Im Going To Play A FF Marathon, help me stay with it, Please?

[JakeM]

Ive already started to play 7 (I played for the first time last year), and then I plan on playing 4,6 and then 9. Ill use cheat codes for the SNES games since I can use those. The trailer for 15 got me so pumped up. I felt weird last night, playing it, and then a Louisianan friend shared a story saying another plant blew up. Scary. Ill play Kingdom Hearts again after this, really excited for the third game being made.

[bigbacon]

I don't understand why you'd play a marathon and then cheat...

Any why not start at #1 and go forward?

[JakeM]

I don't understand why you'd play a marathon and then cheat...

Any why not start at #1 and go forward?
I really love Game Genie. I want to hit the high points of the series. Ive played 1, it was good, but I didnt like 2 and maybe I should play the DS version of 3 somehow to see how it is. Should I really play 8? 10 and 12 I should play too. The only ones I wont play are 11 and 14.

Man, 7 was ahead of its time with the way things went in the 00's. No way it would have been made during that decade.

[bigbacon]

thats what I don't understand, marathon but you play like the popular ones only. 8,9,10,12 are fantastic. Honestly 7 is over rated.

[wiggyx]

Ive already started to play 7 (I played for the first time last year), and then I plan on playing 4,6 and then 9. Ill use cheat codes for the SNES games since I can use those. The trailer for 15 got me so pumped up. I felt weird last night, playing it, and then a Louisianan friend shared a story saying another plant blew up. Scary. Ill play Kingdom Hearts again after this, really excited for the third game being made.

What? Cheating in FF? Lame. At least play them in order.


I really love Game Genie. I want to hit the high points of the series. Ive played 1, it was good, but I didnt like 2 and maybe I should play the DS version of 3 somehow to see how it is. Should I really play 8? 10 and 12 I should play too. The only ones I wont play are 11 and 14.

Personally, I'd play 1-9 and leave it at that. IMO, 10 is a snooze fest and any after that fall between "blah" and "crap".


IMan, 7 was ahead of its time with the way things went in the 00's. No way it would have been made during that decade.

What?

[bigbacon]

i'd only really skip X-2 and then 13/13-2

7 was good but its just not OMGBBQ good. I just gets the praise because it reinvented the genre and was the first 3d one. It is long and tediuos game. I've never been able to play through it a second time without getting bored while still on disc 1

[JakeM]

Didnt think Id run into people not liking 7 so much. I didnt play it as a child or young teenager, its not nostalgia that makes me like it. I really love the characters and story. I even kinda really like the Lego styled characters on pre rendered backgrounds. THE MUSIC! Oh my god, Square has made some amazing soundtracks, and this is one of them. I want to mix things up, it doesnt matter when I play the games, theyre not related by story.

One thing I dont like about FF 7 is that Aeris/th is so focused on with Cloud in the story. I dont want to like her, I want to like Tifa, maybe the Christ archetype for Aerith makes me step back from her. But Tifa is just my type. Shes a strong kick boxer, cares abotu the world, smokin hot, and she cares about the guy even though they grew up together and she didnt friendzone him. I guess it does matter how you answer questions, last time I played it I got Tifa on the date, and I plan on getting her again on it. I didnt like how CLoud wasnt so into her until the end.

[JakeM]

14th try to get on the swinging bar, finally made it!

Aeris found out the truth about me and Tifa :S oh well, shes totally in the friend zone. If this game is ever remade by SE then they need to build up the possibilities more on how you treat Tifa and Aeris. I wish Jessie was more expanded upon, I liked her more this time around, maybe she could have survived the explosion and got to the jungle gym? Just a thought for the inevitable remake theyll do one day to keep the company alive.

I didnt know I could go into that love hotel until it was too late :/ Ill look up a video of what happens.

EDIT: Man, that was hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTNfRHZuB2s

[Double Ugly]

Go for it man! Don't listen to the naysayers, just have fun. If you want to see the best the series has to offer youre doing it right IMO. If you want to play the other ones later then do it. You would probably lose interest if you did 1-10 in order (I would lose it too & fast).

