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    Final Fantasy XIII..... 2?

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    tl;dr
    I can't speak for others but I for one still play the ROMs of FF6, Crono Trigger, Secret of Mana and Secret of evermore.

    Hell I spent 80$ when I was a kid for the FF6 soundtrack alone.

    Those games were great

    Edit: Wow is it just me or is this topic starting to get some major aggro?

    i agree those games were great. don't misunderstand i love the olds with the news but its folly to say that the older games were better in every way and the old ones 'just don't have it'

    and yeah don't take the aggro personally unless you're dumb or your name has a ever-resurrecting firebird in it, neither or which i trust are the case for you

    Final Fantasy XIII..... 2?

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    Likeable characters, amazing stories, deep backgrounds, difficult challenges...yeah, you're right, those sound like things that make for a bad game that no one would like.

    likeable characters: the only thing that made the older characters more likeable was their lack of personality. it allowed people to fill in what was missing (aka everything but the text they spoke) to make an idealized version of whatever character it was that was talking

    amazing stories: they're good. no one's really arguing with that all that much. but they're not drop dead spectacular either

    deep backgrounds: what does this even mean. if it means that there's substance behind the ingame worlds they're completely blown away by the modern ones. hell 13 practically had an in game encyclopedia, it was huge

    difficult challenges: no one who hates the new ones hates them for lack of challenge i've never heard anyone here say that ever

    so pretty much what it comes down to is every new character isn't cecil or cloud and every ff villain isn't kefka

    edit: ALSO ALL OF THE EARLY FINAL FANTASY GAMES DID SPECTACULAR WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU.

    go lurk moar

    Final Fantasy XIII..... 2?

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    i still hold to the statement that if the old final fantasy games came out now for the first time, none of you people who are like 'leik omg squaresux now lolol' would like them AT ALL

    and like zircon said XIII was a critical and financial success this =/= terrible and failed like some of you seem to think

    Final Fantasy

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    I just want a sequel to FFT. A real sequel, none of this advance stuff. It doesn't even have to have the same world or characters, I think I would prefer that it didn't.

    what in the world

    what is wrong with any of the advance tactics games then if it doesn't have to have the same world or characters they play the same way

    Fighting Games On and Offline

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    Your logic can't be denied, but I would be shocked to learn that any appreciable percentage of online dickheads do this to gain an advantage. I think it's a high for them to do things while having the knowledge that no one can do anything about it. Being faceless is a tonic to some.

    yes i understand the idea of anonymity causing this type of behavior but putting yourself above your opponent is a great source of confidence if you can do it and it makes the game more fun for you if you're winning

    Final Fantasy

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    Why would anyone want an FF7 remake anyway?

    They've already butchered the universe with their sidestories and prequels that retconned some of the more interesting things about FF7 and destroyed the continuity. Not to mention the awful Advent Children turning the game into a standard shonen piece of shit.

    The game would suck with super realistic HD graphics because let's face it, most of the charm comes from the super deformed blocky characters. You really want the Honeybee Inn scene in full HD one jillion polygon realistic graphics?

    No. If anything, give it an update that keeps everything the fucking same, but a graphical overhaul IN THE SAME STYLE as the original game. No remake, no reimagining, just update it so that they're not like 20 polys a character.

    Or just leave it alone. That's the better option.

    grr why would we make anything more new and better this is a terrible choice especially if square is doing it because square is now cool which makes me hate it

    Fighting Games On and Offline

    in General Discussion

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    I'm going to talk in proper internet speech because this is an interesting topic that I've put some thought into.

    The thing about competitive fighters online is that they allow people to use *every* advantage available to them, and one of those advantages is poor sportsmanship. In person and at tournaments and things like that, being a dick has consequences. It makes the person you're playing with like you less, and in turn all of the people around you. HOWEVER, it cannot be denied that getting under someone's skin and making them angry throws off their game. Everyone that plays games can recall at least one time where they got pissed and started making mistakes and poor decisions they normally wouldn't.

    Online, getting under someone's skin is a huge part of the game. Taunting, using frowned upon tactics, and playing like a jerk has no consequence, because your opponent will likely never meet you, or possibly ever play with you again. But it still causes people to play poorly, which makes it a tool. I know that I try and win games by playing smart, but there have definitely been times where I've been a jerk, because it makes it easier to win. The simple act of taunting in SSF4 throws off so many people who play that taunting after a command throw is worth it; you'll get more openings that way, and they'll come attack you in ways that they shouldn't or wouldn't otherwise.

    In short, because there is no social consequence for being a jerk online, it's a tool that cannot be overlooked. Does this make it acceptable? Not really. But it is unavoidable that most people will end up that way over time. The interesting exception to this rule is playing against people that you know or have planned to play against. In this setting people are usually polite, and when they're not it doesn't have the same effect it would in an anonymous setting.

    Paper Mario: Bite Me

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    so basic stuff

    you need percussion that exists, i.e. isn't just a hiss and a tink

    everything is very echoey and it doesn't add to the song that it's like that

    and several of the instruments need fixing before this song will get looked at, notably, the harpsichord and piano-sounding ones

    but i do like that its paper mario

    Final Fantasy: Type-O (wtf is it thread)

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    person: FF12 was mediocre, FF13 and FF14 are pretty bad

    relyance: JEEZ SURE IS JADED AND CYNICAL JACKASSES IN HERE GUYS PAY ATTENTION TO ME

    12 wasn't great, 13 is fun and the battle system is entertaining and 14 is probably pretty bad its an mmo for crying out loud

    but im still pretty sure that you people just need 2d sprites with no character so you can give them your own because your imaginations do much better than the best production values assloads of money can buy

    there is nothing glaringly wrong with XIII and the production values are excellent, though the script has its bad moments where the translators just gave up and decided to just give us the direct translation. maybe i'll hate the ending but as of chapter 11 everything's been fun and entertaining and making new parties/seeing what works together has been a lot of fun, its not broken or imbalanced and there's plenty of variety in how you can choose to go about battling, unlike several other games of this nature recently. and i mean shit, wasn't it FF3 that had the completely broken job combo of ninja/sage/ninja/sage? and all you people seem to think that game shit rainbows and unicorns

    the sheer number of people here that are just like "lol final fantasy" is either a) a testament to how punk-rock cool it is to be part of a counterculture, or in this case a countercounterculture cuz final fantasy isn't mainstream cool to begin with B) a testament to how many gaming snobs there are who aren't concerned with anything more than the next braid to come out of the 'truly creative' minds of the indie scene or c) proof of how few people in here played the games, ESPECIALLY XIII

    like, you don't have to think its spectacular by any stretch of the imagination but to call any of the recent FFs (online bs aside) garbage or terrible is ridiculous.

    edit: also damned how do you call an ENTIRE COMPANY vain and arrogant they make games they don't fucking come to your house and shit on your mom while she sleeps. being recognized for making games that millions of people enjoy does not make you arrogant or vain, it makes you good at what you do

    something everyone here seems to be missing on

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