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That’s my issue with FFIX, I sorta just want to play Tetra Master haha

Also my issue with FF /JRPG games these days. They’re so long and I eventually start playing and getting into something else to the point that I think “oh yah, I’m halfway through a Final Fantasy game”. Though I say that and then sink an FF game’s worth of time into Red Dead Redemption 2 or Ghost of Tsushima.

Update: still haven’t found where I left off on FFIX. Went into Oelvert to discover nothing to do, then went to the Desert Palace to find it was no longer functional. Now I gotta continue tracing my steps from there, but didn’t have the patience last night.

Honestly, I'd just restart. IX is so awesome. I'd love to replay it.

MrBean wrote:

Haha I was honestly thinking about it, and know I will again someday, but I finally found where I was: Ipsen’s Castle. I knew I was close.

Now I’m just worried because I’m not used to the party the way I was when I was actively playing and hope I’m not wildly under leveled for this place haha

MrBean wrote:
I've heard praise about IX from several people on gtz. Haven't played it myself, but yet another person here praising it pushes me to want to play it.

Have you played other FF games? Regardless, what makes IX great?

IX came along when many old school fans were upset with the direction of the series. VII is a huge departure from the simple “medieval” type themes of early games- and VIII was deemed a travesty by many, including myself. Lots of folks loved the return to simpler roots in IX when it released. I think it picked up many new fans too because lots of younger gamers call it the best when they know in their hearts 3(6) is by far the greatest.

Feeb wrote:
3 was great. What did you think of VII?

nonamesleft wrote:

It’s ok. My problem with it the midgard intro area and the fact that the series left Nintendo and pixel look. The game is decent, story ok, characters are some of the most iconic in series.

I think IX is my favorite because it’s the first I ever played back in the day… but it is a lot better than most others too, imo. I’ve still only ever just started VI though, maybe I’ll give it a go after IX.

So in like 14 years or so.

nonamesleft wrote:

I've played all, IX is definitely one of my favorites, without question. The characters, story, atomsohere, exploration... It was the last great FFX.

Alrighty finally back in the FFIX swing. Just beat the Taharka boss from Ispen’s Castle before saving. Gonna finally plow through this thing.

Ah, IX. It's the only good FF after VI.

Y’all. FF XII and XIV are legendary. Wtf.

Feeb wrote:

XII was good, not legendary. XIV I had to bail on due to addiction to MMO's. If I have any one single gaming regret, it's not getting into FFXIV when they rebuilt it. I loved it prior A Realm Reborn but I've learned I can't handle MMO's.

I did restart XII when it was re-released on Switch, didn't finish the second play through. Would love to, but ya know... Time.

Try XII again. And try to complete the trophy list.

Feeb wrote:

Well… I think XII is the only acceptable one after IX. (XV is backlogged with no decision made, and given most of the later games, prolly will be for quite a while. I don't know if I'll get XVI even after it goes sub-$20.) But… XIV? Doesn't exist. Kinda like how the one I expected to be numbered XI is called X-2 instead? Maybe something in that clusterf… that is XIII should have been XIV?

Ok.

XV was a big disappointment.

I very, very much dislike XV. I only ever just started XII way back when it first released with my old gf, but we were thrown off by the new combat system and never got past the first like… 5 minutes. I should give that one a go sometime soon too, now that I’m more used to real time battles. Nothing will ever beat turn based imo, but ah well.

Anyone here ever play Crystal Chronicles? I tried to back in the Gamecube’s heyday but never had pals who both had GBAs & were into FF, so I could never play multiplayer (which was the whole point). Anyone try it out on Switch? Willing to pick it up sometime soon if anyone ever wants to party up & give it a go.

XII has some of the best end game content in the series. Really awesome battle system / customization of party actions.

Man, this is making me want to revisit XII ... sadly no Steam Sale. Would prefer to play this on PC vs. the dungeon (basement). Will wait out a future sale.

FFXVI - June 22nd 2023!

Crisis Core is shipping. I gotta finish Ragnarok before playing but man, gonna be tough.

Yep mine just shipped from bestbuy

MrBean wrote:

Also remember to be very wary of publishers' online stores.

https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.square-enix....

Square Enix has a 1.4 average rating on TrustPilot. It's a 1 to 5 scale with 1 being the minimum, so that essentially translates to 10% out of 100%

Between having personally experienced issues with Capcom and Bandai Namco, reading complaints here about NIS, and the stories on Trustpilot about Square Enix, I'm becoming increasingly skeptical of any publisher's online store. The skills required to make good games are not the same skills required to run an online store. And it shows.

benstylus wrote:

I've actually had good luck with the Aksys store. Several orders placed there with no issues at all.

Square shipping is criminal.

I've only had one issue with shipping from SE's store. I forget which it was, one of the old CE's ... arrived with the plastic ripped. Took like 2 months of back and forth to finally get them to replace, was painful. Outside of that, been OK - minus their shipping costs.

Still, I set a reminder for this Monday, I'll buy it ... so it can sit on a shelf, and now in the basement because I have zero room left. I'm smart.

Or maybe I just demote one of the FFXV CE's (because you know, gotta buy both Xbox and PS versions).

The cost is the criminal part.

Got my Crisis core and steelbook today

Damn, nice. Mine shows up tomorrow. Trying to binge through Ragnarok!

Looks like the Final Fantasy 1-6 Pixel Remasters are coming to Switch and PlayStation. ESRB rating mentions those platforms now:

https://www.esrb.org/search/?searchKeyword=Final%2...

That's great news, and overdue!

Anyone start Crisis Core? I haven't heard or read anything yet ... don't want to. Hoping to wrap up with God of War this weekend and start this.

Haven't bought it yet. I heard it's supposed to perform well on the Steam Deck, so I'll probably be buying it for PC

I'm not going to be able to start it until next month. I picked it up on Steam so I can do all the one-off training missions on the go.

I'm playing Crisis Core on switch, works great

Installing CC now, just realized I didn't get the prebuy DLC on either my PS5 or Switch purchases (so I could get the Steelbooks).

Looks like a known issue with Best Buy pre-orders, fun!

MrBean wrote:

Check your email, i got an email on the 13th at like 1am with it from BestBuyInfo@emailinfo.bestbuy.com