/v/ - Video Games

Its a waste of time, instead try out Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale series.

So apparently Octopath Traveler is the real Final Fantasy VII that we never got. Any truth to this?

>>15124061

>WRPGs

Wrong thread m8

6 is probably the best and best way to play it is on the GBA since it has the best translation, but has a scene censored. SNES version is uncensored but translation feels like a Saturday morning cartoon at times.

X is also pretty great

X-2 is pretty fun just for the gameplay but story is dumb as fuck.

I never cared much for VII

I have a special fondness for FF1

FF14 is the only good one

>>15124118

>FF14 is the only good one

Isn't that an MMO?

>>15124038

ff6, ff8, ff9, ff10, ffX-2 and ff12 are worth playing. FFX-2 is vegemite and FF12 loses a lot of steam towards the end, though. MMO is garbage but I guess you could call it vegemite as well since some people seem to endure it. The boyband one isn't even worth a torrent.

>>15124166

I tried 9. Got all the way to the god awful card game tournament and dropped it around then. Why introduce a mini game, present it as optional, then force you play it to progress?

>>15124038

IV is overrated imo. Thought the encounter rate was too high (GBA version). V and VI on the other hand are both amazing for different reasons. VI has incredible characters and a pretty great story. The gameplay is solid, but the real fun is with the interactions and choice in who to play as or bring different places. Just about every character gets his chance to shine, and it even has a couple of very sad moments. V on the other hand has a more simple but fun and goofy story. Where it shines is the gameplay, which is absolutely incredible. It uses a class system, but allows you to change at any time out of battle. It also lets you equip abilities from other classes those characters have played. So if you had a character as a white mage for a bit, you could change him to, say, a monk, but let him cast white magic. Or perhaps use it to give the ability to equip better weapons to a mage. There's a TON of possibilities. Play the GBA version. It has a pretty good translation and adds some new classes to the endgame.

>>15124038

>is there a /v/ approved guide on which version of each game to play or something?

Not really, but I can do hackjob one.

>FF I and FF II Dawn of Souls gba release with Mod of Balance.

http://www.jeffludwig.com/finalfantasy/download.php

>FF III nes version with this translation

http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2701/

>FF IV gba version. DS and PSP versions add unnecessary bloat and extra forced plot that nobody asked for.

>FF V gba version with Custom Classes mod

http://www.jeffludwig.com/ff5a/download.php

>FF VI gba version

>FF VII, VIII and IX PSX versions

>FF X and FF X-2 PS2 versions

>FF XII zodiac version is mainly for reduced grind and QOL updates, but I prefer to use original one because I disliked changes to license board.

>FF XI, entire XIII saga, XIV, XV - I don't gave any fuck about these.

>FFT PSX version for minimal changes and PSP version for more content, but you need to install patch that removes 30 FPS limit for that one.

>FF Type-0 PSP version with fan-translation, don't touch PS4 version - it had some tumblrina translating codex - one of most important things in that game to understand what the fuck even happened.

>>15124084

I think I've heard there's visual and audio restoration patches for the GBA version of VI. Not sure if it's a full remedy, or if, assuming it's multiple patches, that they'd work in tandem, but still.

>>15124215

FF Type-0 Remaster also has some problems with the need for fucking motion blur.

>>15124215

>>FF VII, VIII and IX PSX versions

Any reason why not the PC version?

I mean I could see it for IX but the other two are basically the same except easier to run and mod now that they fixed the music.

>>15124238

>Any reason why not the PC version?

To be honest, I only recommended PSX version of these because I had to much problems with installing these on PC and I don't need to install these versions now that I finished them on emulator.

>>15124219

I forgot about that.

>>15124062

It is about to be out for release.

Bravely Default & Bravely Second are unironically the best FF games.

>>15124166

Shit, I just played 12 for the first time and I'd say it loses a lot of steam about 15 minutes in. I can barely work up the interest to continue and I only just got Penelo. Does it get better? I'm about to just drop it to wait for Octopath Traveller and probably the new DQ.

>>15124539

It has very bad pacing, if it shits itself for you that early you better stop it now.

>>15124038

FFV is great, but easily breakable if you grind or look up stuff (that can be fun on its own if its your cup of tea). It's endlessly replayable if you roll one or two random classes for each character and stick to them all the game

>>15124565

The thing that makes it worse is that I know where it's going beat-for-beat plotwise. It's a damn shame because I'm starting to like the concept of the license boards the more I've played and the combat isn't terrible, but I have no attachment to the setting because it's arabian Star Wars at the moment.

I think an issue with XII that I'm having is that the opening with Reks is good shit, but then the transition to Vaan begins with smacking rats in a sewer and the intrigue it built dies on the table a bit. A lot of the other games open with some sort of signature and punchy moment by this point, like the bombing mission in VII or the destruction of Mist in IV, and I don't feel like I've seen anything yet that meets those standards except maybe Vayne's speech. I walked through a tutorial and since then I fought a tomato and watched cutscenes.

