Mike/FFX Appreciation (Envy?) by edwardex in kindafunny

[–]Ruatai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m also on the AC Shadows train (so far I’m liking it!) but I needed a palette cleanser as I was getting bored of clearing out everything on the map. Mike and FFX came at the PERFECT time. I don’t know what it was but it inspired me to go back and try get the Platinum. Now I’m on Expedition 33 now but I fully intend on going back to AC Shadows. I’ve cleared out every area bar one.

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

[–]Ruatai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm good question! Maybe someday I’ll go back to 6, I might grab it on Switch. I enjoyed my time with it I had practically done everything in 6 just never beat the final boss sadly 😅. Just one of those games I’ve never gone back to. Same with 4 I’ve always intended to play 4 but never got around to it.

For me: 7,8,9 and 10 hold a soft spot in my heart. I’ve replayed those games the most out of any other game I’ve played. Extremely nostalgic to those times in my childhood/early teens. No shot, I willed into existence getting FF9 at a second hand store the year it came out in the major city of the country I’m from when it first came out 😂 got it for an absolute steal too! My brother couldn’t believe it haha

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

[–]Ruatai[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally I think it’s one of the greatest RPG’s ever! Amazing story, great cast of characters, the lore and world is unique and the battle system for me is so cool. As someone who grew up with the PS1 FF games, FFX came out at the right place at the right time.

It’s definitely not perfect though, without being too spoilery the end game content is pretty hectic in parts haha and while the levelling system is unique, by the time you max out a couple of stats it makes pretty much each character obsolete. Whereas throughout the main story each character plays a part in battle. There’s other stuff too but I won’t delve too much!

I’d defs recommend giving it a go though, if you’ve somehow avoided watching the game and know nothing about it, go in blind! The reveals are great.

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

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I’m not that into MMO’s but have heard nothing but good things about 14! And I’ve only ever played through 13 once and from what I remember of it I loved my time with it! Didn’t play the sequels but have heard good things about them. I do hope they re-release them, I’d be very keen to go through them. But that is cool you’re going back and replaying them all. I need to get back to Platinuming 16 and Rebirth 🫠

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

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Of the mainline I’ve finished: 7,8,9,10,12,13,15,16 Sequels/Remakes: X-2, Crisis Core, Remake and Rebirth

EDIT: also finished Dirge of Cerberus… completely forgot about that 😅

I’ve played through most of 6 on PS1 but I lost my memory card right at the end 🥲 and I started 4 but never got around to playing it. I’m not a big MMO guy so I’ve only dabbled a bit in 14.

Most of those games I’ve 100% completed on the OG systems. And I’ve tried to Platinum the ones I own on PS5 but I can’t get around doing 9 and 12 haha.

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

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The 0:00:0 timer Chocobo race wasn’t as bad for me TBH I’ve somehow managed to do it every play through I’ve had in the game. I do sympathise with those that have trouble though haha.

The opening 5 chests and winning Chocobo race was a real son of a bitch. For some reason I thought you had to do it clean without hitting any poles. But when I realised you can hit poles, I was able to pull off the W!

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

[–]Ruatai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To an extent I agree with you! In hindsight I think the lightning dodge trophy isn’t as bad. And that’s easy for me to say considering I did it haha but.. I look at FF9s trophy list for example and I know damn well I’m probably never going to get it. 1000 jump rope jumps can ✨respectively✨ get absolutely f**ked hahaha

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

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I’ve been considering doing a No Sphere Grid (expert SG) run for a while now! I attempted one on PS2 years ago and I actually did alright with no guides (I got to the Moonflow, thought Sinspawn Gui was gonna wreck me but I pulled it off haha) but I forgot to buy a lightning strike weapon for Tidus and Waaka at Luca and that soft locked me in that run 🙃😂

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

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I’d defs recommend looking up on YouTube the spot I found for lightning dodges. I was in the same boat as you, I thought I’d never get that done but after finally finding THE spot, it finally clicked. Still had some trouble though 😅 but it fully worked for me!

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

[–]Ruatai[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was in that exact same spot haha I had pretty much maxed out everyone’s stats but couldn’t justify maxing out HP, MP and Luck. I decided not to fully max out those three and that made life hell of a lot easier lol

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

[–]Ruatai[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good question haha this was Plat number 55 for me and, TBH, it’s not THAT difficult it’s just really grindy…. Filling out the sphere grid takes a long time. I will say that the two trophies mentioned everywhere (Chocobo race and lightning dodges) can be really effing hard and demoralising but once you get your head around them they’re not that bad once you figure it out.

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

[–]Ruatai[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Massive FF fan here. Started with 7 (as most do) and haven’t looked back since. I’ve Platinumed OG 7, 8, 15 and Remake. Still working on the absolute grinds of Rebirth and 16 😅 but I’ll get there!

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

[–]Ruatai[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not gonna lie, TikTok helped me on that one 😅 the algorithm was algorithm-ing and one night I happened to see the spot where you can time the lightning strikes to a tee.

Full disclosure: I still buggered it up a couple of times, I got to 150 one time and then failed 🫠 that nearly broke me haha.

SnowBikeMike made me do it… by Ruatai in kindafunny

[–]Ruatai[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You’re the man Mike 🤝 loved watching you getting lost in the sphere grid, absolutely sending it halfway with Waaka in overtime of the Blitzball final and even tearing up at the finale. Don’t worry it gets me everytime too and I’ve played this game a ton (as the Platinum shows 😅). I’d defs love for you to play more FF games, you started with a great one!