[kupomogli]

If I was going to play a marathon I'd start at the first like everyone has mentioned. Also there's really no need to cheat on the first game since it's not difficult at all. Final Fantasy 2 the NES version isn't really difficult as long as you go where you need to go. Make sure to remember where they tell you to go and if enemies are way too difficult where you're at then you went the wrong direction.

Final Fantasy 3 on the NES is a massive grind fest and battles are so slow. It's like when in combat, characters attack and move atleast two times slower on FF3 compared to FF1 and 2 which makes that grind that much more painful. I'd say skip this game altogether. It's garbage. If you're playing the DS version it's just as much of a grind fest and while classes are more useful, it's just not a fun game. If you do play it and don't cheat. Have fun grinding after every single new area. Also changing into toads, mini, requiring the use of one specific class per area, etc. Such a garbage game.

Final Fantasy 4 I'd recommend playing the PSP version if you have the option. Don't play the GBA version because it's just bugged. If you can't play the PSP version then play the PSX version. If you can't play that then go for the SNES. Final Fantasy 4 is the one PSX port that has load times just as fast as the SNES game. The reason why I say to play the PSP version is that it's got all the extra dungeons of the GBA version but none of the bugs. It also includes Final Fantasy 4 The After Years. The After Years is meh for the first nine chapters, each of them lasting around 30 minutes to an hour, and I'd recommend to stick with it, because the final chapter when you get all your characters together consists of a very well balanced 10 hour long final dungeon and it makes trudging through the rest of the chapters worth it. Like the how the other remade games got randomized dungeons, this one is a non randomized dungeon with bosses from each and every game in the series starting with more difficult versions of FF4 then 1-6.

Final Fantasy 5 don't play the PSX version. Either emulate a translated SNES copy or play the GBA version. The PSX version has poor load times. Same with Final Fantasy 6. SNES version or GBA version. Then play 7, 8, 9, and 10-2. Don't listen to all the haters. 10-2 is amazing. The gameplay and the quests more than make up for the story. I'd skip every other main Final Fantasy. 10 is probably the best of the worst, but 11, 12, and 13? Garbage.

FF12 does everything right except the gameplay, the gameplay is horrible. You might as well not even play the game because the game will play itself. If you do play 12, you'll want to leave healing and skills up to you and have gambits take character of attacking whoever the leader attacks. Don't use magic because magic is a joke. It costs so much and even if the enemy is weak against it, doesn't take much more than your attacks, and you'll be in need of your magic for healing. The one magic spell you want to have with all your characters is blind. Cast blind until it works on every boss. The reason for this is that bosses attack three or four times to your one since after every turn, it doesn't even start the ATB until quite awhile, even if you put the next action into queue. Every boss and every enemy doesn't seem to have this bullshit restriction. It's like Matsuno did everything good on this game, then had a fight with Square Enix because he wanted to have Balthier as the main character and they wanted someone that people could relate with so they added a Vahn who lives on the streets and follows the crew the entire game. Yeah. Way to go. But it's like Matsuno did a great job and Squaresoft whoever took over fucked everything up by ruining the battle system and making it fucking worthless. If you get blind early game, then early game is going to be grindy as hell when you a shit ton of money to upgrade your equipment. And once you get Penello back? Use her points to see what the weapon and armor list looks like so you can go straight to where you need to in order to equip stuff.

Combat and the license board just ruins Final Fantasy 12. I'd recommend against playing it. One of the worst in the series. Sub par RPG.

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If you play games in the Final Fantasy series that aren't part of the main series in your FF marathon.

Mystic Quest is a great game. It's an easy game, but it's good. Dirge of Cerberus has a poor story, but it's a fun third person shooter. Crisis Core has sub par story and sub par gameplay, but if it's your first time playing you'll probably like it. Skip the Crystal Chronicles games. Never played The 4 Warriors of Light or Revenant Wings.

