So hey guys. Whos all going down to Austin this weekend. This is not the thread for the meet up, but I have a general admission ticket and wanted to know who is up for hangout at the track
It's funny I never really made the Blade Runner connection while playing FFIX. I probably wouldn't consider it the best story in an FF game because, even though it aims high and should be commended for that, it does kind of fall apart and some of its characters are barely explored.
Hm. Maybe. It was my favorite though. Doesn't mean it's flawless, I do think there are a bunch of characters and story beats that don't really have to be in there at all (Quina and Amarant, or whatever the hell his name is). When I said it's the most focused, I meant that the core 4 characters (and the main villain) have great, detailed arcs that are always front and center, in spite of all the crap surrounding it. The crap is a given with a Final Fantasy game. The core stuff is definitely not.
What you mean Quina did not have to be there. FF9 is the story of Quina eating all the frogs to become a gourmet, and getting a sweet fork.
Definitely the best final fantasy. I've gone through it four times, and i agree that it has the best story. Also nice that the main character is not a dopey depress person like all other final fantasies.
@ripelivejam: It's not bad to level up unless your walking around in not hollow form. The PvP is based on level so you'll get invaded by players plus or minus 10 levels of your current level. So if you are level 20 you can get invaded by anyone between level 10 to 30. (it may actually be plus or minus 5) But it can be avoided if you are hollow. You also need to consider upgrading your weapons and armor. It will make a difference.
After leveling up to about 30, all those sections will become cake walks. Just hang in there, all you need to do is get comfortable with the controls and the game will become fairly easy.
If you want a good beginners guide I recommend EpicNameBro's chanal on You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/user/EpicNameBro
He is currently doing a play-through where he explains everything for a novice player
If you want to see some insane high level play check out Vageta311's chanel.
@jackopm: Except they charged $40 instead of $50 (or $60) and packaged $15 worth of DLC content in it. So they didn't charge "quite a sum" for it.
Also the port does work perfectly, it's an exact port of the 360 version, except the framerate is stable. Just because it doesn't add a ton of other stuff doesn't make it a bad port. It doesn't make it a great port either. The port of Darksiders II was far worse, with cut content between platforms and game breaking bugs.
When I look at how much I pay for breakfast every week forty dollars is almost negligible. It's unfortunate that so many of us have become so spoiled that we wont give any thing a chance until its in the bargain bin. This is still a great game even with out the "fixes". If we want to continue seeing games that we like, and in fact any media, we have to vote with our dollars so that developers see that the market is here. To bad people think that hours and hours of skilled work is not worth more the five dollars.
It's true about the bugs. I've put just over one hundred hours into the pc version with out any mods, and have only had on bug where I fell through the world. I'm glad they where able to bring us this port and can't wait for what ever comes next. Hopefully with better grafix options.
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