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Aitch Emm's Top 10 Favorite Games with write-ups -- cuz its overdue
| trannyscience | Posted 3/30/2007 7:14:59 PM | message detail | #301 |
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"hey! I'm a bigger fan than you are and I'll prove it by showing how
much of a massochist I am! I mean, what's a better what to show how
much I love the game than to remove every fun thing from the game! I'm
hardcore!" --- xyzzy™ "You try anything funny, and my AMP will explode on you." - Luster Soldier |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 3/30/2007 7:15:34 PM | message detail | #302 |
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It lacks a Yuna, too. Ashe can't compare, sadly. =/ Go play FFX again, damnit! D: ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.board8wiki.com/Lady_Ashe |
| Lucid Faia | Posted 3/30/2007 7:18:22 PM | message detail | #303 |
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I've probably put around 200, maybe 300 hours into Final Fantasy X. It
really is just a magnificent game. Great story, interesting characters,
hypnotic music, breathtaking environments, addictive character
building, a brilliant levelup system, and the best turn-based battle
system ever. Overall, this is a great list. Awesome writeups, as usual. --- Rebel. Revolutionary. Disharmonious. UNMUTUAL. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 3/30/2007 7:18:47 PM | message detail | #304 |
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Ugh, FFX. TP would've been a failure, but not nearly as big of one as FFX. --- "I am the Scourge of God, appointed to chastise you! You are wicked, but I am more wicked than you!" |
| FfamranBunansa | Posted 3/30/2007 7:19:29 PM | message detail | #305 |
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Final Fantasy X is indeed the best game ever. --- "Such high hopes I once had...but you ran, and they with you! Alas, your return is too late! Come, Ffamran! Revel in the glory of my triumph!" |
| ZFS | Posted 3/30/2007 7:19:41 PM | message detail | #306 |
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"hey! I'm a bigger fan than you are and I'll prove it by showing how
much of a massochist I am! I mean, what's a better what to show how
much I love the game than to remove every fun thing from the game! I'm
hardcore!" Hah. Indeed. :P Go play FFX again, damnit! D: Writing that actually made me want to play it again, so I started earlier today. It's been about a year since I last beat it, so well overdue for another replay! --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| ZFS | Posted 3/30/2007 7:24:39 PM | message detail | #307 |
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Overall, this is a great list. Awesome writeups, as usual. Thank ya, sir. --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| FfamranBunansa | Posted 3/30/2007 7:27:29 PM | message detail | #308 |
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FFXII is great, no doubt, but it lacks...a Tidus, a Auron, a cohesive story and characters. What about me? --- "Such high hopes I once had...but you ran, and they with you! Alas, your return is too late! Come, Ffamran! Revel in the glory of my triumph!" |
| ZFS | Posted 3/30/2007 7:28:13 PM | message detail | #309 |
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You're good -- but no Tidus or Auron !! --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| FfamranBunansa | Posted 3/30/2007 7:29:35 PM | message detail | #310 |
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There's one thing that I have over Tidus and Auron: *FFX SPOILERS* I never die. --- "Such high hopes I once had...but you ran, and they with you! Alas, your return is too late! Come, Ffamran! Revel in the glory of my triumph!" |
| ZFS | Posted 3/30/2007 7:30:43 PM | message detail | #311 |
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Haha. That was unexpected and awesome. --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 3/30/2007 7:30:54 PM | message detail | #312 |
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Neither does Tidus. ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.board8wiki.com/Lady_Ashe |
| FfamranBunansa | Posted 3/30/2007 7:31:55 PM | message detail | #313 |
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If you want to be technical, perhaps. *FFX SPOILERS* Tidus does go to the Farplane, the abode of the dead, however. --- "Such high hopes I once had...but you ran, and they with you! Alas, your return is too late! Come, Ffamran! Revel in the glory of my triumph!" |
| ZFS | Posted 3/30/2007 7:33:15 PM | message detail | #314 |
| In other news, someone is trying to act like they
made a sequel or something where Tidus didn't [wee hoo spoilers]. What
sort of blasphemous tomfoolery is this?! --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 3/30/2007 7:34:49 PM | message detail | #315 |
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I haven't beated X-2, so I'm not basing my statement off of that. <_< Y'know what's sad? FFX is probably the first RPG I ever finished. P.S. Now that I think of it, there is Pokemon, but grrr that's Pokemon. =/ ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.board8wiki.com/Lady_Ashe |
| ZFS | Posted 3/30/2007 9:17:31 PM | message detail | #316 |
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That's because you play fifty million games at once. >_> --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 3/30/2007 9:20:30 PM | message detail | #317 |
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:( Plus it's because my father never really gave me much opportunity to play games(I rented Majora's Mask, and was unable to beat it because I couldn't get to the first opportunity to save >___>), and my mother didn't give me any at all until I got my PS2. =/ Diablo II is another one, but I'm pretty sure that's it. *scurries off to check his beated games list* ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.board8wiki.com/Lady_Ashe |
| calvinball06 | Posted 3/30/2007 9:37:44 PM | message detail | #318 |
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There are a couple of more things I want to touch on pretty quickly.
