Val gots sum Final Fantasy

**Valigarmander** · 08-20-2009, 04:41 PM

So, I ordered a new copy of both Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy IX, two of my favorite games in the series, from Amazon last week, and they just arrived today. I've played both before, but not since I was a wee wanker. Beat FF8, not FF9. But I've been dying to play them lately, so I went and ordered them, and now they're sitting there, waiting to be owned.

I'm gonna play FF8 first, then after I beat that, FF9. Both games should be easier, since when I first played them I didn't understand the concept of grinding (and in FF8, I didn't figure out how to Junction spells until Disc 4).

This'll be sweet. Maybe I'll post an update on my progress every now and then. Until that, anyone else here play FF8 or FF9? If you ask me, I thought FF9 was one of the best in the series (few seem to argue that), and FF8 was grossly underrated for what a great game it was. DISCUSS.

**X-3** · 08-20-2009, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Valigarmander

So, I ordered a new copy of both Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy IX, two of my favorite games in the series, from Amazon last week, and they just arrived today. I've played both before, but not since I was a wee wanker.

Val sure is awesome, playing a game that hasn't been released yet as a kid. Also, title of this post.

**Valigarmander** · 08-20-2009, 04:47 PM

FF8 was released in 1999, FF9 was released in 2000.

I was 10 in 2000.

Rainbow Dash · 08-20-2009, 04:58 PM

xiii is not 8

Vgfian · 08-20-2009, 04:59 PM

XIII = 13
VIII = 8

**Valigarmander** · 08-20-2009, 05:01 PM

DAMN IT

**Galefore** · 08-20-2009, 05:10 PM

We all know how much I love FFIX, I need not even mention it.

BUT I WILL

I ****ing love FFIX.

Vgfian · 08-20-2009, 05:14 PM

That'll be cool to see how it goes for you.

I personally loved both VIII and IX, and if I ever get a chance to play it, will probably love XIII as much as you seem to, val. XP

ZeldaGirl · 08-20-2009, 05:19 PM

lawl roman numerals

So, an RA buddy of mine has VIII that he's willing to lend me, and I might actually play through it this time. I started it, but never really warmed to it right away. We shall see.

**X-3** · 08-20-2009, 05:21 PM

I haven't played VIII, or IX. Or...many FFs. Huh. (specifically: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, BN13: Team of Cybeast Blue Sun)

***The Doctor*** · 08-20-2009, 05:41 PM

I loved VIII (Gunblade hellz yes, and GF's were pretty cool), and IX was pretty awesome.

**Crazyswordsman** · 08-20-2009, 05:52 PM

VIII had an interesting battle system....too bad the characters were nothing special.

IX, though, has a great everything. -CSM

Jere · 08-20-2009, 06:10 PM

May i suggest this site for Final fantasy 9 extravaganza

www.spoonyexperiment.com

***Ace Mercury*** · 08-20-2009, 08:22 PM

I liked FF8. It was a big graphical improvement over the crappy FF7 polygons, and the Junction system was oh-so-exploitable.

On my first playthrough, I skipped playing the Triple Triad card game along with the story. On the second, though, I totally got into it; collecting the unique cards was serious business, more serious than, say, saving the existence of timespace.

It got a bit tricky later on, when I found out that FF8 is an anti-grind game; keeping your level as low as possible makes the game easier, since monsters scale their level to yours, but you can still junction more powerful spells to your stats. At that point, the game difficulty curve was broken, as I would constantly be in the yellow to pull off limit breaks every turn. And then there's Zell and the "Super Ultimate War God Breaking Punch"...

**Valigarmander** · 08-20-2009, 08:26 PM

lol

So I played FFVIII for about half an hour. Can't save to the memory card, something's wrong with it. So, gotta figure that out first. D:

**Crazyswordsman** · 08-20-2009, 10:02 PM

^Here's my advice: avoid gaining levels whenever possible until you get Leviathan (also make sure you get Carbuncle, Siren, and Brothers) and a Rosetta Stone. -CSM

Sim Kid · 08-20-2009, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Valigarmander

lol

So I played FFVIII for about half an hour. Can't save to the memory card, something's wrong with it. So, gotta figure that out first. D:

....wow. Something like that actually happened to me with Tactics Ogre. o.o I have two PS1 memory cards. One of them is a yellow one which I think is third-party and for some odd reason, Tactics Ogre didn't like that one yellow memory card. Every other game I tried worked just fine on it, but for some odd reason, Tactics Ogre just didn't liek that one memory card. Every time I tried to save, the save would work for a little while but then start to corrupt. I thought it was the game (being only 14. *shrugs*) but tried another memory card and it worked perfectly.

So tl;dr, do you have a different memory card? If so, try using it.

**Valigarmander** · 08-20-2009, 10:40 PM

No, it's because I'm using a PS2 to play PS1 games. I need a PS1 memory card in order to save, a PS2 one won't work.

I'm getting on that...

**Crazyswordsman** · 08-21-2009, 10:55 AM

^I tried doing that with my PS2. They say it has backwards compatibility, but the fact is I could never save a thing to ANY memory card on it. I played Legend of Dragoon once and that didn't work.

But now both my PS2s and my PSOne are broken so I'm gonna have to wait and see if FFVIII and FFIX will be downloadable online. I think Square should do things like this. -CSM

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · 08-21-2009, 04:12 PM

FF8 and FF9 are both great games. I only beat FF9 though, opposite of you, Val.

And I agree that FF9 was one of the best in the whole series.

