What am I in for?

Refia is a slut.

save often because you can easily accidentally walk into a high level zone without realizing it.

>>385300619
Dungeons while Mini'd. Better grind up some Magic.

Difficult game. Are you playing the DS version?

>>385300619
sending messages to ur friends to get secret shit

A disturbing lack of Onion Knights

>>385300619
Probably the only hard FF.
Just make everyone a red mage until you get the second Crystal.
You can grind shit mobs for job levels if you want new jobs to catch up.
Hope you have Save States for that final dungeon.

>>385300827
>Dungeons while Mini'd
Literally the worst part of the game. I only replayed this game once because of this. I hate the mini dungeons. It's so boring and tedious. It's never hard, just not fun in the slightest.

>>385300619
a reasonably challenging game with a huge difficulty spike halfway through then a fuck-off final boss that you will die to and have to re-do the entire final dungeon several times

>>385300969
>Hope you have Save States for that final dungeon.
I'd never have finished this game if I didn't realize my DS flashcard had a savestate feature.
Like, the dungeon and the bosses aren't even hard. The game making you climb the crystal tower all the way down and back up just to save after a boss is bad design. And you can't just do all the bosses in a row because you will die to one of them due to bullshit RNG.

>>385301208
>bullshit RNG
Speaking of which
>Just about every enemy in the game can inflict a random status ailment with their regular attack

>>385301107
I actually did that all in one try thinking that I would eventually get to some sort of save point. Wasn't expecting to win, but at that point I had a party of 2 ninjas and 2 sages with some powerful magic and tons of fuma shurikens.

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comfy gam

>>385300619
The best final fantasy if you are playing the DS remake.

>>385301284
That and having a bunch of Ethers is pretty much the only reliable way to get through it.
Sucks if you want to use one of the oddball jobs.

The most forgettable entree in the series. Fucking everything is generic

>DS version
Isn't the PSP version better in every way? If I remember correctly it doesn't make you talk to friends to unlock the last dungeon, has better FPS and has a speed-up feature.

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>>385301301

>4 bards cast requiem for max damage on bosses
so hard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b7sSfcXrnU

>>385301508
Every FF game has a cheesy way to win.

Oh btw monk is the most broken class in the game all the way up until you unlock black belt at almost the end of the game, but even then you have to grind up the job level for it to surpass the monk since by that time your monk will be around max job level and black belt won't surpass monk for a long time. Honestly it's hardly worth it unless you want to do the optional super boss.

>>385301429
Yeah it's way better than the DS version.

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How fucked am I?

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Wished they would do a proper game with this level of graphics

>>385301392
It's not generic, it's I N F L U E N T I A L

>>385300619
Played the DS Version, didn't find it tthat hard, but i did some grinding here and there.
The final dungeon was a joke with grinding and i never got a game over.

>>385301739
>Not switching Refia with Ingus so it looks like he's resting on the side of the screen.

>>385301739
Seems like a pretty good party setup. Not fucked at all, although I would change Refia another sage.

>>385300619
I still remember beating the final boss on a plane ride to Chicago

My whole party was dead except for Ignus who was a ninja and I had him throw one of the few shuriken i had because I knew he was probably gonna die the next turn and it ended up dealing the 9999 I needed to beat her.

My Luneth was dead weight because I had him as a Dragoon but I loved the dragoon class too much to ever change him out

>>385301769
this makes me sad. I just want a lovely looking classic final fantasy game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek8jEw4N6gI

>>385300783
No shit, I played it for like 30 min and already died because I enter some cave and got wrecked in 1 or 2 hits... Was a couple of months ago so maybe I should try it again.

>>385301873
Dragoon is only useful for the Gauda boss or whatever the name is.

>>385301392
That applies to all the games before VI though.

>>385301960
>IV
>generic
>forgettable

>>385301976
You heard me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2rHkiwWN40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoZOavlnCkU

Glorious music

>>385301026
Yeah, they're pretty horrible. I don't like them at all.

