The Black Mage Village (Final Fantasy)

[Mister_Che]

Revolver (FFVIII)

[The Transporter]

Striker (FFVI)

[Mister_Che]

Ultima Weapon (FFVII) :cool:

[Kingofdudes]

you forgot "t"

[Mister_Che]

Damnit :angry:

Twin Lance (FFVIII)
Ultima Weapon (FFVII)

[The Transporter]

Taser

[MAthiAS]

Viper (FFVII)

[MAthiAS]

balls its actually twin viper dammit

[Mister_Che]

In that case:

Valiant (FFVIII)

[MAthiAS]

Venus Gospel

[MAthiAS]

Wizard Staff

[Mister_Che]

Xiphos (Low level FFXI sword)

[The Transporter]

Yard Stick

[Timm]

Zorlin Shape (IX)

:cool:

[The Transporter]

lol you guys accepted taser and yard stick

[Timm]

well lol we trusted you :angry:

[Anglachel]

Damnit :angry:

Twin Lance (FFVIII)
Ultima Weapon (FFVII)
T was done here too though

so we just need a new Y


The DS remake sports a new Ability system similar to Final Fantasy V, which allow characters in your party to use abilities of members no longer in your party, including Twin Magic, Edward's sing, Yang's Kick and FuSoYa's Regen skill. This system replaces the "party swap" system used in the GBA port.[4] It was also revealed at the Tokyo Game Show 2007 that the game will feature voices for important scenes.

Cecil + Black magic from that twin = best red mage evar amirite?

[spitfirejunky]

Apocolypse

[Timm]

what, limit breaks and alike?

braver (cloud in vii)

[spitfirejunky]

That's actually Cloud's triple AP weapon.

Should have made that clearer.

[Anglachel]

Cognitome

[spitfirejunky]

Diamond Pin

[Happy]

Are we doing weapons again?

[Brew]

Can we do something different like I dunno...characters then get back to some real discussion?

[Happy]

Real discussion?

No way!

Ozma is really hard >.<
And I swear I had all 12 stelazzio but it turns out i only have 8 :(

[Pop music sucks]

Executioner's Axe (FFXI)

[-Listy-]

damn i forgot how amazing ffdream was for ff music, im dl'ing one of the orchestra concerts and one of Nobuo's studio albums (Phantasmagoria)..should be interesting.

wow ive only listened to a few tracks off his album so far but its brilliant stuff. its what you'd expect from him really - synth/acoustic/strings, really nice melodies and sometimes a japanese woman speaking in the background, relaxing stuff..can't help but think of final fantasy when listening to it even though its not to do with the games :lol:

[Happy]

Wait what, Nobuo does music other than final fantasy stuff?

[Pop music sucks]

He's freelance now, he's collaborated with The Black Mages. The new album is set to release sometime next month.

In the 2004 Summer Olympics, the United States synchronized swimming duet of Alison Bartosik and Anna Kozlova won the bronze medal using two of his pieces from Final Fantasy VIII in the second half of their routine.That's freakin epic.

[Happy]

Freelance? He doesn't do the FF music anymore? Man it's gonna suck from now on then.

[Pop music sucks]

Well, I don't think he won't be completely out of the FF music, he won't score complete games though. The most he did for FFXII was the opening theme music.

[RetiredAt21]

I played FFVII while I was drunk/high last night. Fun as ****.

[Brew]

Freelance? He doesn't do the FF music anymore? Man it's gonna suck from now on then.

1up.com have a very long interview with Nobuo on their website, I think its it the features section.

Well worth reading.

And for the coins thing in IX, I'm sure there are 13 and I could only ever get 12 even with a walkthrough. Or there are 12 and I only got 11..either way, I was always missing one.

Ninjaedit: mentioning walkthroughs...do you guys play FF games with them or without them?

[fingers mccoy]

you get 12 then there's one extra which is just back where one of the other ones was, in quan's dwelling adjacent to treno

i think you get the hammer if you give it to that old hoarder lady, which you can either use in synthesis to get the tin armour or keep so that you get an extra scene at the end of the game

never actually seen that scene it's probably something to do with cinna tho

the first time i play through i dont use a walkthrough, sometimes i check to see if there's any cool sidequests i could be doing at a point where the game is obviously encouraging a bit of exploration and farming

[MAthiAS]

Freelance? He doesn't do the FF music anymore? Man it's gonna suck from now on then.
This is old news I thought. He wasn't on XII...

