This song is just too beautiful. Makes me think of drizzle gently falling on green fields, while kid-looking humans and magical creatures fight for survival.tribilyan 1 year ago 26 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 May 2011 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
Imagine living in the ff tactics world. I would be a no nonsense rogue knight who wants to beat the crap out of the royal families and nobles with badass musicWillC 5 months ago
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 May 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
this is my jam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azKaZUfPOJ4
― Princess TamTam, Friday, 13 May 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
haha lol @ me. the thing about oracles is that they have the best melee stats of the mage classes (iirc?) & their status-altering abilities are probably the most useful @ controlling the flow of battle & at isloating and sidelining enemies so you can stat-boost/jp milk/steal items/learn spells w/e reason you might want to prolong & manipulate an encounter.
also the combo of praise/doubt faith always you to mitigate the low base success rate of your more powerful spells, minor spells like blind & sleep are both long-lasting & effective, most of your powerful equipment can be stolen/obtained from drops early & you have a v useful built-in MP recovery system in both the drain spells & move MP up.
obv a time mage w/ math skill secondary & good spell book can break the game so hard but taking the time to master calculator is boring. in the same way you can build ninja/monk characters that are basically unbeatable but they have a hard time controlling the battle if you want to do anything other than win. oracles are both easy to master & versatile to use making them the best support class & one of the most interesting & fun to use imo
― Lamp, Friday, 13 May 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
mediator's better b/c the sleep spell is called "Mimic Daravon"
― Princess TamTam, Friday, 13 May 2011 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
the most obscure of in-geek nerd jokes
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 May 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
never did figure out what the hell an onion knight was.
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110109162822/finalfantasy/images/1/1a/FF3-NES-OnionKnight.PNG
― hillybilly death worship (absolutely clean glasses), Friday, 13 May 2011 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
thought for just a sec that surfing was LJ― And thusly create the illusion of babby (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 April 2011 13:00 (2 weeks ago)
― And thusly create the illusion of babby (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 April 2011 13:00 (2 weeks ago)
ha!
― Confused Turtle (Zora), Friday, 13 May 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
did they rename mime onion knight in the psp port? or squire?
*crosses arms* the oracle's sleep spell has a better range & success rate
― Lamp, Friday, 13 May 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
as a guy who relied heavily on crowd-control stuff like sleep i totally see where you're coming from lamp, but thats why i loved the dancer's random status dance - in one move you can have the whole board incapacitated
im trying to remember what other cheap-ass cc i would use, i think calculatin' was prob my main go-to for that
― Princess TamTam, Friday, 13 May 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
time mages can be really effective controllers too esp since haste/slow are almost always 80%+ manipulating RT is one of the easiest ways to slide through tough story battles since its so cheap
― Lamp, Friday, 13 May 2011 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
who are yalls favorite characters btw... im sure we all agree the shitty twins were the worst
― Princess TamTam, Friday, 13 May 2011 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
also, what's your preferred chocobo:person ratio in a party
― Princess TamTam, Friday, 13 May 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
i always really liked ovelia but only because she had such a sweet class *whistles*
i never use monsters in battle (except v rarely for the fun of mounted combat) but a character + one chocobo party is p cool
― Lamp, Friday, 13 May 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
i used NO chocobos at any point on this last playthruorlando breaks the game basically but damn he is a badass
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 May 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
'bos make good ridin, which is why i generally liked to tuck one or two into my party for characters who i need to be extra mobile
― Princess TamTam, Friday, 13 May 2011 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
iirc correctly there are a couple of maps where you need a chocobo to reach the buried item? or maybe a ninja w/ the +1 jump shoe could reach it? i always though it was shitty you couldnt ride the wolves, wouldve been p badass
― Pippa's Farce (Lamp), Friday, 13 May 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for the thoughts folks. reading this thread is sealing the deal for me i think.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 13 May 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
kinda love this thread even though i've never played fft
― adult music person (Jordan), Friday, 13 May 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
also forx: did you beat deep dungeon? & how many of the secret characters did you get?
― Pippa's Farce (Lamp), Friday, 13 May 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
on this go round, i made a real decision not to character grind or hunt for secrets or anything so i don't think i did ANY of the hidden things. i really meant to beat it this time!
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 May 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
so no cloud.
on my final playthrough i finally tackled deep dungeon and got every hidden character + ultima. cloud sucked :/
― Princess TamTam, Friday, 13 May 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
none of the hidden characters except MUSTADIO are all that useful (oh wait is beowulf a 'hidden character'?) esp because by the time you get that far into chapter four you probably have your preferred attack team already levelled up
― Pippa's Farce (Lamp), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah mustadio owns
mustadiowns
― Princess TamTam, Friday, 13 May 2011 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
i found myself perpetually torn between fielding a team of 'names' and my loyalty to the footsoldiers who i'd been developing at the beginning of the game
― Princess TamTam, Friday, 13 May 2011 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
how much of a pain is it to run psx roms? really want 2 play this now but dont want to deal w/ digging out my playstation...
