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Offline The Empire

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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #45 on: July 18, 2007, 09:28:55 PM »
It was part of the FF franchise... that's what was wrong with it... (as far as I am concerned, and then I count the ported versions on PC too but not the CG-movie)
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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #46 on: July 18, 2007, 11:44:00 PM »
Ooh...ouch.  Uncalled for, Em.
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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #47 on: July 18, 2007, 11:46:50 PM »
just couldn't help myself, it's FF and Baldurs gate that I really, really hate. I don't play sports games of any kind but I only dislike sports games I don't hate them to the point that I wish they had never existed as concepts...
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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #48 on: July 18, 2007, 11:47:38 PM »
Wow trey, it may creep you out to know FF 3 and 8 are my fav in the FF series as well...
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Offline Trey

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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #49 on: July 18, 2007, 11:49:13 PM »
Yeah...you sure we weren't separated at birth or something?
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have a society where too many people never get to fulfill that
extraordinary potential. My view – the liberal view – is that
government’s job is to help them to do it. Not to tell people how to
live their lives. But to make their choices possible, to release their
potential, no matter who they are. The way to do that is to take power away from those who hoard it. To challenge vested interests. To break down privilege. To clear out the bottlenecks in our society that block opportunity and block progress. And so give everyone a chance to live the life they want." - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #50 on: July 18, 2007, 11:51:46 PM »
Quote from: Trey on July 18, 2007, 09:18:37 PM
Quote from: Eientei on July 18, 2007, 09:12:54 PM
I couldn't stand FF8.  And if by FF3 you mean what was 6 in Japan and 3 in the US, then yeah, that one was probably the best.  I'm not a great fan of FF, though.

Yes, that three.  And what was wrong with FF8?  It had a Gunblade, Lunatic Pandora, and females that weren't caricatures.  Where's the downside?

The draw system for learning magic was tedious and the whole junction system was a mess.  I also wasn't a big fan of the story.  FF8 wasn't terrible, but it drives me crazy anyway.

I didn't like the gunblade, either.  But this is the franchise that gives us heroes who swing around swords bigger than them with no problems, so I don't expect much.
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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #51 on: July 18, 2007, 11:58:52 PM »
Quote from: Eientei on July 18, 2007, 11:51:46 PM
The draw system for learning magic was tedious and the whole junction system was a mess.  I also wasn't a big fan of the story.  FF8 wasn't terrible, but it drives me crazy anyway.

I didn't like the gunblade, either.  But this is the franchise that gives us heroes who swing around swords bigger than them with no problems, so I don't expect much.

Ah, well, to each their own.  I personally loved the junction and draw systems, and I thought the story was more deep and engaging than its predecessor.  Oh well...
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live their lives. But to make their choices possible, to release their
potential, no matter who they are. The way to do that is to take power away from those who hoard it. To challenge vested interests. To break down privilege. To clear out the bottlenecks in our society that block opportunity and block progress. And so give everyone a chance to live the life they want." - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #52 on: July 19, 2007, 06:56:34 AM »
I thought the junction system was fairly well done. Once you get used to it, it's pretty intuitive. But having to draw magic was just annoying. As for the story, I didn't think it was really better or worse than any of the other games.

And the gunblade? It's a sword that's also a gun! How is that not cool?
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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #53 on: July 19, 2007, 06:59:49 AM »
Quote from: Larry on July 19, 2007, 06:56:34 AM
And the gunblade? It's a sword that's also a gun! How is that not cool?

Heh, I could make a cutting remark that'd shoot you down about gunblades :-P

Personally I didn't like FF8, the only on worse in the series (as I'd rank it) was FF:MQ
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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #54 on: July 19, 2007, 10:07:55 AM »
I got very, very frustrated with FF8, but that has more to do with my style of gameplay than anything.  I wanted to collect all the special items and max out all my stats, which meant I had to deal with that card game.  Ugh.  Took me four years of avoiding the game after disk 3 until I went back and just beat it.  By that point, I had no recollection of the storyline, so the whole cinematic thing at the end was a waste.

FF7 was pleasingly dystopian when I was in high school... 10 had pretty graphics, 9 was fun until my memory card glitched, 10-2 must have been marketed for 14-year-old girls, and other than that I haven't played anything in the series except FF1.

Larry - I had the same problem with Baldur's Gate.  Maybe at the same point.  Haven't gotten around to playing it again.  Have you tried Morrowind?
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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #55 on: July 19, 2007, 12:07:37 PM »
morrowind is way better, but it is a bit too open at times, and it's hard to find meaningful quests that doesn't drag you along way too quickly.
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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #56 on: July 19, 2007, 02:08:50 PM »
Morrowind was a lot of fun, but it glitched the hell out of my box and pissed me off for a good long time by refusing to ***ing work.  I still much prefer Baldur's Gate but, as has been said in this topic before, to each his own.

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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #57 on: July 19, 2007, 04:26:14 PM »
Quote from: Tacolicious on July 19, 2007, 06:59:49 AM
Quote from: Larry on July 19, 2007, 06:56:34 AM
And the gunblade? It's a sword that's also a gun! How is that not cool?

Heh, I could make a cutting remark that'd shoot you down about gunblades :-P

Personally I didn't like FF8, the only on worse in the series (as I'd rank it) was FF:MQ

You know, I didn't realize that was a pun until Allama pointed it out...duh...

OK, FFVIII was better than everything that followed it (I haven't played XII yet, though)...IX just annoyed me the entire way through, X was...nice...X-2 just sucked, and XI was completely unnecessary.  I haven't played FFI, FFII, or FFV either.

Also, what did you all think of the pseudo-spinoff Kingdom Hearts?  I consider KH 1 to be the best RPG on the PS2.
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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #58 on: July 19, 2007, 04:51:48 PM »
I really enjoyed the first Kingdom Hearts game, to my surprise; I never would've expected the concept to work. I haven't played the second one yet, though. I've bought it, but I tend to only play one game at a time, so I have to play through FFXII, Order of the Phoenix, and Okami before I get to KH2.
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Re: PS3, Wii, and DS
« Reply #59 on: July 19, 2007, 08:16:54 PM »
The only FF games I've played are a couple remakes for GBA/DS, FFX (good), X-2 (sucked complete ass), XII (good battle system but the story was lacking (the main character had no reason to even be there)).
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