The Black Mage Village (Final Fantasy)

[Lionheart1827]

That's his puppydog, right?

Yup. Looks like a doberman or something.:thumb:

Did you beat him yet? The Phantom Train isn't much compared to some other bosses in the game.

I used to think Ultros was so hard when I was little, because Terra kept on dying and I didn't know how valuable the fire spell was.:thumb:

[Happy]

I remember my first FF boss. So much fun.
It was the first one in VII.

when Barret says "attack while it's tail up, it'll counter attack" I thought that meant I had to hit it. Cue me dying.

[MAthiAS]

I always (and still do) wonder why he tells you to attack.

I remember when I bought VII they were like 'you can get the strategy guide 20% off' and I was like 'wtf is a strategy guide' and somehow I ended up buying it though. Its funny that it has like zero help against Emerald Weapon. They're just like, it has 'well over 500,000 hp, so you'll need final attack-revive, and good luck'. It also doesn't tell you where to get Final Attack, nor does it mention the fact that Final Attack-Phoenix is so much more better.

[MrConeman]

I thought as a kid the game was trying to trick you into getting killed if you didnt listen to his next line "It'l counter attack with its laser", but now being older and wiser I think it must have been a mis-translation or something.

[MAthiAS]

Well the translation in VII is very ****e..

[Otherside]

Yeah, the sentence is supposed to be a statement not an imperative. It just didn't make sense in context :\

Oh the wonders of "if".

[Lord Abortion]

Final Attack-Pheonix you need to have mastered both materia, pretty much.
Otherwise Aire tam storm will rape you.
And never use ultima against him, otherwise he will rape you.

[MrConeman]

After the first time I played the game when Emerald and Ruby repeatadly raped me, I've never found them hard since tbqh.

Its just a case of getting everything first and being decent at the game. Start the fight with everyone on their limit break (lvl 4 preferably obviously) then move onto W.summon, Knights of the Round, Mime. Have Final attack and Pheonix at the ready as a precaution, wash rinse repeat.

And a buttload of cures and repeats later either one of them will die, its honestly not that hard.

[MAthiAS]

Those fights were boring as hell. Hardly worth training for them.

[Happy]

Training in VII was pretty easy.

[MAthiAS]

Its meant to be easy... its just boring as hell. Even with Apocalypse's 3x materia growth.

[Lionheart1827]

For some reason, I liked the Junction system better than the Materia system. I dont know why, I just liked the way it was setup and how the GF's and Junctions affected your stats.:thumb:

I just wished that there was a weapon system in FF8 rather than like 4-5 weapons per person throughout the game.

[Phaedra]

I liked the way they tried to create a 'negative effect' from using the GFs, losing your memory. I think Squaresoft could have developed the whole concept slightly more, but still it was a nice touch.

I certainly wouldn't mind seeing the Junction system appear again in an edited format.

I'm also more of a fan of the ability to use summoned creatures with anybody rather than just one or two characters. The whole relationship with between summoned creature and character system makes sense to me. Makes sense that Shiva wouldn't want to be assigned to the same person as Ifrit. Really I think VIII was the best FF game for summoned creatures, even the Boost function was nice, at least I thought it was.

Sorry I haven't posted in here in awhile guys, I guess I forgot about it after I stopped using my Liberi account. Plus I've been lusting after XII, Okami and Xenosagas 3. :p

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, VIII's system was much more in-depth and important to the actual game and story than most others along the way.

I'm finding Terra after she went all esper-y on VI.
Zozo sucks, stupid monsters in the middle of a town...gaygaygay

[Lionheart1827]

Yeah, VIII's system was much more in-depth and important to the actual game and story than most others along the way.

I'm finding Terra after she went all esper-y on VI.
Zozo sucks, stupid monsters in the middle of a town...gaygaygay

Ah so you beat the Phantom Train.

Zozo is pretty crap, but I love the music.:thumb:

How do you like the game so far?

[Lord Abortion]

It's pretty cool, but it has many elements that aren't present in any other FF game.
It's also hard, I get the crap beaten out of me by stuff all the time:p

[Happy]

I would've liked there to be a kind of multiple storyline with the GFs depending on how much you use them. Like if you didn't use them that much you'd remember more.

[Phaedra]

Yeah it would have been nice to have an in-game effect based on your GF usage, as I said they developed that whole sub-plotline, but they could have done more with it.

[Lionheart1827]

It's pretty cool, but it has many elements that aren't present in any other FF game.
It's also hard, I get the crap beaten out of me by stuff all the time:p

When you learn Quadra Slam with Cyan(the 4th Swordtech), its so awesome.:thumb: It's one of the coolest animations in the game.

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, I have that, Cyan is my best character, and I can't get the hang of Sabin's Blitz on my laptop:(

[Happy]

I couldn't do it on Playstation.

[PAJJ]

Yeah, I have that, Cyan is my best character, and I can't get the hang of Sabin's Blitz on my laptop:(
it might be the control setup on your emulator, or that your hitting forward to many times, therefore getting the input command wrong

[MAthiAS]

I couldn't do it on Playstation.
Fighting games must really piss you off.

[Chrysostom]

Fighting games must really piss you off.
They piss me off.

[Lionheart1827]

Yeah, I have that, Cyan is my best character, and I can't get the hang of Sabin's Blitz on my laptop:(

Ah thats the disadvantage. It's reallllllly hard to do moves like Fire Dance, Bum Rush, Aura Bolt. Just stick to Pummel for now.:thumb:

[Lord Abortion]

My party is Locke, Terra, Edgar and Cyan

Edgar because Chainsaw is awesome, and Cyan because he owns.
I don't use Sabin becuase using his moves is hard, and I don't use Gau because he can't fight properly, I never used Setzer, either, but Celes is useful, but Terra has all her magic power, really.

