Queen's Blood (Final Fantasy Thread)

[Sam]

Just finished Final Fantasy X having never got past the fight on the mountain with Seymour when it first came out. Crazy, emotional ending! 

Overall a masterpiece really and actually showed that Final Fantasy doesn't need to be open world if the story is done correctly. I suspect FF XIII tried to go the same route but just didn't create a compelling enough story/world/battle system to pull it off. 

Edited April 1, 2016 by Sam

[TKz]

FFX did a much better job at hiding how linear it is and also got more open than FFXIII did. I think it was paced a lot better too and the environments in it allowed for a lot more exploration. There was always one entrance and exit to each zone, but the path to each one had enough variations to keep you entertained. The Temples and having an end point made it feel like you were progressing constantly too. I think the nature of the story FFX was telling helped with that a lot, compared to FFXIII's split up, on the run, mess of a plot.

I actually finally finished FFXIII a few years ago after giving up on the first try, it's not that bad if you know what to expect and find some ways to entertain yourself through the less interesting zones. I quite like the grind of a Final Fantasy, so I spent a solid 2-3 hours watching TV and grinding out crystarium points, got myself nice and overpowered and had a pretty fun time blitzing through the last few chapters. Probably not going to make it more entertaining for most, but for me it made the experience a lot more enjoyable.

[Benji]

You can't overlevel in FFXIII? It limits the chrystarium until certain points. Or do you mean post game?

[TKz]

You can to an extent, there's an area midway through when you're on the I wanna say 4th level of Crystarium? Where you can max out your crystarium to before the next level of it. It's one of the levels where getting your crystarium leveled up takes ages too, so it's a pretty hefty boost and puts you ahead a ton for the next chapters.

Then after that you can boost your crystarium in an hour or two to max after the last chapter if you farm the right spots, but I never did that much post-game content in XIII. Did a ton in XIII-2 though. Enjoyed that game way more than the first.

[Mr. X]

The battle controls of FFXV didn't work well for me. Like, the mapping of hitting seemed like it would've felt more natural being the opposite button of what it actually was. Maybe I'm just weird with controls.

[TKz]

I enjoyed the demo but was fairly underwhelmed with how responsive dodge was. If you're already animation locked with an attack (some of which are pretty long animations), you can't break it to dodge. I remember finding the Kingdom Hearts battle system the same way - there's no middle ground, you were either spot on with your timing or you'd just take a ton of hits. I still enjoyed it, just wish it was a bit more responsive.

I played Arkham Asylum again today and something to that effect would be better, the animations for attacks are so quick that you can easily dodge after each and the block interrupts attack animations. Something closer to that would feel better.

How adorable is Carbuncle though?

[Avenged Probably]

I thought the demo was wonderfully charming. The combat compared to that of episode duscae was improved a thousand fold, just seemed to flow and work really nicely. Really looking forward to this now! 

[Ruki]

Fuck...I think I'm going to try another FF14 trial...

[Ruki]

So, FF14 isn't sending me an activation code...I've tried a bunch of times. What the heck?

[stokeriño]

Finally went back to FF7 after getting distracted by new and shiny games for months... I think I'm going to have to look up a guide or something because Sephiroth's second form seriously kicks the shit out of me.

[Benji]

Standard boss protocol if you're underlevelled and not got KOTR/Omnislash really - Wall, Regen, Fury, cure whenever you're not above 80% health, and just attack/limit break whenever you can.

[probablyoliver]

Or just click R3 and beat seven shades of shit out of him.

 

Also, man FFIX needs to hurry the fuck up and come to PS4. As does VIII but less so.

[Benji]

5 minutes ago, WHTGLT said:

Or just click R3 and beat seven shades of shit out of him.

Literally the worst kind of player :/

[stokeriño]

Not that I'd necessarily use it, but I completely forgot about R3.  

[Ruki]

New rumor this time is that FFIX is coming to steam next week. But, ehh, I don't believe it.

[probablyoliver]

7 hours ago, Benjrie Mode said:

Literally the worst kind of player :/

Haha, yeah, I used it for end game grinding and never again. Fuck that noise, it's super cheating!

[Benji]

At least you admit it

[Liam]

What does R3 do?

[stokeriño]

1 hour ago, Big Hairy Man Face said:

What does R3 do?

R3 maxes out your health and gives infinite Limit Breaks.

L3 puts the game on 3x speed (which is one I do use all the time)

L3 and R3 together turns on No Encounters

[probablyoliver]

1 hour ago, Benjrie Mode said:

At least you admit it

Eh, I saw it as cheating for just playing the game but the grind at the end to get everyone to lvl 99 and max out KOTR etc.? Fuck that, R3 4 lyfe.