Then if you go into spin off games. The Chocobo Dungeon games are very good rogue like games. On Chocobo Dungeon 2, if you have a second PSX controller here's a hint. Turn the character to CPU controlled and if you really need help, turn the second character to 2P control. When on 2P control, the second player can move around as many turns as they want and attack once as long as Chocobo doesn't move. The enemies won't move either. So move the second player to the enemies, attack, then move out of range, move Chocobo, then repeat.

Chocobo Racing > Mario Kart. Not the best Kart racer as I've heard Crash Team Racing was really good and never played it, but Chocobo Racing doesn't penalize you for being a better player like Mario Kart does.

[bigbacon]

12 is either a love it or hate it. I had it pre-ordered so I had it day one. Spent some time with it and absolutely hated it. Put it on the shelf for like 8 months and then one day started again and absolutely loved it. Though 13.....I still can't do. I'd put 13 on like the far end of the garbage spectrum, like not even close to 10-2 which was bad but honestly not even close to 13.

I should try and finish 10-2. I have a save game at the last part but my characters were so junk, they can't survive it. Time to start over and use the nicely packaged hint book that came with the nice artwork book.

[Rickstilwell1]

Final Fantasy III for NES actually can be very nice, but only if you play it at 2x speed in an emulator. Something about the slow speed of 8-bit RPGs makes you lose the patience to complete them so turning up the speed really helps increase the fun.

[JakeM]

Final Fantasy III for NES actually can be very nice, but only if you play it at 2x speed in an emulator. Something about the slow speed of 8-bit RPGs makes you lose the patience to complete them so turning up the speed really helps increase the fun.

Hey......YOURE RIGHT! And that reminded me I can increase the speed of my battles in FF 7 too! Thanks, this will decrease the hours of grinding.

[Einzelherz]

Final Fantasy III for NES actually can be very nice, but only if you play it at 2x speed in an emulator. Something about the slow speed of 8-bit RPGs makes you lose the patience to complete them so turning up the speed really helps increase the fun.

I must be strange. I played FF3 on my NES and loved the pacing. There are only two rules for that game: Don't ever run from battles and Un-mini yourself inside mini dungeons when it lets you.

FF2 on the other hand is a chore for me. I stopped just after the snow cave and can't bring myself to go on. This is mostly cause I've finished it on Dawn of Souls already.

My little quest was to play through each game on its original platform. Since I did that in FF1 a decade ago (didn't beat chaos though) I'm counting it. So just FF2, FF4 (got really close), FF5 (finished GBA ver), and FF8 to go.

[JakeM]

Thought Id liven it up by posting screenshots.

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[JakeM]

5 picture limit, oh well. I really wanted these ones up too.

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[FieryReign]

Good luck in your quest of boredom...

[Parodius Duh!]

Play a real RPG like the Dragon Warrior games.

Final Fantasy is an overrated series, 7 sucks if you ask me and looks like blocky shit. 6 (or 3, whatever) is the only FF Ive ever actually enjoyed. 5 is great too I like the class system in that one.

All the recent FF's since 10 are total typical RPG shit if you ask me. Squaresoft needs to retire this series for good.

[bigbacon]

Hey......YOURE RIGHT! And that reminded me I can increase the speed of my battles in FF 7 too! Thanks, this will decrease the hours of grinding.

this is one of the reason I really like FF12 and the gambit system. You could just sit back and relax most of the time and enjoy the story. Hell did the auto fight thing over a 24 hour period and got everybody up to like level 90 something and breezed through the game.

[skaar]

I like the part of the story where he goes off into a little bit about his friend telling him about exploding plants.

It's the little things.

[JakeM]

Play a real RPG like the Dragon Warrior games.

Final Fantasy is an overrated series, 7 sucks if you ask me and looks like blocky shit. 6 (or 3, whatever) is the only FF Ive ever actually enjoyed. 5 is great too I like the class system in that one.

All the recent FF's since 10 are total typical RPG shit if you ask me. Squaresoft needs to retire this series for good.

