General Gaming Thread

[TheWho87]

2 hours ago, Chuck Tingle said:

So, I inadvertently "fought" my first Dark Aeon in FF X HD.

Please say you got all the hidden chests in the temples, otherwise restarting may be better than grinding.

[Schlitzbrille]

Just now, TheWho87 said:

Please say you got all the hidden chests in the temples, otherwise restarting may be better than grinding.

Yep. Made it a point to do so. Valefor's second overdrive also obtained.

 

Hilarious side note: I'm near the point in the story where I got stuck when I first played the game a decade ago. (Mt. Gagazet, should give you a clue what fight it was)

[Benji]

I don't know whether it's dumb luck or what, but I never found that battle difficult. Just go in with your overdrives built up, cast hastega and waste the fool.

[TheWho87]

I stopped playing during my 4th playthrough trying to get the celestial weapons, I have nearly all the parts, I just don't have the paitence for the lightning strikes.

[Benji]

Just now, TheWho87 said:

I stopped playing during my 4th playthrough trying to get the celestial weapons, I have nearly all the parts, I just don't have the paitence for the lightning strikes.

Loop that. Lightning hits the same spot every time. Just got to make sure you learn the timing.

[Schlitzbrille]

I'm more confident of my chances this round considering the only other boss to give me that level of trouble first time through (first Evrae fight) was merely an irritance.

 

Then again, I was throwing down Firaga and such by the time I was done the Thunder Plains.

[TheWho87]

4 minutes ago, Benji said:

Loop that. Lightning hits the same spot every time. Just got to make sure you learn the timing.

Bitch please, don't you think I've looked at every walkthrough and guide on how to do it, I can't be arsed doing it!

Last time I tried I spent around a hour and would fuck up somewhere between 50 and 100.

[Schlitzbrille]

4 minutes ago, TheWho87 said:

Bitch please, don't you think I've looked at every walkthrough and guide on how to do it, I can't be arsed doing it!

Last time I tried I spent around a hour and would fuck up somewhere between 50 and 100.

If you approach the magic crater right, you can be struck twice before you're forced out. Ergo, count by twos.

 

Also, no encounters is great. Advantage PC.

[Benji]

An hour doing that loop? You are bad at this game

Just now, Chuck Tingle said:

If you approach the magic crater right, you can be struck twice before you're forced out. Ergo, count by twos.

 

Also, no encounters is great. Advantage PC.

I mean, you can get a weapon with Enc None. So... no

[Schlitzbrille]

8 minutes ago, Benji said:

An hour doing that loop? You are bad at this game

I mean, you can get a weapon with Enc None. So... no

Can you get the Tidus Fantasy X mod on consoles? No. ADVANTAGE PC AGAIN

[Benji]

3 minutes ago, Chuck Tingle said:

Can you get the Tidus Fantasy X mod on consoles? No. ADVANTAGE PC AGAIN

I don't have a clue what that is.

[Schlitzbrille]

1 minute ago, Benji said:

I don't have a clue what that is.

 

[TheWho87]

13 minutes ago, Benji said:

An hour doing that loop? You are bad at this game

It was around an hour trying and failing 3-4 times before giving up, getting all the blitzball stuff was easier.

[Benji]

3 minutes ago, Chuck Tingle said:

 

Oh. Great(!)

[OctoberRaven]

2 hours ago, Chuck Tingle said:

 

If anything not having that is the console's win.

[Bobfoc]

2 hours ago, Chuck Tingle said:

If you approach the magic crater right, you can be struck twice before you're forced out. Ergo, count by twos.

 

Also, no encounters is great. Advantage PC.

I know this probably seems incredibly sad, but is it possible to "play" through the whole game without random encounters and still be able to beat the bosses? I've toyed with the idea of going through Final Fantasy VII again just to go through the story, only without being rogered by floating dolls' houses every few seconds.

[Schlitzbrille]

Just now, Bobfoc said:

I know this probably seems incredibly sad, but is it possible to "play" through the whole game without random encounters and still be able to beat the bosses? I've toyed with the idea of going through Final Fantasy VII again just to go through the story, only without being rogered by floating dolls' houses every few seconds.

There's a button shortcut to either disable encounters or increase them. 

 

And now I'm debating doing a NSG FF X runthrough.

[apsham]

1 minute ago, Bobfoc said:

I know this probably seems incredibly sad, but is it possible to "play" through the whole game without random encounters and still be able to beat the bosses? I've toyed with the idea of going through Final Fantasy VII again just to go through the story, only without being rogered by floating dolls' houses every few seconds.

If you get VII on PC or PS4 there are special features that allow you to basically skip random encounters, get full stats, add a fast forward, etc.

[Bobfoc]

Just now, Apsham said:

If you get VII on PC or PS4 there are special features that allow you to basically skip random encounters, get full stats, add a fast forward, etc.

I have the PS4 version, which I started a while ago before getting distracted by something else. I've already finished the game "properly" before, so I'd welcome the chance to skim through with those cheats activated.

[apsham]

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L3 - speeds up everything by three

L3+R3 - turns off random encounters

R3 - automatically heals everyone and gives them infinite limit breaks

 

https://kotaku.com/two-cheats-make-final-fantasy-vii-way-better-on-ps4-1746617898