The RPG Thread -> 2023 was a banner year for RPGs. What was your favorite?

[danger style]

Ff8 talk

 

[Beruseruku Desu]

 

[Beruseruku Desu]

been playing Yakuza: like a dragon..

Highly recommend it.

It has hella long cut scenes tho if you're not a fan of that. Just a heads up

 

[Ricky D]

McDonalds know what it is

 

[MetalMario]

Ff8 talk

Good way or bad way

My GFs are higher lvl then my party but having the same stock weapons on some party members

Maybe because I’m comparing it to FF7 where I’m a wizard at I feel that I am feeling somewhat missing something big.

the story is cool. Seeing someone talk about FF they said that squall was probably the most emo of the main characters. I have to agree as of now he hasn’t changed like Cloud during his game but then again I got a whole lotta game left. Hopefully I don’t know because disc one ended and I felt it was short.

I’m on the Switch by the way

 

[dakingii]

When i first played FF8 as a youngin all i did was summon GFs the whole battle, every battle the whole game . It wasn’t until years later I learned the power of true junctioning, Aura magic and limit breaks.

 

[sneeker]

Yea, don't get stuck fighting the T-rex near Balamb Garden at level 27 like I did my first run. Only to get absolutely dominated later in the game.

Drawing and junctioning make that game much easier than 13 year old me thought it was.

I was annoyed at first til I discovered you have to use blind or silence on it. from there, it was a piece of cake. you don't have to go really high level to beat it.

drawing and junctioning wasn't really a problem since it has a pretty much similar junctioning system as FF7. the only difference is they are not called as materia anymore but something else.

 

[sneeker]

It’s the reason why I didn’t beat FF VIII until the remaster. Younger me made it to disc 4 but couldn’t finish it due to difficulty. I felt like I had to summon GFs for every encounter

what? I managed to beat it but was just annoyed that I had skipped some quests that I would have liked to play and rare items GFs that I have missed. I believed it was between the Fisherman's Horizon and the Ragnarok mission that it all got screwed up. I loved the card game and got most of it.

 

[sneeker]

What a coincidence I came in here to talk about FF8 and y’all are already in it.

I’m doing my first play thru and the junction system is still real weird to me. The fact that if I just attack regularly my party still only hits for like 90 average seems hella off to me. And that when I finished disc 1 Squall was only level 19.

I’ve had no spoilers going in. kinda. Seen some youtube videos on FF in general. “Top 10 bosses” etc. I accidentally learned that the game levels with you but the rest i forgot. Like I think Rinoa is one of the best possible party members at the end.

Rinoa is great. especially Zell although I hated his character. Irvine is great as well.

 

[sneeker]

Good way or bad way

My GFs are higher lvl then my party but having the same stock weapons on some party members

Maybe because I’m comparing it to FF7 where I’m a wizard at I feel that I am feeling somewhat missing something big.

the story is cool. Seeing someone talk about FF they said that squall was probably the most emo of the main characters. I have to agree as of now he hasn’t changed like Cloud during his game but then again I got a whole lotta game left. Hopefully I don’t know because disc one ended and I felt it was short.

I’m on the Switch by the way

it was a tough act to follow since Cloud really built a fan reputation. Squall would have had that same reputation but they made his character unrelatable or anti-social. not saying he was not somehow similar to Cloud but.... other than that, the gunblade was a cool update.

 

[sneeker]

When i first played FF8 as a youngin all i did was summon GFs the whole battle, every battle the whole game . It wasn’t until years later I learned the power of true junctioning, Aura magic and limit breaks.

not going to play FF8 again til they make a remake.

 

[MetalMario]

Maybe because when I saw materia it’s like concrete there. with colors, with HP/MP clearly written in the battle screen. I walk into 8 and it’s a current health number out of I don’t know and their names only

zell is Tifa basically and Rinoa is the Prez daughter and with a majority of the FMVs having her in the shots I’d hope she’s good at the end.

I also learned the hard way that beating bosses with a party member dead equals nothing gained at all from either person. In other final fantasies of course I want everybody alive for exp gain etc. when I beat the boss but I effed up and it’s too late now

And I forget the card game even exists and the only times I actually hard reset my game out of rage was losing a good card hopefully that’s another thing that doesn’t ruin me in the end by not playing it a lot.

Remastered on the switch allows me to have three special options. 3x speed(game in general) which I abuse religiously, no random battles and full health and limit breaks(only during battle). The last two never use because I’m still trying to decipher fighting

 

[sneeker]

Maybe because when I saw materia it’s like concrete there. with colors, with HP/MP clearly written in the battle screen. I walk into 8 and it’s a current health number out of I don’t know and their names only

zell is Tifa basically and Rinoa is the Prez daughter and with a majority of the FMVs having her in the shots I’d hope she’s good at the end.

I also learned the hard way that beating bosses with a party member dead equals nothing gained at all from either person. In other final fantasies of course I want everybody alive for exp gain etc. when I beat the boss but I effed up and it’s too late now

And I forget the card game even exists and the only times I actually hard reset my game out of rage was losing a good card hopefully that’s another thing that doesn’t ruin me in the end by not playing it a lot.

Remastered on the switch allows me to have three special options. 3x speed(game in general) which I abuse religiously, no random battles and full health and limit breaks(only during battle). The last two never use because I’m still trying to decipher fighting

it should be easy now just like how they redid XII with Zodiac Age. now it is easier to go around that game and also saving. last time I played it, I let Odin die in favor of Gilgamesh.

beating bosses can be easy and knowing their main weakness. typically you use something of their polar opposite to counter and kill them easily. it was difficult back then since it was tough getting some walkthrough and information unlike nowadays. back then, it was asking for someone who has a copy of BradyGames strategy guide or word of mouth of knowing what to do. I even had a written and photocopied FFXII walkthrough sent to me by a buddy of mine when I went overseas.

 

[Beruseruku Desu]

Beat Yakuza like a dragon.

What a sleeper hit

9/10

Free on gamepass. Highly recommend it.

 

[Bad Religion]

Thanks to 2sappy for the reminder this morning about the Nintendo Direct. A couple big releases announced!

 

[Bad Religion]

 

[Bad Religion]

 

[Bad Religion]

 

[Bad Religion]

Nintendo coming with the heat

 

[Bad Religion]

And the 6 people who will care about this game!

 

[Air Champa]

A little more than halfway done with FF8. Game is pretty easy if you junction right. Curaga and Tornado are your friends.

Also, getting abilities like Enc-Half and Enc-None early in the game is something every Final Fantasy needs.

 

[danger style]

They got Octopath 2 announced and coming out in a couple months but i havent heard anything about the Dragon Quest 3 remake (same developers) in over a year??!

 

[Bad Religion]

I always had the impression it was a ways out, maybe even after DQ12 releases.

 

[2sappy]

Time to finish Octo 1 so I can be ready for 2.

 

[Ricky D]