Well, it is usually, I'm at the point where the Empire troops all withdraw and I have to go and persuade the Espers to stop ****in' everything up...if I could find the damn town I'm supposed to leave from, that is:mad:

EDIT: found it:)

[Lionheart1827]

My party is Locke, Terra, Edgar and Cyan

Edgar because Chainsaw is awesome, and Cyan because he owns.
I don't use Sabin becuase using his moves is hard, and I don't use Gau because he can't fight properly, I never used Setzer, either, but Celes is useful, but Terra has all her magic power, really.

Well, it is usually, I'm at the point where the Empire troops all withdraw and I have to go and persuade the Espers to stop ****in' everything up...if I could find the damn town I'm supposed to leave from, that is:mad:

EDIT: found it:)

Sabin is like integral to my main party, however, in your situation, you don't have much of a choice.:( My main party is usually Cyan, Sabin, Edgar, and an optional character. The optional is usually Terra, Shadow, or Setzer(rarely).:thumb:

[MAthiAS]

I used Sabin always, then either Terra or Celes, then a rotation of Locke, Shadow, and Cyan depending what's needed and who's available. I never liked using Edgar for some reason, he's pretty powerful though. Sabin's just more fun though.

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, it's amazing what just gets recycled by the games though.

Sabin=Zell
Celes=Beatrix from IX
Locke=Zidane

Plotline wise, not so, but in terms of battle stuff....yeah.

Edgar is fun, so I use him:)

[Lionheart1827]

Yeah, it's amazing what just gets recycled by the games though.

Sabin=Zell
Celes=Beatrix from IX
Locke=Zidane

Plotline wise, not so, but in terms of battle stuff....yeah.

Edgar is fun, so I use him:)

The AutoCrossbow is so effective.:thumb:

[MAthiAS]

Yeah, it's amazing what just gets recycled by the games though.

Sabin=Zell
Celes=Beatrix from IX
Locke=Zidane

Plotline wise, not so, but in terms of battle stuff....yeah.

Edgar is fun, so I use him:)
Well there's always your main guy, then the thief, the fists guy, the magic user, the monster, the stupid guy, the powerful guy, the dark guy, and the selfish gambler guy.

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, pretty much.

I'm in the Cave on the Veldt finding Shadow again.
My party will end up being Edgar-Locke-Terra-Cyan when I get everyone back, methinks.

[PAJJ]

that's probably change if you work out how to use Sabin's blitz, i had to change the key layout to use it though, as you need to assign keys to the diagonals as well

[Happy]

Fighting games must really piss you off.
I think I burst a few blood vessels trying to get the combos down in Mortal Kombat deadly alliance.

[Lord Abortion]

I got so close to getting the end of the adventure mode in that.
It's frigging hard.

[Happy]

Yeah, I had a lot of the characters done.

Then I deleted my save file.

[MAthiAS]

Never was a fan of MK. Street Fighter and Tekken ftw.

[Lionheart1827]

Never was a fan of MK. Street Fighter and Tekken ftw.

I'm a Killer Instinct fan myself, but Street Fighter is also still one of my heavy favorites.

Never got into Soul Caliber, even though I have the 2nd one.:thumb:

[MAthiAS]

I rented Soul Caliber 2 on occasion, and played the arcade game when I found one, but I was never a huge fan. I liked some aspects of it a lot though. But I didn't like the emphasis on weapons all that much.

I love how Street Fighter is very fast paced compared to 3D fighting games. I can't stand the stupid like 'super combos' and million other same kind of things in the newer ones.

And I think DOA is pretty sucky.

[Lionheart1827]

I rented Soul Caliber 2 on occasion, and played the arcade game when I found one, but I was never a huge fan. I liked some aspects of it a lot though. But I didn't like the emphasis on weapons all that much.

I love how Street Fighter is very fast paced compared to 3D fighting games. I can't stand the stupid like 'super combos' and million other same kind of things in the newer ones.

And I think DOA is pretty sucky.

The thing I dont like about games like Soul Caliber is, well, the extra movement. What I mean by that is the movement other than just left and right across the screen. I like old school fighters like those listed above and Super Smash.:thumb:

[Lord Abortion]

I liked MK because it was Gory

[PAJJ]

i loved SC2 because i could play as link :)
tekken just went downhill after 3, and MK was too hard for me :(

[Lord Abortion]

Tekken was boring...far too easy and no blood...what's the point?

[Happy]

Yeah Tekken was pretty lame. I fail to see how Tekken 3 got 97% rating.

[Otherside]

Tekken is a ace game to play with friends IMO. It's very accessible.

[MAthiAS]

Tekken 2 and 3 were awesome IMO. Yeah the arcade mode sucked but playing with friends was really fun. Much better than with like Street Fighter (omg how do i dodge le fireballs stop being gay)

[Happy]

I always get Street Fighter confused with Streets of Rage.

Now SOR was an awesome game.

[Lord Abortion]

I always get Street Fighter confused with Streets of Rage.

Now SOR was an awesome game.
It's up there with FFVII as my favourite game of all time, actually.

you see, that's why I never liked fighting games much, I never had friends that I wanted to play the games I had with, so I missed the point.:(

[MAthiAS]

Streets of Rage was great indeed.

[crag]

Ah Streets Of Rage, i never did manage to complete that:(

[Happy]

I managed to get to the final boss with a friend, but being young and not understanding it, I chose the wrong option, which was to fight him, and that takes you a couple of levels back.

