Queen's Blood (Final Fantasy Thread)

[Ruki]

Yay for getting back into FF IX. With Oblivion the only 360 game I own that I have yet to beat, I decided to start playing FF IX again. I started about a month ago, and stopped just as I got to Lindbulm. Almost at the Festivle of the Hunt! Woo!

[stokeriño]

I always get up to to just before the Festival of the Hunt and decide I can no longer be bothered. A bit like the bit in FF7 when you get to Aerith's house for the first time, in that respect.

[Ruki]

Really? why? I love it. I love the festivle (Zidane always wins, although Freya has been close...). I can't remember, I know Zidane gets gil if he wins, and I know Vivi gets a card....but what about Freya? And how do you get Vivi to win?

[stokeriño]

Probably because I've reached my attention span limit after however-many-hours-it-is since I started that new game from the beginning.

[Ruki]

Also, looking at my play time,.....it would be impossible for me to get the Excalibur 2....how the hell is it possible to disk 4, beat all these bosses, don't properly level, all in under 12 hours?

[Skummy]

I think it would be possible, if you know EXACTLY how to do everything, if you're a good enough strategist to not require too much in the way of power levelling, and if you don't fluff about talking to NPCs or doing any side quests at all....but what would be the point? The reward is far less than the enjoyment you'd get from playing the game through properly.

Incidentally, fuck re-playing VIII, I bought XII for a tenner today. Huzzah!

[Cadet Ember McLain]

Bah, GameTraders can go to hell. I order FF9, with their promises they'll get it in in a week.

That was in November...

Oh, Ruki. If Freya wins, you get a Glass Buckle IIRC. It's definitely an accessory of some kind...

[Ruki]

Hmmmm.....tempting to let her win..because Gil is easy to get, and the card? Well, I suck at the card game (why do I keep playing it?!) Plus, no idea how to get Vivi to win.

[Cadet Ember McLain]

You can easily get the accessory later, if you haven't already from the Synth shop in Lindblum (among others). The card Vivi wins is the same one that's in one of the Chocograph chests.

Now you might be asking "So how do I get <insert name here> to win?" Well, when you start to fight the Zaghnol Freya will jump in and attack with you. You will then have control of both her and Zidane. The Zaghnol has around 1,500 HP. Use this number to your advantage. Have both Freya and Zidane attack. When he gets low on HP, if you want Freya to win have Zidane steal while Freya attacks. If you want Zidane to win have Freya defend and Zidane attack. If you want Vivi to win then have Freya kill Zidane, and have Freya defend while the Zaghnol attacks her.

[Ruki]

Wow, I forgot about the Chocograph thing all together. Maybe I'll get all of them this time....

And I think I got everything from the Synth shop (I love Zidane's two weapons). But thanks for the info, you are my hero ^_^

[Cadet Ember McLain]

Small correction. It's apparently a Coral Ring that Freya wins, and not a Glass Buckle... Close enough though...

[NobBe Nobbs]

RE: Excalibur - I think that if you take 100 hours or more, the timer actually rolls over back to 0:00:00, so you've actually got 112 hours.

[Ruki]

I can usually beat FF games in 40-60 hours. So I would be sitting around for quite some time. Not worth the weapon.

Edit: I think I'll let Freya win, that ring will be nice early on.

Edited February 25, 2008 by Ruki

[Benji]

I managed to get the Excalibur II, but then I've played FFIX so many times, I play it more for something to do these days than to complete it. I only saved at the end of each disc and after I got the sword and did literally minimal work to get there, only levelling up when totally necesarry, it took a few deaths between the discs, but it's easilly managable so long as you know how to upgrade your characters and weapons.

[Clawson]

Speaking of time spent on a FF, I'm at 32 hours already on XII and just about to face the Earth thingy in Golmore Jungle. It took me 18 hours to get to the Stiltshire the first time I tried a play-through.

[Whisper]

Ok. I'm bored and trying to sort my abysmal sleep patterns out by staying up through the night. I've been playing FF7 but I just keep thinking more and more about how I want a new FF to play, one that I haven't seen before and will surprise me in the way the old ones used to. I then kick myself for forgetting that I still have XII stashed away. Now, problem is, I've had it since about a month after release and have tried to get games going on 2 seperate occasions. The first time I only got up to that underground bit after the prison and second time I got to the part where you rescue the Princess from the airship, so not very far in. For some reason, both times I couldn't really get into it. I enjoyed the story, but it just didn't grab me the same way 7,8,9,10, even X-2 all did when I started them.

Basically, I'm looking for inspiration. EWB, tell me why I should get into XII again. Also, any particular pointers you could give that would help me to get into it more, would be lovely. For one thing, I remember finding myself horribly underlevelled at the boss fight on the airship.

Edited February 26, 2008 by Whisper in the Wind

[Momo]

If nothing else, the environments are beautiful. Play the game just to see it if you have to. The detail is amazing. I've begun stopping in each area I go through, just to look at how pretty it is.

[stokeriño]

You could always play the old game of Spot The Star Wars Plot Device to keep yourself amused.

Edited February 26, 2008 by stokeriño

[Gazz]

I really need to start FFXII, it's been sitting on my shelf for about three months, along with both Kingdom Hearts and Elder Scrolls : Oblivion, convince me EWB.

[Momo]

I really need to start FFXII, it's been sitting on my shelf for about three months, along with both Kingdom Hearts and Elder Scrolls : Oblivion, convince me EWB.