So in VIII I've never gotten all the UFOs. One of them just refuses to show up for me.

[RetiredAt21]

I never use walkthroughs.

[Happy]

What is the extra scene? I've completely forgotten.

[-Listy-]

Wait what, Nobuo does music other than final fantasy stuff?

well the album came out in 94 so..i dunno :p

[Anglachel]

I just beat VI

Its got the longest ending of the ones I've played (or remember), and really wasn't as great as I wish it were

[RetiredAt21]

For some reason I never feel satisfied with any of the endings in any of the FF games.

[Anglachel]

I remember being satisfied with IVs, but remembering IVs ending is another thing :-\

III (DS), V, and VII on the other hand, i remember and wasn't satisfied with.

[RetiredAt21]

Seriously, V barely has a story.

[Bread and Faxes]

I have a Japanese version of the Soundtrack to Final Fantasy VII

[RetiredAt21]

I never got into FF soundtracks...

[Anglachel]

Seriously, V barely has a story.
The job system in that game is what makes it good

[RetiredAt21]

Agreed.

[Bread and Faxes]

Yeah, making Bartz amazing made the game for me.

VI was really good imo.

VIII and IX too. Idk why many people don't like them.

IX's story stuck true to older versions of the game.

[RetiredAt21]

IX is criminally underrated.

[Liberi Fatali]

I disagree. On here it seems to be a fav. Of course there are the VII lovers, but I'd say on average IX is the 2nd favourite FF here. It was under appreciated upon first release, but now it seems to be highly regarded.

[MAthiAS]

IX is a good game but I wouldn't say its on the same level as VI, VII, VIII, and Tactics. Those four were just mindblowingly good.

[Happy]

I never got into FF soundtracks...

you must be the only person that didn't.

[FlyingPaul_83]

<---- VIII, Tactics Lover

All else falls subsidiary :p

[Liberi Fatali]

Yeah VIII can't be topped for me.

[spitfirejunky]

I can't agree more with the two preceding posts.

[Happy]

After playing IX, I have a huge urge to play VIII.

[fingers mccoy]

that game sucked if you did well in it but was awesome if you were constantly under-prepared, it's weird

like i'm not talking about farming, more having a lot to junction

the novelty of having an auto hasted squall with 100 death st-atk and invulnerability to confuse wears off when you own your 10x10^x battle, but being terrified of random battles and actually having to use gfs is pretty cool

[Pop music sucks]

I never actually beat VIII. I always partied with 4 people and they're usually 20 levels higher than the rest.

So once I hit the Ragnarok into Pandora's Box I got owned once the second party needed to do some stuff:(

[Happy]

The cool thing about VIII was that if you didn't level up, the bosses didn't either.

[Pop music sucks]

But I got owned by random encounters:(

[Chrysostom]

Did anyone else find themselves dropping summons from their games of FFVII? I remember the last two times I ran through it, I never equipped a Summon Materia once, even though I went through collecting them. I found you really don't need them at all.

[Happy]

The only ones I used were (rarely) Hades, Bahamut Zero and KOR. the only FF where i used summons a lot was VIII.

[Pop music sucks]

Sometimes in VIII when I had three party members that were low on HP and it was an intense boss battle, I'd summon two GFs so they'd take the hit while I hope that the random attack doesn't kill off the one that's trying to use a cure spell or item.

[Brew]

I used GFs alot in VIII and the Aeons in X were quite cool if your party took a beating, but other than that I can't really remember using summons a great deal.

[Anglachel]

I have a Summoner/Evoker in 3

I like using Summons.

[MAthiAS]

The only ones I used were (rarely) Hades, Bahamut Zero and KOR.
Same plus ChocoMog for the stop early on.

The cool thing about VIII was that if you didn't level up, the bosses didn't either.
Yeah its strange that that game is at its easiest when you stay at level 1 throughout.