― Pippa's Farce (Lamp), Friday, 13 May 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
i think on my 'perfect game' file one of the stipulations was that you only had 'name' characters (which i think means you do get the three generics that youre gifted at the end of the first castle battle) & i h8d it. partially cuz it meant levelling rafa & retard since theyre one of the few name characters you get early on but also because i loved the sprites for most of the job classes more than i loved the sprites for the pc classes
― Pippa's Farce (Lamp), Friday, 13 May 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
lmao 'rafa & retard'
― Princess TamTam, Friday, 13 May 2011 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
yeah this is totally making me want to dust off my ps2 and start a new game :/
I'm telling u guys: go psp
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 May 2011 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ truth bomb
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 14 May 2011 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
seriously with the exception of brink on my pc recently, i would say 95% of my gaming in the past like 12 motnhs has been PSP, and the other 5% is iphone!
Did they improve anything in the PSP version besides the translation, particularly gameplay-wise? Your suggestion to get a PSP and this game is actually kinda tempting to me, but god knows I've failed so many times to get more than 30-40 hours into this game. The grinding and random encounters and having badly built characters always killed my interest before I get through it all. If I ever do it again, I'm probably gonna have a major plan mapped out for the classes before I even start.
― Nhex, Saturday, 14 May 2011 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
Sold my copy of FFT and FFVII to some dude on CL when I needed dosh. Never really played FFT yet.
Waiting for PSN to come back up so I can get both for the psp.
on a related note, bought Ys I & II today for the plane ride home tomorrow. Let's see how long it takes me to beat 'em.
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Saturday, 14 May 2011 05:11 (twelve years ago) link
Theres new quests and local online pvp and coop, none of which got any use in my playthru.The retranslation is great and theres a bunch of new animated sequences that any fan will appreciate.
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 May 2011 05:15 (twelve years ago) link
Weirdly, the slowdown is still in play during spells
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 May 2011 05:16 (twelve years ago) link
Im gonna say this once more and then i'll stop: if you have fond memories of fftactics and u buy a psp and ff tactics, you will not be sorry
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 May 2011 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
not all of us are carpeting our mansions in ipad2s here forx...
i found my old 'perfect game' save btw... p sickening how many hours i put in w/o finishing
― Lamp, Saturday, 14 May 2011 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
I should drag out my disc and finish this so I can finally closet the PS2. The thing is I have an 11 week old but she'll probably like it.
Oh and btw I have a douche party with a bard, a dancer and a calculator, and I pretty much run auto-battle all the time. Word: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/197339-final-fantasy-tactics/faqs/21850
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 14 May 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
speakin of gamefaqs, this is crucial for any playthru:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/197339-final-fantasy-tactics/faqs/3876
― Princess TamTam, Saturday, 14 May 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
also what are you guys talking about the story is the second best story ever told on the PSthis and xenogears
unwittingly manipulated gnostic cults ftw
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 14 May 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
smh
― Princess TamTam, Saturday, 14 May 2011 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
did anyone ever bother levelling cloud / getting all of his moves? I think i managed to get his limits but he was still under level so I never really used him, heard he is pretty dece though if you do
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
also anyone feel that putting Luso into the PSP port is tantamount to lucas p-shopping hayden whats his name into the original trilogy #nerdcomment #honestlyembarrassedijustsaidthat
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
i got all of cloud's moves. he's middling (in the original at least).
― jay lenonononono (abanana), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
cloud's high level moves take too long to charge to be of any real use
― Princess TamTam, Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
xxp Who's Luso?
― Nhex, Sunday, 15 May 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
the worst thing abt cloud was that you got him too late in the game to really make much of an impact, even if you mastered the soldier class you certainly had much better options @ that point. i mean hes not really intended to be a big help, its more of an easter egg i guess
decided to start a scc game w/ chemists just because its one of the classes that i rarely put much time or thought into its going p well.
― Lamp, Sunday, 15 May 2011 05:54 (twelve years ago) link
Lusio = main character of FF Tactics A2, I think, or maybe A1/Advance. He's actually kind of decent in FFT PSP too. I forget why though. Hunting maybe?
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Sunday, 15 May 2011 06:55 (twelve years ago) link
oh, duh, i'm sure you know about those. i guess you mean a sequel that takes place during the Lion War and isn't about daydreaming schoolchildren?
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 8 November 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
i liked the first ds fft but it doesnt have the same depth as the psx game
rn i am fighting the urge to manage my level advancement to maximize stat growth because i really dont want to fall down that rabbithole
― ≖_≖ (Lamp), Saturday, 8 November 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
i thought the setup of the gba one was really affecting
it sort of felt arbitrary and failed to compel once it got to landmarks on maps, though, a bit like legend of mana
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Saturday, 8 November 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
yeah, i tried ffta and it's not really much of a game. but maybe i should go back to it?
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 9 November 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
1997 Developer Interview, originally featured in Famicon Tsuushin magazine, newly translated:
http://shmuplations.com/fft/
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 16 July 2016 15:45 (seven years ago) link
nice i should play disgaea
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 18 July 2016 16:55 (seven years ago) link
disgaea is extremely anime voice but the way it encourages experimentation and exploits is sui generis and great. i haven't played since the PS2 but i've heard the recent PC port isn't great.
― adam, Monday, 18 July 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link
hmmmmhttps://noisypixel.net/fae-tactics-switch-pc-spring-2020/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2OcmU-KV-I
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 27 July 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
also the tactics ost is on spotify now so i'm playing that
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 27 July 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link