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Crusnik
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
And Jeff, final fantasy tactics is one of the best games in the series, even if its totally different than the rest. The only people i've seen hate on FFT complain about it not being a standard JRPG. while people hate on 7-13 for other valid reasons. Side note on final fantasy: i never cared for FF6. i know people try to tell me its the best one. but I really just don't like the game. | ||
TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On October 12 2014 04:59 PrinceXizor wrote: The only people i've seen hate on FFT complain about it not being a standard JRPG. Which really doesn't make a lot of sense to me, because the core gameplay mechanics are similar, if not the same--the only difference is the migration from dimensionless JRPG combat to a 2D grid--which adds a lot of potential depth for a minimal increase in complexity. | ||
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Parnage
United States7414 Posts
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On October 12 2014 05:00 TheYango wrote: FFTA is a fun game, but IMO doesn't live up to it's predecessors thanks to some gameplay flaws. I haven't played A2, but I'm told it addresses some of these. Which really doesn't make a lot of sense to me, because the core gameplay mechanics are similar, if not the same--the only difference is the migration from dimensionless JRPG combat to a 2D grid--which adds a lot of potential depth for a minimal increase in complexity. And i guess the lack of freely navigable over world map and exploration of individual non combat areas. Though in a spartan purely functional sense there is no real difference between FF7's overworld and FFT's. | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23342 Posts
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
The extent of exploration in most FF games is checking pots for hidden items. | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On October 12 2014 05:05 TheYango wrote: Yeah, I would consider that valid if Final Fantasy's overworld/dungeon crawling had more functionally meaningful aspects, but even with regard to that, FF generally falls short of other JRPGs like Lufia (which has more involved dungeon crawling/puzzles), or Persona (which has more character interaction). The extent of exploration in most FF games is checking pots for hidden items. well ff9 had some hidden islands and stuff, ff8 had the hidden map draw points ff7 had the special materia caves and WEAPONs and the whole easternmost continent. but travelling on FF7's overworld for example just does feel better than on FFTs. from a user experience point of view. | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On October 12 2014 05:10 TheYango wrote: As an aside, Lufia 2 has conceptually my favorite endgame/postgame for a JRPG even though the implementation at the time was awful and rage-inducing. the cave thing? or something else. i've never played lufia 2 just had friends talk about it. | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
FFIX was top 3 of the franchise. | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On October 12 2014 05:12 PrinceXizor wrote: the cave thing? or something else. i've never played lufia 2 just had friends talk about it. Yeah, the Ancient Cave. | ||
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red_
United States8474 Posts
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Scip
Czech Republic11293 Posts
On October 12 2014 05:00 TheYango wrote: FFTA is a fun game, but IMO doesn't live up to it's predecessors thanks to some gameplay flaws. I haven't played A2, but I'm told it addresses some of these. Which really doesn't make a lot of sense to me, because the core gameplay mechanics are similar, if not the same--the only difference is the migration from dimensionless JRPG combat to a 2D grid--which adds a lot of potential depth for a minimal increase in complexity. I tried playing FFTA again after some long time and just found it incredibly boring. The gameplay is just really slow and it didn't feel challenging at all. The first time I played through FFTA I killed the final (?) boss (unknowingly) abusing a bug where Boost into some combo does crayy dmg and 1shot him. LOL. | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
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MoonBear
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
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sung_moon
United States10110 Posts
On October 12 2014 04:59 PrinceXizor wrote: FFTA was just cringeworthy. but i think that's only because it didn't hold up to FFT. And Jeff, final fantasy tactics is one of the best games in the series, even if its totally different than the rest. The only people i've seen hate on FFT complain about it not being a standard JRPG. while people hate on 7-13 for other valid reasons. Side note on final fantasy: i never cared for FF6. i know people try to tell me its the best one. but I really just don't like the game. I felt same way when I tried FF6 for the first time. But I swear, anybody who hasn't played FF6 should give it a chance. Easily my favorite FF of all time. | ||
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Parnage
United States7414 Posts
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
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