[Bread and Faxes]

I used Alexander, and the Bahamuts alot. I only used Knights Of The Round when I needed to. Like, on weapons and sephiroths and stuff. Jenova Resurrection was a one hit kill :P

[MAthiAS]

Isn't there an alternative to KOR for the weapons too?

[Bread and Faxes]

What do you mean? As if something they can use? Or....idk. I just know that I had to use Bahamut Zero alot on Ruby

[MAthiAS]

No I mean another way to beat them besides using KOR.

[Bread and Faxes]

Yeah, just steady *** beating with Physical attacks with 4xcut and stuff. And mastered Final Attacks with Phoenix

[Brew]

The lack of save points in FFIII is starting to annoy me.

Unless they do exist and I'm running around with my eyes closed.

[Echleon]

Havn't played the game but I heard it was notorious for it's lack of save points -.-

[Bread and Faxes]

I think that 7, and 8 had the best locations for them. I really really need to find my FFVIII

[Brew]

Havn't played the game but I heard it was notorious for it's lack of save points -.-

The quicksave feature is pretty useless aswell.

It quicksaves, then asks you to turn the DS off and then when you turn it back on you can continue from where you quicksaved, but only once. So quicksaving before a boss has no use whatsoever as you can't reload that quicksave if you get beaten.

[RetiredAt21]

The Espers in FFVI were cool as ****.

[Happy]

No I mean another way to beat them besides using KOR.

Omnislash>Mime

[Chrysostom]

Ah man, I can't believe I haven't ever completed IX and X and don't even own XII yet. Still, X and XII have sissy boy lead characters. We need real men like Cloud and Squall to return to the FF universe.

[Kingofdudes]

Cloud, a real man? He couldnt even make it into SOLDIER and he stole his personality (and sword) from his best friend. pffft

[Chrysostom]

Cloud, a real man? He couldnt even make it into SOLDIER and he stole his personality (and sword) from his best friend. pffft

Ah yes but: Cloud the faker > Tidus the whiney teenage b*tch.

[MrConeman]

Cloud, a real man? He couldnt even make it into SOLDIER and he stole his personality (and sword) from his best friend. pffft
Add 7 years to where you're taking this from and Cloud gets a hell of alot more man points than Tidus ever will.

Squall on the other hand, was a whinging girl. Though he was still thousands of times more awesome than Tidus.

[RetiredAt21]

I really want to play FFX for some reason.

[Pop music sucks]

Ugh.

I just couldn't stand FFX at all. The lackluster voice-acting was unbearable.

[Happy]

Squall on the other hand, was a whinging girl. Though he was still thousands of times more awesome than Tidus.

He was emo man, leave him alone.
But seriously, I'd be emotional if I was an orphan too.

Ugh.

I just couldn't stand FFX at all. The lackluster voice-acting was unbearable.

Worst part is where they do the fake laughing

ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!

[Pop music sucks]

At least Squall had the drive and tenacity to back up his emo-ness.

[spitfirejunky]

Wrecking parades and breaking out of jail is emo.

[Mister_Che]

But guys, he had a gun-sword!

[RetiredAt21]

He was emo man, leave him alone.
But seriously, I'd be emotional if I was an orphan too.



Worst part is where they do the fake laughing

ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!

Holy **** that was annoying. Now I don't want to play FFX that much.

[MBS]

Worst part is where they do the fake laughing

ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!


hahaha as soon as i read pop music sucks's post about voice acting, i immediately thought of this scene

so horrible, ahhaha

[Chrysostom]

All the acting in FFX was sub-subpar except Auron, and maybe Lulu. John DiMaggio shouldn't have agreed to his part either.

[Happy]

His part in XII was better.

[Anglachel]

The lack of save points in FFIII is starting to annoy me.

Unless they do exist and I'm running around with my eyes closed.
There are none :)

The only place that really needs it is the Crystal Tower and World of Darkness. I mean, you need to put like a whole two hours aside to beat the game

[Happy]

But you could get to the world map a lot so I thought it was okay.

[Pregnant Jew]

I think Final Fantasy V's job system was very very amazing. Yet, I love the Materia system in FFVII. I think that's the best Final Fantasy system. The GF system is alright in VIII

[Anglachel]

I didn't like the Materia system all that much

I didnt dislike it but it didnt do anything for me

[Anglachel]

I didn't like the Materia system all that much

I didnt dislike it but it didnt do anything for me

[MAthiAS]

Materia system was heavy ballin dude. Definitely the best system besides Tactics jobs.

