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ninjatrigg · Mar 29, 2012

I beat FFAnniversary for PSP a few days ago.

Im about midway through FFAnniversary II

My plan is:

FFIAnniversary - PSP
FFIIAnniversary - PSP
FFIII - DS (im up for recommendations on a better way to play it)
FFIV Complete - PSP
FFV - PSone classic on PSP
FFVI - " on PSP (or GBA if the load times are unbearable)
FFVII - " on PSP
FFVIII - " on PSP
FFIX - " on PSP
FFX - Hopefully the Vita remake is out by then
and so on...

TranceKuja · Mar 29, 2012

Part VI: Making Progress

Okay so I'm going to skip through my journey a bit quicker than usually. I have been playing this game sporadically over the past two weeks and don't really remember why I took some screenshots. So here are some highlights.

First, I've retrieved Floating Shoes from a sewer. I don't think I had any trouble with the dungeon, and there wasn't even a boss fight.

With the Shoes, I was able to cross the swamp to reach Goldor's mansion. These horses were a pain in the rear end, as you can see.

But Goldor himself was really easy.

Somwhere around this time, I decided to ditch my black mage. The only times I used him were during boss fights, but even then his magic didn't do much. I needed more basic, raw power so I chose a Monk for the time being.

Goldor had the Earth crystal, but he destroyed it. Oh. So after flying around for a bit, finding places I didn't really had a need for (like a summoner village), I got shot out of the air in this big place.

The first time I met Gardua, I was completely and utterly unprepared. Turns out just one Dragoon isn't enough.

With four of them, I still only got lucky in winning.

After this whole ordeal, I got the Nautilus, which is superfast.

I made my way to Dorga's mansion, who has moogles that sell some great magic spells.

Another mini-dungeon awaited me. This time, running away was not an option, so I died. Damn these mini-dungeons!

Luckily, with the Thief's Escape option, running away was a bit easier. Also I really dislike that Thief sprite.

At the end of the dungeon I received an upgrade to my Nautilus, so now it can go underwater. Some truly terrifying enemies awaited me there.

Here I found the temple of time. Some of the enemies hit me quite hard, but overall it wasn't too tough a dungeon. Once again no boss fight. Just a lute.

I used the Lute on Unne and together we made our way to the ancient ruins. The enemies here are amazingly awful.

These guys just hit REALLY hard.

But THESE guys just keep multiplying. Oh man.

And now I am kind of stuck in this dungeon, as I am facing hordes of deathclaws who multiply when hit once, and who can kill me in ONE hit, even my Knight! Am I underleveled, or is this dungeon just a difficulty spike? D:

Heropon · Mar 29, 2012

I forgot taking Gogo to journeys, but it's because he/she can't equip espers, but now he/she's underleveled. I like my little Sabin's weak clone.

There are some things I forgot in the ancient castle.

I didn't forgot this room but I wanted to teach Meteor to some characters before coming here again. They find one of the eight dragons there.

It casts Tsunami (CleanSweep, what?) at first turn. Terra's earring/Esper powered Bolt3/Thundaga takes care of it. This dragon gives the Zantetsuken/Scimitar.

The queen is another Celes clone, and thanks to her a new magicite is adquired. This one teaches the Quick spell (two actions in one turn for the user).

The next dragon is annoying the impresario.

Another dragon dispatched.

The third dragon is in Narshe. It can freeze, but I can burn. It gives a Power Shield (bad defense, great magic defense).

My fourth dragon is going to be the fire dragon. It's the complete opposite of the last dragon.

It guards a relic that improves the jump command (only good with a lance/spear).

And the last dragon in a previously visited place is the Storm Dragon. It seems I don't need to hit its weak spot to do massive damage thanks to Ultima.

And here comes the last sidequest (I won't do the Ebot's Rock one), the Fanatics' Tower. Only magic can be used here, but don't be afraid, Mog can use his charm so there's only two battles in this tower.

There are some nice treasures in this place.

And dragons. This monster starts with Holy/Pearl, but thanks to Ultima spamming it dies quickly.

Our heroes continue their pilfering operation.

And the last floor contains a thing that makes Ultima-spamming easier, but our heroes are trapped by sectarians.

They release a monster, MagiMaster. Strategy: Berserk him so he doesn't cast powerful spells, protect the party with Life3/Reraise and spam Ultima. I love that last part, incredibly intelligent, ya?

