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Leonhart4 posted...

Like I vastly prefer this method of storytelling as opposed to FFXIII just putting all the extra info into a Datalog to read.

A lot of stories feel amazing when you put them next to FFXIII.

Really the suddenness of PS1 FFs late game plot points is probably less about actual artistic direction and more about time and/or money. FF8 just comes off a bit weirder for it.

The absurdity of space in FF8 in no way has to do with it being impractical technologically. But if someone rings my doorbell right now and tells me it's time to go to space, I'll be a bit taken aback to say the least.

redrocket posted...

FFIV does the same thing!

Not exactly. The Giant of Babil comes from the moon before that happens. Plus the actual crux of the plot comes from the Lunarians.

Come to think of it, I think someone told me about that once I didn't believe them.

Final Fantasy X-2.5 ~Eien no Daish~Edit

Tidus and Yuna end up shipwrecked on an unknown island that resembles Besaid and Tidus theorizes they have traveled back in time a thousand years. Tidus is killed in a freak accident when he mistakes an ancient bomb of Bevelle make for a blitzball. Yuna faints from the shock, and unknowingly beckons Tidus back into the world with him none the wiser of what happened.

Holy shit

Leonhart4 posted...

Most people say the Junction system is bad because they're bad at it. Sorry I didn't realize you're one of the people who doesn't enjoy being good at it!

I mean no one's bad at using it. They're "bad" at setting it up, but all being "good" does is save time. I put those in quotes because it's knowledge not skill dependent.

redrocket posted...

The junction system is a hot mess.

But its a beautiful hot mess.

See I can respect that take.

Lopen posted...

Draw system and being fooled into thinking drawing is the best way to get stock of spells is the bad part

You say that like it doesn't count. Or that the alternative is a significant improvement once you can draw 9 spells at once.

But none of that is even what I meant. Saying "git gud" to the most busted system they ever made is the delusional part.

Leonhart4 posted...

Git gud

You can't be that delusional.

Actually I was wrong. It's a good story through Disc 1.

The Junction system was always terrible.

FFVIII is a good game if you stop after Disc 1.

Paine replacing Lulu isn't that crazy because Lulu would have never gone along with half the shit they do.

Did they say Lightning time travelled? I was under the impression they were trying the "digital actress" thing again. Either way it's the clear winner.

I don't care how long it is, but not having a checkpoint after Bizarro or whatever they call him here was baffling. I was also really confused because it didn't look like I was doing anything during the last attack so I waited it out but you die for that.

Yuffie and Cait Sith are just a million times better than their OG versions.

Rosa can be Tifa or Yuffie if they're your date, otherwise the role defaults to Aerith. Other than that it's only very minor things until the actual Skywheel.

WazzupGenius00 posted...

I sometimes think that the higher ups at Microsoft made this exact mistake when they bought Ninja Theory

Huh?

I know we got sidetracked but I meant who I said.

Edit: Omg I am wrong lmfao

Like I wasn't even paying attention to what I wrote and thought you were talking about the post that started this.

To the six people who actually voted "X":

Are you currently paying for it? Be honest.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

The director said some dumb shit, but none of that warrants death threats. The statement I made earlier about the reaction was not intended to be hyperbole.

And I'm not being hyperbolic when I say he was trying to capitalize on a very xenophobic "Japanese game devs are inferior" attitude especially prevalent at the time to bring in new fans. So don't ask me to empathize with someone getting lowest common denominator in return for starting there.

Edit: And yeah I know I said "no reason" before. I should have said "no good reason".

Some of you have forgotten or missed that Team Ninja picked that fight in the first place. They were outright hostile to DMC for no reason in ways that were baffling once we actually got their finished product.

Its kinda wild that knowing they discussed Cloud remembering Zack is sequestered to two out of six date scenes.

Trickery Domain is built around assisting in stealth in ways you either don't need or are given by other means. The stuff you're likely using on Shadowheart isn't subclass dependent and likely better assisted by another subclass.

I mean not really any worse than anything else in the game in that regard.

Just stand by the sign and hit the button to open the camera. You don't actually have to take a picture.

Everything about that got increasingly more baffling as I read it.

Multiclassing spellcasting classes is a lot easier when the classes can use the same casting stat. If they don't, you have to worry about the stat for each class if you're using the spell from. Wizard being the only INT primary spellcaster makes them awkward to deal with in this way.

So it's not simply bad rep for why companies are ending Twitter integration, btw.

It's going to be (or already is?) $42K a month MINIMUM for companies to access the API.

https://twitter.com/IdleSloth84_/status/1788508504308810010

More in depth analysis of how the problems play off each other.

I think they're done repeating naming conventions after the Wii U, but it's Nintendo so trying to guess what they'll do is a crap shoot.

https://twitter.com/Dansgaming/status/1788576699728212124

It's saying when it'll be announced, not when it'll come out. Furthermore, it excludes the June direct from being that time, which in turn means they won't want to overshadow those games announced then.

I don't get why he did this, but it's not hard to follow, other than knowing when their fiscal year ends.

https://twitter.com/Dreamboum/status/1788372051201249656

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

A 10 and an 11 are functionally identical for the most part.

This part is crucial. Generally the only time you want odd stats is when you know you'll have a bonus that makes them even. And as you won't know that in advance, you can just respec whenever it is relevant.

https://twitter.com/caro_irl/status/1788282737553530921

MacArrowny posted...

Hi-Fi Rush was a AAA game that took five years to make and had a team of over 100 devs.

OK it's not AAA.

Yes, there are smaller games than Hi-Fi Rush. Trust me when I say that is not what he means.

https://twitter.com/PatStaresAt/status/1788367206507765968

Holy shit

Between this and the studio misspellings, I'm starting to wonder if he shut Tango down not realizing what they actually made.

Well Activision-Blizzard is in the Microsoft umbrella now, which is in no small part what caused this.

Squeenix is weird because they'll have the most unrealistic sales goals you've ever seen but in the end it usually doesn't lead to anything drastic.

Do we not count stuff like Elden Ring and BG3 as AAA? Because if so, then yes.

Gears and Gambits Hard mode is a joke when you know to ignore healing and buffs entirely. Not nearly as tight as Fort Condor.

https://twitter.com/jessevitelli/status/1787853367034740758

https://twitter.com/zoigoms/status/1787866484422906335

I don't like this topic anymore.

https://twitter.com/Zari_Wari/status/1787857935126737194

https://twitter.com/SatisfactoryAF/status/1787932223229849789

https://twitter.com/PoorlyAgedStuff/status/1787854986967232914

https://twitter.com/PatStaresAt/status/1787870260789740024