Topic: Final Fantasy VII, IX, X, X-2 and XII - Now with 80% more FF VIII

@BruceCM yea I'll be playing it as soon as i can get my hands on it. Wal-Mart out here discounts their games. So it a game is normally $50, itll be around $42 at Wal-Mart. So if I can make it out there Friday, I'm grabbing it!

I got it about 25% off with an offer, @NintendoByNature ....

@BruceCM noiiiice. Where at? Prob somewhere I can't get it in the states i assume?

Game, so probably not, @NintendoByNature .... Sorry about that! Dunno where else might have such offers over there, obviously

@BruceCM ah oh well. $8 off will have to do i suppose 😋

@BruceCM so I didn’t get far...stuck on Ahriman! I get swamped every time he creates multiple versions of himself. He had six on me last attempt! Any hot tips?

@RR529 - thanks for that. I’m trying FFX as a jumping off point mainly as it seems to be a transitional title, a step into the modern era but with turn based gameplay intact.

@BruceCM I played the first 2 hours this morning, I’ve just met Yuna so it’s still early to get an impression of what the game will actually be like based on the tutorial stage.

Especially in the first hour it’s a strange comparison but the all the cut scenes transforming into on rails dynamic set pieces reminded me of Bayonetta - just with turn based gameplay (which is a compliment).

But then the games pace slowed in the second hour. But the light puzzling reminded me a little of the first Bayonetta too.

The pace picks up again soon, @JoeDiddley ....
The replicas are weak, so kill them ASAP, @scoobdoo! Cura & so on work against them, too, so that can help

Because of all the FF7R hype & stopping by this thread, I've just bought FFIX on a whim.

I have a mixed history with Final Fantasy (I loved X and liked IV, even though it took me a couple tries to actually finish the latter, though I never got on with I & II: Dawn of Souls and XII back in the day. Got to the final dungeon in II, though), so I hope I made a good choice.

I want to go into VII fresh with the remake & I hear mixed things about VIII, so I figured IX would be the best choice (pretty traditional, and it still looks nice enough in the screenshots).

The 1st games have very little story or, really, characters, @RR529 .... The main 'mixed things' about VIII really relate to it's weird junctioning system that never got used again! Let us know how you get on with IX

In FFIX i've finally got a full party (Zidane, Vivi, Garnet, and the knight), and am in the Ice Cave.

Most recently beat a boss that you have to fight solo as Zidane, though I was disappointed to learn I missed the nearby save point beforehand (in the room before there are two doors, the left one leads you to a save point, the right to the boss). Though I got through on my first try without much issue, it's something that newer JRPGs have gotten better at, and I hope future save points are more easily signposted.

Playing that for the 1st time, then, @RR529 .... ? Please keep me posted!

I'll just say that outside of briefly playing it once as a kid, I've never played IX. And yet just based on a Let's Play I watched of it, I think it might be the best game in the series.

If nothing else, it has the most endearing main cast, that I'm confident of. Like super confident about.

You should play it then, @kkslider5552000 ....

@RR529 Hint for a first time FFIX player, try stealing items from bosses. They normally have some decent stuff to steal.

I'm brand new to the Final Fantasy series and I'd like some help. I've never much enjoyed turn-based battles, but from what I understand, some of the more recent games have a different battle system. Which game with this new style would you all recommend to play first?

@Matthew010
For beginner, try FF IX with ATB system.
The abilities for each characters can be learned from specific equipments and have to be equipped until the abilities from each equipments already learned by gaining AP after battle (imagine installing programs on PC)

For serious political theme like Fire Emblem, try FF XII TZA for Gambit system. Gambit system is like Auto Command set up when your characters are not being controlled 100%. They will do with specific commands exactly as you set up. Some warnings, there were some tough enemies that can KOed you with one hit if you get too near with them. Use Libra to scan their HP, Level and weakness.

Wanna have some Slumber Party with Charlie's Angels ?
Try FF X-2. 😂
Pretty easy for beginner since you will get exactly 3 girls for the entire story. And don't forget with some fanservice by the Job changes scenes. Some jobs have very sensual outfits (Lady Luck, Gunner, Thief) while the other jobs have very cool looking outfits (Psycho soldier, Dark Knight, Special outfits, Songstress)
Don't mind with the cringey story.
That was the humor side of FF X-2.

@Matthew010 If you don't like turn based, I would recommend the complete edition of Final Fantasy XV first. That game is the perfect game for people that don't typically have interest in the franchise. The gameplay in that one is much more action-oriented. The recent FF7 remake is like a marriage between turn based and FFXV's free action(feels more refined), if that sounds good too.

@kkslider5552000
FF IX's characters are amazing, and it's pretty much the only FF where the main character is actually my favorite character, let alone a character I can stand listening to.

Main characters of pretty much any RPG/JRPG are either moody and brooding or boastful and vain. Zidane SEEMS like he's gonna fit one of those archetypes from the beginning, but man, his story arch is so freaking cool. So relatable, and his relationship with Vivi just brings it to another level.

Honestly I think IX's story ruined all other JRPG stories for me. Even stuff like Lost Odyssey I just couldn't get into because I wasn't getting that amazing character-driven plot to keep me hooked. Other games feel like they try to go over the deep end with plot to engage you, and they seem so hyper-aware of the emotions they want you to feel, whereas IX just kind of showed it to you with pretty simple dialogue and graphics and let you be the judge.

I wanted to like IX, but the pacing of the story is terrible. By the time I reached the end of the first disc and was still bored to tears, I figured it was better to just cut my losses and drop it. Also not a fan of most of the cast, or the character designs, or the bland, foggy overworld, or ANY of the annoying mechanics/mini-games related to Quina.

@Matthew010 If you have a PS4, I HIGHLY recommend Final Fantasy VII Remake. The fusion of action-based and turn-based combat is incredibly fun, and it's actually a modern game with high production values.

On Switch, they're pretty much all turn-based except for Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age.