Did you not like the story? I think its great. The graphics are like late mid 90's computer games, but I kinda really like it because theres no other games that have Legos characters thats not a cash in on other franchises. If you have friends who want to play Lego Batman or Star Wars, tell them to play this. Genova freaked out this friend of mine last night.

Maybe people either hate or love RPG's due to what time in their lives they play them? Also which game era they play.


Another thing, a friend of mine is playing The Witcher 2, ( which the characters and other things have god horrendous names!!!!!!!) and there just too many options in that game to me. In Final Fantasy 7 theres enough, but theres a solid story line that you get through and theres not all these "ooooh what if I do this or that!?"

[Daltone]

In Final Fantasy 7 theres enough, but theres a solid story line that you get through and theres not all these "ooooh what if I do this or that!?"

You mean there's no RPG elements, leaving you with a battle system that is a turn based grind fest and a totally rigid plot about teenagers with big hair?

Ahem. Yeah, actually, whilst I don't like JRPGs (and I say this having played a fair few) I actually thought FFVII was one of the better ones.

[JakeM]

You mean there's no RPG elements, leaving you with a battle system that is a turn based grind fest and a totally rigid plot about teenagers with big hair?

Ahem. Yeah, actually, whilst I don't like JRPGs (and I say this having played a fair few) I actually thought FFVII was one of the better ones.

Theres too many side options in games now a days with games like Skyrim, instead of a game that has a million different side quest dungeons that will take a year to get through, why not make a game with a plot that will take a year to complete?

With FF 7, theres no way to stop someone from dying in the game, theres no second ending, some other things are trivial so they can happen differently, but its all one singular experience.

I found this exchange so funny I missed it the first time and restarted from the first Genova fight to get back to this so the haters would laugh at it

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[Rickstilwell1]

Theres too many side options in games now a days with games like Skyrim, instead of a game that has a million different side quest dungeons that will take a year to get through, why not make a game with a plot that will take a year to complete?

With FF 7, theres no way to stop someone from dying in the game, theres no second ending, some other things are trivial so they can happen differently, but its all one singular experience.

I found this exchange so funny I missed it the first time and restarted from the first Genova fight to get back to this so the haters would laugh at it

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Even Beyond the Beyond which came before Final Fantasy 7 on the Playstation had a way to stop someone from dying and then they rejoin you, that being the character Percy. It's funny how a game that got bad reviews but a cult following could do something that a highly praised game couldn't do. Even Suikoden came out nearly a year before Final Fantasy 7 and had all the character recruiting complexity with plenty of events that determine the life or death of characters.

The big thing about Final Fantasy 7 was that it was one of the first RPGs to go 3D in third person. It's not a bad game at all, but it is not the best either. I think the main attraction to the game is that many people find the cast of characters to be likeable, moreso in the official art than the pixelated models in the game itself.

[JakeM]

The reason why she dies is to save the planet, if she doesnt die, then the planet is doomed.

The game is one cohesive story, not a story that can be changed all the time due to you going off to another country to get someone else instead of someone else. You end up playing through everywhere, not wasting a bunch of the developers time by not exploring all those extra places. Whats the point of making a 10 million dollar game if only a few thousand play through all that 10 million worth, when millions of people played through only half the world? I think companies are going to learn this pretty soon. Just leave the huge side missions and things of that nature to modders.

[Daltone]

Theres too many side options in games now a days with games like Skyrim, instead of a game that has a million different side quest dungeons that will take a year to get through, why not make a game with a plot that will take a year to complete?

Skyrim is, put bluntly, a load of pants. Get hold of Planescape Torment, BGII or Ultima VII. BGII has some of the best side quests in any game going. It's not about dungeons and grinding, it's about stories within stories and being able to make your character react how you would like. Hence, Role Playing Game.

Anyway, yes, JRPGs. You'll get a slap on the wrist around these parts if you forget that vital letter "J".