[FlyingPaul_83]

^Tactics system was so in-depth. I still have no idea about the zodiac signs.

I really need to play it again though.

[Happy]

GFs and junctioning was pretty confusing to me as an 8 year old.

[RetiredAt21]

The Materia system is/was pretty sweet.

[Brew]

GFs and junctioning was pretty confusing to me as an 8 year old.

Same here.

I always used to auto-junction to defense for the HP boost.

[RetiredAt21]

I really didn't like the Junctioning system.

[Kingofdudes]

Tornado was the best for HP. You never use it so you wont decrease your HP and it boosted your HP by a whole lot. plus you can refine like 20 from windmills.

[spitfirejunky]

I absolutely loved it.

By the full game's end, you'd have Full-Cure slotted so that you don't need to waste an Ability Junction for HP, that way you can rig up crazy **** like Str+60% if you haven't already done Str Bonus.

Zell's "Fistmageddon" or Irvine's rapid fire make great Omega killers.

There are even strategies to getting Rinoa's Angel Wing to spam Meteor. With Mag+60%, it's another retarded way of doing endless damage.

[Mister_Che]

Just leave meteor as the only unjunctioned Magic, and she's guaranteed to use it 99% of the time.

I wrote up an Omega strategy in here a long long time ago, and she was one of the crucial party members.

[RetiredAt21]

Cool, though I never got into FFVIII.

[Timm]

I beat deep-sea-research-center-omega-weapon (:D) using meltdown (sp?), irvine and machine gun ammo in way less than 10 minutes :)
I was actually a bit dissapointed afterwards. I never could be arsed to confront the omega weapon in the castle though

[MAthiAS]

You mean Ultima Weapon. He was the one in the deep sea research center.

[RetiredAt21]

Ultima Weapon was a wuss in FFVII.

[Happy]

He was a lot harder in VIII.

[Pop music sucks]

I hated Ruby Weapon in VII.

No matter who I'd junction the better item or materia to, they'd get booted out and the sole person would be stuck with just not enough to beat it.

[Smokey D]

Kill two characters (preferably not Cloud) before attacking Ruby. The character that's still alive must have Phoenix. Instead of Whirlsanding characters away, Ruby drop his tentacles straight away. Cast Phoenix, and set up a W-Summon Knights of the Round cycle. If you have Dragon Force, it protects you from Ruby's ultima barrage just before he dies.

He was also affected by things that caused stop (ie Hades).

[Bread and Faxes]

I got so nervous fighting Ultima Weapon. The first thing I did was draw eden from him, then I cast meltdown and started to get squall his limit break and had everyone else beat away with physical attacks. When I beat him I was like, "omg!!!!!!!"

[Mister_Che]

I love the Deep Sea Research Center. Just the right amount of mystery, what with Bahamut being caged up and the ruins. Awesome atmosphere.

[The Transporter 2]

I hated Ruby Weapon in VII.

No matter who I'd junction the better item or materia to, they'd get booted out and the sole person would be stuck with just not enough to beat it.

equip the mystile

[MAthiAS]

I love the Deep Sea Research Center. Just the right amount of mystery, what with Bahamut being caged up and the ruins. Awesome atmosphere.
Yeah that was a very fun part of the game.

[-Listy-]

I love the Deep Sea Research Center. Just the right amount of mystery, what with Bahamut being caged up and the ruins. Awesome atmosphere.

agreed

[Bread and Faxes]

Yeah that place had the sickest atmosphere in the game. I loved the music in Ultimecia's Castle though. It was very very cool. The atmosphere was pretty good then too. The only thing about Final Fantasy VIII that I didn't like was that when you reached the 4th disc that almost every place in the game was closed off. But I love the Islands closest to Heaven and Hell. Great GF training grounds.

[Timm]

yer that sucked...I was so happy when I discovered how you could get back to the ragnarok only to find every place under a stupid glass bowl :mad:

[RetiredAt21]

This all sounds very intriguing. How long does it take for FFVIII to really pick up?

[Mister_Che]

I'd say it picks up pretty early on, after the first boss fight.