[Lord Abortion]

Damn you Magi.

I get to him and the bastard casts Ultima.

I'm seriously regretting leaving Terra out of the party.
Foolish boy I am.

[Happy]

I have to download VI now.

[Lord Abortion]

I beat him, because he's a great big homo.

I could have done it easily if I had pheonix...Life 3=Auto life, revives me after Ultima, but I accidentally left it on Terra when I chucked her out (in order to make way for Mog and his moogle charm, no-encounters:)) and therefore I had to keep scanning, and Summon Palidor when he was down to 200hp, as that's all it takes off with Jump.
Therefore it niftily avoided Ultima as his finale attack:)

[Happy]

Ollie where did you get the ROM?

[MAthiAS]

If you're using Celes you could use her special thing that absorbs magic...

I think I beat Streets of Rage once with my brother, but I could never get there on my own.

[Lord Abortion]

Finished.:)

Kefka is an easy last boss.

[Lionheart1827]

Finished.:)

Kefka is an easy last boss.

Hehe, did you even bother doing any of the sidequests?:thumb:

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, all of them.
You have to to get your characters back.

I didn't get all the espers, Golem and a couple of others, but I got Bahamut, Crusader, Raiden, and the rest.
Got Umaro, Mog and Gogo...
My characters were all around l.70 when I finished, Locke was dealing 9999 with the Ragnarok, the final Party was Locke, Terra, Cyan and Sabin.
Mog and Edgar came in in the final battle though.

[Lionheart1827]

Yeah, all of them.
You have to to get your characters back.

I didn't get all the espers, Golem and a couple of others, but I got Bahamut, Crusader, Raiden, and the rest.
Got Umaro, Mog and Gogo...
My characters were all around l.70 when I finished, Locke was dealing 9999 with the Ragnarok, the final Party was Locke, Terra, Cyan and Sabin.
Mog and Edgar came in in the final battle though.

Hah, you mustve been playing nonstop.

Did you save Shadow?:thumb:

[Lord Abortion]

Of course I did.

It took me about 30 hours.

[Lionheart1827]

I wonder why it took me like 70 hours back in the day. Maybe it was because I was younger and not as smart as I am now then in '94.

Good job.:thumb:

What did you think of it?

[Lord Abortion]

It's a pretty short, and fairly straightforward game, I like the storyline alot.
The characters are pretty great. Edgar is very cool, Setzer dresses awesomely, and the general character development is very well done.
There are too many characters, though...

There are alot of cool moments, like in Narshe, when Locke picks the locks on the houses and winks at the rest of the party.
It stands out as a very individual moment in the FF series, for me.

[Lord Abortion]

I'm going to start me some VII now.

[Happy]

Guys... FF Tactics on GBA, yay or nay?

[MAthiAS]

That'd be Advanced right?

[Happy]

What advanced tactics or Game boy Advance?

[MAthiAS]

Tactics Advanced.

[Lord Abortion]

/Bathes in the glow of my VII love.

I got to the Shinra Building on my first day of playing:p

[Happy]

Tactics Advanced.
Nope, just Tactics.

[MAthiAS]

Well that's pretty cool.

I got to the Shinra Building on my first day of playing
The whole Midgar section is probably my favorite part. Fun as hell. I wish you got to go more places in the city though.

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, going to other sectors would be fun.
I'm in Cosmo canyon now, heh.
Got Cloud and Barret's limit breaks finished off, now I kicked Barret out and got Yuffie in. so I'm Cloud-Red XIII-Yuffie.
My aim is to get her finished by Wutai and then have the final party Cloud-Cid-Vincent.

[Lionheart1827]

Well that's pretty cool.


The whole Midgar section is probably my favorite part. Fun as hell. I wish you got to go more places in the city though.

Me too I always wanted to exlpore Midgar more, such a cool atmosphere. I remember the first time I played FF7, I rented a PSX because I didnt own one. I didnt have a memory card so I couldnt save. I never made it out of Midgar so I assumed the entire game took place there. I also rented Resident Evil 2 with it and managed to beat that without turing the PSX off.:thumb:

My first real run through FF7 was on the PC version, which I still own.:thumb:

[MAthiAS]

Oh yeah I remember it really sucked when I was so excited about my new PSX but didn't have a memory card.

[Lord Abortion]

Same with my PS2, as I ordered it from the first batch over here.

£28 for a pissing memory card!

[Happy]

^ yeah same.
I played GTA3 everyday, seeing how far I could get without the memory card.

[Lord Abortion]

I have got a new ps2 since then, of course, as the laser packs in after a couple of years.

[Happy]

Same, my new one's starting to mess up.

My mum bought a new one and put the old one in the box and returned it saying it didn't work.

[FatalEnergy]

I finally got Advent Children. I was waiting for the price to go down, but it never did, so I just gave in and bought it. It's good, but nowhere as good as I hoped it would be.

[Happy]

There's not enough Sephiroth.

Still love it though.

[Lionheart1827]

My problem with Advent Children was that a lot of the battles were a bit to over the top, especially with the slow motion matrix effects. There was WAY too much matrix style shots.:thumb:

That and the fact the other characters were hardly in the movie. :(

[Happy]

Yeah man, the bike fighting was a bit stupid.

[MrConeman]

That and the fact the other characters were hardly in the movie.
This was my only real problem with the film, all my other issues, like The Turks being made fools of the entire time, Sephiroth barely being in it, and so few locations from the game in the movie, all of those I can forgive.

