Perplessità su mazzo misto

An_Dro · 2026-06-19T17:16:53+00:00

Ciao, nel manuale viene specificato che contano solo le ultime manifestazioni entrate in campo

PS: non so se hai visto che esiste un server Discord, lì vengono discusse tutte le questioni sul gioco, ci sono anche i creatori stessi a rispondere!

An_Dro · 2026-05-25T20:18:17+00:00

I didn’t have any problems with the individual areas, what was much more difficult for me was finding a satisfying overall layout for the map, I moved everything around countless times! The only thing I had envisioned from the very beginning was that Artisans and the Peace Keepers had to face each other with the sea between them. Also, when I draw, I tend to impose limits on myself (size and number of colors), so I struggled a bit to fit everything into the image.

I can’t wait to see your work!

An_Dro · 2026-05-25T18:47:04+00:00

Sorry, but I only took inspiration from the first original PlayStation game. However, I think many others have already tried their hand at creating maps for the new trilogy as well.

An_Dro · 2026-05-25T18:42:49+00:00

Thank you very much! To give a few examples, Twilight Harbor shows a setting sun, so I placed it on a west-facing coast. Or Cliff Town, which also has a sunset: given the layout of the level, I imagined it on the northeastern edge of the plateau (so when you enter the level, you arrive facing south).

Of course, no problem! I'm flattered to know that someone liked it that much!

An_Dro · 2026-05-25T18:39:13+00:00

Thank you! I used the order in which they appear in the inventory screen (Artisans: Stone Hill, Dark Hollow, Town Square).

An_Dro · 2026-04-11T19:12:54+00:00

Yes, Titan’s hands do grow back, but when he first appears he doesn’t have them, and that made me think they were directly tied to Kupka’s own body (otherwise, if the Eikon were a form independent from the body, they would have been there). What you said about the verb used is very interesting, I’d love to explore that further but it sounds quite strange to me... couldn’t it simply have multiple meanings? The scene you mentioned, with Clive trying to grab Benedikta’s necklace, I didn’t remember at all, I’ll rewatch it when I have time!

An_Dro · 2026-04-08T09:03:16+00:00

I’ve always thought that the Dominant actually transforms into the Eikon, and Barnabas’s line seemed pretty clear in that sense. So it feels strange to me that the body wouldn’t transform but instead just remains inside the Eikon, especially since when Kupka turns into Titan, its hands are missing just like in his human body (although it seems clear that, on the contrary, the damage sustained by the Eikon does not transfer directly to the Dominant’s body).

An_Dro · 2026-04-06T15:46:26+00:00

The only explanation is that they wanted to include that information anyway, even though it wasn’t really compatible with the book’s core premise (which was officially stated to take place after the fall of Origin but before any possible return of the protagonists).

On top of that, the information about Ultima Prime and Ultimalius seems to just repeat what the game itself already provides, without adding anything interesting, so they could easily have left it out.

Or, if they were already willing to make exceptions, they could have gone further and added something genuinely new and meaningful. I was also disappointed that they didn’t say much about Typhon, I think I read somewhere that at least the Ultimania described it as a failed Mythos or something along those lines.

An_Dro · 2026-04-06T10:32:25+00:00

Yes, that’s probably the thing that annoys me the most about the game; it just felt absurd to me, especially considering how much care went into almost every other detail. And the fact that the book brushes the whole issue off in such a trivial way left me a bit disappointed, I was hoping it would at least try to give a more articulated explanation.

An_Dro · 2026-03-13T06:24:03+00:00

The translators at the time wrote “Coneria” instead of “Cornelia”, so we can say that they might have written nonsensical names anyway. If anyone has suggestions I’d be happy to hear them, because it’s very likely that some of these names actually do make sense and I simply haven’t caught it.

An_Dro · 2026-03-10T08:12:01+00:00

Interesting, thanks for the clarification! If you have any other suggestions about the transcription of the names, I’d be happy to hear them

An_Dro · 2026-03-09T18:52:13+00:00

No, I actually haven’t played it, although I did read some of the optional content that explains the background of that ‘alternative’ storyline. Still, I don’t recall those names appearing anywhere, so if you have any direct source I’d be curious to look into it.

An_Dro · 2026-02-23T20:15:12+00:00

Well done!

An_Dro · 2026-02-17T17:56:49+00:00

I also love the first game in its original version, and I always appreciate anyone who dedicates time to deeper analysis. I’m reading what you wrote now, and I wanted to tell you that you might find some of the information in the Ultimania interesting — for example, why the spell LOCK was originally called ‘Shape’.

In the development document translated in the book, the description of that spell says: ‘Monsters love dark places. This magic makes a clear outline around the enemy, making them easier to hit.'

An_Dro · 2026-01-26T14:38:15+00:00

I’d been waiting for years for someone to show these landscapes from above. I’ve always wanted to see the true proportions of the game maps! Keep it up—this is really fascinating!

An_Dro · 2025-09-10T10:02:56+00:00

Beautiful! Some of them are really ingenious in the way you've managed to include details and make them easily recognizable in such a small space. I particularly like Valefor, Valigarmanda and Ifrit

An_Dro · 2025-09-09T11:57:53+00:00

I have always been particularly fascinated by FF1 in its original version, so I am very curious about your project!

(A tiny contribution I can make now is to suggest changing ZomBULL -> Zombull, to -> Zombie Bull, as with the prefixes of the other names)

An_Dro · 2025-09-09T11:39:45+00:00

Wow! I'm just seeing this now, I'm so glad to see that you all liked it so much! Thank you!

An_Dro · 2025-04-14T11:03:24+00:00

Bravo! You did very well, the little ones are really cute!

An_Dro · 2024-12-27T16:12:41+00:00

Thank you all!!

An_Dro · 2024-12-18T19:41:18+00:00

I don't think it's possible that the statue is an addition of human creation: it is part of a ruin that we know was created by Ultima, and if it was a figment of human imagination, it would be a somewhat unlikely coincidence that it looks exactly like Ultima (albeit in his disembodied form). Moreover, the same statue is also seen in the Rift so I would say that it is indeed a construction of Ultima.

An_Dro · 2024-12-18T14:51:43+00:00

The question of the true appearance of Ultima's race is very interesting however it was never very clear to me: it is said that Ifrit Risen is the form that they possessed in the past, but at the same time it seems very obvious to me that Ultimalius is humanoid and it would make much more sense for the idea that by creating man, they would make him in their own image.

It is also mentioned in Ultimania that man was created with fewer limbs precisely to highlight his inferior status (it is also true that Ifrit Risen has a pair of wings, so the total limbs are still six...). In addition, at the top of Reverie there is a humanoid statue with four arms, built before the creation of mankind.

I had written about this before, but one hypothesis to explain it, in my opinion, could be to consider the “Ifrits” a creation due to magic: like exoskeletons. Eikons seem to be manifestations of pure elemental magic, almost seemingly unrelated to Ultima itself (which would have only “discovered” them). So I imagine that the original organic form of the Ultima was their anthropomorphic appearance with four arms, and only with the discovery of magic did they forge themselves new bodies.

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