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I’m playing 8 for the first time and it has rapidly become one of my favorite games

Favorite dialogue moments attached (grabbed the last 2 from YT because I didn’t think to take screen captures)

The End made me laugh when I first got it. This game is full of fun and clever surprises and they really pulled out all the stops. 9 is my favorite - but I’m glad I didn’t play this one when I was a teenager, because experiencing it for the first time as an adult has been such a delight. I think the characters are well written; they NAILED the different flavors of clueless teenager/young adult. Laguna is the poster child of falling in a pile of sh*t and coming out smelling like a rose — and Squall somehow inherited his father’s bad but good luck (and thankfully his mother’s looks).

I feel that the game is paced to reward curiosity and patience. Gilgamesh was a pleasant surprise too (can you believe I never spoiled this game for myself?). And I am a huge fan of the junctioning and refining, even though clicking back and forth between menus, taking notes, and comparing/contrasting/managing resources has gotten a bit cumbersome at times.

I’m now on Disc 4, out in the world map grinding. I’m doing the same thing I always do, which is procrastinating the last dungeon of the game.

What’s your favorite moment in FF8?

Edited for grammar

u/StrongAd7346 — 21 hours ago
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Leviathan, permanently summoned

Work done by Gary Goza, Digital Karma Tattoos, Great Falls, MT.

HE DID AMAZING WORK! (originally posted on Final Fantasy Tactics subreddit by me)

u/Talgaaz — 1 day ago
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Best of each class 🔥

Trying to pick the best on each class all from the main FF Games (Except 11 & 14).

Here it goes :
Main : Clive Rosfield /FF16
Monk : Sabin /FF6
Gunner : Balthier /FF12
Sentinel / Tank : Gladiolus/FF15
White Mage : Yuna /FF10
Summoner : Rydia/FF4
Black Mage : Vivi /FF9
Ninja : Edge /FF4
Gambler : Setzer /FF6
Dragoon : Fang /FF13

Is it legit? Or who should replace who'

Edit :
Seems Aerith FF7 is a better white mage 🙏🏻, since yuna is more of a summoner.
And Samurai would be the one and only Auron from FF10

u/Admirable-Crab-4038 — 1 day ago
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Which character(s) do you keep in your party at all times?

My boy Sabin never leaves, especially by endgame since he's so OP he could probably solo Kefka.

u/strahinjag — 1 day ago
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FFXI Director talks about future plans and possibility of story expansion

Google Translated quote:

"Depending on how many resources we can secure after the server replacement I mentioned earlier, there may be new things we can do, so we will proceed with preparations to make that a reality. Also, there has been very little movement regarding new storylines since "The Voracious Resurgence," so we would like to work on something. However, the personnel needed for that are currently working on another title, so there is no one who can take on the role full-time at the moment."

"However, they may be able to lend a hand in the future, so we are planning to have them return to the "FFXI" team and create something again. In parallel, we are also having engineers work on improving the middleware that manages graphics resources, and once that is resolved, we will be able to create new cutscenes and other things again. For now, please understand that we are continuing to work on laying the groundwork for these things."

A new full expansion with new jobs and areas would be amazing, but I'd be very happy with a new mini-expansion too. The recent new player boom (which I'm personally a part of) has been amazing to see, one of the coolest things currently happening with the series. I don't think anyone in 2002 would've been able to predict that XI would be going this strongly 24 years later.

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u/HexenVexen — 1 day ago
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Return to the Cave to the Sealed Gate after the floating continent appears?

I'm following a few guides to make sure I get all trophies in one run. The main Platinum trophy guide says when the floating continent appears it's the first point of no return and to clean up all bestiary and chests. It's telling me to make sure I get everything in the Cave to the Sealed Gate before I fly to the floating continent but the Cave is gone

Please tell me I'm missing something

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u/Fyrus93 — 1 day ago
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I know it's not perfect, but I really hope y'all enjoy it, I spent literally the entire day working on this lol

u/guilhermej14 — 2 days ago
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Okay you can argue for vaan being important but what the hell did Penelo ever do?

I think she wanted to be a dancer but I got that form the wiki the game never says that

u/Waste-Revolution3429 — 2 days ago
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Our favorite immortal shape shifting airship captain

Which version is your fav? I gotta be based and vote the ff version of course my childhood version

u/SureMetal5 — 2 days ago
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Not caring about combat?

As an aging FF fan, I've noticed a growing trend among FF fans online that caring about combat systems seems to be taking a greater, even primary priority when ranking the series?

It's not something I particularly relate to; combat and progression aren't things I really care about over story, characters, art, presentation, music, and graphics.

Well not caring at all about combat and progression might be a bit of an overstatement, but it's definitely on the lower end of my priorities when assessing my favorite FF games and video games in general.

For example, my personal FF ranking would be something like:

VI > IX > XVI > VII > T > XIII > I > X > IV > XII > II > V > III > XV

I understand games like V and X are highly renowned for their combat systems (amongst other reasons too of course), but while I did appreciate the fun and depth of them, it didn't do too much to overwhelm my complicated feelings about the other aspects of those games.

I'm drawn to Final Fantasy and other story-driven games not to thoroughly explore strategic and challenging gameplay depth – my priority is to enjoy the artistic depth and vision of the authors and narrative. Combat to me is a means to that end. When gameplay systems and combat become so dominant that they overwhelm the games of a franchise predominantly known for its iconic stories and characters, it waters down the enjoyment to me.

Grinding, excessive challenge, and intricate character optimization deviate me from what I'm here for, which is Uematsu's riveting soundtracks, Sakahuchi's spiritual storytelling, and character depth and dialogue. If I want the former there is no shortage of other deeper RPGs to test that part of my brain.

I guess my purpose of this write up is to ask if anyone else relates to this perspective?

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u/SylphCo93 — 1 day ago
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Anyone else feel like FFXIII has the best or at least one of the best implementations of status effects in the franchise?

The combat system as a whole was amazing but this aspect in particular really drove it home for me more so than many other systems I've played in the franchise and genre. I genuinely find this to be a high that's hard to find cause one of my major pet peeves in many JRPG's with status effects is that they don't necessarily feel instrumental.

I'm the type of person that loves it when games force me out of my comfort zone but so many games in general are built around the idea of allowing you to be comfortable to where you can glide by while ignoring the potential of the system. Either that or the way it's designed makes it feel like a waste to even bother using status effects because you're better off just damaging the enemy than dealing with your status effect missing 3 turns in a row.

XIII however, really rewards you a lot for using them on both yourself and the enemy, even bosses, I was genuinely shocked at how few immunities certain bosses had and what I was allowed to do.

That fast paced rhythm where you can use libra, buff yourself with multiple effects, debuff the enemy with multiple effects, build stagger and just go ham during the stagger break just tickled the "setup and payoff" side of my brain that many games just don't tend to reach. And you're able to get into that groove from chapter 3 onwards too. Idk how many of you feel a similar type of way but I just wanted to yap about it.

u/Killjoy3879 — 2 days ago