But making the main characters of the game take a back seat, that was cruel :angry:

I hope Dirge of Cerebus (I beleive all the characters are in that, not just Vincent) kind of reveals more of the other characters stuff too, and doesnt repeat Advent Childrens mistake of making them very minor characters.

[Happy]

Didn't DOC get a poor review score?

[MrConeman]

Not sure...I hope not :upset:
I havent really kept up with news on it recently.

[crag]

Didn't DOC get a poor review score?
I think someone posted a few pages back that it got something like 3/10 :(

[Lord Abortion]

It is a misconception that there are only 2 1/35 Soldiers in FFVII, both found in Junon, The claim that there are "12 in the set" is thought to be a programming error.

I HAVE JUST BEEN GIVEN ONE AS A PRIZE IN THE GOLD SAUCER SPEED SQUARE FOR GETTING OVER 3000 POINTS!

[MrConeman]

Of course theres not only two :confused:
You get them in that Gold Saucer thing anytime you get that score as far as I remember.

[FatalEnergy]

I never got all of those, what happenes when you do?

[Lord Abortion]

http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/final_fantasy_vii_ultramania_omega.txt

I would read that, it's very interesting. Takes a while, but sorts out most of the plot issues in VII

[MAthiAS]

How can I get to that page? Link takes you to some Gamefaqs error but not a real error page.

[PAJJ]

copy and paste the link into the address bar, direct link didn't work for me either

[Brew]

Advent Children was a bit disappointing, but the soundtrack is great :)

[Happy]

It is a misconception that there are only 2 1/35 Soldiers in FFVII, both found in Junon, The claim that there are "12 in the set" is thought to be a programming error.

I HAVE JUST BEEN GIVEN ONE AS A PRIZE IN THE GOLD SAUCER SPEED SQUARE FOR GETTING OVER 3000 POINTS!
Dude, I swear I've had 5 at one point.

[Lord Abortion]

God damn Playstation Power.

They erroniously pointed out, many years ago, that there were only 2 available.

[Happy]

I've read so many guides that suck balls in magazines. One of them seemed to have nothing to do with the game, the magics all had weird names and so did the characters.

[Lord Abortion]

I used to get PP every month, it was pretty good, when it was just PSX and back in the early days of the PS2, when there weren't many games out...but gaming has gone so crappy now, the market is flooded with titles, 95% of which are 1. Marketed to children and tie in with some crappy film and 2. suck.

[Happy]

Yeah, it seems there aren't many decent games around anymore and most of the great games have crap sequels.

[Lord Abortion]

Seriously though, I'd buy Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Football Manager and Baldur's gate games.

That's pretty much all. I still haven't got MGS3 though, even though I loved the first two to bits.

[Happy]

I've been playing MGS3 for like a year now.

Srsly get it.

[Lord Abortion]

I'm going to...

[MAthiAS]

Get Subsistence though. The 3d user controlled view system is sososososososososo much better than that over the top cant see anything crap.

[Lord Abortion]

/Gets Highwind :cool:

[Chrysostom]

I've been playing MGS3 for like a year now.

Srsly get it.

I bought it but can't be bothered to play it. I don't enjoy the way that no Soliton radar makes it impossible to play. I get caught before I even get to the abandoned factory. Stupid game.

Besides which, I desperately want Dragon Quest VIII.

[Six Foot Revolver]

Does anyone know where I can get a ROM for FFXII from? If anyone can help then I'd <3 them long time.

[Lionheart1827]

Does anyone know where I can get a ROM for FFXII from? If anyone can help then I'd <3 them long time.

:lol:

Cant wait two months?

http://www.torrentz.com/torrent_579265.html

[Happy]

I bought it but can't be bothered to play it. I don't enjoy the way that no Soliton radar makes it impossible to play. I get caught before I even get to the abandoned factory. Stupid game.
Haha.

Thermal goggles ftw.

FFXII roms?
Holy hell.

[Lionheart1827]

FFXII roms?
Holy hell.

:lol: Not to mention, it comes out friggin earlier for you Ukers.:angry:

According to IGN, it comes out October 6th in Europe, the 31st in USA. I wonder if the US is getting a special edition or something.:thumb:

[Lord Abortion]

October 6th over here?

/Marks on calender

[holy_roller99]

I bought it but can't be bothered to play it. I don't enjoy the way that no Soliton radar makes it impossible to play. I get caught before I even get to the abandoned factory. Stupid game.

Besides which, I desperately want Dragon Quest VIII.

i am going to buy that today. my freind has it and i got all the character and am only at level 16. requires a lot of training in order to beat the bosses though. you have to train and fight a lot and here is a tip. when the alchemy pot is finished mix the Iron Nails and Bronze knife and also mix iron nails with the boomerang early in the game. those are two vital peices of equiment the thiefs key and the reinforced boomerang. beleive me they help early on.

[Happy]

:lol: Not to mention, it comes out friggin earlier for you Ukers.:angry:

According to IGN, it comes out October 6th in Europe, the 31st in USA. I wonder if the US is getting a special edition or something.:thumb:
Really?

Play.com tells me the release is Dec 1st.

[Lionheart1827]

Really?

Play.com tells me the release is Dec 1st.

I guess I was right about the collectors edition.:)

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=281613

According to that, it is a limited collector's edition, october 31st in the US. I wonder if thats the official cover, looks pretty cool.:thumb:

[MAthiAS]

I guess I was right about the collectors edition.:)

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=281613

According to that, it is a limited collector's edition, october 31st in the US. I wonder if thats the official cover, looks pretty cool.:thumb:
The cover looks awesome.

[Otherside]

Ugh everytime I see anything about FFXII I cry because the release date is still so far away.

