After fourteen years of on-and-off play, I finally beat Final Fantasy Tactics last night

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shocked they haven't made an FFT2 yet.

Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 November 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link

favourite class: time mage. i like their hats

this comment traveled thru time from 3 years ago to be super OTM right now

i missed this thread :)

Neckbread (Will M.), Thursday, 6 November 2014 16:24 (nine years ago) link

Haste and Slow opened my eyes to the idea of "power scaling" in gaming in general. As an 18- or 19-year old I expected each successive class unlock to present progressively bloodier and higher-damage skill and spell options. It felt like Time Mage took ages to unlock and was kind of pathetic,

it was only much later when I realized that there's a reason they don't give you Time Mage right away and make you work for it.

fields of salmon, Friday, 7 November 2014 08:53 (nine years ago) link

secret hunt is the most busted ability in the game?

≖_≖ (Lamp), Saturday, 8 November 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link

shocked they haven't made an FFT2 yet.

they have! but they're for GBA/DS. i played the first one (Final Fantasy Tactics Advance) and it's fun but suffers in comparison to the original. they added a Judge system which is sometimes fun but mostly annoying. and the story (disclosure: i only played through about 12 hours or so) was pretty mediocre.

Karl Malone, Saturday, 8 November 2014 19:17 (nine 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

one year passes...

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

four years pass...

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


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