As for games with one long plot - I believe they are called adventure games. The best involve you both pointing and clicking, sometimes at the same time. No silly grinding, just lots of lovely puzzles.

EDIT: Yeah, the point of this was to say that whilst I can't stand JRPGs, FFVII is one of the better ones I've played. I don't understand why it gets bashed so much.

[JakeM]

Yeah the major difference between JRPG and WRPG is story vs combat. If you dont like the story, you wont like a JRPG 9 times out of 10. I really love the story in FF 7, and I feel bad for people who dont see how it all plays out.

[Daltone]

Yeah the major difference between JRPG and WRPG is story vs combat. If you dont like the story, you wont like a JRPG 9 times out of 10. I really love the story in FF 7, and I feel bad for people who dont see how it all plays out.

.......... say what? This is madness. Did you type that naked with a towel over your lap?

[JakeM]

.......... say what? This is madness. Did you type that naked with a towel over your lap?

A pink one. ;)

[Daltone]

A pink one. ;)

Sounds legit.

[Aussie2B]

Yeah the major difference between JRPG and WRPG is story vs combat. If you dont like the story, you wont like a JRPG 9 times out of 10. I really love the story in FF 7, and I feel bad for people who dont see how it all plays out.

I love Japanese RPGs, but, in general, I have no interest in Western RPGs whatever. Yet I value gameplay far more in my RPGs than story. In fact, I'm the first to acknowledge that many of my favorite RPGs have weak, if not poor, characters and story, such is the case with pretty much every Star Ocean game, and that's my favorite series in all of gaming.

So yeah, you may want to consider the fact that not all people value the same things in games.

As for FFVII, I didn't find the characters or plot of the game very appealing, but what really killed the game for me was the shallow, slow battle system with its mind-numbingly easy difficulty level. If an RPG offers neither strategy nor action, it's failed in my book.

[JakeM]

As for FFVII, I didn't find the characters or plot of the game very appealing, but what really killed the game for me was the shallow, slow battle system with its mind-numbingly easy difficulty level. If an RPG offers neither strategy nor action, it's failed in my book.

Well, in America at the time there really werent hardcore JRPG players yet, so that probably made them have an easy battle system. I find it to be really good, very accessible for a beginner player, and thats why it was able to sell millions of copies. If the combat were like Saga games, no way would it have selled as much. What about the plot wasnt appealing? That theyre ecoterroirsts? Anime inspired?

And Ive decided to play FF X too in this marathon.

[Aussie2B]

They're just unlikeable, shallow characters and the plot is really convoluted and dumb with loads of plot holes. Has nothing to do with specifics like how they look or the fact that they're terrorists.

There were fans of Japanese RPGs in the US prior to Final Fantasy VII, they just weren't in great numbers. (And they still weren't in great numbers after FFVII. The Final Fantasy series itself may have been popular in the US from that point on, but just about every other Japanese RPG getting released was still very niche.) I had already been introduced to RPGs long before FFVII with the original Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy, and FFVII didn't come close to matching the favorites I already had in the genre (Chrono Trigger, Lufia II, Super Mario RPG, etc.).

There's a lot of middle ground between the extremes of FFVII and SaGa, as far as battle systems go. Take Chrono Trigger, for instance, since I already brought it up. It's fairly easy itself, and even has its roots in the Final Fantasy ATB system, but it's not easy to quite the level of FFVII, plus it moves really fast and has lots of interesting things that change up and keep you on your toes. Each character has a distinct battle identity, bringing something different to a party, and every party combination is unique thanks to double and triple techs. Lots of attacks have a specific kind of range, so it's always worthwhile to keep in mind what kind of formation the enemies are in (and since they move around, this can change from one moment to the next). And just about every boss has a unique way of attacking and/or receiving damage, necessitating a different strategy.

FFVII? You can get through virtually the entire game mashing on the confirm button to select "Attack" over and over.

[Daltone]

They're just unlikeable, shallow characters and the plot is really convoluted and dumb with loads of plot holes. Has nothing to do with specifics like how they look or the fact that they're terrorists.

