Weekly /r/FinalFantasy Question Thread – Week of January 24, 2022

Do you know which games he has played or which one is his favorite?

As others have said, it's helpful if you can find out what game he's most into. If it's an online one, then it's probably FF14, but otherwise, there are a ton it could be. If asking a friend doesn't work... Any chance you two are living together? You could take a picture of his games and post it here, or some of the other memorabilia he has.

I don't think so.

FFI: Main Theme, Matoya's Cave, Battle

FFII: Battle Theme 1, The Rebel Army, Main Theme

FFIII: Battle 1, Eternal Wind, The Boundless Ocean

FFIV: The Red Wings, Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY IV, Battle 2

FFV: Main Theme of Final Fantasy V, Battle at the Big Bridge, A New World

Pre-order bonuses pretty much always get released as DLC at some point, so I'm not concerned about it. I never pre-order games, but I'll likely purchase the content at some point down the road.

As far as I can tell, the pre-order bonuses available for both the base game and deluxe edition are exactly the same, so I'm not sure what you mean.

This late response might not help you at this point, ha, but... There are probably two side quests you want to do, because they lead to two more characters for your team. Since you've played the game before, these probably aren't spoilers for you, but I'll put them in the spoiler font for others.

1) Once you leave Midgar, and you get to Junon or Gongaga, you can recruit Yuffie. She's a random encounter in the forests of the area.

2) On your first visit to Nibelheim, you can recruit Vincent. He's in the basement of the Shinra Mansion.

For both characters, I'd recommend using a guide, to avoid frustration.

Oof. Kinda hard to answer that since the only other mainline FF with VIIR's combat style is XV. Sure, the story's decent, but only if you follow this guide, because important plot details are haphazardly thrown all over the various DLCs, the tie-in movie and even a novel! XII is often lauded for its story, but its combat is closer to XI, a 20-year-old MMO. XIII's selling point is its graphics, boasting gorgeous scenery that still holds up in some places. Unfortunately, you'll have to read the in-game datalogs in order to know what's even going on (and they get pretty lengthy), not to mention the combat being mostly automated, forcing the player to instead strategize by changing the party's formation on the fly, depending on the situation. XIV's plot starts off kinda weak, but really picks up starting from the Stormblood expansion. It's an MMO, however, so I don't know how much you'll like it, if at all.

I would recommend the Pixel Remasters for both (cautiously for VI, since it doesn't come out until next month and there's technically a nonzero chance of it being a disaster)

That said, it's hard to say that there's really a 'best' version of either, as they both suffer generally from the same set of issues.

The original SNES versions have the best technical performance, and the best version of the original soundtracks, which some people prefer. But they also have the most/worst bugs, and the worst translation (or no official translation, in the case of V). The English version of VI also censors some plot elements and enemy sprites.

The PSX versions are mostly the same as the SNES -- V is actually translated, and VI has the uncensored graphics -- but also have by far the worst performance.

The GBA versions are generally better; they have somewhat improved graphics, fewer bugs, better translations, and optional content not in the SNES/PSX versions. But they also have the technical limitations of the GBA, which is generally a less powerful system than the SNES. Worse performance (though not as bad as PSX), smaller screen size, slightly washed-out colors, and worse sound quality. The GBA version of VI also has some story censorship, though of a different variety than the SNES version.

The original PC/iOS ports are largely the same as the GBA in terms of pros and cons, except with radically different graphic styles that a lot of people don't like (some people do, though, so that's subjective). Credit where it's due, the minecart escape sequence after the Magitek Factory in VI looks way better in this version than any others. Some people also find the controls to be clunky due to being developed primarily for mobile, then ported to PC.

The Pixel Remasters are redeveloped from the ground up using a different engine. The performance is generally good, although some people have had issues, and there are fewe

The other option is to play a ROM of the SNES versions with a fanmade patch. There are a few options for fixing most of the bugs and improving the translations. I personally lean in favor of the ones that just use the GBA translations.

No, and based on the previous Pixel Remasters, I wouldn't expect a date to be revealed until a few days before the release.

Pretty sure they're locked to landscape.

To my (admittedly second-hand) knowledge, the original has better mod support.

the regular version has much more comprehensive mod support

the purple spheres aren't necessary to level up but will give you a fixed stat increase depending on the sphere.

I'd suggest 7 or 9, but given that X is the best place to start you can really play anything that catches your interest. Look at some screenshots and/or back of the box story synopsis' and figure out which one suits your tastes. Personally 7's more techno-futurist aesthetic really resonates with me but you should pick whats right for you.

The Pixel Remasters don't use traditional font files, so if you have a specific font you want to use, it wouldn't be as simple as a file replacement. It would probably be something like creating an image file with all of the letters arranged in a specific way, converting it into a unity texture atlas, and packing it into a bundle. I don't know the specifics.

However, if you just want a different font, there are several premade font mods (and other mods) here, that work for all of the Pixel Remasters, and are as simple as downloading and replacing two files.

Download the one you want to try, and put font_en.bundle and font_ja.bundle in "[game root folder]/FINAL FANTASY #_Data/StreamingAssets", replacing the existing files.

based on the gameplay overview, it seems the rest of the character are reserved for multiplayer, and they all play the same for that reason.

You'll be fine. Ninja is OP, but pretty much any job is viable, especially if you're playing the 3D remake or Pixel Remaster. For the NES version, you should still be fine, you just might need to grind a little bit for that final dungeon.

Go to your dorm room. (First floor, in the very back between the cafeteria and the parking lot.)

The other comment is right about where to go. But I just think it’s worth adding: don’t expect anything to be marked on your map or anything like that. The majority of Final Fantasy games are not going to mark your objectives, part of the game is wandering around and exploring to find where to go next.

I’m not sure who told you to start with FF11 but someone is confused. FF11 is a 20 year old MMORPG. While it is still running it is easily the worst starting place in the entire series right now.

7 is a fine place to start but DO NOT start with 11. It is a very archaic and old MMO. They probably meant 10, which in my opinion is the best place to start.

I mean there’s not really a definitive answer but if I had to pick I’d say VII is a better starting place. A lot of the best parts of IX rely on knowledge of the classic games. Obviously you can still follow everything that happens in IX without that knowledge, but you’ll miss a lot of little things.

The earliest you can get it in is in the Returners' Hideout after the Mt. Koltz dungeon.

Piggybacking on Starry's always useful advice, Caves of Narshe lists four ways to obtain. In order of appearance - Found in Returners' HQ, steal from TunnelArmr, buy in Kohlingen or Narshe or Tzen, win from Scrapper (WoR).

I’m not sure where you’re getting that impression, it doesn’t really seem very similar at all to VI. If anything it looks like Tactics is probably the most similar setting