The first was that I want to applaud the developers at Square for
ditching the world map -- hallelujah. I don't know about anyone else,
but oversized characters and shrunken towns/locales are not my idea of
finely crafted world. It was fine for its time, but I'm glad it was
ditched. People might call out the game being too linear that way
(which I already covered), but that allowed for the world to flourish,
to be able to be detailed in a way that it wouldn't have if we had to
go to a silly world map. Everything flowed very well. Have you played DQVIII? That's the perfect example of a world map done right in modern RPG's. --- "It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy...let's go exploring!"- Calvin R.I.P. Steve Irwin. You shall be missed ;_; |
| trannyscience | Posted 3/30/2007 9:43:47 PM | message detail | #319 |
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I hate DQ8's world map. way too expansive. --- xyzzy™ "You try anything funny, and my AMP will explode on you." - Luster Soldier |
| ZFS | Posted 3/30/2007 9:55:43 PM | message detail | #320 |
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Well, I've played the DQ8 demo. Let's just say Dragon Quest is not my
sort of thing, although the world did look very nice in screenshots and
such. --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 3/30/2007 9:57:01 PM | message detail | #321 |
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What was wrong with it? I've been meaning to purchase it eventually. ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.board8wiki.com/Lady_Ashe |
| ZFS | Posted 3/31/2007 12:45:39 AM | message detail | #322 |
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It's Dragon Quest !! --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 3/31/2007 12:46:40 AM | message detail | #323 |
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Don't believe HM's lies! --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=33847108 Now playing: Final Fantasy III DS, Rogue Galaxy |
| Undeniable | Posted 3/31/2007 2:57:27 AM | message detail | #324 |
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So, what was your final Suikoden Party in 1, 2 and 3? --- "It doesn't matter if you're wearing blue, red, yellow or polka dots, you'll always be the same loser, and I'll always be THE CHAZZ! - Chazz Princeton |
| Liquid Wind | Posted 3/31/2007 3:49:42 AM | message detail | #325 |
| +1 for acknowledging TTS' badassness :) honestly, MGS has never been realistic, it's cinematic and serious but as you noted it does not take itself seriously. is it more realistic for snake to sidestep a piece of debris rather than leaping backward and throwing a grenade at it? possibly. but what fun would that be D: TTS' only real flaw is that enclosure was removed from the soundtrack, which sucks, but I can deal with it. |
| Liquid Wind | Posted 3/31/2007 3:53:32 AM | message detail | #326 |
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"To Zanarkand." I don't know what got into Uematsu, if even he
composed the piece, but that is one of the most beautiful pieces of
music I've heard in a videogame. I don't think FFX has the best
soundtrack out there, but it certainly holds the best single piece of
music. I have no problem listening to that song over and over again,
especially when you hear it done by a full orchestra. A) yes, it was uematsu. what got into him? I'd ask the same about FFIV-IX's soundtracks on the whole, he's long kicked ass :) B) have you heard this remix of that song? http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00617. I'm not a huge fan of the original, tbh, but speaking of great orchestral arrangements, I do love this |
| Shoenin_Kakashi | Posted 3/31/2007 3:56:13 AM | message detail | #327 |
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Did you replay FFX like a week ago or Yesterday? --- "A Bundy never wins, but a Bundy never quits" -Al Bundy Number of Times Ive No-Sold Attacks in 2007: 4 |
| CantFaketheFunk | Posted 3/31/2007 9:46:15 AM | message detail | #328 |
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FFX's ending theme = the single best piece of VG music of all time. I've thought this for years. <3 FFX. I have a 130-page half-finished FFX fanfiction set 200 years before the game with my own cast of characters that I started back in, uh, tenth grade. I should finish it one of these days. --- Jayne [Shadow Syndicate]: Level 60 Troll Mage, Mug'Thol Level 3X Gnome Warrior, Skullcrusher |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 3/31/2007 9:51:42 AM | message detail | #329 |
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Link that actually works: http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00617/ ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.board8wiki.com/Lady_Ashe |