[The Transporter 2]

well for the whole beginning of hte game they are like be sure you head [SOUTH] to the [CAVES] located directly [SOUTH] in the [CAVE-LIKE AREA]

[Timm]

towards the end of cd 1 imo
won't say which exact part I mean, don't want to spoil it for you :)

[MAthiAS]

Like 2 seconds goddamn the opening sequence to FFVIII is so good.

[The Transporter 2]

yeah but remember after that its a really gay tutorial

[RetiredAt21]

I might play this later. I dunno.

[MAthiAS]

Yeah true... once The Landing comes on though the game takes off IMO.

I think I'm going to replay either IX or VIII soon.

[MrConeman]

Yeah true... once The Landing comes on though the game takes off IMO.

I think I'm going to replay either IX or VIII soon.

I was gunna say the exact same thing. The game *really* gets going when you land in Dollet on your first SeeD mission.

[The Transporter 2]

the demo version of viii had better music in dollet when you are leaving than the final version

[Happy]

yeah but remember after that its a really gay tutorial

But you can skip them anyway.

[Chrysostom]

This all sounds very intriguing. How long does it take for FFVIII to really pick up?

Round about the time you turn your Playstation on. But seriously, get through the awful un-skippable tutorial sections prior to your SeeD exam at Dollet and you're in for the gaming experience of a lifetime my friend.

[Bread and Faxes]

This all sounds very intriguing. How long does it take for FFVIII to really pick up?

Actually the game starts off on an amazing note. It's really full of action.

[RetiredAt21]

I'll give it a go tomorrow me thinks.

[Bread and Faxes]

I'd say go for it. The graphics are much better then 7. And Squall really has an original Personality for the series. IMO, Cloud is the perfect dude for getting girls. Cocky yet caring and alot of other things. He's the perfect ladies man.

[Phalanx]

tbh, Final Fantasy 8 is definately the most engrossing of the Final Fantasies in my opinion. Especially at the beginning

[RetiredAt21]

I really got into Final Fantasy VI when I first got. I still play it.

[Bread and Faxes]

6 is cool. I remember the original one. But the first one I played was VII. I bought it when I was 7 and still play it through about 3 times a year. So it will always have my <3

[-Listy-]

Round about the time you turn your Playstation on. But seriously, get through the awful un-skippable tutorial sections prior to your SeeD exam at Dollet and you're in for the gaming experience of a lifetime my friend.

this

im actually thinking about buying a used ps/ps2 just to play vii,viii and ix again. playstations are like £6 on amazon as well which is sweet.

[Bread and Faxes]

Dude I'd do it. I own an original PS1 and a PS2 so I'm set. But yea dude, get one. Theres always room for those classics =]

[Smokey D]

You can get an emulator on your PC if you're feeling cheap.

Obviously you lose the ergonomic goodness of the Playstation controller, though.

[Kingofdudes]

you can buy a USB one. Thats what I use

[MAthiAS]

Same.

[Bread and Faxes]

PS1 is alot better imo. The PC version had alot of glitches. But had the really cool Jenova Editor.

[Happy]

My friend plays VII on his laptop without a USB controller.
I lol.

[fingers mccoy]

hey i do that with star ocean 2

it really sucks

[RetiredAt21]

Star Ocean 2 is pretty fun.

[Happy]

What's that?

[fingers mccoy]

awesome rpg with sprite characters and rendered backgrounds, a real-time battle system and variable storyline based on how you interact with your party characters

loads of non-battle skills to learn as well from homeopathy and metallurgy to composing and playing songs that have weird effects on your environment

you can make the best weapon in the game like 2 hours through it, it's so awesome

and you can level up to level 255 (which is pretty important considering how incredibly powerful the final boss is if you turn off his limiter), god it's epic

[Happy]

Wow, is this online or do you have to buy it or w/e?

[fingers mccoy]

you can find an iso of it online, dunno where

if you buy it in england it'll probably set you back a bit because it's rare

try out star ocean 1 first and see if you like it cause star ocean 2 is basically the same thing but exploded out into epic proportions and a little less linear

[Bread and Faxes]

I had Star Oceans for PS2.

