Thanks for answering my question yall 🤓 I was gonna buy the iPhone version of FF3 but the price is $20?! Wtf.
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Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters |OT| Before Crisis (Now on PS4 & Switch)
- Thread starter Xavi
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Meh that kinda sucks. Will probably play 2 and 3 on an emulator with a fast forward button.
I think both II & III are quite a bit longer than I. III is probably around 25 hours whilst most people clear I around 10-12 hr mark. Not sure how much faster some of the rebalancing make the clear times though.
At least the map view can show which zone it is missing from so it wouldn't be too hard to run through an old dungeon if you have to.
When you open the area map, there's an option at the bottom to 'Switch Maps'. This takes you to the overworld map and gives you a counter of chests for each area.
Scholar's Alchemy command significantly boosts item effects so I'd say so.
Yes. Damage from spell items, especially on weaknesses is really good, and 1000 HP from high potions is good for a while as single target heals.
The biggest limit is just having the items. We'd have to go out of our way to steal items for reliable damage outside of situational fights from what we pick up. That and healing will fall off eventually to a decently leveled White Mage.
But it has a good niche now.
So I guess the final cheevo doesn't pop until you wait til the credits finish, lol. I beat Chaos but closed out during the credits.
I feel like Chaos is really not balanced for limited healing. My only source of a healing is a Red Mage and the healing equipment, so group healing is really limited, and Chaos is eating my lunch even though I beat him once.
I feel like Chaos is really not balanced for limited healing. My only source of a healing is a Red Mage and the healing equipment, so group healing is really limited, and Chaos is eating my lunch even though I beat him once.
I'd say set it to 120Hz and set your monitor refresh rate to 120Hz.
So I just started on the first game and I guess the first objective is going to the castle in the north west. But what the hell? Finding tough-ass enemies already. Getting killed here. Inn doesn't revive. Then in the actual castle, random encounters totally wiping out my entire party. How are you supposed to play this game lol? Magic looks like it's very limited use. Is it really just mash "Attack" in every battle?
Beat FF1 this morning. Chaos gave my White Wizard a workout. Everything in the second half of the game was pretty face-roll up to there.
Now on to FF2 -- the worst part of which is the analysis paralysis.
I'm going with
Firion - Paladin (Sword, Shield, White Magic)
Maria - Black Mage (Staff, Black Magic)
Guy - Warrior (Axe, Spear)
Still trying to understand light armor from heavy and magic penalty and stuff.
Now on to FF2 -- the worst part of which is the analysis paralysis.
I'm going with
Firion - Paladin (Sword, Shield, White Magic)
Maria - Black Mage (Staff, Black Magic)
Guy - Warrior (Axe, Spear)
Still trying to understand light armor from heavy and magic penalty and stuff.
Welcome to NES JRPGs. Please enjoy your stay.
But, honestly, yeah. A lot of the game is going to be mashing attack. Magic is very limited until later levels. You're probably gonna have to grind a bit too, if not for EXP, then for the money to get new equipment. Luckily money comes pretty quick in this version. Make sure you check the town shops and get all the best equipment you can!
Side note, got my Plat on FF1!
Yeah you mainly repeat the "attack" command. Power level around Cornelia for maybe 3-4 levels, until you deem that encounters no longer give you enough experience to level up in a few battles.
I assure you that FF1 is quite easy. You just need to adjust your playstyle. It'll all fall into place.
Huff, I forgot Marsh Cave was pretty rough experience, but managed to tough it out. I'm not going to save scum on level ups to get better stat boosts so my black mage is pretty much a fragile glass compared to everyone else. I'm glad that this version does use the original magic system. Makes things much more interesting.
I've only ever beaten the Dawn of Souls version of FF1, and that one was kind of painfully easy. I did not expect the Chaos difficulty spike for this one. Especially since I only had a Red Mage for healing. I let my friends pick classes and ended up with a two thieves, a red mage, and a black mage.Beat FF1 this morning. Chaos gave my White Wizard a workout. Everything in the second half of the game was pretty face-roll up to there.
Now on to FF2 -- the worst part of which is the analysis paralysis.
I'm going with
Firion - Paladin (Sword, Shield, White Magic)
Maria - Black Mage (Staff, Black Magic)
Guy - Warrior (Axe, Spear)
Still trying to understand light armor from heavy and magic penalty and stuff.
Your friends wanted you to have a squishy party. I found my Ninja was just a lesser Knight. The only advantage he has was having Temper to make my Knight better.
Hahaha. None of them had an idea what the others picked. I just sent them each the class list and told them to pick one. One if them doesn't even play games. So it wasn't deliberate. Was a fun challenge though.
But yeah, I was a bit disappointed by the Ninja's damage output. I guess it's supposed to be supplemented by the fact they can cast a few Black Magic spells and buffs but I can't say it traded off the squishiness.
First game done!
Now for Two. I have started this game many times over the years, but never made it far. I am determined to see it through to the end this time.
Now for Two. I have started this game many times over the years, but never made it far. I am determined to see it through to the end this time.