08-20-2009, 04:41 PM	#1
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,211 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,552 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	Val gots sum Final Fantasy So, I ordered a new copy of both Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy IX, two of my favorite games in the series, from Amazon last week, and they just arrived today. I've played both before, but not since I was a wee wanker. Beat FF8, not FF9. But I've been dying to play them lately, so I went and ordered them, and now they're sitting there, waiting to be owned. I'm gonna play FF8 first, then after I beat that, FF9. Both games should be easier, since when I first played them I didn't understand the concept of grinding (and in FF8, I didn't figure out how to Junction spells until Disc 4). This'll be sweet. Maybe I'll post an update on my progress every now and then. Until that, anyone else here play FF8 or FF9? If you ask me, I thought FF9 was one of the best in the series (few seem to argue that), and FF8 was grossly underrated for what a great game it was. DISCUSS. __________________ Last edited by Valigarmander; 08-20-2009 at 05:01 PM.

08-20-2009, 04:47 PM	#3
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,211 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,552 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	FF8 was released in 1999, FF9 was released in 2000. I was 10 in 2000. __________________

08-20-2009, 05:01 PM	#6
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,211 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,552 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	DAMN IT __________________

08-20-2009, 08:22 PM	#14
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 22,962 Thanks: 558 Thanked 3,205 Times in 1,531 Posts Blog Entries: 1	(ry I liked FF8. It was a big graphical improvement over the crappy FF7 polygons, and the Junction system was oh-so-exploitable. On my first playthrough, I skipped playing the Triple Triad card game along with the story. On the second, though, I totally got into it; collecting the unique cards was serious business, more serious than, say, saving the existence of timespace. It got a bit tricky later on, when I found out that FF8 is an anti-grind game; keeping your level as low as possible makes the game easier, since monsters scale their level to yours, but you can still junction more powerful spells to your stats. At that point, the game difficulty curve was broken, as I would constantly be in the yellow to pull off limit breaks every turn. And then there's Zell and the "Super Ultimate War God Breaking Punch"...

08-20-2009, 08:26 PM	#15
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,211 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,552 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	lol So I played FFVIII for about half an hour. Can't save to the memory card, something's wrong with it. So, gotta figure that out first. D: __________________

08-20-2009, 04:58 PM	#4
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Gender: Posts: 23,745 Thanks: 168 Thanked 1,120 Times in 677 Posts	xiii is not 8

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Vgfian Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Listening to Seeking 7 Seven and giving out free hugs. :) Gender: Posts: 6,744 Thanks: 2,364 Thanked 394 Times in 307 Posts	XIII = 13 VIII = 8

08-20-2009, 05:10 PM	#7
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,255 Thanks: 1,357 Thanked 823 Times in 532 Posts Blog Entries: 5	We all know how much I love FFIX, I need not even mention it. BUT I WILL *I ing love FFIX.*

08-20-2009, 05:14 PM	#8
Vgfian Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Listening to Seeking 7 Seven and giving out free hugs. :) Gender: Posts: 6,744 Thanks: 2,364 Thanked 394 Times in 307 Posts	That'll be cool to see how it goes for you. I personally loved both VIII and IX, and if I ever get a chance to play it, will probably love XIII as much as you seem to, val. XP

08-20-2009, 05:19 PM	#9
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,877 Thanks: 1,121 Thanked 1,902 Times in 1,040 Posts	lawl roman numerals So, an RA buddy of mine has VIII that he's willing to lend me, and I might actually play through it this time. I started it, but never really warmed to it right away. We shall see.

08-20-2009, 05:21 PM	#10
X-3 No avatar, no justice, no dreams, no hope! Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,472 Thanks: 732 Thanked 1,158 Times in 751 Posts Blog Entries: 10	I haven't played VIII, or IX. Or...many FFs. Huh. (specifically: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, BN13: Team of Cybeast Blue Sun)

08-20-2009, 05:41 PM	#11
*The Doctor* The Last Timelord. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: In the TARDIS Gender: Posts: 13,819 Thanks: 869 Thanked 647 Times in 421 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I loved VIII (Gunblade hellz yes, and GF's were pretty cool), and IX was pretty awesome.

08-20-2009, 05:52 PM	#12
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,747 Thanks: 1,000 Thanked 682 Times in 463 Posts	VIII had an interesting battle system....too bad the characters were nothing special. IX, though, has a great everything. -CSM

08-20-2009, 06:10 PM	#13
Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,452 Thanks: 396 Thanked 295 Times in 233 Posts Blog Entries: 3	May i suggest this site for Final fantasy 9 extravaganza www.spoonyexperiment.com

08-20-2009, 10:02 PM	#16
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,747 Thanks: 1,000 Thanked 682 Times in 463 Posts	^Here's my advice: avoid gaining levels whenever possible until you get Leviathan (also make sure you get Carbuncle, Siren, and Brothers) and a Rosetta Stone. -CSM

08-20-2009, 10:40 PM	#18
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,211 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,552 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	No, it's because I'm using a PS2 to play PS1 games. I need a PS1 memory card in order to save, a PS2 one won't work. I'm getting on that... __________________

08-21-2009, 10:55 AM	#19
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,747 Thanks: 1,000 Thanked 682 Times in 463 Posts	^I tried doing that with my PS2. They say it has backwards compatibility, but the fact is I could never save a thing to ANY memory card on it. I played Legend of Dragoon once and that didn't work. But now both my PS2s and my PSOne are broken so I'm gonna have to wait and see if FFVIII and FFIX will be downloadable online. I think Square should do things like this. -CSM

08-21-2009, 04:12 PM	#20
I REALLY HATE POKEMON! Goku lives on the Sun Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: California, U.S.A Gender: Posts: 12,543 Thanks: 1,247 Thanked 263 Times in 222 Posts Blog Entries: 1	wee wanker FF8 and FF9 are both great games. I only beat FF9 though, opposite of you, Val. And I agree that FF9 was one of the best in the whole series.