>1: Make sure everyone has at least one magic offensive class under their belt. Mini Dungeons suck ass
>2:Jobs level up just as quickly against goblins as they do against the final boss, save that the goblins die quicker, and you thus get fewer actions. Mini can be a boon here.
>3: If the game seems to be really pushing a class, just do it for a while.
>4: Save often, and don't get lazy. Haul your ass outside, save, and use a tent whenever you feel like you need one
>5: Save your Ethers and Elixers. Don't use one when walking back outside and sleeping is an option
>6: Don't be afraid to stick with an early class if it is working well, just because you got an "upgrade". You'll have to grind that level up, and some such classes still have niches you might miss.
>7: By the same token, don't keep using a class if it isn't working.
>8: GRIND YOUR JOBS
>9: No, seriously, grind your jobs. You will die horribly if you try to use your fancy new Viking class at rank 1 against the same shit you've been up against. Go smash goblins for a few minutes, or hang out in a Mini Dungeon for a while.
>10: Potions are cheap. Use them. Buy lots of them. Outfit your characters with imaginary beer-hats, but with potions in them instead. Guzzle a dozen after a fight. Save those spell slots for a rainy day of bad RNG

>>385300619
boredom

and with an asshole last dungeon where if the final boss fucks you up, you need to thrudge through that shit all over again

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>>385301813

Also Scholar and Thief are the fucking best. Both are Job Lvl. 99. I recommend people to do the same until the Earth Crystal boss screws you over.

>>385300619
Make sure you go against every wall, especially inside castles.

>>385300619
Asshole who is going through every FF right now and recently completed 3 here.
Pretty decent game until you get mini'd. After that, I liked the game a lot until the very end where I started hating the boss rush. Overall, it's a fun game but the story feels generic as shit if you have touched any other FF product. If you are like me, and are also going through these games, I will note that IV is a massive improvement almost immediately.

>>385300619
A lot of fun if you enjoy playing video games.

A lot of frustration if you enjoy "playing" (((video games))).

>>385302370
Is that the boss that changes his weakness midfight?
I remember having a scholar and half my party dead. I threw a random item at him and it happened he just changed his weakness to that item right before my action. It dealt a billion of damage and killed him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbUJQO9CZhA

THE FEELS

>>385302436
>IV
You mean V right? IV is nothing like III.
I was actually tremendously disappointed when I picked up IV DS after finishing III DS. I'm glad they brought back the job mechanic in V.

>>385302512
Hein was on the Floating Island, anon. Defeating the Earth Crystal Titan gives you new classes such as Ninja, Sage, Summoner etc.

I just kept my Scholar bro and defeated Garuda with him.

>Scholar can erase buffs from enemies if you study them
>Damage Items deal double the damage
>Thief with Steal provides new items for my bro

>>385301429
>>385301697
I hope you like slow loading times :^)

>>385300619
A game which is made obsolete by FF5. Still a decent game though. Music is good. Job level grinding is tedious even more in the remake.Cast is very dry why even bother making them characters if by the time you defeat the fire genie they rarely interact.

>>385303045
>playing games from the UMD

>>385303124
How is FFV? I'm about to beat IV, and am either going to that next or going back to I on the PSP.

>>385303045
>not downloading FF3 on your PSP
Anon...

>>385303295
Similar to III but with a better job mechanic.

Oh, and no 3D remake :^)

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>>385301960
>talking shit bout V

>>385303349
I plan to go with the phone port that got put on Steam because I hate myself. Is it really that bad?

>>385303259
>>385303321
>FF3 PSP
>UMD
It wasn't on UMD, you mongrels. And not only that, but FF1 and 2 on UMD was a better experience than FF3 on my memory stick. Fucking thing had a few seconds of delay for opening up the menu every time you opened it. And then you'd be given a loading screen every time you moved from a town -> overworld -> battle etc.

>>385303452
Yes.

There's no other way to put it. Play the patched GBA version. You can play it on your 3DS with an injected rom.

>>385303452
It's fine gameplay-wise and the music is good.

But you just want to stab your eyes with the shitty graphics and lazy animations. Just play the GBA versions with graphic/music hack.

>>385303514
Dunno, try raising the clock speed of your PSP. Worked on my machine.

>>385303295
Very good. If you liked FF1 and 3 style of game. FF5 not only it improves the job system by gaining abilities through certain levels but, also allowing classes to become hybrids which added a whole another level of depth to the game. There's also other gameplay improvement from 4 that'll you'll notice right away like being able to see your atb bar.
>>385303452
If you can look pass the ugly sprites outside of the enemy sprites then its not bad its just the gba game on the Iphone.

FF1 - ps1
FF2 - psp
FF3 - psp
FF4 - ps1
FF5 - gba restoration patch
FF6 - gba restoration patch
FF7 - steam re-release
FF8 - ps1
FF9 - ps1
FF10 - ps3 remaster
FF12 - your choice, people like to suck off Zodiac Job but it doesn't matter much.