Using Life3 on everyone pays off.

Warp doesn't work here so the group has to go down walking. BONUS: There is a switch in the first treasure room to get Edgar's Air Anchor.

Heropon · Mar 29, 2012

Let's finish this game! This is the reason to get 12+ characters, forming three non-gimped groups.

Each group starts in a different place.

Terra's group kills monsters along the way until they can't continue. Who will save them?

Celes and her minions find Atma (Ultima Buster) in a jail cell and they fight it and kill it thanks to some spell with the same name as the monster. A save point appears when they thought they would get something better as that was an optional monster.

Remember these enemies? They're easier to kill! ...but only give 3AP

The right pipe is a trap!

Just when they forgot about the 8 dragons, the thunder-elemental one appears. It goes down easy thanks to the U spell.

End of the road.

Relm's group encounters another boss. It has a powerful attack, but nothing that Life2 can't solve.

And the last dragon appears! Oh noes! I can't abuse Osmose, let's hope I don't spend all my MP. The monster was history before that could happen. The reward for all the troubles is the last magicite, Crusader.

I think there's something I forgot...

The first part of the dungeon ends.

There's another boss before confronting the Warring Triad. Ultros continues annoying from ~~his grave~~ the coliseum.

The next enemies in the queue are the three statues. I don't know how I put Strago in the group that battles Doom always.

Kefka must be killed to destroy the magic.

It's good to talk a little before killing people.

1st round: When I killed it, it started spamming an attack until it killed Sabin. That means that he disappeared for the next round.
2nd round: I think it's the most dangerous: Four targets that can spam status-inducing spells one after the other, but not status like Blind, but stone, freeze, confusion, etc. So equip ribbons! One form uses Graviga when it dies, and another attacks ten times in the same circumstance.
3rd round: The woman can cure and the man casts powerful spells. He can also silence everyone in the party.

Kefka: If someone has survived the last three rounds, it's pretty difficult to die against him. He does an attack that leaves everyone at 1 HP, be careful.

THE END

Ourobolus · Mar 30, 2012

TranceKuja said:
Part VI: Making Progress

Okay so I'm going to skip through my journey a bit quicker than usually. I have been playing this game sporadically over the past two weeks and don't really remember why I took some screenshots. So here are some highlights.

First, I've retrieved Floating Shoes from a sewer. I don't think I had any trouble with the dungeon, and there wasn't even a boss fight.

With the Shoes, I was able to cross the swamp to reach Goldor's mansion. These horses were a pain in the rear end, as you can see.

But Goldor himself was really easy.

Somwhere around this time, I decided to ditch my black mage. The only times I used him were during boss fights, but even then his magic didn't do much. I needed more basic, raw power so I chose a Monk for the time being.

Goldor had the Earth crystal, but he destroyed it. Oh. So after flying around for a bit, finding places I didn't really had a need for (like a summoner village), I got shot out of the air in this big place.

The first time I met Gardua, I was completely and utterly unprepared. Turns out just one Dragoon isn't enough.

With four of them, I still only got lucky in winning.

After this whole ordeal, I got the Nautilus, which is superfast.

I made my way to Dorga's mansion, who has moogles that sell some great magic spells.

Another mini-dungeon awaited me. This time, running away was not an option, so I died. Damn these mini-dungeons!

Luckily, with the Thief's Escape option, running away was a bit easier. Also I really dislike that Thief sprite.

At the end of the dungeon I received an upgrade to my Nautilus, so now it can go underwater. Some truly terrifying enemies awaited me there.

Here I found the temple of time. Some of the enemies hit me quite hard, but overall it wasn't too tough a dungeon. Once again no boss fight. Just a lute.

I used the Lute on Unne and together we made our way to the ancient ruins. The enemies here are amazingly awful.

These guys just hit REALLY hard.

But THESE guys just keep multiplying. Oh man.

And now I am kind of stuck in this dungeon, as I am facing hordes of deathclaws who multiply when hit once, and who can kill me in ONE hit, even my Knight! Am I underleveled, or is this dungeon just a difficulty spike? D:

The enemies that split require a Dark Knight to defeat them. When a Dark Knight attacks they don't split.
However, when I did it w/o a Dark Knight, you have to take into account that if, say an enemy with 1600 HP takes 800 dmg (and thus has 800 HP left), and he splits, his copy only has 800 HP. Knowing that, it's simple to take out the rest. However, since it seems that you aren't doing a Four-Job-Fiesta, go get a Dark Knight and equip him with the necessary equipment, and they won't split.

