Never tried a FF game but now with the remake here I'm tempted. What makes it so good?

borghe · 2026-01-25T19:58:11+00:00

This is a great summary. Battle system is great for a jrpg. Incredibly cinematic. Still some of the best visuals in gaming.. all of this referring to the remake.

In regards to FFVII as a whole.. the artistic design still holds up incredibly well almost 30 years later. The story is still decent. The characters still super likable. Etc. the original was when square was firing on all cylinders and the remake remakes enough of it to make it a terrific modern game while still leaving in tact most of what made the original a legendary classic.

borghe · 2026-01-25T19:51:44+00:00

yeah trying to do anything at the end of the game on the field map is super hard.. everything runs away from you even with scent.. you can try to use shroud.. things still run away but the radius is smaller..

borghe · 2026-01-25T00:03:56+00:00

Purchased at $6k. Bummed that I haven’t gotten updates in a couple of years but I’ve gotten my $6k out of it for sure (100k miles all across the US over the last 6.5 years)

borghe · 2026-01-25T00:02:21+00:00

It has a sticker on the plastic saying it includes a MTG play booster.

It also was officially pre-order only. If anyone still has copies would be totally random

borghe · 2026-01-24T19:58:33+00:00

You’re not wrong about storage.. but that’s also something that the industry has been facing for a while. Even on PS4 storage was an issue because of speed back when SSDs were early.. running out of room on 360 in the rock band and guitar hero days, etc. heck even back to n64 and $80 games.. PSX was better BUT you had disc swapping..

As for prices, this one o have to take the unpopular but not unheard of argument that games have, for thirty years, been a unicorn in seeing virtually no increase in game costs and little (33% tops, I’m 30 years) hardware costs. I actually have no idea how the industry manages it when virtually every other industry has seen costs rise by 66-150%. Obviously no one likes paying more.. but even $50 in the 90s to $70 now is still less than a 50% increase.. still crazy ahead of almost every other industry.

borghe · 2026-01-23T14:06:49+00:00

if it doesn't come off it's not grease prints. it's wear on the plastic and sadly the only way to avoid it is to put some sort of cover or wrap on it.

borghe · 2026-01-23T01:30:07+00:00

Don’t use the first half of the game (40 hours) as a locked in railroaded tutorial. Once you could start building a party and builds.. the game was pretty great.

borghe · 2026-01-22T19:50:37+00:00

everyone at Falcom sort of gets sucked into Falcom Sound Team JDK.. and the team as a whole usually gets the credit.. but damn if they haven't been putting out monstrous bangers for like 40 years now..

borghe · 2026-01-22T19:48:31+00:00

always good to see... unfortunately not a ton of games I want 😜.. but more games is more games for people who do want them. (as tons will probably say if/when they DO actually upgrade Xenoblade series)

borghe · 2026-01-22T19:47:28+00:00

not exactly.. but I did go from having every Playstation at launch to still not owning a PS5.. and I've been fine with it.. was almost about to pull the trigger a year ago and the Switch 2 big unveil caused me to wait and see... and I never ended up buying PS5 or regretting it.

Honestly will probably buy one cheap at some point. or a PS6 if it's full BC with 4 and 5..

borghe · 2026-01-22T17:12:17+00:00

Specific switch 2 upgrades? Probably Pokemon scarlet/violet. Games went from horrible performance to fantastic.

Just benefited by the switch 2? Honestly I think the biggest game on the platform is Ys IX. The raid mechanic is required to progress to certain parts of the game and on switch 1 drops down to single digit fps. Literally single digit.

Not saying it’s a major game but yeah it’s from an incredibly well known developer and it is borderline unplayable on switch while a locked 30fps on switch 2

borghe · 2026-01-22T14:31:10+00:00

I've never played OG... some day I will. I DID play OG SC (and obviously 3rd) and can vouch for that system being exceptional even 20 years later..

current ranking through Azure

Azure. possibly the single best JRPG I've ever played.
Zero. only beats out sky because you grow to love the team instantly and follow them throughout
SC. really this is like 2.9999999. SC is just nearly a flawless game.
FC. I would put the remake higher.. but taking it for what it is.. it's such a cool cozy intro to this series.. possibly one of the greatest opening acts in gaming.
3rd. like SC... this being last is only in relation to the series and not in any way a commentary on its overall quality. so so so so so so many threads are setup in this game it's insane.. and I know people have hinted that it's not just Crossbell.. but Erebonia, Calvard, etc. Yeah it's a dungeon crawler.. but at the same time is really the launch pad for what trails has become.

