Board 8 > Leonhart plays lots of Final Fantasy games! [spoilers] [nostalgia] [squall]

(+) Yeah! (+)

I didn't say "most overrated," I said "one of the," so there's not just one correct answer for that!

(Tales of Symphonia isn't even really in the discussion anymore anyway. I hardly ever see anyone talk about it these days)

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That's a relief.

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You and I are still going to play it together one day regardless, just so you know!

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LeonhartFour posted...
You and I are still going to play it together one day regardless, just so you know!

Reasons to go to Georgia:

1.) Meet Leon

Reasons not to go to Georgia:

1.) Spend more than a few hours with girlfriend's parents

2.) Play Tales of Symphonia with Leon

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Remember it's all about quality rather than quantity!

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True. Plus there's a Subway in Alpharetta where one of the employees owes me a beer, so quantity is tied anyway.

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I might be spending some time in Alpharetta in the near future, too!

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Make sure you head back to Edea's house so you can win the Edea card from her (She's the only person in the game who carries her own card)

PuPu! And all other monsters I guess, but PuPu is the only other one who carries his/her/its own rare card! (Aware that's not what you meant, but I feel the need to provide inappropriate card trivia)

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LeonhartFour posted...
I might be spending some time in Alpharetta in the near future, too!

Oh yeah?

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PuPu is really the game's only "rare" card in the sense that there's literally only one. You can use the Left Diamond Girl on Disc 4 to get back any and all other "rare" cards as often as you want except for that one.

I don't think I've actually ever bothered to complete that sidequest, now that I think about it.

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Is FF9 really that overrated? I still see about as many haters for 9 as I do for 8, say. Admittedly I don't pay attention 'cause I don't really care what board 8 thinks about games, but still!

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From: Eeeevil Overlord | #111
I still see about as many haters for 9 as I do for 8, say.

Where are you going that you see this? Maybe on other boards, but Board 8 definitely loves FFIX disproportionately! NCAA Games II showed that pretty nicely.

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"PuPu is really the game's only "rare" card in the sense that there's literally only one. You can use the Left Diamond Girl on Disc 4 to get back any and all other "rare" cards as often as you want except for that one.

I don't think I've actually ever bothered to complete that sidequest, now that I think about it."

This is true. Particularly annoying since the PuPu card refines really nicely, but a perfectionist can never touch it. And someone who isn't a perfectionist is unlikely to bother to get it in the first place!

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Eeeevil Overlord posted...
Is FF9 really that overrated? I still see about as many haters for 9 as I do for 8, say. Admittedly I don't pay attention 'cause I don't really care what board 8 thinks about games, but still!

As far as Board 8 is concerned, last I checked there were more "IT'S SUCH A SHAME FFIX ISN'T RECOGNIZED AS GOD" users than "OMG SHUT UP ABOUT FFIX IT SUCKS" users.

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From: Jeff Zero | #109
Oh yeah?

Yeah, I'll let you know if I figure out anything solid.

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I won't lie, I don't follow NCAA games on the grounds that NCAA scares me, so I can't comment on that. All I know is that any time someone makes a topic on FF9 it seems like loads of people go in specifically to say they hate it.

This is vague and anecdotal I know, but it's almost 3am here in my defence, plus I don't really care that much, it's my own opinion (and the opinion of people I care about the opinions of) that matters!

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PuPu isn't hard to get at all.

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<Luke voice>

I care.

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I know the PuPu sidequest isn't hard. I've just never bothered with it. I'm not a big sidequest guy in most games. Definitely not a completionist.

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LeonhartFour posted...
I know the PuPu sidequest isn't hard. I've just never bothered with it. I'm not a big sidequest guy in most games. Definitely not a completionist.

It kinda surprises me that you aren't like that at least for FFVIII though.

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FF8's one of the more painful ones to be a completionist freak for, though <_<.

