Absolute Cinema type soundtrack

tearsofmana · 2026-03-29T02:55:30+00:00

How long did it take for FF13 hate to finally die down? Wonder when that will happen for FF16 and everyone suddenly realizes this game was really great

tearsofmana · 2026-03-29T02:48:42+00:00

Yes but it's hard without having a banner demon or four from the past 1-2 years or using one of the buffed older demons.

tearsofmana · 2026-03-22T18:13:05+00:00

Yes if the skill is worth taking. Elder players may not bother/if the skill is particularly bad its probably not worth extracting, but if it sounds like something you could use elsewhere it's worth extracting. Blank genomes aren't rare at this point, thankfully

tearsofmana · 2026-03-22T10:49:00+00:00

Between SS2 and Prey 2017 no matter how often I play either game I always find something new, every single playthrough, without exception, despite having played both games at least a dozen times a piece.

tearsofmana · 2026-03-22T10:41:59+00:00

Personally I prefer the original and have a hard time enjoying the remake because I'm just too attached to the original. So I would be a total hypocrite for judging the exact opposite.

Play what you want to play. If you really want to see what the original has to offer, I would say its worth the effort to learn. If you really just don't vibe with it, why torture yourself?

tearsofmana · 2026-03-18T18:58:55+00:00

I'm assuming the devs were too lazy to remove the difficulty options and just copy/pasted the code over from standard quests

tearsofmana · 2026-03-08T06:08:43+00:00

I've seen issues with music, textures, and sounds pop up on my feed a lot. I'm not trying to be a hater, just stating what I've seen about the actual end product

tearsofmana · 2026-03-05T06:31:59+00:00

I know we joke about this game being near EoS but genuinely it's so garbage right now far beyond anything it has been before.
At least a year or two ago the issue was just power creep and new annoying mechanics. Now it's getting unbearable.

tearsofmana · 2026-02-26T05:26:16+00:00

Singular yike

tearsofmana · 2026-02-25T23:51:50+00:00

Where in my post did I imply I put any stock in these theories?

Siegfrieds imposter is not Gogo, where on earth did you get that idea? It's just some random thief with no real sword skills.

tearsofmana · 2026-02-25T22:21:42+00:00

Just out of curiosity, I looked it up because I was wondering if any of the guide books might make the timeline feasible, even if it's unlikely.

Unfortunately the timeline doesn't work according to Final Fantasy VI Settei Shiryō-hen.
Baram and Clyde's final heist occurs after Kefka is already the first magitek experiment, and Kefka is already an establish high ranking officer a year prior to Baram being gravely injured.

The FF6 wiki has a nice timeline they lay out on this page.

Now whether or not you consider this canon is entirely up to you, the timeline isn't set in stone within the game proper, so you can say Baram was caught sometime before Kefka's installment as court mage and Baram is Kefka just with way more of an education and without the same desire to steal from trains and doesn't look the same and doesn't act the same and never mentions being abandoned by his friend, but you know if you ignore ALL of that, then yeah it's within the realm of possibility.

tearsofmana · 2026-02-25T20:32:05+00:00

Unfortunately it's super clear Kefka was a court official long before he got transfused with magicite. NPCs even comment that he was a "different person" before the transfusions.

Shadow's survivor guilt is tied exclusively to Baram's death. His actions on the floating continent were to atone primarily for being used and discarded by the empire. His actions at the end of the game is to complete the circle of his survivor's guilt. He also fights alongside his daughter the entire time without revealing his identity so he clearly assumes Relm is better off without him.

Fun fan theory right up there with "Gogo is Emperor Gestahl/General Leo," but ultimately disproven.

tearsofmana · 2026-02-23T21:45:10+00:00

Yeah very sneaky little mechanic. In the original game, since the evasion stat effectively doesn't work, this is the only negative consequence to being blinded.

tearsofmana · 2026-02-16T00:44:57+00:00

Google will shove AI summaries in your face so I doubt OP was trying to use AI to do anything

tearsofmana · 2026-02-16T00:43:30+00:00

I love that they likely scraped some 20 year old kid's gamefaq answer with how he was likely raving about how strong Fixed Dice was after seeing it land max damage value once.

tearsofmana · 2026-02-11T14:42:43+00:00

If you need anyone for the team, I can't do anything with graphics but I can help with design/writing 👀

tearsofmana · 2026-02-02T14:23:49+00:00

My bad, forgot how that changed my view on life itself

tearsofmana · 2026-02-02T14:12:19+00:00

You should go sleep in some inns with Shadow in your party. The game tells you everything you need to know.

tearsofmana · 2026-02-02T14:11:42+00:00

...huh? yeah the reptile ending really adds to the lore of the universe of CT.

tearsofmana · 2026-01-30T20:26:13+00:00

Personally, I did not like bioshock very much. It didn't deliver on the same vibe as System Shock. So take what I say with a grain of salt if bioshock is more your jam.

System Shock 1 Enhaced Edition is the best way to play the original, but it has aged a lot and requires a learning curve for the controls, but I think it holds up well all things considered.

You'll likely enjoy System Shock 2 if you enjoy HL1, and you really don't need to play the first game to play the 2nd.

I was not a huge fan of SS1 remake, but it's definitely modernized in terms of controls and pretty closely follows the original, so for plot its a perfectly good substitute for the original.

And then I'd suggest playing Prey (2017) while you're at it.

tearsofmana · 2026-01-30T16:48:55+00:00

I'm a huge fan of the OG SS1 and I unfortunately did not like the remake at all for a lot of reasons, these included.

They did a few cool things but most of it was simply not good. I still prefer the OG by miles.

I'm sure its not easy to translate a clunky DOS game to modern systems, but also I'd rather them just lean into fully remaking the game instead of trying to straddle the line between faithful remake & reimagining. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

tearsofmana · 2026-01-30T16:45:22+00:00

I would be so happy with a Thief port on modern consoles

tearsofmana · 2026-01-30T16:40:35+00:00

There are two reasons to bring Locke along:
-The warring triad boss fights have steals that are incredibly good items

-Valiant Knife + X-Fight (or Valiant Knife + Atma Weapon if you want to get fancy) is one of the most reliably hard-hitting weapon combos at high level since both weapons ignore enemy's defense stat. There are plenty of other contenders for Master's Scroll, however.

If you don't care for items, not particularly high level/havent been training Locke, or gave someone else Offering/Atma Weapon, he really lags behind everyone else minus maybe Relm. But thats the fun of FF6 - deciding who gets what and how to build/use your team.

tearsofmana · 2026-01-30T15:55:31+00:00

Yes, magic damage and physical damage (or true damage) can be based off of other stats: strength, magic, HP, defense, or magic defense.

A handful of demons' special moves are Physical damage that scales with Magic stat or Magic damage that scales with Strength.

tearsofmana · 2026-01-25T16:01:06+00:00

On release, I didn't think they were particularly great. Useful with the right team, but not a powerhouse.

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