Ourobolus · Mar 30, 2012

Finally done with FF4. God I hate this game (OK, I don't hate it, but it easily battles FF2 for "worst Final Fantasy" daily).
So I make it to the Moon. Yay.:

Yay, first weapon for Edge!

And the best default weapon for Cecil...

And finally, a better weapon for Kain. Damn Gungnir wasn't cutting it.

And of course, Ribbons for me ladies.

Oddly enough, Ogopogo never used Deluge once. Only used Frost Blast the entire fight.

Made it all the way to Zemus...yawn...

And knocked Zeromus out. Took a bit, but nothing too terrible. Finally, FFIV is DOWN! Onward to FFVI!

Professor Beef · Mar 30, 2012

Ourobolus said:
Finally done with FF4. God I hate this game (OK, I don't hate it, but it easily battles FF2 for "worst Final Fantasy" daily).

I knew there was a reason I liked you.

Ourobolus · Mar 30, 2012

Cyan said:
You are a bad person.

Dammit, and I liked you, too.

I hate the lack of customization. Every playthrough is the same, barring a level here and there.

Zerokku · Mar 30, 2012

Ourobolus said:
Finally done with FF4. God I hate this game (OK, I don't hate it, but it easily battles FF2 for "worst Final Fantasy" daily).

Going through my playthrough right now, and starting to feel that way as well. My last playthrough was the DS version, which is probably why I remember enjoying it more than this playthrough on the PSP.

Natetan · Mar 30, 2012

Cyan said:
I mean, yeah. It's not as replayable as your FFV or what have you. There's not enough variety or choice for that.

But for me, it's the complete package. Characters, world, story. Graphics, music, overall charm (moreso in the original version).

If you're not feeling it, you're not feeling it. It just makes me a little sad when people don't enjoy what, to me, is still a classic.

I totally agree, I love the original version. If you speed run it it's really fun too I really enjoy replaying it. FFVI not as much though...

And actually I really like FFII as well. I'm suprised there isn't less agonizing through FFIII. That game is just not very fun.

Ourobolus · Mar 30, 2012

Cyan said:
I mean, yeah. It's not as replayable as your FFV or what have you. There's not enough variety or choice for that.

But for me, it's the complete package. Characters, world, story. Graphics, music, overall charm (moreso in the original version).

If you're not feeling it, you're not feeling it. It just makes me a little sad when people don't enjoy what, to me, is still a classic.

Oh, I understand WHY people like it and consider it a classic. I didn't play FFIV for the first time until something like 1998, with VI being my first FF earlier in '95.

It's really not a bad game, but I was really glad the DS version came out and added ways to customize your party.

Esura · Mar 30, 2012

Cyan said:
I mean, yeah. It's not as replayable as your FFV or what have you. There's not enough variety or choice for that.

But for me, it's the complete package. Characters, world, story. Graphics, music, overall charm (moreso in the original version).

If you're not feeling it, you're not feeling it. It just makes me a little sad when people don't enjoy what, to me, is still a classic.

I agree 100%.

I normally jokingly call FFIV the true FFI because of how it seems to impact the later FFs a lot in terms of story and characters and stuff.

TranceKuja · Mar 30, 2012

Part VII: Let's split up

Thanks to some advice in this thread (thanks, people!), and by abusing the hell out of the save state/load mechanism, I somehow barely make it out of the cave alive. Since I didn't have any equipment for the M. Knight, I had to use my regular guys. Oh well. At least I'm out of this gimmick dungeon.

I find and awesome airship, The Invincible (hey, I remember you from FFIX), which has all kinds of goodies, including a fat chocobo. Liftoff!

And I make my way to the cave of darkness.

Oh Goddamnit. Yeah, this isn't working. I need proper M. Knights. I use a faq to find out there are a few sidequests I can do now, including one specifically for M. Knights. Great! The equipment for the M. Knights is really expensive, though. Along the way, I fight this guy:

The guy hits hard but has low HP. With a little luck I make it on my first try.

Then, I head back to the floating continent to finally find out what is haunting the pond here.

By this time, I have enough equipment to make two fully functioning M. Knights. And they are pretty amazing. Powerhouses, really. But so are some of the enemies here. I love how sea lions are actual lions.