>>385303729
>FF1 - ps1
>FF4 - ps1
explain

>>385303729
>FF8 - ps1
>FF9 - ps1
>FF10 - ps3 remaster
These games are on Steam too. How come FF7 is the only one recommended for Steam?

>>385303837
The original translation for FF4 on SNES is terrible and anyone who disagrees with this is nostalgia blind. The PS1 version is the closest you can get to the original game with an actual translation. As for FF1, the GBA port is pretty awful for obvious reasons and the PSP version just lowered the difficulty even more for no reason. You /could/ play the patched NES version but why bother when the PS1 version exists.

>>385303837
I don't about FF4 on the Ps1 but, if you want the original feel of the nes FF1 without playing the nes game then the closes you'll get is the ps1 version.

>>385303889
Not him but the Steam port of FFX is very poorly optimized.

>>385303889
IIRC Steam FF8 came with some kind of trainer, probably not recommended for people with no self control.

>>385304093
Hold up, I thought the PSP version is pretty highly regard?

>>385304385
Fuck meant for>>385303729 and talking about FF4 here.

I remember I encountered some bug at the end that made you unable to fight the cloud of darkness and thus incapable of defeating the game. Can't remember what it was though, it was a long time ago.
The rest of the game was pretty fun though.

>>385304325
This is actually really important to me. The reason I'm playing FFV injected in my 3DS is because it is the only way I have to not have access to save states.
I need help.

>>385304385
PSP has the PS1 translation but they absolutely ruined the visuals. It also tacked on some fan-fiction to the end if you are into that, and comes packaged with The After Years which is a sequel to 4 but it's pretty shit and not worth playing unless you are really desperate for more.

OH GOD

FOR ALL THE PEOPLE PLAYING FF3:

CHANGE PARTY MEMBER FORMATION TO GET MAIL FROM MOGNET AND TO UNLOCK SIDEQUESTS

>>385304510
>they absolutely ruined the visuals
lolwut
PSP version of FF4 looks pretty much perfect. It wasn't until iOS that they started to make shitty player character sprites. The only reason to play PS1 version is for MUH DIFFICULTY

>>385300619
Im a bit confused. Is ff3 on the ds the same as the NA release ff3? The one on snes?

>>385305123
No, FF3 on DS is the FF3. NA release of FF3 on SNES is FF6.

>>385304325
yeah but so did FF7

in fact i'm not even sure FF8 did, but i know 7 did

>>385305065
You sure you mean the DS version?

>>385305361
Ok thanks, was about to buy it and glad i asked first.

>>385305614
FF8 sure did have one, called Magic Booster which basically will break the game in half without any effort from you.

>>385305123
If you don't want to get confused forget about the retarded NA names altogether.

Play it and find out.

>>385303729

>Being this clueless

All the PS1 versions of 2D games are shit, as are the Steam versions
All versions of VI except SNES are shit, you can't "restore" the SNES resolution and music with a patch you fucking retard
All ports of FF7 are shit, even with "patches"
FF10 remaster looks like ass
DS remakes are great

Correct choices are

FF1 - PSP
FF2 - PSP
FF3 - DS/PSP
FF4 - DS
FF5 - GBA
FF6 - SNES
FF7 - PS1
FF8 - PS1
FF9 - PS1
FF10 - PS2

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>>385300726
>that one doujin that involved choo choo sex with Refia, Arc and Luneth

>>385307727
>FF4 - DS
PSP is also good and has more content.

>>385307727
>FF4 DS
>There is no music restoration patch for ff6 on gba
>Complains about the music and resolution of ff6 on gba but recommends ff5 gba unpatched
>claims both ports of FF7 are shit despite the steam rerelease running objectively better but insists on using the only version with the terrible translation because it was the first (and probably only) final fantasy he ever played
>ignores all the significantly positive changes the ffx remaster introduced because MUH GRAFIX
How can one person be this wrong about everything?

>>385307796

No it's not. PSP version of 4 is a shitty port of the flawed GBA version, complete with braindead, impossible to lose difficulty, but now with added extremely awful looking 3D cutscenes that somehow look worse than the in-game graphics on the DS version. It also has shittier writing that isn't consistent with the sequel, which was based on the DS version.

>>385307727
>you can't patch music in a video game
Do you have any idea what a patch is? How the fuck do you think translation patches replace text? Why on earth would you not be able to replace music? I'm responding to bait right now, aren't I

>>385301960
Final Fantasy II is often so hated due to the fact it isn't generic.

