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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    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.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • Vitalogensia
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,238
    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
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    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.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    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.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • Vitalogensia
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,238
    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
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,238
    Has anyone played the FFVII remake?  If so, how is it?
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    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
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,238
    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
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Just finished it.  Loved it.  Cant wait for volume 2
  • Vitalogensia
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,238
    cp3iverson said:
    Just finished it.  Loved it.  Cant wait for volume 2
    How many hours did you put into it?
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited April 2020
    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
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,238
    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
    Auratonal Washington, USA Posts: 1,552
    edited June 16
    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.
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  • Vitalogensia
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,238
    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. 

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