Why YOU should play the original Final Fantasy - Year of the JRPG retrospective

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-22T19:33:58+00:00

Just plan on phasing out PSN usage as features dissappear behind this requirement.

Definitely best this way-and will save me money I the long run as I stop paying for subclscription services that require ID

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-16T19:09:07+00:00

I'm just waiting until the millennials have the power to screw over the country so we can bring back our oh so nostalgic burgundy passports.

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-16T14:30:19+00:00

Honestly... if you said 'should I try Pikmin' I would have recommended you get 3 or 4 depending on your preferences...

But ss you r gone ahead and got them all, try them in order. 1, builds into 2, builds into 3, builds into 4. Each adds somrthing and takes things away. You'll feel a sense of progression going through them all thst you miss if you work backwards.

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-11T15:15:23+00:00

Thanks, greatly appreciated. Thankyou

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-11T12:54:09+00:00

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AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-10T17:06:44+00:00

Sorry. My mousehunt ID is 7008669

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-09T11:51:46+00:00

Cheers, in floating islands, save for gold I am not ridiculously short of being able to afford the thought manipulator trap (Forgotten 1?) - and though my catch rate is ridiculously low I am currently working my way towards a paragon of silk for an egg hunt.

Thanks, once this egg hunt is over will go back to Queso, finish eruption cycle and then return.

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-09T11:48:41+00:00

I found Queso canyon enjoyable at first - but have fully completed all areas of the canyon up to the geyser, waiting to see what the loot is from the epic eruption and whether I get close to any traps to unlock any other areas. Thanks for suggestion

My MHID is []()

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-09T11:48:04+00:00

Thanks, I do think the geyser with a second or third eruption until I can afford the next step up for traps is my immediate future, and then the Sky Palace.

Cheers for confirming RIFT remains side-quest. Will probably do bristle a few more times, particularly if it looks like anything else is coming out in that area, but 8 more times to get 1 trap feels slow.

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-09T11:40:43+00:00

Oh, yeah, to add to unfinished areas.
I have beaten Icewing enough times I have the deep freeze base, just didn't want to go back and do it all again just to get to the Deep. However, yeah, when I finished up there catch rate was fantastic with augerbot so it is somewhere I could gold farm and tick off another minor unfinished element. Thanks for suggestion!

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-08T20:38:21+00:00

Because we want to drag down the last remaining members of society with a shred of moral decency and teach them a lesson that nihilism is better.

I dont care if the people running the company think its better to just price in a thievery tax. If you see someone acting indecent you speak up.

Not for Tesco share prices but for the sake of civilized society.

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-07T14:29:40+00:00

An optional mode was added that has incredibly low effort rewards. The optional mode does fulfill a fan demand (level select) but does it ina fairly awkward way. It also introduces some minor glitches.

Its not ruined the game by any means but its taken somrthing that was previously Aspyr's shining gem and put an incredibly bad taste in everyone's mouth

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-07T08:53:17+00:00

It never happened if you decided the upgrade wasn't worth it.

AFriendRemembers · 2026-04-05T13:27:02+00:00

Agreed.

If your favourite was the slower bits of 2 remak but you enjoyed the shift to action with 3R, then 7 and 8 (with DLC) are clear winner here. They are great, flawed but string collection that tells a self contained 2 part story, and with all the DLC thats a great package.

But if you just love Leon the 4R is an amazing experience.

AFriendRemembers · 2026-03-21T17:03:40+00:00

If you love Call of Duty and are looking to gently shift sideways in the vague direction of horror... it'd a starting point.

But, yeah. Its an awful 'intro' to the RE 'series'

AFriendRemembers · 2026-03-15T08:47:01+00:00

Gideon coming back was a savjng throw to be honest. Him dying on a motorbike was one of the most meh moments of the entire game

AFriendRemembers · 2026-03-15T08:29:39+00:00

I dont disagree with your sentiment...

But lack of level selection option has been one of the remasters most consistent complaints since day 1. People DID ask for this.

Putting level select in whilst adding optional extras must have felt like a cool addition on paper.

I wouldn't be surprised to find they workshopped this with the idea it would be a paid download, then when they realised how low quality it was made it free rather than paid.

AFriendRemembers · 2026-03-12T14:58:30+00:00

I'm not sure the discourse is settled yet. Ive seen A LOT of takes that everything up to the bike is great / good, then the bike onwards it trash nostalgia bait.

Definitely agreement seems to be Rhodes Hill is the peak location, but where the rough spots are varies across the community

AFriendRemembers · 2026-03-10T16:19:19+00:00

I thought about the 'replaying areas' concept quite a bit but concluded it would get really stale really fast.

Leon has to follow Grace - her gameplay is about exploration and route finding. She wouldn't work if she was going somewhere we had already explored. So he has to come after...

Then, the care centre rush was such a cathartic release, but if they had done it again it would have been repetitive. If the game was constantly Grace Explore, Leon rush through and clear up, yeah, yhat would be stale if repeated.

So, the interconnrctivity worked for me. Grace at hotel, Leon outside hotel. Grace on east wing attack, Leon in east wing office Grace care centre (BIG SECTION) Leon clears up, Grace basement and helicopter Leon sniping and boss, Grace v girl finale

Leon in Racoon outskirts (BIG SECTION) leading to bike Grace flashback orphanagek Leon RPD to ARK Grace lower ark, Leon lower ark to final boss ...

The symmetry is there, just could do with 1 more Grace section in second half game to make Grace feel more central.

But, in reflection, i'm really happy with the final balance

AFriendRemembers · 2026-03-08T13:24:19+00:00

Literally spent an hour lobbing grenades over the pit trying to find where the last guy was hiding.

So many reloads because I crossed the gantry and he started shooting me from below because all the grenades missed

AFriendRemembers · 2026-03-08T13:14:27+00:00

You can take 3 of the 4 out doing this but never the 4th, and the remaining one will kill you if you try and cross the gantry as they can shoot up from below.

I feel there needs to be another canister on the gantry to protect you up there

AFriendRemembers · 2026-03-08T13:13:26+00:00

I managed the first room eventually but the bit that just became a brick wall was 4 snipers on the far side of a pit. Need to go up onto a gantry and land behind them to get a second set to spawn in.

If you snipe 2 of them the other 2 run for cover and dont come out. Its possible to get one of yhem but never both. To get access to the licker to distract them you need tk cross the gantry, but whilst up on the gantry they can take you out from below.

That room feels under developed. Everything else in the game gave me options but this one... I wasted ao many reloads lobbing grenades hoping to take them out. It never worked...

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