There were fans of Japanese RPGs in the US prior to Final Fantasy VII, they just weren't in great numbers. (And they still weren't in great numbers after FFVII. The Final Fantasy series itself may have been popular in the US from that point on, but just about every other Japanese RPG getting released was still very niche.) I had already been introduced to RPGs long before FFVII with the original Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy, and FFVII didn't come close to matching the favorites I already had in the genre (Chrono Trigger, Lufia II, Super Mario RPG, etc.).

There's a lot of middle ground between the extremes of FFVII and SaGa, as far as battle systems go. Take Chrono Trigger, for instance, since I already brought it up. It's fairly easy itself, and even has its roots in the Final Fantasy ATB system, but it's not easy to quite the level of FFVII, plus it moves really fast and has lots of interesting things that change up and keep you on your toes. Each character has a distinct battle identity, bringing something different to a party, and every party combination is unique thanks to double and triple techs. Lots of attacks have a specific kind of range, so it's always worthwhile to keep in mind what kind of formation the enemies are in (and since they move around, this can change from one moment to the next). And just about every boss has a unique way of attacking and/or receiving damage, necessitating a different strategy.

FFVII? You can get through virtually the entire game mashing on the confirm button to select "Attack" over and over.

Aussie2B - how do you feel about Vagrant Story?

I think it is fair to say that it was the look of FFVII that kept me playing. It is simplistic, but it didn't seem a lot worse than Grandia or Breath of Fire IV. Maybe I have got it all wrong though.

[Aussie2B]

Never played it, but I'm looking forward to giving it a try whenever I get around to buying it. I actually won an auction for it on eBay recently, but the seller flaked out and disappeared (I never paid, thankfully, since his PayPal account wasn't working). I haven't bothered to try to win another auction for it since.

[JakeM]

I was just giving an example of a very tough type of game. FF 7 can have a number of ways to play, if you read up on stuff and use materia. The flexibility is cool. When you see how the story plays out you understand why the characters are the way they are.

[Aussie2B]

I'm not into all those silly self-created challenges with 15-letter acronyms in which you avoid using half of the stuff in the game just to try to squeeze a little difficulty out of it. I expect the developers to give me a nice, balanced difficulty from the get-go, where I can get the full experience of the game while still getting some moderate level of challenge. Although I did once replay the game to give it a second chance and tried to somewhat rush through it, only buying whatever new equipment I could afford and never stopping to grind for money or anything. Even then, it was brainlessly easy, so I knew it wasn't a matter of me be over-leveled the first time through or anything like that.

And I have completed the game. As I just said, I even replayed it, so I know how the story plays out and I know about all the different types of materia and such. Doesn't make a difference to me, it's still an RPG that I didn't find all that entertaining.

[badinsults]

I'm sorry, but if you need to cheat to get through Final Fantasy VI, you suck at video games. You should find an easier hobby.

[GarrettCRW]

And you're using cheat codes on FF4 and it's the US FF2 version, you may qualify as mentally impaired.

[JakeM]

Im pretty sure Square wanted a hit so they made it an easy to access game, theres things for people if they want depth, so its all up to you. Any RPG can be really tough if you dont grind or carry limited potions.


I'm sorry, but if you need to cheat to get through Final Fantasy VI, you suck at video games. You should find an easier hobby.

That is a bad insult.

[JakeM]

For an update, I played some of FF X since a buddy had a copy and I wanted to give it a test, and I really love the characters, so Ill use his cheat disk to play that game, yes Im a cheater, but damn it that grid system we both have a passionate hatred of. I think he got that disk just for FFX and another game too. So Im at Nanaki's village and Ill finish up his trial by the time I am set to leave for the night. I just need to get outside and I missed a big thing yesterday as I mostly slept at odd times. This weekend I plan to be outside more, but Ill get through the first disk well before the end of next week. Ive been grinding a lot so thats kept me busy in the game.