[Happy]

you can find an iso of it online, dunno where

if you buy it in england it'll probably set you back a bit because it's rare

try out star ocean 1 first and see if you like it cause star ocean 2 is basically the same thing but exploded out into epic proportions and a little less linear

I'll have to ebay it I guess.
Once I get paid :mad:

[Bread and Faxes]

There is another really good PS2 RPG that had 2 sequels.....but I can't remember the name.

[RetiredAt21]

awesome rpg with sprite characters and rendered backgrounds, a real-time battle system and variable storyline based on how you interact with your party characters

loads of non-battle skills to learn as well from homeopathy and metallurgy to composing and playing songs that have weird effects on your environment

you can make the best weapon in the game like 2 hours through it, it's so awesome

and you can level up to level 255 (which is pretty important considering how incredibly powerful the final boss is if you turn off his limiter), god it's epic

Epic, indeed.

I have Claude and Ashton leveled up to 255. They are monsters. I'm not sure if I've ever tried to beat the final boss without the limiter...I can't remember.

[fingers mccoy]

it's all about opera

hands down the best character in the game

[MAthiAS]

I remember renting Star Ocean 2 many years back. It was a good game.

[MrConeman]

There is another really good PS2 RPG that had 2 sequels.....but I can't remember the name.

Shadow Hearts?

[Anglachel]

I use a USB pad for all my emulated games :-\

[RetiredAt21]

it's all about opera

hands down the best character in the game

Ah yes, she's very good, too. Too bad you can't have her and Ashton in the same party, that would be nuts.

[MrConeman]

Okay so the Black Mages page is updated with a bunch of samples from the new albumgomgomgomgomgomgomg

http://www.dogearrecords.com/tbm3_eg/index.htm

[FlyingPaul_83]

omg The Extreme I cant wait.

[spitfirejunky]

*gasp*

[Happy]

iwantiwantiwantiwant

it better come out 19th in UK.

[Mister_Che]

OMGOMGOMGOMG The Extreme!

and lol at premonition typo

[Happy]

I thought that too, unless XIII is going to be an FFVIII remake (which would be a better game than XIII looks)

[Chrysostom]

Am I the only one not overly impressed with this new stuff then?

[Happy]

yes.

[Timm]

no.

:wave:

[spitfirejunky]

Extreme is so ****ing hot though. Most of the rest sound like watered-down Dream Theater.

[Happy]

That's not really a bad thing.

[RetiredAt21]

I think Dream Theater sucks balls.

I started a new Final Fantasy Tactics game. **** this game is hard, but I love it. So addicting.

[Chrysostom]

no.

:wave:

Oh good.

:chug:

[-Listy-]

Am I the only one not overly impressed with this new stuff then?

Premonition is the only track that sounds like its gonna be decent.

[Chrysostom]

Timm, Listy and me should form a faction opposed to the new Mages album.

[MAthiAS]

Am I the only one not overly impressed with this new stuff then?
No I'm with you there.

I think Dream Theater sucks balls.
Same.

I started a new Final Fantasy Tactics game. **** this game is hard, but I love it. So addicting.
Yea, great game. First chapter is the coolest IMO.

[Happy]

I love Dream Theater.

[Chrysostom]

I love Dream Theater.

And verily thou shalt inherit the Earth on account of thine piety.

[fingers mccoy]

lol no comment on this discussion

[Brew]

I've only got the Images and Words album by DT which I think is pretty good.

[JonG]

i cant find a decent torrent for ff8

:<

my psx doesnt work and i want to play 7 and 8 again

[Happy]

Surely you can get a ps2 dirt cheap?

[Anglachel]

i cant find a decent torrent for ff8

:<

my psx doesnt work and i want to play 7 and 8 again
http://www.snesorama.us/board/forumdisplay.php?f=26

I got my 7 and 8 isos from there, both dled within this month so the megaupload links shouldnt be dead.

[RetiredAt21]

Man, Tactics is so hard.

[MAthiAS]

Where are you at and what jobs are you using?

[RetiredAt21]

I don't remember, I'm pretty high right now.

[Anglachel]

Bumpitybumpitybump

I got Chrystal Chronicals: Ring of Fates and its fun

[Mr. Ron]

So I feel like playing through a FF game again, on my old PS1 ( I have a PS2, but I want to play it on a PS1 for nostalgia purposes....yeah....). I own FF7, FF8, and FF9.