[Lionheart1827]

Ugh everytime I see anything about FFXII I cry because the release date is still so far away.

Aww. Its not that far away. Three months?:thumb:

IT COULD BE WORSE!:p

[MAthiAS]

Aww. Its not that far away. Three months?:thumb:

IT COULD BE WORSE!:p
Yeah it could be pushed back 3 times like AC. :amaze:

[Otherside]

It was supposed to have come out Spring 2005 :|

[Lionheart1827]

It was supposed to have come out Spring 2005 :|

Hang in there big guy, we're almost there.:thumb:

[FatalEnergy]

That's actually sooner than I expected to it to come out. I though it wasn't until next year.

[Chrysostom]

Haha.

Thermal goggles ftw.

Don't laugh at me. :upset:

i am going to buy that today. my freind has it and i got all the character and am only at level 16. requires a lot of training in order to beat the bosses though. you have to train and fight a lot and here is a tip. when the alchemy pot is finished mix the Iron Nails and Bronze knife and also mix iron nails with the boomerang early in the game. those are two vital peices of equiment the thiefs key and the reinforced boomerang. beleive me they help early on.

Bought it yesterday, awesome game, simply fantastic. Up there with FFVII/VIII in my opinion. The fights are tough, which I like. Thanks for the tip man. :thumb:

[Six Foot Revolver]

Yeah, I actually meant Final Fantasy VII ROMs =P.

[Otherside]

You can get the ISO images from http://emuparadise.org/ .

[FatalEnergy]

I didn't realize that the original FFVII went out of print. They are like $300 on Amazon. I'm glad I have mine. I'd never sell it though, it's my all time favorite game.

[Lionheart1827]

I didn't realize that the original FFVII went out of print. They are like $300 on Amazon. I'm glad I have mine. I'd never sell it though, it's my all time favorite game.

Meh, not worth 300.:thumb:

[Happy]

Eep, I better handle my FFVII with so much care from now on.

I don't want to have to pay up to $300 for a new one.

[MAthiAS]

Or just buy the reissue greatest hits version.

[AlienEater]

I just started playing it again. The part where you have to dress up as a women is genius. Man, it's such a great game.

[Happy]

Or just buy the reissue greatest hits version.
I have no idea what that is.

All the pre-PS2 FF's?

[PAJJ]

i think he means the platinum version

[FatalEnergy]

Or just buy the reissue greatest hits version.


I'm pretty sure that one went out of print too.

[Lord of Sword]

I wouldn't have thought any were still being made. It is one of the best selling games of all time though, you see used copies in stores all the time, so they're not going to cost that much for a while yet.

[Brew]

I wouldn't have thought any were still being made. It is one of the best selling games of all time though, you see used copies in stores all the time, so they're not going to cost that much for a while yet.

I've seen 2nd hand copies of FFVII and FFVIII in Gamestation in Bristol being sold for £24.99 each, they're platinum versions of the games so the £24.99 price tag is £5 over the RRP for PS1 Platinum games from back in the day (£19.99)

On a side note, I spent all day last Wednesday trying to find a copy of Tekken 5 in Bristol, I only found one and it was on sale for £18 :angry: :(

[MAthiAS]

Tekken 5 is very meh. I only bought it because my 2 and 3 were stolen.

[Brew]

I'm a long time fan of the series, have been playing it since Tekken first game out with the Playstation all those years ago.

[MAthiAS]

Yeah I loved the first three. But aside from the great graphics, number 5 seems at times like its just taking turns throwing moves at each other, and hope you block theirs.

[MrConeman]

Tekken was a great series, but I havent gotten around to buying 5. Tekken 2 is probably my favourite, drawing with Tekken 3 actually. Jun + Jin ftw.
Tekken Tag was pretty great because I always loved Jun in 2 and Jin in 3, being able to use both in a team was very fun, I pwn'd the computer and many friends all over the place

[MAthiAS]

Never got Tekken Tag. Didn't have a PS2 at the time.

And Kunimitsu >>> Yoshimitsu

[Happy]

I just pre-ordered XII.

I had too much money and went on a play.com spree :(

[Lord Abortion]

Tekken sucks.

/Hugs copy of VII

[PAJJ]

I just pre-ordered XII.

I had too much money and went on a play.com spree :(

that happens to me every so often, damn website....

[Lionheart1827]

Wow 3rd page.

I just preordered my FFXII as well. :D:thumb:

[Happy]

:D :hi5:

It's gonna be a long wait until December for me.

[Russia on Ice]

I called EB to preorder mine, Im not sure if I want to spend the extra 10 bucks for the collectors though. :(

Think it will be worth it?

[MBS]

Is FFXII online?

[MrConeman]

Is FFXII online?
Nope, that was XI. FFXII is back to the regular format, except the fighting has changed.

[Lionheart1827]

I called EB to preorder mine, Im not sure if I want to spend the extra 10 bucks for the collectors though. :(

Think it will be worth it?

Do you have a job?

If so, ten bucks should be nothing. :thumb:

At EBgames.com they have listed what comes with the special edition.

[Lord Abortion]

God damn you emerald and ruby weapon:mad:

[Te Karanga]

:D :hi5:

It's gonna be a long wait until December for me.
I'll have Okami and Pro Evo Soccer to tide me over till then.

Not to mention exams and work. :-/

[Lord Abortion]

Bastard got me with six Aire Tam storms In one ****ing battle?!

Handy tip. Mystile armour can make anything miss,even that.

[MrConeman]

Ruby and Emerald are pretty much a cake-walk if you put the time in.
Start the battle with all 3 of your party's limit breaks.
have Pheonix-Final attack equiped on someone.
w.summon - Knights of the Round
Mime.