[Gameguy]

If I'm going to do a Final Fantasy marathon I'll just be watching playthroughs on Youtube, only a few of the games seem interesting enough to play through. It's even faster than cheating through the mediocre games.


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[JakeM]

:/ Cant wait till I get the sub and then the air craft. Ill upload more screenshots later. This was funny to me how it always happens when you dont want it to.

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[JakeM]

I'm sorry, but if you need to cheat to get through Final Fantasy VI, you suck at video games. You should find an easier hobby.

And you're using cheat codes on FF4 and it's the US FF2 version, you may qualify as mentally impaired.

Im really really really really pissed off right now, because I lost a save file that included a TON of level grinding before I left disk one, so now Im either going into disk two quickly and weaker or having to do the grinding over again. So Im going to address these comments and other things that Ive seen online about Virtual Console/Miiverse comments.

Not everyone has played the same game over and over for 20 years.

Not everyone had Nintendo Power growing up.

Not everyone experienced these games before the internet was available.

I hate seeing people pick on others for asking if Samus can crouch, or other bullshit comments above. FUCK YOU! I havent played FF 4 before, so shut your god damn fucking mouths about people fucking being mentally handicapped. People like you get mentally handicapped kids when theyre older. My mom knew a guy who kept picking on a kid with problems, guess how his kid was born? If youre gonna go into a thread about this stuff dont fucking try to fucking put me down. People like you make people not enjoy gaming and make them leave it and think gamers are scum, because youre scum. I can fucking god damn play these games the god damn way I choose to, because theyre mine AND I WANT TO HAVE FUN AND NOT INTERFERE WITH MY LIFE!

Im also not a morning person.

[jperryss]

And not everyone cheats just because they need to. Sometimes cheating makes the game more interesting, fun, etc. Like the GG mega-jump codes available for many games.

[Daltone]

Wah wah wah why does no one love me?


Please see here - http://www.thelogbook.com/earl/2012/05/06/calm-the-beef-min/ (I do miss PDF's posts)

[JakeM]

Uh, im not clicking on that. Did I break the record for most curse words in a post?

[Daltone]

Uh, im not clicking on that. Did I break the record for most curse words in a post?

It's a blog. There's nothing dodgy about it.

Also zomgyeah you r so cool!!

[badinsults]

Im really really really really pissed off right now, because I lost a save file that included a TON of level grinding before I left disk one, so now Im either going into disk two quickly and weaker or having to do the grinding over again. So Im going to address these comments and other things that Ive seen online about Virtual Console/Miiverse comments.

Not everyone has played the same game over and over for 20 years.

Not everyone had Nintendo Power growing up.

Not everyone experienced these games before the internet was available.

I hate seeing people pick on others for asking if Samus can crouch, or other bullshit comments above. FUCK YOU! I havent played FF 4 before, so shut your god damn fucking mouths about people fucking being mentally handicapped. People like you get mentally handicapped kids when theyre older. My mom knew a guy who kept picking on a kid with problems, guess how his kid was born? If youre gonna go into a thread about this stuff dont fucking try to fucking put me down. People like you make people not enjoy gaming and make them leave it and think gamers are scum, because youre scum. I can fucking god damn play these games the god damn way I choose to, because theyre mine AND I WANT TO HAVE FUN AND NOT INTERFERE WITH MY LIFE!

Im also not a morning person.


I got Final Fantasy II (US) for my 11th birthday, I believe. No Nintendo Power, no previous experience with RPGs, no game genie. I got to the part where Cecil became a Paladin on the first day. It was a magical experience.

As I said, if you need to cheat to get through these games, you should find an easier hobby. Perhaps learning a new language, like English.

[GarrettCRW]

Not everyone has played the same game over and over for 20 years.

Not everyone had Nintendo Power growing up.

Not everyone experienced these games before the internet was available.
I've actually never cleared the US FFII because I first sat down to play through it all and got lazy/heard about the "real" version, and at the time I didn't have any issues of NP handy, nor did I use much in the way of walkthroughs. And it was a breeze. (I was damn near finished at the time, too.)