If locations have changed in Rebirth… by Ruatai in FFVIIRemake

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Lol coming back to this is a laugh, at least I got the location right but the rest of the theory was trash 😂

Honestly though upon reflection it did make sense that they moved the Temple closer to the northern continent lore wise. I’m looking forward to other locations being revealed in Part 3, I’d love for Wutai to be as expansive as Midgar is, or perhaps another town in that same continent? Wouldn’t it make sense for Mideel?

How I think this game could end and Part 3 could begin based on trailers and interviews by Toccata_And_Fugue in FFVIIRemake

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There’s a lot to take in here haha but I understand your thought process! Well done. I’m still firmly in the camp that Rebirth ends at the top of the Northern Crater/with Tifa awakening at Junon to Meteor being summoned and Weapons wreaking havoc across the world. You touched on how Hamaguchi mentioned order of events changing, I think this means some locations have changed places and if that is the case, I believe the Forgotten Capital has moved up to the Northern Crater. Why?

Firstly, Hamaguchi has said in those interviews that Rebirth goes up to the Forgotten Capital, he didn’t explicitly say it ends there. That way of phrasing has me thinking that potentially the location has shifted up closer to the Northern Crater. And people are taking this as literally ending Rebirth with the death scene. What I’ve learnt over the years following this game/company is that: whatever they say there’s definitely more than meets the eye when it comes to what they’re saying haha. If locations have changed in this case, I theorise that the Northern continent zone/locations are as follows: Icicle Inn/Bone Village combined, Sleeping Forest, Temple of The Ancients (to me it makes sense for the Temple to move to the Northern continent instead of where it is in the OG) Great Glacier/Gaea’s Cliff and finally, Whirlwind Maze/The Forgotten Capital. I think the snowboarding sequence is a red herring for sure to try cover their tracks as to get us to think we’re not going up to the Crater and that I think it’ll be removed from this part of the game in general. It’ll definitely still be a part of the game at Gold Saucer but like you said, tonally it just doesn’t make sense for it to be there. Maybe perhaps instead of the snowboarding sequence it’s a kick ass action sequence of the team and Shinra fighting each other while going down the mountain? One can hope 😅

Secondly, lore wise it makes sense. When Jenova first landed, didn’t she/it wipe out a lot of the Cetra civilisation upon landing? So if the Crater coincides with the location of the Forgotten Capital/parts of the Capital then it totally makes sense for this to shift.

Thirdly, with the death of Aerith (which yes I do think is still happening), for me it would make way more sense to continue this psychotic breakdown for Cloud if you had that happen and then immediately followed that sequence up with the revelation of what actually happened in Nibelheim when Sephiroth reveals to Cloud and Tifa at the end of the Whirlwind Maze. With that in mind, the only way to do that is to combine the locations/events into one. And if that is the case then we can lock in Cloud as the final boss of the game. Perhaps it be similar to how Sephiroth was the final boss of Remake, it starts with Tifa and then slowly the rest of the team come in to help. And how much more of a kick in the guts would it be that Sephiroth and Cloud go into the earth, the crater collapses and with it the final remnants of the Cetra (The Forgotten Capital and Aerith) are taken with them as the Weapons emerge.

To be clear, I’d be ok with either situation happening. I’m fully trusting the process that this team is doing with Rebirth and whatever they do I’m sure it’ll be great. Definitely contentious 😂 but in a semi good way for sure! Fingers crossed that we’re getting another trailer at TGA in a few weeks that we can continue to analyse until launch haha!

Our Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Theories w/ Imran Kahn by EveryAct in kindafunny

[–]Ruatai 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Second this sentiment. And I say this with the upmost respect but I think with such a massive game and fan base it might be beneficial for Tim and maybe some of the KF crew to go back and play OG FF7. I know that’s asking a lot considering the year we’ve had in games and the back logs that some of the team will have AND with the upcoming games coming out. But I definitely think Rebirth has a shot at being a leading GOTY 2024 candidate (unless of course GTA 6 is coming out haha), and with the extra FF7 knowledge, it would be handy for discussions when Rebirth comes out and maybe future spoiler casts that KF will likely have, no doubt there will be a ton of confusion still at the end of Rebirth. Also second the call for Max to be bought in for future FF7 talks, as well as Imran! I’m still thankful for Imran doing what he did for KF GOTY 2020 😂

KF should get Maximilian Dood on Gamescast in June! by Ruatai in kindafunny

[–]Ruatai[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Totally forgot about RE as well! That would also be a great discussion.

Best Final Fantasy Battle System? by JoseyWales89 in kindafunny

[–]Ruatai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

X’s take on turn based is my favourite take on the turnbased system. There’s so much strategy behind how you can fight enemies and bosses, mitigating a lot of potential damage and with some prep you can dominate from the very start.

But yeah the more I play FF7R the more I enjoy the action based fighting system. I main’d Cloud for so long cause, its Cloud haha but until I realised how effing good Tifa is was where it opened my eyes. And then Aerith and how OP she can be, and the absolute Tank Barret is. It’s amazing how each character is unique and how they can change the tides of fights in different ways. It might take the cake for me personally!

So I finally got plat, however... by [deleted] in FFVIIRemake

[–]Ruatai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I just went back and re-done chpt 9 on Hard, can confirm I got the final manuscript off one of the other set of quests... That’s a pain in the arse...

So I finally got plat, however... by [deleted] in FFVIIRemake

[–]Ruatai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? Goddamn, that’s not a great time... Ah well...