These are some of the toughest enemies I've faced in terms of sheer force, they hit for a ton of damage each. But then, everything here gives amazing exp and gil, so I level up a ton and make easy money for my M. Knight team.

The first time didn't go so well. This battle, to me, also came down to luck. It all depended on how often Leviathan used Tidal Wave, or Tsunami or you know the one. Two of those and my entire team got wiped. But his physical attacks were weak, so after a few tries:

Then I also decided to take on Bahamut, but it didn't go well. One megaflare later:

But by this time I have gained a lot of levels and I have enough money for my M. Knight team. Let's try this again, shall we?

But man, the game is really starting to show its teeth. I can only admire the people who used to play this back in the day, without savestates and speedup toggles. It must have been relentless. Fights like the Leviathan are just atrocious if you have to do the entire cave again. That, and I feel as though the times I get backattacked or ambushed are off the charts. It also mostly means it's a lost battle straight from the start, since I keep missing and they keep hitting me extra hard.

HiddenWings · Mar 31, 2012

Chocobo Racing, chapter 9:

Chapter nine opens with a not-surprise and a cutscene, which was fairly impressive for the time and much more than expected from a racing game.

Music for the cutscene is the theme of the character you're about to meet, but uses Dancing Mad (FF6) + Sealed Book (FF5).

Meet Bahamut. Bahamut flies, is rather fast, and has one of the most annoying abilities to race against in the entire game. Bahamut's ability is Megaflare (Could it really have been anything else?) Which brings all other racers to a stop and is not blocked by anything. No dodging, no barrier, no reflect. You do at least get a warning; the screen goes dark for a second before it actually hits. Not that you can do anything about it.

But Bahamut isn't really the final boss; the REAL final boss is the Fantasia track you have to race him on. Fantasia is long, has some very interesting turns, and tends not to have walls in places where walls would be really useful (notably, the opening series of turns, so you can fall behind very quickly if this track is new to you). Also, Megaflare.

I still manage to come in first by a fairly large margin.

Game complete.

The game's ending theme is the only original composition in the entire game, and it's still pretty good.

But this isn't done. Several surprises await after the credits roll, but they'll have to wait until next time.

ULTROS! · Apr 1, 2012

So I decided to play FFVI on PSN.

Fucking Ultros murdering Banon all the time.

Ourobolus · Apr 1, 2012

ULTROS! said:
So I decided to play FFVI on PSN.

Fucking Ultros murdering Banon all the time.

Put Banon in the back row and only have him Pray/Health.

The wife is gone all next week, so I think I'll blaze through FFVI.

AgentOtaku · Apr 1, 2012

ninjatrigg said:
I beat FFAnniversary for PSP a few days ago.

Im about midway through FFAnniversary II

My plan is:

FFIAnniversary - PSP
FFIIAnniversary - PSP
FFIII - DS (im up for recommendations on a better way to play it)
FFIV Complete - PSP
FFV - PSone classic on PSP
FFVI - " on PSP (or GBA if the load times are unbearable)
FFVII - " on PSP
FFVIII - " on PSP
FFIX - " on PSP
FFX - Hopefully the Vita remake is out by then
and so on...

This is more or less exactly that I wanted to do

Don't know how I can play FFI and II though as they never released them stateside right? Also, I'm skipping 3 on DS. Don't own it anymore and beating once was enough for me.

Ourobolus · Apr 1, 2012

AgentOtaku said:
This is more or less exactly that I wanted to do

Don't know how I can play FFI and II though as they never released them stateside right? Also, I'm skipping 3 on DS. Don't own it anymore and beating once was enough for me.

Stateside releases of FFI: NES, PSX, GBA, PSP, iOS
Stateside releases of FFII: PSX, GBA, PSP, iOS

Natetan · Apr 1, 2012

Uh the fire orb section isn't unbalanced, it's supposed to be the second orb you get not the last

jaxword · Apr 1, 2012

Cyan said:
P.S.
Fun fact! Remember this from the last update?

Well, if you listen to what they're saying here, and try drawing lines between the four Orb locations...

...it turns out to not quite get you anywhere. Fun!

I'd be MORE surprised if they actually put in the effort to edit the map to be pixel perfect to fit a one-off text reference. Especially as no one 25 years ago would have access to digital maps and be able to tell this.