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Eeeevil Overlord posted...
FF8's one of the more painful ones to be a completionist freak for, though <_<.

Well if we're counting Devour as a source for maxing stats then it's probably somewhere in the top 1%, yeah. Otherwise though...

...eh hell, you're still right.

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From: Jeff Zero | #120
It kinda surprises me that you aren't like that at least for FFVIII though.

Honestly, most of FFVIII's sidequests are boring and don't have much in the way of reward. I'll do stuff like Deep Sea Research Center, Centra Ruins, etc. because they're neat and you get some good stuff out of them.

But crap like the Obel Lake sidequest? No thanks.

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LeonhartFour posted...
From: Jeff Zero | #120
It kinda surprises me that you aren't like that at least for FFVIII though.
Honestly, most of FFVIII's sidequests are boring and don't have much in the way of reward. I'll do stuff like Deep Sea Research Center, Centra Ruins, etc. because they're neat and you get some good stuff out of them.

But crap like the Obel Lake sidequest? No thanks.

Ah, that makes a difference. So long as you're doing the big meaty ones I'm not as surprised. Those are the fun ones too.

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And honestly, the only reason I even bother to do Chocobo Forest stuff is so I can get the Ragnarok on Disc 4. I'd probably never touch that thing otherwise.

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LeonhartFour posted...
And honestly, the only reason I even bother to do Chocobo Forest stuff is so I can get the Ragnarok on Disc 4. I'd probably never touch that thing otherwise.

dun-dun
dun-dun
dun-dun dun

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Although I've probably come closest to doing everything (as far as sidequests are concerned, not ridiculously perfectionist freak stuff) in FFIX. I'll never do anything like try to get the Excalibur II because speed running in an RPG is a big "no thanks bro," but FFIX's sidequests are generally pretty good.

(Chocobo Hot & Cold is overrated though, yeah that's right I said it)

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Overrated?

What is the rating that it is over?

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It's more of a mid-tier level sidequest, not top tier level stuff like some people on Board 8 hail it.

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It's upper-mid imo

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Well, there's Triple Triad, and then there's everything else.

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LeonhartFour posted...
Well, there's Triple Triad, and then there's everything else.

I really can't top-tier a game I have to actively rally against allowing the AI to further complicate as the plot progresses. I think we've discussed this before and yeah, it's not as hard to ensure those crazy rules don't come to pass as most claim but it's still kind of a crippling blow to me when I'm thinking of top-tier sidequests.

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If it's not top tier, than nothing is top tier except Triple Triad, and maybe blitzball.

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pjbasis posted...
If it's not top tier, than nothing is top tier except Triple Triad, and maybe blitzball.

<Tidus voice>

"Blitzball!"

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East block in the front row!

Fifth from the right!

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"Zanar, I said to myself. What the hell were your parents thinking?"

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From: pjbasis | #135
East block in the front row!

Fifth from the right!

You can't be thinking, "Hey there's a cute girl on the front row fifth seat from the right" because when you do that you lose

You heard it here first cute girls ruin everything

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From: Jeff Zero | #134
<Tidus voice>

"Blitzball!"

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I always felt like that part of the game was really unpolished and featured the worst minor character voice acting.

2...3...

Teach us how to blitz!

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I've been...a big fan of yours...from the very beginning!

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You should do it! For us!

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The reaction to this poll result on B8 tells you everything you need to know about FFIX's status here:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4185

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FFVIII doubling up FFIX was even more beautiful.

Good days all around.

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^When was that?

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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3487
May 2009

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For some reason I forgot IX was even in that contest.

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Looking at those matches makes me tremble in desire at the thought of FFVIII in a 1v1 games contest.

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Gonna get rolling on this soon.

Don't expect a massive update all at once after the game's beaten though. I'll probably update gradually over the next few days in between ME3 sessions. Don't want to overwhelm you guys too much...!

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Disc 3 beated

Should be able to finish up the game in the morning before ME3 gets here!

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