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by MM 12/04/2006, 7:27pm PST |
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Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:
FF3 was absolutely no help in this department.
Is this worth putting on a handheld and playing? As in, not for nostalgia value but because it still holds up in whatever regard today. I never played it when it was new and I've always wondered if I've missed out.
ICJ
Of course not. RPGs, especially console RPGs and REALLY ESPECIALLY Final Fantasy are obsolete. Regular games with actual gameplay beyond "shuffling through scrolldown menus with a console pad" nowadays can and often do have just as much plot, epicness, and character development as the average jap console RPG. The only advantage those games had back in the day was sheer volume of time suck. (And theoretically a better plot). When you were a little kid and could count on maybe 1 or 2 game A YEAR, the 100 hour OCD RPG was a much better choice than the 10 hour wolverine's revenge.
Go play Deus Ex again. Turn on the max skill cheat to eliminate its biggest flaw. A more interesting plot than a thousand hours of anime and actual tense and interesting gameplay with AN EPIC GLOBESPANNING PLOT THAT CHARTS THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE!!!! If you're into stat-boosting OCD, fucking Diablo 2 has a straightforward and satisfying system of combat compared to FF's "navigating the start menu using the keyboard alone" aproach. FF Tactics was neato, but X-Com was a zillion times better. Hell, even back in the Nintendo and SNES day games like Crystalis and Secret of Mana had all the good parts of Final Fantasy games and replaced the boring menu combat with Movable, controllable sprites.
There is no reason planescape: torment couldn't have its dialouge trees included with a 3rd person action engine or a 1st person "elder scrolls" perspective these days. Aside from plot, is there anything to enjoy about Infinity engine games?
No. There is no reason to sink your life into another shitty overlong and banal NES RPG, especially paying money for the privilege. |
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FF12 was part of the payment for helping with the PS3 line. by Jhoh Cable o_O 11/21/2006, 1:09am PST 
Well, I'm about 120 hours in. :( by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/01/2006, 2:45pm PST
Surely you jest by Lizard_King 12/03/2006, 11:46pm PST
Re: Surely you jest by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/04/2006, 1:48am PST
Re: Surely you jest by Quentin Beck 12/10/2006, 3:31am PST
My bad on the Beck NT by Lizard_King 12/10/2006, 3:32am PST
Re: Surely you jest by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/10/2006, 6:09am PST
Is that fun? NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 12/10/2006, 12:09pm PST
More so than doing it with four white mages. NT by Worm 12/10/2006, 12:32pm PST
Re: Surely you jest by Belbo Jacopo 12/10/2006, 10:56am PST
Re: Surely you jest by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/04/2006, 3:47pm PST
He's using the jap numbers I assume. by Worm 12/04/2006, 4:57pm PST
wrom chimes in with his usual wromianness. by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/04/2006, 5:56pm PST
I'd object, but I do have a few scat, bondage, and gore images on my computer. by Worm 12/04/2006, 7:45pm PST
You didn't have to even say that for it to be obvious. NT by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/04/2006, 10:17pm PST
Which part? by Worm 12/04/2006, 10:20pm PST
Drowing victims are what's left after my Palidin Do'Urples Dongus rolls in. NT by Worm 12/04/2006, 10:25pm PST
The being an equivalent of an ICP juggalo part. by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/04/2006, 10:35pm PST
oooooooooooooookay NT by Worm 12/04/2006, 10:37pm PST
Well, it's true. I have done many internet studies. NT by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/04/2006, 10:46pm PST
Re: The being an equivalent of an ICP juggalo part. by Choson 12/05/2006, 2:21am PST
I forgot furries. :( NT by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/05/2006, 2:24am PST
"Show, don't tell." NT by Al Jean :) 12/08/2006, 4:03pm PST
No no no no no. by MM 12/04/2006, 7:27pm PST
And to think: one day you'll be representing clients. by Zseni 12/04/2006, 8:29pm PST
Re: And to think: one day you'll be representing clients. by MM 12/04/2006, 9:26pm PST
You don't know me. by Zseni 12/04/2006, 11:16pm PST
This is like heaven to me! NT by Fredrick Forrest 12/04/2006, 11:20pm PST
In MM's defence by motherfuckerfoodeater 12/04/2006, 11:44pm PST
I've played almost all of them. by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/05/2006, 12:07am PST
So yeah, like he was saying. NT by Quentin Beck 12/05/2006, 3:14am PST
Re: You don't know me. by MM 12/05/2006, 6:37am PST
Re: You don't know me. by Zseni 12/05/2006, 8:37am PST
Re: You don't know me. by Mischief Maker 12/05/2006, 2:06pm PST
Re: You don't know me. by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/05/2006, 8:49pm PST
Like I Know Me NT by John Daly 12/05/2006, 11:49pm PST
I can't make small talk with you. by Zseni 12/06/2006, 4:57pm PST
Re: I can't make small talk with you. by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/06/2006, 9:11pm PST
"the soft throb of the electronic universe" = girl, horrible, negative. NT by Males, girls with taste 12/05/2006, 1:19am PST
William Gibson: boy. Stanislaw Lem: boy. Derrida: boy. Whitman: boy. by Zseni 12/05/2006, 8:28am PST
FF12 isn't an experience to immerse yourself in, it's a game, you play it. by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/05/2006, 2:24am PST
Rinzai zen is still zen. NT by Zseni 12/05/2006, 8:26am PST
The world of fascinating eastern religions! NT by The 70's 12/05/2006, 8:51pm PST
Everything is just way too fucking old for this guy. NT by Worm 12/05/2006, 11:18pm PST
Falling back on kittens when you lose isn't an option in court NT by Flavio 12/05/2006, 3:23am PST
THEN COURT IS NO PLACE FOR ME. NT by Zseni 12/05/2006, 8:38am PST
you'll never leave me and move on to do something productive NT by The teat of academia 12/05/2006, 12:46pm PST
Oh, I think she has! NT by The World Of Filing 12/05/2006, 1:50pm PST
The one way that the old FF games are playable. by Jhoh Cable o_O 12/04/2006, 10:23pm PST
lol NT by GameFAQs 12/04/2006, 3:08pm PST
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