Weekly /r/FinalFantasy Question Thread – Week of September 27, 2021

I think you might enjoy FFXII, particularly the Zodiac Age version if you have a system for it (PS4/Switch/PC I think?). It’s got a strong story with an interesting implementation of a job system and customizable AI to streamline combat. The world of Ivalice is beautiful too, and the game allows for more exploration than other entries in the series. No missables come to mind, at least for that version (the original PS2 release had quite a few).

12 seems like a natural pick, though 15 might be up your alley for the 'mainly control one dude' aspect.

What team are you running? Have you tried changing it up? A couple of those "boss" fights I had to change who I was using. It has been forever since I played though.

I haven’t played in years but I remember really struggling there too. I played as Lightning and hit him with her ranged magic to gradually break him, staying far away and dodging his attacks.

Came here to look for answers as well.

There is no German in FF7.

In FF8's english translation Doctor Udine speaks with an awful stereotypical German accent, thats about it

What about getting a copy of the original PS1 version in Japanese? While War of the Lions adds a couple of side missions at the end, it's probably about 95 percent the same game. If you're having big problems acquiring a working PSP version, the PS1 version in Japanese is cheap as well, and PS1 emulation is typically simple, if you don't have an appropriate PS1 or PS2 to play it on.

It would probably be possible for an emulator, but if you're trying for a romhack that would work on a real GBA cart then I doubt it. There's a reason the sound files were compressed in the first place.

Per Price Charting... For just "normal" games, the loose cart of FF3 SNES is about $80, with the box and manual being rarer, and pushing the price up to $300.

The Collector's Edition of various games seemingly range from $100 to $400, although some of them include actual systems, or figurines, or other goodies.

As a series, the SNES FF games are expensive, but they're not especially rare. Usually, you can find eBay listings or people selling them, it's just at an expensive price point, considering that you can get them on Steam if you just want to play them.

it is a MMO with monthly subscription, as of now it is the most played MMO in the world, I don't have too much experince with FF14 for lack of time, but what I heard is that it has one of the best story in FF, the beginning of the game is quite slow but it gets better once you reach the first expantion.

The main thing you should be aware if is an expansion is coming out relatively soon. Like in a couple of months. The complete edition you get now won't come with the new expansion.

But there is a very generous 'trial' that let's you play the entire base game and first expansion for free. So if you're curious about XIV I'd reccomend you play the trial first, and if you like it buy the full game after the next expansion comes out.

Just going through the main storyline is going to take you about 200-ish hours, around, probably? It is loooooooooooooooong.

It's massive, and is a love letter to the franchise in general. If you've never played FF before, it's a great game, if you're an FF fan, it will constantly make you smile with the references and call backs.

In terms of financial investment, currently the game has a ridiculously good free trial. It gives you access to literally all content from the base game and first expansion (A Realm Reborn and Heavensward). The major restrictions are on social behaviour (cannot join free companies, the games version of guilds, can't use party finder, etc). These restrictions can be frustrating, but the game has so much content, and there are work arounds for a lot of things (discord communities will become invaluable for social play).

The game is getting it's new expansion in November, and buying the complete edition now will not include it. If you were to buy the complete edition currently, you would have to purchase the new expansion come November to be able to keep up with current content. However, if you play the free trial for now, and preorder/ buy the new expansion on release, you'll get the other two expansions included with the new one.

Basically, if you're ok with a slightly restricted game, definitely just get the free trial for now, and then buy the new expansion when you're ready for it.

If however, you're like me and don't like being held back, I bought the complete edition and pre ordered Endwalker (the new expac) without any regret, the game is that good.

12 is awesome

Short answer: Yes

Slightly longer answer: I'd say yes, but obviously everyone has different tastes. Personally, XII is my favorite game in the series and I enjoyed the XIII trilogy immensely, XIII-2 especially

Is this what you're looking for? Although that only covers missables. Gamefaqs is an excellent place for these kinds of guides in general.

I believe that Square's exclusivity contract with Sony for VIIR runs until mid-December. Unless they've amended that contract, Square would not be able to announce a PC or Xbox version before then. I don't know if it makes sense to announce during the holiday season, so there many not be any news, let alone a release, before Q1 next year.