CHOOSE FOR ME!

[Timm]

right now i'd play ix since i kinda recently finished viii and played through vii too many a time. this has nothing to do with you but uh yeah


IX

[Anglachel]

Play nine

[-Listy-]

8..or 7

idk its too hard to decide dammit.

[fingers mccoy]

ix iz deep

[Timm]

I still think Mog Pub would be a better name for this thread d:-B

[Liberi Fatali]

For those wanting new black mages album:
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=52768

Just sign up to the forums, its worth it

[Kingofdudes]

Wooo, thanks.

[mick7]

ffIX for sure. bit of nostaglia and fun to boot!

[Smokey D]

IX is just VII with updated graphics.

[Liberi Fatali]

IX is just I-VI with updated graphics

[fingers mccoy]

lol yeh very astute i had never noticed that ix has elements of all the preceding final fantasies i will now proceed to sell my copy and try my hardest to forget that it is my favourite in the series

[Happy]

IX is nothing like VIII :-/

[Liberi Fatali]

IX is like XII but not crap

[MrConeman]

IX is exactly like IX.

So I'm listening to the new Mages album. :)

[spitfirejunky]

For those wanting new black mages album:
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=52768

Just sign up to the forums, its worth it

Awesome.

[MrConeman]

Holy ****!!
The outro solo in The Extreme just owned my life.

[Happy]

For those wanting new black mages album:
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=52768

Just sign up to the forums, its worth it

I love you <3

[MAthiAS]

IX is like XII but not crap
Yeah pretty much.

[Happy]

I CANT DOWNLOAD TBM ALBUM arggggggg

can someone upload it to megaupload or whatever please?

[MrConeman]

I'll upload it now and edit in the link once it's done.

edit: I had to do it in two parts, and they're slowing each other down and taking forever, but I was gunna watch a movie anyway, so I'll leave them going, it'll just be awhile.

[jrowa001]

im finally going to sit down and start XII. im saving VIII for the summer since ill have more time to play it

[MrConeman]

There:

http://rapidshare.com/files/101011783/Black_Mages_III_-_Darkness_and_Starlight_pt1.zip.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/101010270/Black_Mages_III_-_Darkness_and_Starlight_pt2.zip.html

[MAthiAS]

Noooooooooooooo not rapidshareeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[MrConeman]

I don't even know why I come here any more.
Bullies. :(

[MAthiAS]

No really I hate rapidshare but thanks for uploading. Must spread rep =/

[Brew]

I don't even know why I come here any more.
Bullies. :(

A good deed you have done :thumb:

However I'm not going to download the album, I'm going to wait and eventually get the cd :cool:

[MrConeman]

lulz. I was kidding, you gice are my bros. :thumb:

[Chrysostom]

So here's an interesting topic (or is that two topics?) we can talk about. Read this extract from the wikipedia article on the Fabula Nova Crsytallis collection, of which FFXIII and FF versus XIII are but two parts:

At E3 2006, Square Enix called the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, which at this moment includes 6 games, 1 film, 1 OVA and 2 novels, a "50 billion yen project" (roughly 420 million USD) and said it would span until the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII (2017).

In turn, they called the new Fabula Nova Crystallis project a "100 billion yen project" (roughly 840 million USD) which gives the impression that Fabula Nova Crystallis would span quite a number of years and include many more titles, possibly including films, books, anime, manga, toys, etc.

What are your thoughts on the highlighted bits? Excited and looking forward to both a new, massive collection of FF-related things in the Fabula Collection? Excited about the continuation of the FFVII franchise? Or apprehensive that Square_Enix are going to ruin the FFVII world by milking it too hard? Do you have similar fears for Fabula Nova Crystallis?

Discuss.

[Brew]

They should leave VII alone and concentrate on making a decent Final Fantasy.

However, Crisis Core looks awesome.

[Happy]

Square are killing FFVII, they should leave it alone, and as Brew said, make a decent FF.

I has the BM album now :D

[Timm]

all I want is one decent, current gen (not cell phone crap or anything) FFVII prequel about the war, jenova etc :(

[Happy]

Good luck in that ever happening.