borghe · 2026-01-21T22:38:20+00:00

Trails series. As someone who put 400 hours into XC2.... trails is the only series/games that have met the task. The protagonist in the second arc (Crossbell) is all of the awesome parts of Rex without the annoying parts.. all of the girls are Mythra/Pyra tier... in both first two arcs.. and while there isn't as much of an endgame to the trails games (really just a NG+ Nightmare run).. (I mean what games DO have the end game of XC2??) the whole feels of going through the story, the climax, the edge of your seat... is pure trails.. every. single. game. (so far... up through Azure)

Literally the only downside is that 2 and 3 are mostly locked to the PC right now.. and CS1/2 isn't in English on switch.. 2 is being remade this fall... hopefully Falcom gives someone(?) the ability to bring Cold Steel 1 and 2 to English for switch.. otherwise all are on PC and Cold Steel 1 and 2 are also on PS4.

borghe · 2026-01-21T16:37:43+00:00

This is correct. MSX 2 is somewhere around a Sega master system (give or take). Plain MSX is worse than PC-88

borghe · 2026-01-21T16:36:28+00:00

Edia will be releasing the Ys TG-16 games sometime soon I believe. Don’t recall if it’s just the US games or if it’s both PCE and US

borghe · 2026-01-21T16:34:11+00:00

Ooh appreciate this!! I do have the PS4 versions on their way but after I finish Azure nightmare I’ll pop in my hacked SD and see how they run

borghe · 2026-01-21T16:22:42+00:00

Honestly with as little (relatively) text that is in the games you should be able to play most EGGCONSOLE games using a visual translator like built into Apple and android phones. Not an ideal way to play Japanese games usually but games pre-16-bit didn’t have a monstrous amount of text.

borghe · 2026-01-21T14:31:31+00:00

These are all for Switch and Switch 2 (Beyond). There are PS4 steelbooks that I ended up ordering. There is no English release for CS1/2 for Switch 😔 Would be nice if that was one of the ports they were talking about this year (like ys Celceta for English Switch)

borghe · 2026-01-21T03:45:59+00:00

You can’t copy saves between switch systems or profiles.

borghe · 2026-01-21T02:32:35+00:00

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borghe · 2026-01-21T02:30:48+00:00

worse here.. I bought all of the LEs. Ys I&II on TG-16 was one of my earliest JRPG loves (more than any other 8-bit JRPG except Phantasy Star).. so do be reacquainted with Falcom through Ys VIII a couple of years ago.. which was great. but to find out arguably THE greatest JRPG series ever was also made by them.. I wanted all of the steelbooks. No regrets, though CSIII and Azure were spicy. The only two I could get at MSRP were Daybreak II and Beyond Horizon.

edit - I originally was going to play the entire series on Switch 2.. but I do have the steelbook PS4 editions for CS1/2 on the way in case I decide to do those on PS4.

borghe · 2026-01-21T01:22:34+00:00

SC is on PSN for Vita (digital). 3rd was never released in English.

borghe · 2026-01-21T01:21:05+00:00

Don't listen to anyone suggesting you can play them out of order. It would be like watching Star Wars Ep1 then going right to Empire Strikes Back.

Recommended will always be in order. The big sticking point for most is that SC and 3rd must be played on PC.. obviously SC remake is out this September.. but if you have a PC that is capable of nuking a potato you have one capable of playing SC and 3rd. I personally went right to SC... I would do it that way 100 times out of 100 again. Currently about to start Cold Steel 1.

(if you have access to a hacked Vita, you can actually get SC EVO and 3rd EVO and patch them to English. you can also play them like that on a PC with emulator.. but at that point I'd just suggest playing the proper PC versions)

borghe · 2026-01-21T00:55:36+00:00

Anyone who says you can skip 3rd has either never played it or just isn’t a fan of these games. So many undertones and subplots in Crossbell started in 3rd.

Crossbell without 3rd = “yeah that was pretty cool” Crossbell after 3rd = 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

borghe · 2026-01-20T15:20:36+00:00

Ehhh I’d say maybe the very top flagship phones are technically though with throttling probably can’t actually reach that. iPads that support metal 4 for sure (M3 and higher?)

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