The Supposedly Final Game! (Final Fantasy Thread)

[Strange_One]

[Ho lee shee it. I was on the right track?

Nomura better make it good]

[Imperial]

I have only just arrived, and Wall Market is already a blast.

And now that I have had a chance to play all four of the major characters, I've got to say best girl has the best play style of the bunch. I love chaining combos together with Tifa. She was handmade for building up that Stagger meter in style. But props to every party member and the game devs for giving each character their own "flavor" of combat.

The materia system made most of the party members feel kind of interchangeable in the original FF7 (aside from Limit Breaks, of course), but new stuff like Cloud's Punisher Mode has made each character stand out that much more. I'm dying to see how Red, Cait Sith, Cid, Yuffie, and Vincent play in subsequent episodes.

[Altima of the Gates]

[Ho lee shee it. I was on the right track?

Nomura better make it good]

Read the lyrics of the ending song.

[Draconic]

Be careful, Imperial. I’m in Tifa’s camp too, but Aerith will win you over, even if you still ship Cloti, there’s no way to avoid falling for Aerith’s charm. You’re probably noticing already that Aerith has a habit of stealing the show.

Which dress did Tifa have for your play-through by the way?


Oh, right, Heidegger’s VA is Bender from Futurama/Jake from Adventure Time. Just think about that for a few minutes. (You’ll occasionally hear Bender’s laugh in Heidegger’s ‘Gyahaha!’ but you’ve gotta admit, he really nailed that laugh.)

What worries me though is that back in the original, he had a bad habit of grabbing random infantrymen and smacking them, which was hilarious in unvoiced-polygon, but will be effing terrifying here.

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Aerith is precious and her home is amazing.

This is an inescapable fact.

[hayate]

Win win

Also shallow so pretty game makes me want to get a PS4. Though, too many unknowns yet. VII seems like it could be so big its the size of a series of main final fantasy games. And could span PS4, 5, 6 etc... -_-

Yep, me too.

At first I only wanted a physical copy of it for nostalgia. But that gameplay made me want a PS4 console.

But yep, my meager allowance won't allow me for that one.

[Mattias]

So, I finally got around to starting Remake. Currently midway though chapter 5. Hot damn is this some great stuff. My only two gripes in the six hours of playtime are Chadley's mission being worded vaguely (and hard to find. Why is Access in Abilities when it comes from Materia?) and summons being relegated to occasional boss fights. Otherwise it's all aces.

[asterism42]

Be careful, Imperial. I’m in Tifa’s camp too, but Aerith will win you over, even if you still ship Cloti, there’s no way to avoid falling for Aerith’s charm. You’re probably noticing already that Aerith has a habit of stealing the show.

bold of you to assume they're not in a 3-way relationship

[Imperial]

Playing VIIR is like eating a burrito from your favorite Tex-Mex place and finding out the last bite is a heaping helping of sauerkraut.

Why would anyone order it this way, and what makes you think I asked for it?

Those are my feelings on the plot ghosts and using way too much Sephiroth way too soon. I went from 5000% excited for the sequel to 1000% excited. I will play part 2 and already want it, but I am dreading another mouthful of sauerkraut. The last 30 minutes of the game felt more like Kingdom Hearts II than Final Fantasy VII.

Be careful, Imperial. I’m in Tifa’s camp too, but Aerith will win you over, even if you still ship Cloti, there’s no way to avoid falling for Aerith’s charm. You’re probably noticing already that Aerith has a habit of stealing the show.

She's alright, yeah.

I finished the game, and I never really found her to steal any given scene. VII is pretty good about giving everyone some shine, even if Cloud is the lead.

[Altima of the Gates]

I think they have set up more than enough hints that shows the rest of the story will not change completely, but they are giving us more stuff about the Planet, and about Jenova, stuff a lot of people probably didn't pay attention to way back when.
The original ending for FF7 led to some pretty crazy stuff, and Bugenhagen's ramblings were in my head through my playthrough. I really feel like they will make the fact the Planet isn't cool with humans a lot more real than tossing random kaiju out of nowhere.
Like, Aerith in the original wouldn't tell us shit, and hid a hell of a lot. There is a scene in the Remake that pretty much feels like she accepts things. Plus given this was the size of a game, I think it was intelligent to use Sephiroth now and just go with it. Instead of just having black text. That would be a waste of the medium they have now.

Given the sheer amount of unexplained.....well, everything in this universe, I think people getting mad at this juncture means they didn't really stop to consider things yet. Confusion yes, but anger or revulsion? Nah.

Also, if there is any shipping camp that is picking up steam, it's Aerith/Tifa.

[Twi]

No surprise there. Aerith and Tifa had a lot of chemistry for having just met. Or at least to me it seemed that way.