Wash rinse repeat.

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, I know this, but mime is erratic. And you have to remember to take counter attack off, as otherwise it breaks the chain and the character just mimes the counter.
I managed it easier last time through. But even with mastered final attack-Phoenix, 6 ATS attacks will kill you.

[Lord Abortion]

Hah-

*Kills Ruby*

*prays for not as many Aire tam Storm attacks from emerald this time.*

Hahha, I know it won't deal as much damage if I didn't have all this materia on, "Aire tam"="materia" backwards, but I need it to actually kill it with.

[Happy]

OM G it's just like YTSE jam.

I never noticed that.

I think Omnislash & Mime as well as Final Attack with Pheonix really helped me beat Emerald. But it was so long ago I can't really remember.

[Lord Abortion]

Final attack+Phoenix is only good if you have the MP, and when those little beams take away 500 MP each time, it's a bitch.

[Chrysostom]

OM G it's just like YTSE jam.

Wah?

[PAJJ]

i think the best strategy for both ruby and emerald was just have one character and alive, you get into a good rythum with mime and all that, if i could use my ps2 i'd check to see my materia set up, it's too long ago to remember properly.

[Lord Abortion]

/Kills Emerald.

/Kills Sephiroth.

/Wins game.

/Finds VIII Box.

[Happy]

Wah?
It's a DT song, which backwards spells Majesty, their old name.

/Kills Emerald.

/Kills Sephiroth.

/Wins game.

/Finds VIII Box.
Awesome.

Now I'm going to start VII again.

[Lord Abortion]

Does anyone else laugh when you can kill Sephiroth with one KOTR?

[Happy]

It kinda makes me feel cheated.
Like after how difficult Ruby and Emerald can be, Sephiroth is nothing.

[Lord Abortion]

Exactly, they put in bosses that are much, much harder than the end ones.
Every game
VII- Ruby and Emerald>>Sephiroth
VIII-Ultimate and Omega Weapon>>Ultimacea
IX-Ozma>>Necron
X-The ones in the cave...I forget, it's been so long>>Jecht.

[Happy]

Jecht was a total pussy.

And the ones in the cave were Ultimate and Omega again I believe.

But I did find Ultimecia to be a pretty good match for me.

[Tyr]

Exactly, they put in bosses that are much, much harder than the end ones.
Every game
VII- Ruby and Emerald>>Sephiroth
VIII-Ultimate and Omega Weapon>>Ultimacea
IX-Ozma>>Necron
X-The ones in the cave...I forget, it's been so long>>Jecht.
Ozma is ridiculously hard.
The ones in Omega Dungeon are Ultimate and Omega Weapon, aren't they? Anyhow, damn hard.

EDIT: Beaten.

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, I remember now.
I have beaten all.:D

[Happy]

Ozma was probably the hardest of all though.


EDIT: no, it was Penance.

[Lord Abortion]

Which one was Penance?

X-2?

[PAJJ]

X and i beat him :cool:
he wasn't that hard, just time consuming, i found Ozma the hardest, i didn't spend time leveling up really when i played 9, just got on with the story, so i wasn't that high a level, and couldn't be bothered to seriously level up

[Lord Abortion]

Ah, he's one for next time through then.
Ozma wasn't hard, really, once I was really high levels, thing is, there's nowhere to really really level up on IX, like there is in VII-North Crater, VIII-Island closest to Hell, X-Wherever you fancy, really, the Omega cave is good.

[PAJJ]

for x i leveled up in the creature cave fighting the cactuar king, like 2 minutes of fighting = 99 level/move things (it's been too long and i forget they're name)

[Russia on Ice]

Do you have a job?

If so, ten bucks should be nothing. :thumb:

At EBgames.com they have listed what comes with the special edition.
Ah cool thanks. Last time I checked it didnt say what special stuff came on it.
X and i beat him
he wasn't that hard, just time consuming, i found Ozma the hardest, i didn't spend time leveling up really when i played 9, just got on with the story, so i wasn't that high a level, and couldn't be bothered to seriously level upI want to fight penance so bad! I got jipped with the DarkAeon/Penance/Ribbon free American version :upset:

But I did beat Nemesis :cool:

[PAJJ]

yeah we did get the better end of the stick that time, although i seem to remember having to wait ages for it.....

although there were a few downsides, like you want to get back into besaid and other locations, but can't because dark valefor swoops and kicks your ***, i didn't know he was there to begin with, so you go away hardcorley level up, come back and kick that little budgie's ***....... yeah it was definitley cool getting to fight them :p

[Brew]

Ah, he's one for next time through then.
Ozma wasn't hard, really, once I was really high levels, thing is, there's nowhere to really really level up on IX, like there is in VII-North Crater, VIII-Island closest to Hell, X-Wherever you fancy, really, the Omega cave is good.

In IX theres a piece of land near Dagueroo where you can level up quite well, I'm pretty sure you need to look out for Green Dragons that are weak towards Ice, when killed they give you somewhere between 36,000 and 50,000 EXP points.

Bear in mind I've not played IX for ages, so some of that info maybe a bit dodgy :thumb:

[Happy]

What about those weird goat things that cast meteor and have like 90,000hp?
Aren't they pretty good for EXP?

[Brew]

They probably are, I can only remember about the Dragons though 'coz its been so long since I've played IX.

[Lord Abortion]

What about those weird goat things that cast meteor and have like 90,000hp?
Aren't they pretty good for EXP?
Yeah, but they pretty much always kill at least one party member, so that gets annoying after a while of it. The Green Dragons don't do that, but they're not as good for EXP

[Chrysostom]

But I did find Ultimecia to be a pretty good match for me.

