Any Final Fantasy fans?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Sumac

AFAIK, no.
Outside of some possible facelift they should be about the same.

I was going to play the PSP FF IV because of the facelift and apparently a couple of bonus dungeons, bosses... but man, the music in the FF Pixel Remasters is pretty breathtaking by comparison. The PSP FF IV just sounds like SNES MIDI music.

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I was going to play the PSP FF IV because of the facelift and apparently a couple of bonus dungeons, bosses... but man, the music in the FF Pixel Remasters is pretty breathtaking by comparison. The PSP FF IV just sounds like SNES MIDI music.

Here's mod, which, supposedly, can replace PSP OST with the one from Pixel Remasters.
Haven't tested it myself.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Sumac

Here's mod, which, supposedly, can replace PSP OST with the one from Pixel Remasters.
Haven't tested it myself.

I've tested it and am almost halfway through the game now!

To be clear, I've managed to patch the mod to the FF IV Complete Edition for PSP to give it the orchestral music from the FF IV Pixel Remaster version. I've got it running on my laptop and was able to hook it to my 80" TV which I can play with my PS5 controller and a 15 foot cord. Plays beautifully!

I've been on a Dragon Quest and now Final Fantasy kick for a little minute now. I did Dragon Quest I & II HD 2D Remix back-to-back (great games!) and then I'm kind of playing DQ VIII on 3DS here and there while also playing FF III Pixel Remaster and now FF IV Complete Edition (PSP). I'll probably get through about FF V Pixel Remaster by the time Dragon Quest VII Reimagined drops in February.

[sdp]

These are the FF games I've played and in the order I've played them:

VII, I NES, IX, VIII, I&II (GBA), Tactics PS1, IV GBA, VI PS1, X-2. I don't think i've played any other FF game since I was an early teen haha But I think I've played most of the great ones, the only oness I finished were I, IV and VI.

Too bad all the rereleases Squarenix does are terrible, i'd pick them up again but I like the 8 bit graphics on FF 1 and i don't know the pixel remasters look odd for the SNES games.

[ssjup81]

I’ve played some of them, but not as many as I would’ve liked. I’ve played…

Final Fantasy IV (US II)
Final Fantasy VI (US III)
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy XI
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy XIV

I missed out on XV, wasn’t too interested but it hadcrossover stuff in XIV. I did want XVI, though, but life has gotten in the way. I still haven’t fully played through the Dawntrail arc of the game, despite having had it all this time.

The reason I never played like VII, VIII, or X was because I didn’t have a PSX at the time, I had the N64, but my friend did. When I finally got a PS2, he lent me some of his PSX games. I never got around to VII, the overshadowed VIII, and the underrated IX, which I had the most interest in. It definitely didn’t disappoint. Great game. I wanted X at the time, but didn’t have the money.

[Andrew NDB]

XV was awful. A great big dumb suicide melodrama. Then XVI went the same route!

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

XV was awful. A great big dumb suicide melodrama. Then XVI went the same route!

In all honesty, I knew nothing of XVI, just that it was online as well. Well, at least I managed to get that car mount from XV in XIV.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

In all honesty, I knew nothing of XVI, just that it was online as well.

XVI is not online. You basically only have 1 extra party member, ever, and a dog that doesn't help much. And 90% of the game is watching long movie sequences where it occasionally asks you to mash the X or square button at the right times to advance the movies.

HORRIBLE game.

Well, at least I managed to get that car mount from XV in XIV.

What I didn't realize when I played XV is that in the endgame content you can change the car into a flying vehicle. Though I'm not entirely sure how "endgame content" even works in XV since the main character suicides at the end.

Also, the main character in XV was a character in Tekken 7. Likewise, the main character of XVI is a character in Tekken 8.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

XVI is not online. You basically only have 1 extra party member, ever, and a dog that doesn't help much. And 90% of the game is watching long movie sequences where it occasionally asks you to mash the X or square button at the right times to advance the movies.

HORRIBLE game.

Dang, I thought it had online elements.

What I didn't realize when I played XV is that in the endgame content you can change the car into a flying vehicle. Though I'm not entirely sure how "endgame content" even works in XV since the main character suicides at the end.

Well at least there’s that.

Also, the main character in XV was a character in Tekken 7. Likewise, the main character of XVI is a character in Tekken 8.

This I knew. I know some were complaining of the slots being occupied by FF characters that don’t fit in the Tekken universe. It’s like Ronaldo in Fatal Fury City of the Wolves. Salvatore was a weird addition but it oddly works since Salvatore is literally a character. Also, the guy who plays that Salvatore character is an actual SNK fan have been since he was a kid. Ronaldo, he doesn’t fit at all. >_<

[Mad Dog McMutt]

I own and have beaten 1-9 except for FF8. I have tried to play to the end of that game a couple of times and I just can't do it. I actually dislike everything about 8. There is nothing likeable about it except for the music. I also have a whole bunch of spin off Final Fantasy games.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Mad Dog McMutt

I own and have beaten 1-9 except for FF8. I have tried to play to the end of that game a couple of times and I just can't do it. I actually dislike everything about 8. There is nothing likeable about it except for the music. I also have a whole bunch of spin off Final Fantasy games.

8 was impossible for me until I realized I was completely playing it wrong. Once I figured out you're supposed to bank items or whatever into characters and that was what made them strong (and not purely leveling) it was a breeze. The card game from 8 is way better than the one from 9, too.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

8 was impossible for me until I realized I was completely playing it wrong. Once I figured out you're supposed to bank items or whatever into characters and that was what made them strong (and not purely leveling) it was a breeze. The card game from 8 is way better than the one from 9, too.

I knew about the mechanics and I still didn't like them. My problem was getting burned out before I managed to play through it all. I thought the card game in 8 was good until they start making all of these crazy rules later on in the game.