[MrConeman]

I have faith that Crisis Core will be good.

[Happy]

Christ coneman, you were right, The Extreme owns so hard. I'm also loving Darkness and Starlight. If only I could understand it.

[Echleon]

My favourite tracks so far are Assault of the Silver Dragons and Neo Exdeath.

[Happy]

I love that bit in Assault where they play the FFIX theme.

I hope you understand what I mean :p

About 3:40 <3

[Echleon]

Ah yeah, that bit is awesome :)

[Happy]

I get goosebumps when i hear that hehe.

[Brew]

By FFIX theme you mean the music that plays at the title screen?

[Happy]

No, the theme that plays a lot throughout erm...
I think it plays whenever Beatrix is about, but she's not the only one its played for.

[Brew]

Oooh, I think I know the theme you're on about.

One thing I have noticed with the FFIX soundtrack is numerous pieces are re-arrangements of the title screen piece of music. Which is pretty cool.

/listens to FFIX OST

[Happy]

I absolutely love that soundtrack.

[Brew]

It is very good, quirky yet epic.

[Happy]

There's things on that soundtrack that I never noticed until I listened to it and headphones.

[Brew]

I remember listening to the Life Stream music from the FFVII OST via headphones once, the high notes were almost painful to listen to.

[Echleon]

The soundtracks are so awesome, I have VII-X, but I wouldnt mind getting the ones pre-VII.

'You Can Hear the Cry of the Planet' and 'The Great Northern Cave' from VII are two of the eeriest and most haunting pieces of music ever.

[MrConeman]

I have the VII and VIII soundtracks, and piano collections.
Awesome nostalgic listening.

[Brew]

I've got the IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX soundtracks and the VII, VIII and IX piano collections.

All downloaded from a nice French website.

[Chrysostom]

I remember listening to the Life Stream music from the FFVII OST via headphones once, the high notes were almost painful to listen to.

Is that the music playing in Bugenhagen's observatory cum holographic room? Because that is the single most beautiful and haunting piece of music I've yet heard in my 22 years of life. Perfection.

[Brew]

Is that the music playing in Bugenhagen's observatory cum holographic room? Because that is the single most beautiful and haunting piece of music I've yet heard in my 22 years of life. Perfection.

I think thats the one.

Most of the 3rd disc for the VII OST is truely amazing music.

[Liberi Fatali]

They so need to put a Black Mages song on the next guitar hero. And with 3 albums under their belt now there would be so much to choose from.

[Happy]

Yeah but that would never happen because nobody knows who they are except us lot :(

[Echleon]

I've got the IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX soundtracks and the VII, VIII and IX piano collections.

All downloaded from a nice French website.

Do you happen to have the link? :)

[Happy]

its ffdream, google it.

[Echleon]

Thanks a bunch.

[Brew]

Aye, ffdream is the site.

They have EVERYHING, its brilliant.

There's a shop in the city near where my parents live in France that has real copies of many video game soundtracks and various other imported stuff.

[Happy]

i love the piano versions of some of the FF songs.

[Brew]

Cosmo Canyon is my favourite piano piece. Reminds me of the day I met my girlfriend :)

Edit: after looking at the 1up.com review of Crisis Core I've decided that I need to get a PSP when it comes out over here.

[MrConeman]

Seriously.
I've been keeping up with every thread of info I can on Crisis Core, and as someone who was royally against it to begin with (dnt ruinmyffvii :angry: ect). I'm now very excited for it.

[Happy]

Ah, having a PSP finally pays off.

[Brew]

I need to get back into playing FFIII of my DS.

Instead I'm obsessively trying to complete New Super Mario Bros by collecting all the coins etc..

[Kingofdudes]

Im really tempted to start up my FFXI account again :/

[Happy]

I wish I had one :(

[Timm]

I need to get back into playing FFIII of my DS.

Instead I'm obsessively trying to complete New Super Mario Bros by collecting all the coins etc..

I was addicted to that game. I used to play it an hour or so everyday in bed before sleep. now I have all coins and a 99.999.999 score :D
the trick is to finish a level at X99 seconds, which gives you 9 fireworks , 5000 or 4000 points each

yeah not having a girlfriend really pays off :lol: