The Final Fantasy Thread ~ For all your Chocobo Needs!

[Phi]

They should've added the DS version of IV, instead. It was a far better game.

[Nexus]

They should've added the DS version of IV, instead. It was a far better game.

If it does well enough, III might encourage Square to put the iOS versions of IV and IV The After Years on Steam; both were based off the DS remake, and unfortunately the DS-style remake of TAY hasn't been released anywhere else.

Also, last night I learned of the existence of the Final Fantasy X-2.5 novella. Kinda wish I hadn't, but it's apparently 'canon'. And not for the faint of those who actually liked the X and X-2 story, because it literally renders the efforts of both games pointless.
[spoiler][/spoiler]

[Sakura Leic]

Seriously that has to be fan fiction.

[Blue Valkyrie]

That...can't be real. Right? 

[Mirby]

Sadly, that is real. The account of it as told in that post is slightly exaggerated to make it worse than it is, but the gist remains.

[spoiler=The gist]
-Tidus and Yuna go to an island sometime after X-2
-Tidus kicks what he thinks is a blitzball but is actually a bomb (back during the Machina War bombs were disguised as blitzballs cause apparently blitzers are reliably dumb enough to kick them)
-Tidus's head goes boom
-Yuna revives him but he isn't the same afterwards
-They break up[/spoiler]

[Blue Valkyrie]

Oh wow...uh yeah not sure what to say to that. 

[Sakura Leic]

Jesus christ it's like George Lucas wrote it.

[Mirby]

This leads into the additional story as told in the X/X-2 HD Remaster that ends in Sin being reborn.

[Sakura Leic]

God that's just so stupid.

[Mirby]

Yeah. X-2 ended on such a happy note (provided you actually did the right things to revive Tidus), and then this comes along and ruins it.

What's even worse is that in the story that takes place after that, Yuna's back in her Summoner garb and praying. Which completely undoes all the growth she had in X-2 (which culminated in her literally overcoming her sorrow and preventing another person from sacrificing themselves to save the world).

Really, Yuna and Tidus were already good together but after her growth in X-2 she matches him in craziness. And this ruins that.

[Blue Valkyrie]

I admit I never really bought into the idea X needed a sequel, everything seemed so neatly wrapped up with that ending part kind mirror's the last scene in VII in giving players something to talk about. I honestly had no idea there was attempts to expand things further, but my god this was just bad.

Although X-2 had great game play, I love the way the class system worked in that.

[Nexus]

Yeah. X-2 ended on such a happy note (provided you actually did the right things to revive Tidus), and then this comes along and ruins it.

What's even worse is that in the story that takes place after that, Yuna's back in her Summoner garb and praying. Which completely undoes all the growth she had in X-2 (which culminated in her literally overcoming her sorrow and preventing another person from sacrificing themselves to save the world).

Really, Yuna and Tidus were already good together but after her growth in X-2 she matches him in craziness. And this ruins that.

It's strange how they're willing to remaster X and X-2 to such high extents, but effectively render the equivalent of a canon-defiling reset button in terms of efforts and development completely legitimate just as well. It literally boggles my mind that they [tornado fang]'d over two games they put a lot of attention and effort into, complete with a semi-continuation to said novella being right there on the disc.

[Phi]

Final Fantasy Explorers footage

Another 20 minutes of Final Fantasy Explorers footage

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[Phi]

FINAL FANTASY XV TGS 2014 TRAILER

[Mirby]

Man that looks so good.

Also Type-0 HD releases next March, every copy comes with a special demo version of FF15.

[Phi]

They should rename it to Xenoblade Fantasy.

[Phi]

Oh right, so Nomura apparently left the Final Fantasy XV team in order to focus on KH3, instead.

Edit:

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD - TGS 2014 Trailer [1080p] TRUE-HD QUALITY

[Mirby]

Yeah, Tabata, who was already co-director on 15, took over for him. He left so he could focus on KH3 fully and, with his main job on 15 done and Tabata able to finish the job, will help make it so both games come out sooner. Which is good, we've been waiting long enough for both of them as it is.

[Police Girl]

So apparently Square put Final Fantasy 4 on Steam. Also the DS port, so I guess that future was predicted. But putting DS games on the PC is dumb, they look like ass. And its $15 as well.

Also they're putting 13 up in early October. That's funny. Who's gonna want to play that?

[The Drunken Dishwasher]

it did made it to top sells in the Steam top sellers list.

So clearly MANY want to play it.  Or just love to spend.  Or GASP, like it. (like me.)

Though realistically, a good chunk at Neogaf bought it for the hope that it'll encourage the team to bring FFXV to PC.

[Police Girl]

In the end I imagine it'll only be enough to encourage them to put 13-2 or 13-3 up.

I bought it anyway, $12 isn't too bad I guess and hell maybe this time I'll actually play it.

[Phi]

Final Fantasy 15/Final Fantasy XV - Gameplay Demo (PS4) (TGS 2014)

dem visuals

[Psycho Yuffie]

I totally am going to be getting Final Fantasy XIII on PC. I have it for 360, but I guess I'm just too much of a PC snob these days. Playing things on my 360 bugs me because every game is upscaled to 1080p from 720p. It just bugs me when my PC plays games in 1080p. Let's be honest here, FFXIII doesn't have much going for it in the story department, but it is a very pretty game. I want to play it on a system that makes it look as pretty as possible. My PC is powerful and when you combine a higher resolution with potential graphic mods, it's a winning combination.

[Police Girl]

ahahahaha FF13 on PC is still 50GB in size, in addition to that the game is locked at 720p which means it doesn't fit the screen and instead resides in a box.

[ViperAcidZX]

ahahahaha FF13 on PC is still 50GB in size, in addition to that the game is locked at 720p which means it doesn't fit the screen and instead resides in a box.

So basically Square screws up a good opportunity to make FF XIII better by not taking advantage of the superior capabilities of PCs? Lame. And jeez, it eats up 50GB? That's Metal Gear Rising and RE4 Ultimate HD Edition worth of hard drive space put together. How many of you wanna bet 10% of that is actual gameplay?