I hate seeing people pick on others for asking if Samus can crouch, or other bullshit comments above. FUCK YOU! I havent played FF 4 before, so shut your god damn fucking mouths about people fucking being mentally handicapped. People like you get mentally handicapped kids when theyre older. My mom knew a guy who kept picking on a kid with problems, guess how his kid was born? If youre gonna go into a thread about this stuff dont fucking try to fucking put me down. People like you make people not enjoy gaming and make them leave it and think gamers are scum, because youre scum. I can fucking god damn play these games the god damn way I choose to, because theyre mine AND I WANT TO HAVE FUN AND NOT INTERFERE WITH MY LIFE!

Im also not a morning person.

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Nae need t rub ur nipples about it.

[Gameguy]

I can fucking god damn play these games the god damn way I choose to, because theyre mine AND I WANT TO HAVE FUN AND NOT INTERFERE WITH MY LIFE!
I just find it weird how you're saying you're having fun, but you posted this thread asking people to convince you to keep your marathon going. If you were having fun why were you thinking of quiting it? And to finish your marathon you're cheating through it.

In a way it's sort of like Lance Armstrong. He set a goal to win the most Tour de Frances of any rider, and made sure to blood dope enough to get it done.

You can play your games any way you like, I just thought it's a bit strange. I do just watch playthroughs of some games rather than play them, I didn't make that up. I'd rather just not play games that I don't enjoy playing, it's not like I'm paid to review them or anything.

[Daltone]

I do just watch playthroughs of some games rather than play them, I didn't make that up. I'd rather just not play games that I don't enjoy playing, it's not like I'm paid to review them or anything.

I have to confess that I've started doing that to some extent. Anything that I am not sure about getting I'll watch ten mins of a playthrough on youtube (as demos seem to be tricky to come by in some cases). On occasion the game has looked terrible to play, but strangely interesting (like City of Lost Children on the PS1), and I'll end up skipping through the playthrough to have a look at it.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Im really really really really pissed off right now, because I lost a save file that included a TON of level grinding before I left disk one, so now Im either going into disk two quickly and weaker or having to do the grinding over again. So Im going to address these comments and other things that Ive seen online about Virtual Console/Miiverse comments.

Not everyone has played the same game over and over for 20 years.

Not everyone had Nintendo Power growing up.

Not everyone experienced these games before the internet was available.

I hate seeing people pick on others for asking if Samus can crouch, or other bullshit comments above. FUCK YOU! I havent played FF 4 before, so shut your god damn fucking mouths about people fucking being mentally handicapped. People like you get mentally handicapped kids when theyre older. My mom knew a guy who kept picking on a kid with problems, guess how his kid was born? If youre gonna go into a thread about this stuff dont fucking try to fucking put me down. People like you make people not enjoy gaming and make them leave it and think gamers are scum, because youre scum. I can fucking god damn play these games the god damn way I choose to, because theyre mine AND I WANT TO HAVE FUN AND NOT INTERFERE WITH MY LIFE!

Im also not a morning person.

You need to dial those displays of aggression aggression towards other forum members way WAY back.

Consider this your warning.

[JakeM]

Are you saying to relax, Frankie?

I was more talking to the people out there including writers at Kotaku who made fun of people who asked help on the Miiverse for help in Super Metroid. A video game columnist made fun of people saying they jsut werent as good as video game players way back in the olden days. I dont like it when people do that kind of stuff, keeps the whole invisible wall up in peoples minds who should be able to play games. Ive dealt with that too much and I lost a whole lot of progress at the worst point in the game to lose progress. So yeah, the lost save file rage was going through me. I havent played much of the game since that writing just because I didnt want to have to go through it again.

Im sorry you thought it was only at forum members. Im sorry if those forum members who called me retarded were scared by my words.

I dont think Im going to continue the marathon.

[Daltone]

I dont think Im going to continue the marathon.

Why not just skip to the next game?

How many did you actually complete?