I find 13 to be kind of fast-paced and action-like, but you are picking commands from a menu still. You might want to check out Kingdom Hearts, if the setting and/or tone appeals to you - that series is more Action RPG. Otherwise, any well-regarded open world game now has RPG elements, and is kind of similar to 15 to me. (Like, Horizon Zero Dawn is an incredible game, and I imagine that if you like 15, you'd like that one too.)

Talk to everyone. The only hints for progression will be in dialogue. Specifically there's a few points where you'll have to go back to previous towns and talk to NPCs that had no advice previously to get the info you need to progress. Up until the first crystal, the dancer in the first town gives advice, after that you're on your own.

you will need to have some patience with the first 3 games as they are the most basic in the franchises (the NES era) and FF2 is among the less populars, but as FF14 player you will find a FF3 quite interesting, FF14 borrow a lot of thing from FF3.

once you get to FF4 is where FF starts having proper story, and since Endwalker is going to the moon it is likely to have a lot of FF4 references.

mean while, (this is just something I like to do with FF14 player) let's see if you can recognize a few things:

Kind of. The onion kids get more individual personality in the 3D remake, and there's added sidequests via the 3D version's Mognet feature. Otherwise, the story is largely the same.

The combat and job balance are the main differences IMO. Enemies can attack multiple times per turn in the 3D version due to it being limited to 3 monsters at a time. Jobs have also been evened out across the board, so that every job is always useful.

When you get certain jobs has also changed. For example, Sage and Ninja have been moved to the Earth Crystal and are no longer the definitive best magical and physical jobs, respectively.

Random encounters level up with you, so do not do too many of those, just enough to get where you need. Story encounters are set levels.

Be aware of how to gain points to gain abilities and levels, sometimes being in a rush to win a won battle is the wrong choice. Get those sweet APs.

Hm, to me, the biggest things to grasp are 1) how important movement and controlling the terrain is and 2) not to waste a lot of time with the magic classes.

On point one, simple accessories to give you Move +1, as well as those support commands, can really open the game up for you, especially if you have ranged classes that can take advantage (archers, and later, chemists). Do your best to pick enemies off one-by-one, and take into account their movement range and abilities.

For two... Unfortunately, classes aren't balanced that well in FFT. It takes a lot of work to make Black Mages, White Mages and Time Mages viable. The only ones that kind of work well are Summoners (and they still have low defense and big charge times) and Calculators (and they take a bunch of work to unlock and power-up). Meanwhile, Chemist is a seemingly boring class, but it helps if EVERYONE can use it as their secondary command, so that they can heal themselves, and if you have one in your active line-up at all times. They get even more powerful as the game goes on, and you get access to guns.

Until that happens, something like an Archer, a Knight (to soak up damage and hit people), a Monk (glass cannon that can heal itself, low equipment cost) and a "swing" character works well. Have Ramza learn all of his Squire abilities, then treat him as another "swing" character. (The "swing" character should be learning useful abilities among the other classes.) You can and should rotate those classes, too. Meaning, when your Chemist learns all of the useful Chemist abilities, turn them into a Knight, and turn the Knight into a Chemist, or your "swing."

As you get deeper into the game, you'll develop a play style, and decide on better roles for characters. Example - I love the Ninja class, especially when combined with Move +3 and boots that add another Move +2 or Move +3. They can walk across practically the whole map and eff things up. Or! You can have four Chemists with guns and a Knight, and chip away enemy health from a high height. If they even get close to your ranged guys, well, they have to get through your tank first. Also as you get deeper into the game, you get access to special characters with sword skills that are borderline overpowered. The first one joins in Chapter 2.

Part of the reason why FFT is so beloved, though, is because the character jobs allow for really deep customization. I'm positive someone else can chime in with a strategy that worked for them, that'll be just as viable as the one I provided. 🙂

Death sentence counters don’t carry over between battles in the arena, unfortunately. That’s just how it works in-game.

If you pair Destruct with Added Cut, that just means your character will follow-up a spellcast with a regular physical attack (with no instant death chance).

I saw some date locked, does it give any option? What is sticking out is someone saying they could not play until the tenth. I could be wrong though.