That whole four boss end battle was tough. Awesome music with it too.

[Turkish]

Anyone try Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus yet?

I've gotten only like an hour into it, pretty fun game but I think it's just kind of a base action rpg without a lot of thought into it. Like, I'd like to be able to do more with Vincent i.e. running on walls, cool tricks with the gun etc etc. Maybe that comes later in the game, but this is what I've viewed so far.

[Lord Abortion]

/Is in Timber

[Turkish]

what are your thoughts on the game so far?

[Lord Abortion]

Hahaha, I've completed it about ten times before, I'm just starting a new one:p

It's possibly my favourite FF, Squall is certainly my favourite lead.

[Lionheart1827]

Hahaha, I've completed it about ten times before, I'm just starting a new one:p

It's possibly my favourite FF, Squall is certainly my favourite lead.

Yeah Squall is awesome. I like watching how he changes from emo kid to hero.:thumb:

I always thought FF8 was better than FF7. It just had some magic that 7 lacked.:thumb:

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, but I like that about him, instead of being "By Gosh, we're going to save the world!" he's like "I don't WANNA save the world, why's it got to be me?!"

Much more realistic IMO.

[Happy]

I just checked Play...

FFXII has been moved back to 23rd of February. Will I ever get this ****ing game?

[MrConeman]

I just finally seen a trailer that actually has me excited about it, I was pretty much a nay-sayer 'till now, but I think I've come to terms with the fighting system and it looks pretty cool. (still can't look past Vaan though...ughh)

February:eek:

[PAJJ]

I just checked Play...

FFXII has been moved back to 23rd of February. Will I ever get this ****ing game?

it's been down as Q1 2007 for ages, since maybe E3 i think, but you made the mistake of trusting play's realese date, they're never right, same with amzon, game, well just about any shop.

[crag]

Wow, February. That really really sucks:mad:

[Turkish]

I'll check tonight at work, but I was still under the impression we're having a midnight opening on Halloween for FFXII.

[Happy]

It might be earlier in America, you know how long things take to travel across the Atlantic ocean.

[kamiccollo]

irritatingly true,


ive not really been keeping up w/ news on FFXII are the reviews any good?

[Tyr]

I don't care what the reviews say, I'm going to get this game as soon as possible.

[MrConeman]

irritatingly true,


ive not really been keeping up w/ news on FFXII are the reviews any good?
I heard in Japan it became one of the few games to ever get a perfect 40/40 score.

[Lionheart1827]

Yeah, but I like that about him, instead of being "By Gosh, we're going to save the world!" he's like "I don't WANNA save the world, why's it got to be me?!"

Much more realistic IMO.

Yeah Tidus was like that, but he was such an annoying weiner about it.

Squall > Tidus by a longshot.:thumb:

[Mister_Che]

X-The ones in the cave...I forget, it's been so long>>Jecht.

Yeah it's an old post, but I had to say it.

Ultima and Omega in X were dissapointingly easy. It was harder getting to Omega than it was fighting him. I do like his backstory though.

[Turkish]

Yeah Tidus was like that, but he was such an annoying weiner about it.

Squall > Tidus by a longshot.:thumb:


Agreed

Tidus was like.

"I don't WANNA save the world, I'm a little baby shnerf shnerf" -*pouts*-*crosses arms*-*stomps feet*

[Happy]

I heard in Japan it became one of the few games to ever get a perfect 40/40 score.
Sounds promising then.

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, that gives me some time to raise the money at least.
What are we looking at here, £40?

[Happy]

I reckon so, it's on PS2.

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, I should be able to make some extra.
By hell money's going to be tight at Uni:(

[Jimothy the 33rd]

Yeah, I should be able to make some extra.
By hell money's going to be tight at Uni:(

Where you headed for Uni?
Fees suck nowadays

[FlyingPaul_83]

I dont think this has been posted yet but, PSM got the exclusive first u.s. review of XII and they gave it a 9.5/10. I read the review and it sounds amazing.

[Russia on Ice]

I hear it is gonna have something similar to the sphere grid, but also you can level up.

The charecter building sounds much more in depth than in past games.

[Otherside]

I've been waiting for XII for soooooooooo long.


Even back when everyone was all OMG FFX SUCKED AND EVERYTHING AFTER THAT SUX EVEN THOUGH WE HAVNT PLAYED THEM YET SE SHOULD JUST MAKE CHRONO GAMES OMG

so yeah, I'm hyped.

[Happy]

I hear it is gonna have something similar to the sphere grid, but also you can level up.

The charecter building sounds much more in depth than in past games.
Sounds cool.

/hopes for materia :eek:

[Otherside]

why would you want an ancient system brought back when they could instead work on new and better ones? :|

[Tyr]

Just as long as the sphere grid isn't the dominating means of gaining skills, I'll be happy.

[Brew]

I thought the sphere grid was quite good, especially the Expert version. It made the game just a bit more challenging.

[Happy]

why would you want an ancient system brought back when they could instead work on new and better ones? :|
I fear change?

[Lionheart1827]

I hope the battle system holds up. Thats my only worry about the game.

[Otherside]

from what I played it was very fun.

[Lionheart1827]

from what I played it was very fun.

Where did you play it?

I played the demo that came with DQ8 and it didn't seem like anything special, kinda boring. Star Ocean 3's real time system is really good.:thumb:

[Otherside]

It was at some gamestore. I summoned something(don't remember what) and it kicked this dinosaur's ***.

I'm playing through Star Ocean: The Second Story right now actually.