AgentOtaku · Apr 1, 2012

Ourobolus said:
Stateside releases of FFI: NES, PSX, GBA, PSP, iOS
Stateside releases of FFII: PSX, GBA, PSP, iOS

I'm sorry I meant they were never released on psn stateside (vita owner), only Europe/Japan

rybrad · Apr 1, 2012

Just finished my playthrough of FFVI, it was an absolute blast and I forgot how much I liked the ending. My only complaint is that I read on the Mog lines in the awful Mog voice from FFXIII-2. I think I am going to move on to FFXII IZJ next as I have never played that version and then circle back around to VII.

Going back through all of these old games has been a lot of fun. I am surprised how well so many of these have aged.

cartman414 · Apr 1, 2012

Would love a Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon for iOS with all the stuff added to the Wii version. Held out on the DS one after hearing about the Wii update, which never came. :/

Hope SE's next iOS sale is soon. Waiting for that to get into the FFIII remake.

Heropon · Apr 1, 2012

I don't know what's happening lately, but FF7 is acting extremely buggy with the CFW. I was eager to make walkthroughs of the PSX era Final Fantasies, but I don't want to lose progress every hour, so I think I won't post screenshots

Aeana · Apr 1, 2012

I'm probably going to start FF7 soon. Maybe today.
I'm going to do my best to keep up with the screenshots, since this is the game out of all of them that I like doing it with the most.

Ourobolus · Apr 1, 2012

AgentOtaku said:
I'm sorry I meant they were never released on psn stateside (vita owner), only Europe/Japan

Ah, ok. Your statement makes a whole lot more sense now.

Labadal · Apr 1, 2012

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2

I'm now the master of all territories and have completed 235 quests. I can't believe I have 165 quests left, lol.

My party's levels are around 47-50.

I'm rotating my party members more now. I also have the perfect setup for lazy moments (12 random party memberss), because sometimes I simply dispatch some people if the mission sounds boring. I do try to do most of the missions without dispatching, only problem is that I get a lot of missions at the same time and I don't want to miss them.

My favorite units are Cid, with his White Monk/Bishop combo and a Bangaa White Monk/Gladiator. I don't even know if those are good class combo's, but they are beasts. I laso have a Viera Elementalist/Summoner(or Geomancer). Starting to get most of the higher level unique equipment and that helps a lot on more challenging battles.

I really should finish this up so I can finally play Tales of the Abyss without interupption.

Professor Beef · Apr 1, 2012

Aeana said:
I'm probably going to start FF7 soon. Maybe today.
I'm going to do my best to keep up with the screenshots, since this is the game out of all of them that I like doing it with the most.

Can I be Barret, even if you don't use him?

Link1110 · Apr 1, 2012

jaxword said:
I'd be MORE surprised if they actually put in the effort to edit the map to be pixel perfect to fit a one-off text reference. Especially as no one 25 years ago would have access to digital maps and be able to tell this.

We had Nintendo Power with its full maps.
.

Heropon · Apr 1, 2012

I love choosing the rude answers in FF7 (and Golden Sun, poor Kraden). The only time I didn't was to buy the flower so I could give it to Marlene.

The characters had psychedelic moments in the Sector 5 Reactor and the train graveyard (the latter made me return to the Wall Market, grrrrr). The last problem was an infinite loop in the victory fanfare at Shinra HQ, titirirí titirirí titi titi titirirí titirirí titi titi...).

Don Corneo chose Cloud, and thanks to that I could dodge two battles, great!

And I think I can't highlight more things.
How often do people try to steal in this game? The low rate makes me not use it, but if someone convinces me I could give it a try (Tifa has the materia equipped right now).

Jucksalbe · Apr 1, 2012

Heropon said:
How often do people try to steal in this game? The low rate makes me not use it, but if someone convinces me I could give it a try (Tifa has the materia equipped right now).

If I remember it right, you can upgrade Steal to Mug and make that your normal attack.

Professor Beef · Apr 1, 2012

Heropon said:
How often do people try to steal in this game? The low rate makes me not use it, but if someone convinces me I could give it a try (Tifa has the materia equipped right now).

It's dependent on your Dex, so it's gonna be real low in all of Midgar. Stick with it, since you can get a good melee weapon for Barret right outside of Midgar. The stuff you get from stealing only gets better as you progress too. I was shocked at some of the stuff I was getting.

Aeana · Apr 1, 2012

I still a lot in the early game, and almost never later on.