| LegendarySnake | Posted 3/31/2007 11:38:27 AM | message detail | #330 |
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I have a 130-page half-finished FFX fanfiction set 200 years before
the game with my own cast of characters that I started back in, uh,
tenth grade. I remember reading that! --- "I never felt truly alive until I was staring death in the face." "I'll die...after I kill you." |
| calvinball06 | Posted 3/31/2007 11:38:49 AM | message detail | #331 |
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What was wrong with it? I've been meaning to purchase it eventually. There's nothing really wrong with DQVIII, per say, it is just extremely traditional. There's only four playable characters, it uses the old school turn-based system, you can only save in towns, and it follows that dungeon-crawl-then-visit-town formula. Also, it's just too long for some people. It takes at least 80 hours to beat it, and that's not an exageration. Finally, while the characters are often humorous and the dialogue is well written, the story is very bland. I played it for about 30 hours, and it was incredibly fun. But then for some odd reason I just got bored with it after those 30 hours and put it down. Maybe some day I'll pick up where I left off, and I'll enjoy another 30 hours. --- "It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy...let's go exploring!"- Calvin R.I.P. Steve Irwin. You shall be missed ;_; |
| ZFS | Posted 3/31/2007 1:52:25 PM | message detail | #332 |
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So, what was your final Suikoden Party in 1, 2 and 3? Suiko1 -- Flik/Alen/Viktor; Tir/Kasumi/Stallion Suiko2 -- Sierra/Georg Prime/Flik; Riou/Clive/Killey Suiko3 -- Hugo/Lucia; Chris/Lilly; Geddoe/Sasarai A) yes, it was uematsu. what got into him? I'd ask the same about FFIV-IX's soundtracks on the whole, he's long kicked ass :) Yeah. I wasn't sure if it was him or one of the other people helping him with FFX's soundtrack. Should have guessed given the other genius work he's done. :P Did you replay FFX like a week ago or Yesterday? The last time I played FFX, not including last night, was around this time last year. --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 3/31/2007 1:55:14 PM | message detail | #333 |
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No Viktor in 2? D: D: D: ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.board8wiki.com/Lady_Ashe |
| Undeniable | Posted 3/31/2007 1:58:19 PM | message detail | #334 |
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I never used Georg, he came at 99 for some reason, so I felt like I was cheating. though we have 4/6 the same in Suikoden II. --- "It doesn't matter if you're wearing blue, red, yellow or polka dots, you'll always be the same loser, and I'll always be THE CHAZZ! - Chazz Princeton |
| ZFS | Posted 3/31/2007 1:59:28 PM | message detail | #335 |
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No Viktor in 2? D: D: D: No. Viktor sucks. He was forced into my party in Suiko1, not there willingly. >_> --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 3/31/2007 2:00:56 PM | message detail | #336 |
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Man, you earn so much credibility in this topic, and then it's like you go out of your way to toss it all away. ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.board8wiki.com/Lady_Ashe |
| PumpkinCoach | Posted 3/31/2007 2:03:19 PM | message detail | #337 |
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aww, no Tir in II? --- this is a world, where birds eat horses |
| ZFS | Posted 3/31/2007 2:05:12 PM | message detail | #338 |
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I never used Georg, he came at 99 for some reason, so I felt like I was cheating. though we have 4/6 the same in Suikoden II. Haha. Yeah, there's a glitch that will make some people join you at level 99. Same thing happened to me with Georg, so I made sure to use him, although it's he's not too useful against the last boss due to crappy MDEF. Man, you earn so much credibility in this topic, and then it's like you go out of your way to toss it all away. Saying Viktor sucks does give me credibility, see. Because, you know, he actually sucks in battle. Suiko2 Viktor is a bit better than his Suiko1 form (lol "i cant dodge or hit anything"), but he's still not worth using. --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| ZFS | Posted 3/31/2007 2:05:58 PM | message detail | #339 |
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aww, no Tir in II? I played Suiko2 before Suiko1, so I couldn't do the data transfer. :( --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 3/31/2007 2:07:02 PM | message detail | #340 |