>>385307430
But He Who Shall Not Be Named hasn't shown up yet?

>>385308051

Only someone whose musical incompetence is off the charts would recommend the music """patch""" for GBA FFVI. It literally makes it sound even worse than the already awful sounding GBA version.

You can't make the GBA soundchip produce SNES quality music, even on an emulator, you goddamn retard.

The GBA version of 5 is recommended because, as any FF music connoisseur would know, that port did a good job with the soundtrack, and the SNES soundtrack wasn't nearly as finely composed and sampled as the FFVI soundtrack in the first place. Also, the GBA translation of V is extremely good, while the GBA translation of VI is a downgrade from the original.

As for FF7, anyone with any clue about video game graphics will immediately notice that the PC port runs on ancient Direct3D "technology" from the 90s, which means everything from shading to visual effects looks like COMPLETE GARBAGE. And there is no fix for this.

Finally, the FFX remaster contains NO positive changes. None. The only "new content" was already there in the International PS2 version, it was only missing from the US release. And if you're going to play FFX today you'll be emulating it and getting the complete version anyway.

>>385300619
Bravely default?

Not much actually, anon.

>>385308310

You can patch the music to change it, but you can't make the shitty GBA soundchip produce SNES quality music any more than you can make your NES emulator replicate PS2 music, you idiot.

It's disgusting that there are still people who are so musically retarded that they think using the music patch for GBA FFVI is acceptable.

>>385300619
One of the better FF, great soundtrack, challenging difficulty. Very comfy overall.

>>385300619
>A bunch of gimmicky dungeons where you have to traverse the whole thing with a particular status ailment.
>A really bare-bones job system with no transferable skills and underwhelming variety
>Tons of grinding thanks to a few bullshit bosses
>A terrible final dungeon

Just move on to FFV, honestly. Or FFT. Those games handle the job system a whole lot better.

>>385307794
I'm gonna need a name , dude

>>385300969
FFIV DS was also a nice challenge. Is FFIII worth it ? Hard FF games are rare to come by because most are fucking messes by the end.

>>385309187

>Not knowing this character and artist

How new are you?

The worst final dungeon ever. You'll cry tears of agony.

>>385300969
>>385309382

FFIV DS is much harder yet also more fair than FFIII. That guy just clearly hasn't played it.

FFIII isn't hard, there's just a lot of RNG and long dungeons with no savepoints.

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>>385300619
A bad remake of a good game. I suggest you play this game instead.

>>385309535
One word: Garuda.

>>385309517
IV DS is bullshit unless you abuse augments. Fuck the moon and it's enemies with boss-tier health.

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Does FF3 on PSP still suffer from load times if I'm playing it on my Vita?

Otherwise this shit is about to happen. Very excited, had no idea this game was on PSN

>>385309630
Most PSP games have reduced load times if they're played digitally and since the Vita is digital only...

>>385309709
Awesome. Downloading.

>>385309517
>tfw IV is your favourite
>played every version of it
>breeze through DS easily

>>385300619
completed on DS
It was hard but fun, you'll have a nice journey for sure. :3
also TURN THE FUCKING SOUND UP, ost is god-like

The Steam version is the definitive one. The UI is phone shit, but it has access to Onion Knight and other dead online features, and the graphics are much better.
There's a mod to make the UI slightly less shit.

>>385310265
>but it has access to Onion Knight and other dead online features, and the graphics are much better
And so does the PSP version, anon.

>>385309387
on the final fantasy doujin, you spare

>>385308606
>Whole problem with ff6 is the music
>restoration patch makes the music significantly closer to the original
>claims its somehow worse to make his argument sound better
>goes on to claim the re-translation (read: an actual translation) is worse than the original because nostalgia blindness
>Claims the ff6 gba soundtrack sounds awful but then defends the ff5 gba soundtrack despite it having the exact same problems
>muh grafix again despite this being a ridiculous claim
>refuses to read the word "re-release" because it doesn't support his claims
>FFX remaster contains no positive changes because I never played it so what I say goes
You aren't the brightest bulb

>>385310410
The Steam version has far better graphics than the psp version

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>father is a blacksmith
>she is a blacksmith apprentice
>people still draw her as a cute mage
Not that I am complaining, but...

>>385310618

I took the time to explain to your uneducated ass in great detail why all your points are wrong. You can keep making stupid posts saying "no u", or you can educate yourself, which will likely be a very long and arduous journey for you given your extremely low starting point. Either way, have a good day.