>>15124626

I kind of feel obligated to at least get the full party before I just totally drop it. I know I've heard that Vaan and Penelo are generally irrelevant so I'd like to at least see what "relevant" looks like before dismissing what could be some good stuff out of hand.

>>15124655

A lot of people shit on V because of the plot (which is a bit undeserved, it has interesting concepts), but I honestly think it's one of the better games. It may even be my favorite depending on how I feel about IX, IV or VI at any given moment.

>>15124696

People shitting on V because of plot totally miss the point of the game

>>15124696

>it's arabian Star Wars at the moment.

Because it is.

>I'm having is that the opening with Reks is good shit

Aye. He would be a lot better protagonist than Vaan.

>A lot of the other games open with some sort of signature and punchy moment by this point

It's a little later, but there multiple ones. I won't say what exactly happens, but majority of them are airship and war related.

>I kind of feel obligated to at least get the full party before I just totally drop it

It will take a while. You will need to finish entire story arc in sandsea to do that.

>I

PSP

>II

PSP

>III

NES with the fan translation

>IV

PSP

>V

GBA

>VI

SNES with bugfix patches

>VII

Steam

>VIII

Steam

>IX

PS

>X

PS2 International version Undub

>X-2

PS2 Undub

>XII

Steam

>XIII through XIII-3

Steam

>XV

Steam

>>15124796

this nigga gets it

>>15124796

>VII

>Steam

>VIII

>Steam

Please explain your reasoning.

I tried playing FF7 but I can't fucking beat Sephiroth, maybe it's because I'm underleveled for the fight Level 55 for all three but he keeps spamming Super Nova and it's impossible to stop

I wasn't expecting Disc 2 to fly off the rails in the way that it did either

>>15124215

>FF VI gba version

my fucking ears.

>>15124701

>>15124782

While that's likely true, I don't even think V has a bad plot at all. It's not as melodramatic or self-obsessed as games like X or XIII, but there's still a robust adventure and it's pretty easy to actually care about the characters and their motivations. I think a lot of people get to the part about "heroes chosen by the crystals" in the first dungeon and assume it's another "four blank slates with a job system" game like I or III when the whole cast get good moments of character building. They're not especially deep or complicated, but the moments are there. Simple isn't really a bad thing, especially in light of XIII where the devs went all in on complexity and ended up creating a boring mess.

>>15124796

The PSP releases really are well done (I would argue that the PSP release is the best release of IV) and easily emulated, and then you can easily throw in Dissidia for good measure.

>>15124820

I seem to remember there being some sort of patch to add sound from the SNES version to the GBA version. It made my game run really awful though, kind of worth it if you want the extra content from the GBA release and you can get it to work better than I could.

>>15124782

>>15124820

I forgot to give link for patch that fixes sound.

>>15124819

>Taking final boss in any JRPG on level 55.

Try 70-something or higher.

>>15124837

>>15124858

That patch doesn't really fix much. The GBA's still limited to four sound channels and still sounds like ass.

>>Taking final boss in any JRPG on level 55.

>He can't beat crush exdeath at level 3

>>15124814

They run better, have less bugs, don't have the PS's polygon jitter, and are mod-able.

>>15124038

Play 1 through 7. The quality got better in each iteration. From 8 and onward, it declined. 9 may still be good to some. Avoid 8, 13 and 15 at all costs.

Also, play the fan translations of any that you can find. They are better than the official ones, and the ports to other consoles made changes in the gameplay that may ruin it.

>>15124061

Western shit made by feminists.

>>15124038

Look, if you're gonna play IV, then make sure it isn't easy-type, unless you want to play babby's first RPG. As for V, I think the GBA version is bretty gud, so maybe go with that version. VI on PSX is probably the best version. Also embed related is the best track and if you disagree you're a nigger.

The SNES trilogy is defintely the peak of franchise. IV is great, though linear and will seem dated both mechanically and writing wise, but for 1991 few console RPGs could match its scope besides maybe Phantasy Star. The PSP version is the best.

V is the best FF mechanically, and job system is addictive. I'd say the GBA version is best with the sound and restoration patch as it contains a few new jobs as well. The story is dumb, but again, you play V for its mechanics. Quite possibly the last main line FF that was focused on being a game first, and telling a story second.

VI is best played on SNES with a fan translation that fixes some of the official translation's censorings by Nintendo (and the GBA version is basically a slightly re-tweaked revision of the SNES script). You can also apply other patches that fix some of the game's bugs like the Doom/Vanish glitch.

>>15124084

Do not listen to this nigger

>6 is probably the best and best way to play it is on the GBA

Not with that cramped resolution, and the translation is mostly the same as the SNES version.

>SNES version is uncensored but translation feels like a Saturday morning cartoon at times.

Which means fuck all since you can play a fan translation that's far more accurate than the prior SNES and GBA translation.

OP if you play 6, play the SNES version with the better translation. There's also a few patches that fix some of the game's infamous bugs as well.

>X is also pretty great

Opinion fucking discarded. X is overtly linear trash and is basically a dress rehearsal for XIII.

>>15126450

>VI on PSX is probably the best version

>playing the same translation as the SNES version but with additional load times

Nigger, you're dumb.