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Who the hell picks their party off of battle skill? Personality all the
way! (Which is why you'll never see Tidus in my FFX party OH BURN) ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.board8wiki.com/Lady_Ashe |
| ZFS | Posted 3/31/2007 2:09:46 PM | message detail | #341 |
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Pfft. Tidus is always the leader of the party, for both personality and battle ability. But, hey, if you don't want the best guardian ever on your team, suit yourself !! --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| PumpkinCoach | Posted 3/31/2007 2:18:13 PM | message detail | #342 |
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IIRC, Viktor in Suiko1 wasn't that bad. His attack was high, and a clone rune solves the accuracy problem. --- this is a world, where birds eat horses |
| Poison_Grunty | Posted 3/31/2007 2:25:07 PM | message detail | #343 |
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Woo, using my last post for this alt! Weren't Alan and Grenseal great? They both came with the Rage and Thunder runes, and they made Flik into an incredible powerhouse with their unite attack. Makes me wish they were able to join in II, seeing as Camus and Miklotov just aren't the same; not a drop of decent magic in the two of them. --- I'm always watching you, Master. RIBBIT! |
| ZFS | Posted 3/31/2007 7:44:55 PM | message detail | #344 |
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Yeah. Teo's buddies were quite good. --- An infinite world. Infinite possibilities. Infinite Undiscovery. |
| ZFS | Posted 4/2/2007 12:36:03 AM | message detail | #345 |
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Pacd mecd ajan? Pameaja. --- Listen to my story. This may be our last chance. |
| Drakeryn | Posted 4/3/2007 1:05:29 PM | message detail | #346 |
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Character-wise, Miklotov is my third favorite from Suikoden II, so I
always use him in my main party. He's quite a decent physical slugger,
even if his magic is on the weak side. --- We're not foolish because we're tools. It's because we're men. - Albedo |
| eclipsedv1 | Posted 4/3/2007 4:51:54 PM | message detail | #347 |
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Needs Phoenix Wright desperately. --- "You cannot even hold a birthday candle to my blazing flame of winning spirit" - Gilgamesh |
| ZFS | Posted 4/4/2007 8:34:18 PM | message detail | #348 |
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Miklotov was your third favorite in Suiko2? You must've liked him a lot. --- Listen to my story. This may be our last chance. |
| Dorobou | Posted 4/4/2007 10:25:49 PM | message detail | #349 |
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Xenosaga 3?!? Only the Semi Style version !! I'm not the one who created a separate youtube account so that he could fill its favorites list with nothing but the Shion shower scene. That's what makes him awesome. Brilliant, cunning, masterful at manipulation and political intrigue. He was a nuanced character, incredibly ruthless yet driven by his own sense of twisted idealism. Pfft. At least Luca came off as a genuine threat. Jowy just kept making me think "okay, so how is he going to blow the perfect opportunity to win the war that Leon gave him now?" I invoke the power of the Glacial Blade! Finishing Strike! Icicle Disaster! Do not invoke such frightening power so casually, you fool! Against all the warnings Semi had given me about how no one can seem to get Valkyrie Profile working on an emulator, I used my ancient emulator technology hax and eventually got everything going smoothly. I consider myself a genius without compare for it, too! We all know him as Heroic Mario, but his true identity is that of the guardian of advanced emulation technology. He is the emulation guardian, HM Kaiser! Semi will try to lie and say some bosses no sell it -- but no one no sells Lenneth. Brahms, Lezard, Surt... Wow, voice acting in a PSX game? Neato. Play Koudelka. Fully voice-acted, and the VA work is really, really good. Anyway, good list, good write-ups, blah blah blah. Make a characters list again. I have more fun with those. --- "Your picture of Stalin riding a Year3 Limited Edition Starflower inside a German concentration camp was both upsetting and historically inaccurate." |
| wavedash101 | Posted 4/4/2007 10:32:02 PM | message detail | #350 |
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Pretty good list HM...I'm happy Jet Force made it ^_^ --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Annoying posters! I am the great wavedash! [no u cru] |
