jaundicejuice
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Pachinko said:
Rodgers Video had the shiny foil covers as well. Wish I had known about them before I bought the game from EB.
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Rodgers Video had the shiny foil covers as well. Wish I had known about them before I bought the game from EB.
SabinFigaro
Member
As petty as it sounds, I've stopped buying both games and DVDs in Canada that feature bilingual cover art. For those, I'll always order from the USA.
PandaPandaPanda
Member
whee another tail in about 1 hour 30 minutes
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Ok, the boss fights in this game are ridiculous. The same strategies from previous games hardly work at all.
You have to use a specific spell or tactic to beat everyone? That might make the fights less meatheadish, but no fun at all.
Right now I'm stuck @
. FAQ says you have to use
, and it looks like nothing else will do.
You have to use a specific spell or tactic to beat everyone? That might make the fights less meatheadish, but no fun at all.
Right now I'm stuck @
Rubicante
Rydia's Mist Dragon summon
Dragona Akehi
Retired
2DMention said:
I beat him by
having Rosa cast Slow on Rubicante and then Haste on Kain and Cecil before she died, and then had Cecil heal Kain when necessary and Kain be ready to attack/Jump Rubicante (who could be damaged when he wasn't hiding behind his cloak) while equipped with Ice Lance. Cecil would smack Rubicante as well with his Ice Brand. Kain had the Ice Shield I found and Cecil had Ice Armour (both halves Fire damage, so they didn't get smoked by Inferno)
Oh and my levels were lower than
Edge's when he joined
cubicle47b
Member
For Rubicante,
if Edge steals from Rubicante while his cloak is open he closes his cloak and therefore never does Inferno. Then just equip non-magic weapons and use Rydia's Titan summon which does physical damage. I did that the second time, the first time I basically got tired of rezzing people and solo'd him with Cecil because of his ice shield/armor and ability to heal.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Finally finished the game. Awesome, loved the boss battles, every battle is unique... the last dungeon is pure suffering, monsters get really hard (with Cecil at level 77 =S...). Now I really want FF5 DS (never played that one, I hope they do this... maybe I'll pick the GBA version but I prefer waiting for a DS remake.)
Recommendations for this game: Save those ethers (you can't buy them until the end of the game, and they are expensive), have every map at 100%, buy phoenix downs, potions, remedies, tents and cottages, always save, always cast slow on bosses and set the speed slower for them. Haste your important characters (the one that hastes and the ones that attack or heal the most), try to keep everyone alive, save those bronze/silver/gold hourglasses (although it wont work on many bosses and some monsters at the end) and remember you can train your characters with battle speed at one with the correct Auto Battle settings =P.
Recommendations for this game: Save those ethers (you can't buy them until the end of the game, and they are expensive), have every map at 100%, buy phoenix downs, potions, remedies, tents and cottages, always save, always cast slow on bosses and set the speed slower for them. Haste your important characters (the one that hastes and the ones that attack or heal the most), try to keep everyone alive, save those bronze/silver/gold hourglasses (although it wont work on many bosses and some monsters at the end) and remember you can train your characters with battle speed at one with the correct Auto Battle settings =P.
Peronthious
Member
...
"select a smaller number to increase the speed of the battles."
d'oh
"select a smaller number to increase the speed of the battles."
d'oh
jump_button
Banned
i love how harder the boss are now it alot more fun that way maybe to hard for non rpg fans but i dont care
jump_button said:
Yeah they offer a real challenge now. I mean they did before (on most of our first time through FFIV)) but now that they've changed everything up and even given them counter attacks, its a totally new experience.
Really like the whole PS1 era "battle camera" boss introductions as well.
Also I hope they keep the trend of being able to debuff bosses in future FF DSmakes as well as future S-E games.
vagabondarts
Member
manueldelalas said:
i recommend going ahead and getting the excellent GBA version... you wont regret it.
Probably the best of the GBA remakes.
on topic, I finally picked this up today.
I wish they had kept the perspective of battles from FF3 DS instead of the straight on side view. Other than that I'm reserving judgement until more is completed.
Death_Born
Banned
Twincast, but only for some characters.Kadey said:
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
You people that Cagnazzo was hard?
Death_Born
Banned
ronito said:
Cecil is pretty much the only one who has barely any non-magnetic crap, Just keep him in the back row and let Cid and Yang do all the dirty work.
cubicle47b
Member
For the magnetic dungeon just make no one is wearing metallic items and have Cecil heal. Yang and Cid are primary attackers, Tellah casts, and when you get to
the dark elf equip all your metallic items. I don't remember him being all that hard.
cubicle47b said:
Hint for this:
DO NOT EQUIP *EVERYONE* with something metal until it says you can. If you put it on everyone at the wrong time, your whole party will be magnetized, and you will get a game over. Believe me, I've done it. Obviously, if one person doesn't have metal, battles still go on.
jaundicejuice
Member
I should get back to playing this, stopped right before I got to Fabul.
cubicle47b
Member
Link Man said:
I one shot him but he was certainly annoying. Kain, Edge, and Rydia died every time he did his special despite having shell on and being at full health. I had the choice of raising them and using a full team until he used it again or just saying screw it and using Cecil/Rosa.
Death_Born
Banned
Omnicast + Arise = Fuck-awesome.
Death_Born
Banned
JSnake said:
My party is around level 65....I'm probably just going to grind a bit then try to kill the final boss rather than try to find the retarded Treasure Hunter augment. The quest chain for the "no random encounter" augment is just too annoying.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Yeah the last boss is not that hard, I used my tipical strategy for bosses and it went down in a short time. But the monsters on that stage =S especially the last part of the dungeon were horrible, I ran from every battle there, couldn't afford to get weakened for the last battle =P.
There are some much harder bosses (for the level in the game you are) in the game IMO.
There are some much harder bosses (for the level in the game you are) in the game IMO.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Miguga64 said:
Awful battle, I used many elixirs for that monster, best way to recover =P, the worst thing developers put in the game, I was so pissed when he killed me the first time =S.
cubicle47b
Member
The first red dragon I fought (one of the chests) was a pain in the ass. I didn't have a real problem with anything else in the core, though. The enemies in the last section before Zeromus are easy. Just abuse stop and slow.
TurtleSnatcher
Member
Ugh hate how you can't see secret paths nearly as much in this game .. I can't seem to get to any of these treasures in Eblan Cave :|
TheKingsCrown
Banned
Just starting to play through this. I played Final Fantasy "II" on the SNES and also played through the GBA version. I love the little touches they have added to tell more of the story / thoughts of the characters. Also, I love
voice, its hilarious.
Tellah's
Kain's voice is exactly how I thought it should be. He is a dastardly bastard. I'm not really sure I like the learned skills, as I learned counter with Cecil and it doesn't work or something :X