Val gots sum Final Fantasy

Valigarmander · 08-20-2009, 03:41 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, 03:46 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, 03:47 PM

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

I was 10 in 2000.

Chunky Kong12345 · 08-20-2009, 03:58 PM

xiii is not 8

Vgfian/Guildmaster · 08-20-2009, 03:59 PM

XIII = 13
VIII = 8

Valigarmander · 08-20-2009, 04:01 PM

DAMN IT

Galefore · 08-20-2009, 04:10 PM

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

BUT I WILL

I ****ing love FFIX.

Vgfian/Guildmaster · 08-20-2009, 04:14 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, 04:19 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, 04:21 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, 04:41 PM

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

**Crazyswordsman** · 08-20-2009, 04:52 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, 05:10 PM

May i suggest this site for Final fantasy 9 extravaganza

www.spoonyexperiment.com

***Ace Mercury*** · 08-20-2009, 07:22 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, 07:26 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, 09:02 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, 09:34 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, 09:40 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, 09:55 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, 03:12 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.

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08-20-2009, 07:26 PM	#15
Valigarmander Better than you. Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 22,023 Thanks: 1,349 Thanked 3,710 Times in 1,668 Posts Points: 4,504.73 Bank: 25,530,270.78 Total Points: 25,534,775.51 Donate	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: __________________ This is a signature.

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08-20-2009, 04:14 PM	#8
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X-3 Empty Mage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Omega Superduper Ultra Land that Sucks Gender: Posts: 12,882 Thanks: 537 Thanked 758 Times in 529 Posts Blog Entries: 10 Points: 41,774.57 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 41,774.57 Donate	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)

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Valigarmander Better than you. Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 22,023 Thanks: 1,349 Thanked 3,710 Times in 1,668 Posts Points: 4,504.73 Bank: 25,530,270.78 Total Points: 25,534,775.51 Donate	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... __________________ This is a signature.

08-21-2009, 09:55 AM	#19
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,140 Thanks: 892 Thanked 623 Times in 414 Posts Points: 285,629.58 Bank: 5,075,505.10 Total Points: 5,361,134.68 Donate	^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, 03:12 PM	#20
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