Okay, I see. So grinding is to be expected. I went ahead and bought everything then. It has certainly helped.
Yeah, it looks like the first few level ups made a big difference. Most battles have gotten easier.
Beat FF1 this morning. Chaos gave my White Wizard a workout. Everything in the second half of the game was pretty face-roll up to there.
Now on to FF2 -- the worst part of which is the analysis paralysis.
I'm going with
Firion - Paladin (Sword, Shield, White Magic)
Maria - Black Mage (Staff, Black Magic)
Guy - Warrior (Axe, Spear)
Still trying to understand light armor from heavy and magic penalty and stuff.
That's been pretty much my setup though I've made Firion more support (Esuna, Protect, etc). Wverybody has a bit of magic- some of the enemies drop so many spell tomes that it's a no brainer to give everyone Cure and some Level 1 black magic.
I don't know the exact dividing line between the equipment tiers so I haven't given Maria any armor but a shield. It hasn't been an issue- I can't think of a time when I've had to raise or her even heal her excessively. She's honestly more durable than Firion.
I'm about to go to Coliseum and, so far, so good.
Hold whatever the button for confirm is then mash the button for exit while in the ship.
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I don't think that works in the ship.. unless that's for the airship?
Finally got it working without crashing or freezing. Seems going into borderless full screen mode caused the issue.
Still kinda early (just got the ship and levelling/getting my lvl 3 spells, etc), but enjoying the hell of this game.
Still kinda early (just got the ship and levelling/getting my lvl 3 spells, etc), but enjoying the hell of this game.
It definitely has to be in the ship. I just did it. Seems like for mobile you just have to hold your finger on any part of the screen then tap the screen 25 times with another finger
I ended up being pretty over leveled by the time I got to Astos (was gil farming for a while), and just one Haste cast on my Monk was enough to totally obliterate him lol. I was kind of surprised. He spent three turns casting Haste on himself, only to get pooped on in an instant.
The battle before picking up the Crown ended up being worse than Astos. That one was brutal.
The battle before picking up the Crown ended up being worse than Astos. That one was brutal.
Started Final Fantasy II, just grinding outside the first town getting a feel for it.
I've never played this one. Tonally, it feels very proto-Final Fantasy IV so far. I'm actually digging the somber tone of it all (again, like five minutes in, could change).
I've never played this one. Tonally, it feels very proto-Final Fantasy IV so far. I'm actually digging the somber tone of it all (again, like five minutes in, could change).
Hard to get faster than it is. None of them are longer than 15 hours, and 1/2 are both well below that. It takes all of 0.5 seconds to run from a battle.
Officially? No. On PC it is trivially easy (just need to rename a file so it points to the Japanese font set thinking it is for English)
I really hope there aren't 100% treasures achievements for V. There are some pain in the bum missable ones.
On Android you place your finger on the ship for about 10 seconds. They must've changed it since the phone port seems to only accept one touch input.
Finished FFI. Final boss was pretty easy, but it helps that I was indirectly grinding trying to get Warmech to show up. I saw in the credits that TOSE did a lot of the work on this, not surprising lol. Also saw that Kitase was the supervisor, so I see he's already getting to work on being the new steward of the franchise.
Overall a pretty good version of the game, maybe my favorite even. I kinda feel the urge to skip to FFIII because I've mostly seen nothing but praise for it but I'll try to stick to FFII.
Overall a pretty good version of the game, maybe my favorite even. I kinda feel the urge to skip to FFIII because I've mostly seen nothing but praise for it but I'll try to stick to FFII.
I'm hoping this is a sign of the Kitase era of FF vs the Hashimoto era. The treatment of classic FF re releases has been patchy up until really the last couple of years.
Battle 2 in FFIII almost seems like an improved version of the great rendition from FF1 PSP. I dig that.
If FF5's boss theme sounds anywhere near as good as the rendition from that same port, I'd probably buy it on the strength of that alone.
If FF5's boss theme sounds anywhere near as good as the rendition from that same port, I'd probably buy it on the strength of that alone.
no but it's kinda not that bad when you're actually playing it
Caved and bought FF3 on mobile.
Y'all were not kidding about that Eternal Wind arrangement, jeez
Y'all were not kidding about that Eternal Wind arrangement, jeez
I had a similar issue with the Dark Piscodemons in FF1, had ribbon and protect ring on my fighter and he still got one-shotted as their autos have a death proc chance. i figured it was simply a flub in the code as it was the attack was not evaded and so the death proc wasn't counted as preventable and the enemy was allowed to roll for it only for it to land. However Quake from enemies is properly nullified so i figured it was more about it being coded to the enemies auto attacks. I know many enemies in FF2 are similar with their autos being built in the same fashion. So it might be a shared issue if those ailments in the tweet were also attached to autos. A more accurate description would be these items prevent these statuses originating via spells if my conjecture is true of which, there's a chance it may not be.
Final Fantasy I is complete. The only fight I lost is the final one, and I won after trying again (hint: use Haste and Temper). Next is the weird one, where in the GBA version I fought the final boss for an hour, lost, and that pretty much killed my drive to beat it for years.