kishinfoulux

SOTC is tops and a personal top ten, if not top five game all time for me. The other two don't even rank. Even within their respective "trilogy" it's basically SOTC and then...nothing.

I'm sure Trico lived in the end. If they wanted to kill him they had plenty of opportunities to do so and like I've said elsewhere he just shrugs everything off anyways so there isn't much reason to believe he died.

The "it's an animal" defense is shit to me. It's shoddy A.I. and even if the former were true that doesn't make it a fun experience. It's incredibly frustrating when you know clearly what to do and Trico just won't cooperate. There is nothing fun about that. I cared far more about Agro in SOTC then I ever did about Trico in this game, both mechanically and narratively.

I'm so tired of seeing people say this. It just comes off as the most ridiculous, hollow complaint. Not just this game, but other Final Fantasy games as well. It's such a vague, nebulous statement that has no meaning. What is Final Fantasy? You're gonna get different answers from different people. Saying it really serves no purpose.

Personally I think this is a Final Fantasy ass Final Fantasy game. Chocobos, gil, Cid, classic summons, magic, Magitek, an evil empire, crystals, Tonberries, Cactuars, Behemoths, an airship (sort of), a great villain (take notes past few games) etc. if we're just talking the tropes of the series. The main cast is great (although admittedly smaller then past games), the story certainly could use more pieces, but is still enjoyable in the main beats from what's there. The ending is bar none the best in the series.

@xpolymorphic said:

Really? I just felt thankful it was over. I feel like it tried to do what Brothers did, except Brothers actually pulled it off.

I replayed it like a year or two ago. It still holds up IMHO. Still my favorite Final Fantasy and a top five all time game for me.

Alright so just beat the game. Yeah this is a bad video game. I feel too many people are giving it's issues a pass, because they feel some sort of attachment to Trico. By the time the game was over I breathed a sigh of relief. I have a dog so I can see why people relate. Difference is I love my dog and he actually listens to me and we have fun together. This game is not my dog. Spoiler thoughts ahoy!

I had little empathy for Trico, whenever he was in harms way because there was no reason to feel that way. "Oh Trico is hurt? Toss him a barrel he'll be fine!". "Oh Trico just got mauled by Evil Trico? No biggie". "What's that? Seven Evil Tricos nearly killed him? lol just kidding". It was borderline comedic. Trico just shrugs off everything and kills what little suspense I had. Was I supposed to feel bad for it? The thing has healing powers that would make Wolverine jealous.

Dealing with the armored goons was NEVER fun. Even with Trico it was a pain in the ass, because he's super inefficient about it. He just hops around instead of mauling them. It was an exercise in frustration. The game decided it needed padding too so Trico would just get hungry at certain points, just because. Ignoring the fact that I constantly gave him barrels. Just top to bottom when the game managed to be even mildly fun, I was immediately reminded of why I did not enjoy my playthrough very much.

It's just too long. If it were cut in half I'd be fine with it. I was actually digging it in the early goings, because it was something different. Then I kept saying "oh it'll probably end right about now right?" And then it just kept going and going.

Also this is totally the way to go. If you forgo stealth and just Holy spam your way through it's not nearly as bad.

Yeah Alex really downplayed the controls/camera on the QL. I can deal with the framerate shit, because Ueda games and all that. The camera and controls are borderline awful. Having to deal with enemies is an exercise in frustration. I'm doing a puzzle that requires me to open a door, via pulling a chain except I have like 6 dudes after me and it's kind of impossible. This isn't fun at all.

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Okay yeah fuck this game. I just did a bit where I had to cross this area. I immediately said to myself "I bet Trico could cross that!". Of course he doesn't feel like doing it so I have to do all this running around and platforming to get it done...except in the end guess what he does? He leaps across, which was basically a huge middle finger to me. He does this CONSTANTLY. You solve a puzzle and he's like "lol that's cute" and just leaps over whatever obstacle. It makes everything you do as the child feel meaningless, because ultimately Trico is just gonna give you the finger and find his own way across.

No of course not. Believe me I'm right there with you on some of that stuff (praise be Jared). It does make you wonder what could've been if those pieces HAD been implemented. Like if you read around for lore or check the guidebook there's really cool stuff in there that sadly isn't in the game (Prompto stuff, Ifrit, Ardyn, etc.) The story will always be one of the biggest "what ifs?" if they had just pulled it all together. I'm just glad the game actually came out and wasn't a trainwreck like Duke Nukem Forever.

Except it's not? Cool you agree with him. I don't. That doesn't make him right. If you feel the combat is style over substance that's on you. Warp Strikes, Link Strikes, Link Attacks, Blindside attacks, Elemental weaknesses, Weapon weaknesses, crafted magic, dodging, parrying/countering, air combos, etc. But yeah style over substance am I right?