[Lionheart1827]

It was at some gamestore. I summoned something(don't remember what) and it kicked this dinosaur's ***.

I'm playing through Star Ocean: The Second Story right now actually.

Ahh, it was prob the demo disc that came with DQ8. When you beat SO2, definately pick up SO3 if you havent yet.

The music in both of the games are so atmospheric.:thumb:

[Russia on Ice]

Are all of the star ocean games tied together. Or are they seperate stories like Final Fantasy?

/Hope that made sense.

[h00kd_on_foniks]

never played it

[Lionheart1827]

Are all of the star ocean games tied together. Or are they seperate stories like Final Fantasy?

/Hope that made sense.

They are connected, BUT, by hundreds/thousands of years. I believe SO3 takes place centuries later. Other than solar system/planet/galaxy names that show up in the SO3 built in encyclopedia(theres a encyclopedia that logs every word in the game and categorizes it into races/worlds/names/etc and it tells you everything there is to know about it). They aren't truly tied in, and you dont really need to play the others to play SO3.

[Lord Abortion]

Where you headed for Uni?
Fees suck nowadays
I'm going to Glasgow.

I've been waiting for XII for soooooooooo long.


Even back when everyone was all OMG FFX SUCKED AND EVERYTHING AFTER THAT SUX EVEN THOUGH WE HAVNT PLAYED THEM YET SE SHOULD JUST MAKE CHRONO GAMES OMG

so yeah, I'm hyped.

I've always wanted to stab those people, I love FFX.

[Lord Abortion]

FFXII priced at 30 pounds on Amazon.co.uk for pre-whoredering

[Russia on Ice]

I've always wanted to stab those people, I love FFX.Great game IMHO. Love the sphere grid/how to customize weapons.

They are connected, BUT, by hundreds/thousands of years. I believe SO3 takes place centuries later. Other than solar system/planet/galaxy names that show up in the SO3 built in encyclopedia(theres a encyclopedia that logs every word in the game and categorizes it into races/worlds/names/etc and it tells you everything there is to know about it). They aren't truly tied in, and you dont really need to play the others to play SO3.Oh I see, Thanks.

[Brew]

I finally got my copy of VII back off my girlfriend today :D

[holy_roller99]

Star Ocean 3 has one of the most messed up twists i have ever seen.

[Tyr]

I haven't played any Star Ocean. Which console/s are they for?

[Lord Abortion]

I'm in FH on VIII now...

[Te Karanga]

I haven't played any Star Ocean. Which console/s are they for?
Star Ocean 3 came out on PS2.

Star Ocean 2 came out on PS1.

Star Ocean 1 came out on SNES.

[Lionheart1827]

Star Ocean 3 has one of the most messed up twists i have ever seen.

:thumb:

[Tyr]

Star Ocean 3 came out on PS2.

Star Ocean 2 came out on PS1.

Star Ocean 1 came out on SNES.
Ah, thanks. I may have to check out SO3, then.

[Mister_Che]

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/50940/One_Winged_Angel_By_The_Black_Mages_Live_Final_Fan tasy_AC.html


Black Mages playing One Winged Angel Live! I'm sure someone will enjoy seeing Nobuo Uematsu rockin' out on the keyboard.

[MattyBlade]

Ah, thanks. I may have to check out SO3, then.

so3 is kind of like ffx. good story line, kinda sucky all in all though.

[Happy]

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/50940/One_Winged_Angel_By_The_Black_Mages_Live_Final_Fan tasy_AC.html


Black Mages playing One Winged Angel Live! I'm sure someone will enjoy seeing Nobuo Uematsu rockin' out on the keyboard.
I love you.

[crag]

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/50940/One_Winged_Angel_By_The_Black_Mages_Live_Final_Fan tasy_AC.html


Black Mages playing One Winged Angel Live! I'm sure someone will enjoy seeing Nobuo Uematsu rockin' out on the keyboard.
Haha, thanks :thumb:

I love One Winged Angel:)

[Happy]

Taking forever to load it for me...

[Lord Abortion]

I can't work out how to unsubscribe from FFXI.
Someone please help:(

Nevermind, I did it.

[Happy]

Why you unsubscribing?

[Lord Abortion]

I haven't played it for 5 months.

[Happy]

Fair enough.

[kamiccollo]

doesnt it cost even if you dont play?

[Lord Abortion]

Oh yes, still £8 a month, which although my Mum was paying, isn't really fair on her, since I don't play it.

[kamiccollo]

Really? Seems a bit unfair that they charge you even if you dont play. Although I suppose they dont exacty care whether you do or dont, much like gym membership.

[Happy]

I guess they have to. They can't really charge on how active your account is.

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, it's pretty gay, and I jut got round to getting rid of it.
plus it frees about 18gb of space on my PC.

[Happy]

18 GB?

My computer would die if i installed that.

[Tyr]

That's a third of all space on my hard drive.

[FlyingPaul_83]

Reserved my copy of FFXII special edition :D

Midnight release ftw

[Happy]

February 2047 release for me. :(

[Lord Abortion]

We'll get it before we get flying cars!

[Happy]

Oh man, I just pre-ordered my flying car off play.


/cleverly disguised bump.

[kamiccollo]

/cleverly disguised bump.

I take off my hat to you. :)


/takes of hat

[Lord Abortion]

This thread needs some people or something.
I really need to pick up VIII again.

[Tyr]

Do that, it's awesome. I'm thinking of restarting IX again. It's been awhile since I played it.

[Lord Abortion]

I'm on disk 2, I just haven't played it for a week, Personal problems ftl:(

[Tyr]

Personal problems FTL indeed. :(