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Cake day: July 18th, 2023
  • McDuders@sh.itjust.workstoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•I Completed my First Final Fantasy game!
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    2 years ago

    Don’t know how drastic the game was changed in the pixel remaster (sounds like for the better), but all of the fun ideas fell flat when you played it on the Famicom. As good as the Star Wars story was, the dialogue system had waay too many key words to choose from when you talk to NPCs, so even hunting for the word you want, let alone guessing, was a nightmare. There were also tons and tons of rooms in dungeons that led to nowhere, and the progression system could easily be exploited by both the player and the CPU. Maybe the pixel remaster irons these flaws out, but it was not a fun experience at all the first time I played.

  • McDuders@sh.itjust.workstoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•I Completed my First Final Fantasy game!
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    2 years ago

    As someone who tried them in order, I would say NO. The only real benefit you’d be getting is seeing how they evolve gameplaywise, but that could honestly be summed up in some article or video essay.

    The games do not follow a single story. Each game takes place on a different world with different characters but use similar assets, like chocobos and moogles. Even characters named the same like Cid change drastically through each game. The main reason they still keep them numbered is to get you excited. They can always do Chocobo Kart or Theatrhythm or whatever spinoff, but when a mainline numbered Final Fantasy comes out, it’s an event, like a step in FF’s evolution. That roman numeral is like a stamp in history. It’s very exciting.

    I’d say the best one to start with is the one that interests YOU the most. Do some minor research beforehand and pick which one you’d like to play best. Even if you want to just play the new one, go for it! There’s no tied story to the old games, so there’s nothing you’re really missing out on if you play XVI.

  • McDuders@sh.itjust.workstoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•I Completed my First Final Fantasy game!
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    2 years ago

    It’s the Final Fantasy 1 Pixel Remaster. You can buy it on Steam, mobile, Switch, and PS4. As a vet, I definitely recommend it because they try to keep the gameplay and visuals similar to what it used to while making it less frustrating and more modern. 1-6 have all been remastered in this way and they’re all very good.

    My personal picks are V because of the multiclassing job system and VI for the incredible story. Despite its simplicity, FF I is a classic and I highly recommend it too.

  • McDuders@sh.itjust.workstoMemes@lemmy.ml•Oh where, is my hairbrush.
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    2 years ago

    I think they said they took it as a challenge to make it work, and on its own it’s pretty good, but yeah the message would obviously get lost on kids who have no idea what sex is.

    That, and it always bugged me that King George/David was told he shouldn’t steal the ducky because he had “many duckies”. Bearing in mind the original was a woman he lusted after.

    Oh and fun fact, that was where the “what you did has made God very unhappy” meme comes from

  • McDuders@sh.itjust.workstoGames@sh.itjust.works•where do yall go for your gaming coverage/pods?English
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    2 years ago

    Jesse Cox has 5 Minute Gaming News that lists news into little bite-sized chunks that I can handle every weekday. Used to love Jesse on the Cooptional and Cox n Crendor podcasts so I like listening to him.

    Also every Friday Crendor is featured on the Cren Minute where he talks about whatever he wants and its the most redundant and hilarious thing to me.

    And shoutouts to Lyle Wrath’s hilarious Pregame Discharge show where he lays out the news in an extreme and absurd way. Used to be weekly but now kind of forced to be monthly after Destructoid dropped it.