>>385310792
>>385308606
I know I'm responding to a troll, but next time try not to sound so pretentious. It comes off as really obvious and you aren't going to get as many (you)s as you could be getting.

>>385308863
>Tons of grinding
Yeah, Final Fantasy.

>>385310996
Literally no other final fantasy ever required you to grind
FF3 has an insane RNG and difficulty spike right at the end. You can breeze through the game at lvl 40, then suddenly you need to be lvl 60 to not have your entire party get oneshot by a single aoe spell.

>>385311115
which version of the game are you talking about here?

>>385311167
Both versions of FF3 have bullshit difficulty, just in different ways.

>>385311167
Both. NES version has all the last bosses cast Meteo and oneshot everyone, and the DS version has bosses attack twice per turn and randomly oneshot a character or more. Only way to prevent this is to be high level to have enough HP

>>385310938

The reason I'm only getting replies from you is that everyone else knows I'm right.

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>>385303729

Why do you make this so difficult?

Spoilers for every game:

FFI - NES (Do you want a censored space station)
FFII - Famicon (Do you want censored slaves shackled to dead slaves, dismantling the first time you learn the Emperor is a horribly evil?)
FFIII - Famicon (The protagonists being kids is essential for the story to work. Also Job fatigue is shit.)
FFIV - Anything will do, because it's shit, so why not the SNES to see what people actually fell in love with?
FFV - Super Famicon (No Faris verbal tick or anything superfluous to distract from the story's weight.)
FFVI - SNES re-released cartridge (Because only Woolsey Terra is god tier. Also musc and the rest of the translation. However the Sketch glitch needs to be avoided by using the new release.)
FFVII - PS1 Original Eidos PC release for the best official translation to date and Yamaha sounds, that Uematsu intended. If you can't get both stick with PS1.
FFVIII - PS1
FFIX - PS1 (The upgraded models clash with the backgrounds.)
FFX - PS2 (The game having bad resolution and blurriness just adds to its quality every year, making the game more dreamlike, fitting the themes. This perk also applies to Majora's Mask and no other game in history.
FFXII - PS2 (Zodiac Job System sucks. Just place your own restrictions, if you want them.)
FFXIII - PS3 (Problematic PC ports.)

See? No need to fret over every little thing. Just make it easy and play each original release. It's what I did.

>>385300619
Getting ambushed by huge enemies who have two actions and might just decide to skullfuck your party with two AoE spells in a row. OR you might luck out and be able to traverse an entire dungeon without encountering a single enemy.

>>385312617
Kill yourself

>>385300619
easy as fuck if you're not a retard

tip: you can change gear midbattle without wasting a turn

This is considered one of the hardest FF games?

Are you playing the DS version or the mobile version?
mobile version lets you get all the online exclusive items without doing the online shit

That twink guy in the party? what's his name? I forgot

>>385313663
Arc. Same name like the guy from Terranigma.

>>385313729
didn't he have the hots for that prince?

>>385300619
nice classic JRPG without a heavy focus on story and an actual difficult final dungeon

>>385301606
This is SO GOOD. I almost wish the surface world stayed that way, instead of being restored as soon as you beat Kraken.

>>385300619
the joy of only being able to save on the overworld, unless you're emulating

Each arm on each character has a secret level that goes up the more you attack with it. So if you put a shield in the left hand and later switch to dual wielding the left won't be as strong.

>>385314290
wait
for realsies?

>>385314251
that's cheating!

Honestly one of the worse FF. The games loves giving the feeling of freedom to be whatever you want but it always loves forcing you in dungeons and fights where you are force to be classes. Like mini dungeon or the boss fight where you need to be Dragoons. There's little to really like because for every good it does it somehow fuck it up in some way.

>>385314527
Yeah its a hidden stat. Look up ff3 melee proficiency. Its only in the remake.

>>385313317

Not him, but you first. Nothing in his post is objectionable. A man of educated taste, though a bit too purist in regards to the first 5 games.

>>385315304
>not him
Suuure

>>385304125
worked fine for me, even with the 4k upscale mod and tedus face fix

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>>385300619
>semi-random turn order

Have fun watching a boss go last, deal massive damage to your team, and then on the next turn go first and wipe them.

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Refia is cute! Cute! So is the whole cast

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>>385316697
>she
'She' wasn't always a she, m80. You are homo. Homo!

>>385315352

Of course I'm not him, I'm >>385307727

bye bye ff3