[Skull]

"Final Fantasy XVI could be inspired by Devil May Cry V"
It's nothing more than a rumour at the moment, but I'm curious as to what y'all would think and how you feel the mainline games should be going forward.

[Wandering Swordwoman]

FF Crystal Chronicle is coming this August

[Mattias]

Is that still the undisputed worst FF game, or has opinion shifted since I last checked?

[Imperial]

Is that still the undisputed worst FF game, or has opinion shifted since I last checked?

Crystal Chronicles is a weird one.

It's not a bad game. It's just a bad FF game.

[LJ3]

Going more action for FF gameplay doesn't really bother me

I'm still more used to turn based.

[Mattias]

Hit credits. Overall the game was amazing. Fun fights (for the most part, Fuck You Hellhouse/Arsenal/Daddy Whisper), gorgeous graphics (Except chapter 15's skybox, oof), good writing and characters. Even if half the last chapter really needed a bit more explanation about where they actually were.

9/10, lost points for skybox and not having a real conclusion, just "The adventure continues".


Aside: Rufus is so fucking cool, why can't he be the main villain instead of overcompensating sword boy?

[Wandering Swordwoman]

The FREE TRIAL EXTENDED TO LEVEL 60!

[Skull]

Okay, now that the dust has settled on the FF16 reveal I felt like trying to sum up everything that can be observed and inferred from the trailer.

Monocle on, Analysis GO!!!

• First things first, there appears to be two different time periods - a somewhat peaceful period where the Hero serves Joshua the Archduke's son. Whereas the other is a time of conflict between factions (nations?).
• The Hero with a potential Party are all discussing the target of their mission - Shiva's Dominant. The Dominants appear to be humans that either summon or transform into the Eikons: Shiva, Titan, Phoenix and Ifrit. When challenged with a question, "Sergeant" says "Our kind do not question orders, we follow them" whilst Hero touches the tattoo(?) on his cheek that they all have. Considering Joshua appears to be a Dominant who Hero served at one point, is the Party potentially Fal'cie equivalent who are compelled to serve between during a war between the Eikon?
• Interestingly, when a soldier alerts Sergeant to the enemy faction summoning their Eikon, they're in fact referring to Titan who then proceeds to fight against Shiva. Conflict breaking out between friends maybe?
• Time jump back to happier days and Hero narrates that the foe will not give up their "Mothercrystal" easily. Joshua seemingly heals Hero's hand and his mother(?) scolds him for going outside which is not allowed. Presumably as a Dominant he's a wanted target for the enemy and Hero has to protect him as his Shield (which was capitalised in the official subs).
• I don't have much to say on the gameplay sections. Seems very FF15 inspired, you can see at one point a friendly running around with Hero against a monster so presumably it's not completely solo party member as some have feared. Hero uses a sword but also magic including what looks like Phoenix's wings and Titan's fist - maybe he can borrow the power of the Eikons somewhat?
• Shady people negotiating in a dimmed room. Mercenary lady mentions Dhalmeks who drove back the Crusaders in the Battle of the Twin Realms. Is that what we see with the Saracen looking dudes fighting the knights on the Chocobos? She then goes on to mention that with the Mothercrystal gone they cannot defend their realm from the Blight. So it's maybe similar to FF15 with the MC's crystal being stolen which would stop the Starscourge?
• An "Imperial" Dragoon attacks the Hero. Wonder if that's just a nod to the Class System or will it come back in some form? Maybe the Dragoons will be like the Judges in FF12 where they're an Elite Enemy you face at certain points.
• What appears to be the Archduke gets shanked in front of his son Joshua which triggers the summoning/transformation into Phoenix. But Irfit appears and pre-timeskip Sergeant claims that a second Eikon of Fire should be impossible. Phoenix fights Ifrit whilst Hero narrates how the Crystals shaping their history will come to an end. Reminds me of how the antagonists from FF12 wanted to take back control of history from the Gods and put it into Mankind's hands once again.
• The trailer closes out with Hero fading from Pre-timeskip to Post-timeskip whilst swearing he will kill someone at all costs, likely vengeance for either Joshua's and/or the Archduke's death.

Of course this all could be a waste of time if the game takes twenty years to come out and changes fifteen different times during development.

[Mattias]

The fact that the hero uses fire wings in his attack strings makes me think that he's somehow gained the power of the phoenix, maybe by being so close to him when he manifested. I'm thinking that he and the others in the tattoo group are basically some kind of convict squad in the war and that's why they have to follow orders, and he's there because he's basically walking proof of heresy by having that power. Of course a few hours into the game we'll probably lean that he can absorb power from any summon so the moveset gets to expand.

[Reign]

You can see him using Titan's fists at one point too. His powers seem really cool, I hope his character is too.