Final Fantasy - General - The Bear and Badger

Raiziel

It is. I’m now the furthest I’ve ever got in the story. There’s a distinct possibility I may actually finish it this time around.

Blue Swirl

regmcfly wrote:

Back on my bullshit with XII on switch. It's glorious, innit.

I'm waiting for a sale, that price tag is eye-watering.

regmcfly

I traded in a bajillion games for it.

Blue Swirl

regmcfly wrote:

I traded in a bajillion games for it.

Sounds like a low number to me.

MattyJ

All of the FF soundtracks are now on Spotify and Apple Music! YEAYYYYYYY

MattyJ

These soundtracks man. Instantly give me all the feels and nostalgia. Really sucks that VIII isn't available on new systems like VII and IX are... would love to play it again.

I completed VII again last year on PS4, only took around 25 hours due to the ability to speed up time, avoid battles etc. that's built into the game options. It would be fantastic to do that with VIII - I have got the disc somewhere and a PS2 I could hook up but I think it having those added time saving options are very appealing these days.

MattyJ

ALSO - Nobuo Uematsu is the best.

The Daddy

I’m right back into IX since picking it up on switch. The soundtrack is top notch like.

cosmicjellybean

MattyJ wrote:

These soundtracks man. Instantly give me all the feels and nostalgia.

I still play Theatrhythm Curtain Call for this very reason. Amazing music and it always hits the feels.

ChopperByrne

I think you can get I through X-2, and a few Tactics games on Vita.

Tempy

I’m basically not interested in the remakes because I don’t think they can improve the music

EvilRedEye

FFXII remake soundtrack was arguably an improvement.

regmcfly

Ffxii soundtrack is immortal

hylian_elf

Rabanastre is such a great tune, but Dalamsca Westersand (I think) is also good. There’s an Empire (what are they called again?) tune that is also great. Maybe it was a Gabranth battle track, can’t remember.

EvilRedEye

Just realised that Tempy was referring to Matty's post about VII rather than remakes generally. That is what the QUOTE function is for young man!

afgavinstan

I haven't seen past the opening to FFVII in absolute years but skimming through the OST there brought back so many memories. Music I thought I'd forgot. Class.

Tempy

EvilRedEye wrote:

Just realised that Tempy was referring to Matty's post about VII rather than remakes generally. That is what the QUOTE function is for young man!

bite me

MattyJ

My biggest gripe with what the FFVII remake looks like is the change in combat system. Would much rather they jazzed everything else up and kept the turn based combat. Not really sure why they want to change it tbh.

MattyJ

Also - FFX has some bangers on it.

Minnesänger

MattyJ wrote:

My biggest gripe with what the FFVII remake looks like is the change in combat system. Would much rather they jazzed everything else up and kept the turn based combat. Not really sure why they want to change it tbh.

On modern home consoles it seems that Persona and Dragon Quest are the last real bastions of proper turn-based JRPG goodness. There’s plenty on handhelds, especially the 3DS, but that’s not so much the story of PS4 and Xbox. I’m sure it’s to do with the higher fidelity, plus the fact Final Fantasy skews quite young with its fanbase.

I was gagging for a post DQ XI turn-based RPG a while back after platinuming that beast, and ended up having to resort to some B-tier low budget shite. Wasn’t worth it.

Basically, it’s handheld or nowt until a new persona or DQ drops.

MattyJ

Yeah I agree. Nothing much happening on that front at all. There is Octopath Traveller but it's not the same as these games for me.

cosmicjellybean

MattyJ wrote:

My biggest gripe with what the FFVII remake looks like is the change in combat system. Would much rather they jazzed everything else up and kept the turn based combat. Not really sure why they want to change it tbh.

Weirdly I don't think a single person who played the original would argue against this, but someone brought up the fact recently that there are people who could have been born when ff7 came out, and be at an age to play the remake, who may resist the idea of turn based, and although the 'keep turn based!' fans are louder, I'm sure we're not the majority.

Biggest problem for me is that it seems more like 15, which I really didn't like. If they could go in between like ff13's combat that would be a much better compromise IMO. I can't remember if I liked Crisis core's combat at the time, but I remember liking the game overall.

digi

Aparently it will be turn based and action based as active time battle (atb system) is still there but they have just added to it and gave you a bit more control so some moves can be avoided etc.

I'm quite excited!

Nina

cosmicjellybean wrote:

MattyJ wrote:

My biggest gripe with what the FFVII remake looks like is the change in combat system. Would much rather they jazzed everything else up and kept the turn based combat. Not really sure why they want to change it tbh.

Weirdly I don't think a single person who played the original would argue against this, but someone brought up the fact recently that there are people who could have been born when ff7 came out, and be at an age to play the remake, who may resist the idea of turn based, and although the 'keep turn based!' fans are louder, I'm sure we're not the majority.

I'm someone who has never played the original, and I wouldn't even know how I'd want to play ff7 by now. Think the first FF that got released when I actually started gaming was 12, which already has a more automated system. I went back to 9 (finished) and 10 (never finished), enjoyed them.

Part of me wants to wait for the remake because graphics, but 7 on the Switch is only $15, and had the option to speed up battles. But again, graphics.

Not that I would really need another time sink.

Was surprised when I looked up the ff15 play time on how long to beat, that can be done fairly quickly for a big rpg.

MattyJ

E3 NEWS

VII Remake is coming March 3rd 2020 - on PS4.

Features real-time battles that blend with strategic “tactical mode” gameplay. As players swap between control of characters like Cloud Strife and Barret Wallace, they’ll build up an Active Time Battle (ATB) meter as they do basic attacks. Once that meter fills up, players will be able to slow the action dramatically by consuming the meter, selecting spells or special combat moves. Players will take control of one character at a time, but that doesn’t mean other party members will simply be idle; they’ll attack enemies on their own. Enemies have a meter of their own; once it’s filled, enemies can be staggered.

The first part of Final Fantasy 7 Remake will focus on and expand the story of Midgard, and take place across two Blu-ray discs.

VIII Remaster - PS4, Xbox One, Switch and Steam later this year.

Looks to be a HD-d up version of the OG game. No details on if there are extra abilities as per the VII and IX HD'd versions.

hylian_elf

Expanding into Norse mythology eh? An Odin Summon side story perhaps.

JonB

Preorder for FFVII Remake is on the PS Store.

In case anyone was still wondering, that's £60 just for episode 1.

Think they've really lost the plot with this one.

acemuzzy

Yeah lol no thanks

I might get the remaster when it's cheap next tho

hylian_elf

FFVIII will just do me fine.

Nina

JonB wrote:

Preorder for FFVII Remake is on the PS Store.

In case anyone was still wondering, that's £60 just for episode 1.

Think they've really lost the plot with this one.

I was all in after seeing the new stuff and mechanics yesterday, but then I started calculating and yeah, £60 and episodes don't really sell it to me.

After Persona I'll grab the $16 thing on the eShop at some point, I don't think there are any major problems with it anymore, and if I really can't get over the old graphics there's still an option to get the Remake.

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