Professor Beef · Apr 1, 2012

It's worth keeping Steal if only for the amazing Armlets you can get early on from soldiers and dragons.

Not to mention the treasures the Turks hold. *drool*

Natetan · Apr 1, 2012

Professor Beef said:
It's dependent on your Dex, so it's gonna be real low in all of Midgar. Stick with it, since you can get a good melee weapon for Barret right outside of Midgar. The stuff you get from stealing only gets better as you progress too. I was shocked at some of the stuff I was getting.

You can also steal amazing weapons for aeries and cloud. One of them is in the train graveyard. It gives like double materia points or something too, and it's the best weapon until at least costa del sol if not later than that. Saves a bundle of money!

Aeana · Apr 1, 2012

Actually I lied, I just thought about it harder and I do steal a fair bit later in the game.

Ourobolus · Apr 1, 2012

For some reason, when I patched FF6 with the original audio, I lost my screenshots from before the Returners hideout, so that's what I'll be posting...
On my way out, I get to finally meet the infamous Ultros. Putting Banon in the back row prevents him from dying in one hit, but Terra and Sabin both died at one point. Afterwards, we split up into 3 groups.

And here we are. We'll do Locke's first, since doing his and Banon's first *supposedly* makes Shadow stay longer in Sabin's scenario.

After stealing enough clothes, it's time to save Celes (oh yeah, and find awesome hidden treasure!), get out of South Figaro and face Tunnel Armor...

And onward to Banon's scenario...which is really short.

Finally, on to Sabin's scenario. We recruit Shadow quickly, then make our way to the Imperial Fort.

More to come!

EDIT: I have no idea why these photos suddenly disappeared from my photobucket.

Heropon · Apr 2, 2012

I'm starting to get worried, the error in which trippy colors appear and the text doesn't has happened again. What could be the cause?

Jucksalbe · Apr 2, 2012

Heropon said:
I'm starting to get worried, the error in which trippy colors appear and the text doesn't has happened again. What could be the cause?

Are you playing FF7 on PSP? Turn off the Fast Load option, it messes up the game.

Heropon · Apr 2, 2012

Jucksalbe said:
Are you playing FF7 on PSP? Turn off the Fast Load option, it messes up the game.

Thanks, I don't know why I turned on that option yesterday, then that's the reason last summer this game ran perfectly and not now.
That means that I'll resume posting screenshots!

Aeana · Apr 2, 2012

Started up FF7. I'm just kind of arbitrarily choosing names, except for Beef since Professor Beef asked.

omggg.

duckroll is Cloud, and Beef is Barret. Normally I would have made Kev Barret, but I've got someone else in mind for him.

The planet's dyin', Cloud! Beef is wearing his angry face.

Scorpion boss. Big pile of who cares, although I am still amused at the weird translation the dialog in this fight got in the English version of the game.

After beating the boss, we run out just in time for the reactor to explode and for Wedge to catch his hair on fire.

Aeris denied. I get a lot of pleasure out of being a jerk to both Aeris and Tifa in this game.

Something about the way duckroll looks in this FMV is super cute to me. Super cute.
And I think everybody else thinks so too, since they are so very happy to see him.

The dialog here, I think, is pretty well-written in Japanese. In English, it has some fairly weird but also what iconic phrasing, though, and yes, he does in fact call the plate a pizza even in Japanese.

I went ahead and named Tifa after myself, since I couldn't think of anything else for her. Works for me, she's cool.

Biggs got launched, y'all.

"When I'm in trouble, my hero will come and save me." Yep. Sounds like something I'd say.

Ourobolus · Apr 2, 2012

When we last left our heroes, we were at the Imperial Camp! And we recruited Cyan!

He's a great character (story-wise) but terrible in battle. Oh well, SKY (Bushido 2) is the best way to kill the Commander. Then, REVENGE!

Then we move on to the Phantom Forest. Thank god I have Sha...

Oh son of a bitch!
Oh well, gotta make my way to the front of the Phantom Train.

OH NOES AN UNDEAD TRAIN
WHATEVER WILL I DO
OH RIGHT PHOENIX DOWN

Onward to Baren Falls. Normally I make it a point to learn "Fire Dance" or "Rising Phoenix" at level 15 before this, but, oh well.

And here we are, on the Veldt.

Apparently Dried Meat is all that is needed for a new party member!!!

Yes, thou thou. After going through the Lethe River, we end up back at Narshe for a climactic battle...

