of a thing going with another female party member.

Meh.

That'll be the basic premise of FFXII.




yeh they should come up with a better plan. i like what happend in FFX, when the guys that you think were good turn out to be pure evil. i never liked symore even when i first saw him.
#11001 post! just as good.

[Lord Abortion]

I always get the atomic scissors. You can get Matra magic (useful to finish off alot of enemies to level up limit breaks) there too, I do alot of leveling there too. I want to be at least level 20 before I get out of the Mithril mines, which if you use Tifa, have a good weapon for her from Madauges (big morningstar armed things) and of course the Hardedge from the Soldier firsts in shinra HQ.