Final Fantasy

HesCalledDyer

mace1229 said:

Were the original 2 and 3 not as good, or why did they skip over them? I've never played them.
Which one had the giant chicken you can ride? Was that 2 (US) or 3?

I've never played 2.  I thought 3 was a pretty fun game and it would've been a breakthrough at the time had it had a proper North American release.  it was the first FF to introduce the Job class system as well as added battle commands like Steal & Jump and the Summon skill.

I'm not sure why they skipped over them. I might just be talking out of my ass here but I think it was due to the lack of interest in RPG's in the west.

Vitalogensia said:

I don't think they skipped over 2 and 3 as much as there was a weird conflict in the numbering of games between the Japanese and American releases.

No, they were actually skipped over.  Final Fantasies I-III were all developed for the Famicom in Japan, but only I got a NA NES release.  FF IV-VI were developed for the Super Famicom in Japan, but only IV and VI saw release on the Super NES.  Those were released in NA as FF II & III, which is where the numbering conflict comes from.  Everything since VII has been developed for Playstation and all US entries have been numbered properly since.

Vitalogensia

HesCalledDyer said:

mace1229 said:

Were the original 2 and 3 not as good, or why did they skip over them? I've never played them.
Which one had the giant chicken you can ride? Was that 2 (US) or 3?

I've never played 2.  I thought 3 was a pretty fun game and it would've been a breakthrough at the time had it had a proper North American release.  it was the first FF to introduce the Job class system as well as added battle commands like Steal & Jump and the Summon skill.

I'm not sure why they skipped over them. I might just be talking out of my ass here but I think it was due to the lack of interest in RPG's in the west.

Vitalogensia said:

I don't think they skipped over 2 and 3 as much as there was a weird conflict in the numbering of games between the Japanese and American releases.

No, they were actually skipped over.  Final Fantasies I-III were all developed for the Famicom in Japan, but only I got a NA NES release.  FF IV-VI were developed for the Super Famicom in Japan, but only IV and VI saw release on the Super NES.  Those were released in NA as FF II & III, which is where the numbering conflict comes from.  Everything since VII has been developed for Playstation and all US entries have been numbered properly since.

I appreciate the background!  I'm not sure why but I had thought, say, the second Final Fantasy was released as II in Japan and IV in the US.  I feel about as cool as Quina Quen.

HesCalledDyer

Vitalogensia said:

HesCalledDyer said:

mace1229 said:

Were the original 2 and 3 not as good, or why did they skip over them? I've never played them.
Which one had the giant chicken you can ride? Was that 2 (US) or 3?

I've never played 2.  I thought 3 was a pretty fun game and it would've been a breakthrough at the time had it had a proper North American release.  it was the first FF to introduce the Job class system as well as added battle commands like Steal & Jump and the Summon skill.

I'm not sure why they skipped over them. I might just be talking out of my ass here but I think it was due to the lack of interest in RPG's in the west.

Vitalogensia said:

I don't think they skipped over 2 and 3 as much as there was a weird conflict in the numbering of games between the Japanese and American releases.

No, they were actually skipped over.  Final Fantasies I-III were all developed for the Famicom in Japan, but only I got a NA NES release.  FF IV-VI were developed for the Super Famicom in Japan, but only IV and VI saw release on the Super NES.  Those were released in NA as FF II & III, which is where the numbering conflict comes from.  Everything since VII has been developed for Playstation and all US entries have been numbered properly since.

I appreciate the background!  I'm not sure why but I had thought, say, the second Final Fantasy was released as II in Japan and IV in the US.  I feel about as cool as Quina Quen.

Eh, just had it backwards.

HesCalledDyer

Oh and I forgot.  XIV was not developed for Playstation, but rather Windows.  Due to terrible criticism it was completely scrapped and replaced by FFXIV: A Realm Reborn which was developed for Windows and Playstation.

Vitalogensia

Just read this morning that FFVII will only be released on PS4, which sucks big time.  But I guess I'll be getting a new gaming system, so that's cool. 

Vitalogensia

Has anyone played the FFVII remake?  If so, how is it?

cp3iverson

Vitalogensia said:

Has anyone played the FFVII remake?  If so, how is it?

Pretty amazing so far.  All of game 1 appears to just be Midgar, so there’s a lot added to it obviously.   Turning a 5 hour level into it’s own game.  

Graphics, story,  and voice acting are all amazing.   Im about 75% finished with the main story

Vitalogensia

cp3iverson said:

Vitalogensia said:

Has anyone played the FFVII remake?  If so, how is it?

Pretty amazing so far.  All of game 1 appears to just be Midgar, so there’s a lot added to it obviously.   Turning a 5 hour level into it’s own game.  

Graphics, story,  and voice acting are all amazing.   Im about 75% finished with the main story

Awesome.  I can't wait to get it, but have to get a PS4 first.  I might play the remastered versions of X and XII before I'm able to though!

cp3iverson

Just finished it.  Loved it.  Cant wait for volume 2

Vitalogensia

cp3iverson said:

Just finished it.  Loved it.  Cant wait for volume 2

How many hours did you put into it?

cp3iverson

Vitalogensia said:

cp3iverson said:

Just finished it.  Loved it.  Cant wait for volume 2

How many hours did you put into it?

30 without doing any side quests

Vitalogensia

Getting pumped for FFVII Rebirth next month, then I see this: Sony Is Releasing a Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth TV (gamerant.com)

I don't know much about TVs, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say this TV will be expensive and unnecessary to enjoy the game, and that I want it. 

Auratonal

I have enjoyed some of the older games in the series, but I can't say I have kept myself interested enough to keep on going with it. All these games take way too much time for me as a matter of fact, & time itself appears to go by so much faster now that I am older.

In a way I wonder myself how I could stay involved with it all, but also in a way I can say good geeky times were had & gamers who enjoy FF can be from jus' alright all the way to being fairly cool imo.

Vitalogensia

To each their own. I’m probably less than fairly cool, but considering that these are one-player games, I’m all right with that. I enjoy my hundreds of hours with Final Fantasy and Zelda games much more than most shows and movies.