Ourobolus · Apr 2, 2012

Sorry for the double post - hit the char limit.

Anyway, back to the climactic battle:

Yeah, that one.

Against this bastard:

Aw shit, here we go:

Normally I split my party. However, I plan on this being a CES (Celes/Edgar/Setzer) run, so I'll make this party of 4 kill everything.

So easy.

AAAAAAAA
AAAAND there goes Terra.

Heropon · Apr 2, 2012

I don't know why it's written correctly in Spanish if the translation is based on the English one (evidenced by fiesta=party and other embarrasing things...)

HiddenWings · Apr 2, 2012

Heropon said:
I don't know why it's written correctly in Spanish if the translation is based on the English one (evidenced by fiesta=party and other embarrasing things...)

I died horribly my first time playing this (it was my first time trying a Final Fantasy) because of that translation. I didn't actually play the game again until years later, by which point I'd already played 4 and 6.

ninjatrigg · Apr 2, 2012

AgentOtaku said:
This is more or less exactly that I wanted to do

Don't know how I can play FFI and II though as they never released them stateside right? Also, I'm skipping 3 on DS. Don't own it anymore and beating once was enough for me.

They are on psn as FF Origins. A PSone classic.
There isnt support for them yet, but I imagine they will be supporting it sooner or later.
I cant believe they didnt put the Anniversary versions on the PSN. I would have bought them.

I bought 3 for DS when it first came out. I never got around to playing through it.
I am loving 2. I never played past where you get the snow ship. Its like a brand new game for me

I am very anxious to playing 4:TAY. 4 is my fav FF because of the characters.

FFX better be released for Vita by the time I get to it!

Heropon · Apr 2, 2012

HiddenWings said:
I died horribly my first time playing this (it was my first time trying a Final Fantasy) because of that translation. I didn't actually play the game again until years later, by which point I'd already played 4 and 6.

Well, my first time playing FFVI I didn't know English and Welch killed me. I don't know when I tried it again.

Professor Beef · Apr 2, 2012

Thanks Aeana!

TranceKuja · Apr 2, 2012

Part VIII: Preparations

These caves are quite terrible. This about sums it up.

Lucikly, random encounters aren't a problem anymore. My M. Knights hit for a TON of damage.

Lots of hidden passages later:

Hnnnng.

Finally, a bossfight! However he isn't very hard. I go on the full on offence, since it's the only thing I CAN do with this team.

With all the fangs in my possession, I can finally cross these statues!

A crystal tower lies beyond. Well, this doesn't look like a final boss stage oh no not at all. I decide to peak in.

Inside I finally find the earth crystal. It's being guarded by a color swap of the previous boss.

You don't look like Titan at all! Anyway, I barely make it out alive. A team of all M. Knights was fun, but I guess it won't last very long here.

Okay, time to head to Dorga. After fiddling around with my jobs, my party as it will enter the final stage will be this:

Dat shaman sprite.

Since I have to use the nautilus again, I might as well check out that dungeon I missed.

N'aaaaaw.

Oh, hello.

*cough* No problem. My shaman died, so I had to hike all the way back instead of using her Exit spell.

Turns out this Dorga guy has some strange hobbies.

>_>

Dorga and Unne attack. I have no idea what he is supposed to look like. So weird. But they're both easy peasy lemon squeezy.

They give me their keys, and die, as they must, since they're not main party members ):

Right, okay!

One labyrinth later:

Oh boy. Am I stuck here? I'm already running out of magic and potions.

Some enemies here are quite scary. They all resemble bosses I've fought before. The Djinn that use fire magic are the worst, they can easily kill my party in two turns.

One update left?

AgentOtaku · Apr 2, 2012

ninjatrigg said:
They are on psn as FF Origins. A PSone classic.
There isnt support for them yet, but I imagine they will be supporting it sooner or later.
I cant believe they didnt put the Anniversary versions on the PSN. I would have bought them.

I bought 3 for DS when it first came out. I never got around to playing through it.
I am loving 2. I never played past where you get the snow ship. Its like a brand new game for me

I am very anxious to playing 4:TAY. 4 is my fav FF because of the characters.

FFX better be released for Vita by the time I get to it!

Yeah, if Anniversary versions never hit US, I might just spring for Origin release. It'd be nice to have 1-9 (excluding 3) all on my Sony system(s)

Is FF5/6 dogshit on PSX?

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