The Final Fantasy Series Thread

[Sephiroth]

No, you have a point. He looked a bit 'humanoid'. Was that it?

[thaddeus6th]

Humanoid, and bright and shiny. He looked less like a dragon and more like dragon-meets-transformers-or something like that. That circle thing on his back was a bit pointless.

[Sephiroth]

The glyph? Somehow I liked the glyph, since glyphs were relevant to summoning in the story, but yes, it was the worst he's looked by far.

[Talysia]

Lol, I thought that myself. Overall, the summoning designs have been pretty good, though, especially after seeing some of the artwork. In fact, I like all of the FF designs - character and monster.

[Sephiroth]

Me too, really.

Favourite monster, then? (this should be interesting)

[Talysia]

That's a tough question. Ok, here goes:

Firstly, I have to say Tonberries. Little green monster in a robe with a knife, and it does a lot of damage. From a design aspect, I love the Griffins and Hippogriffs from FFVII, and the same goes for the Ruby dragons in FFVIII.

It's been a while since I played FFIX, so I can't really remember too many of the monsters. FFX, though, I liked the flying fish monsters (I can't remember the names) in Macalania Woods. In FFXII, I liked the Wolf type monsters.

Overall, I'd have to say the Griffin types. I'm a fan of griffins, too.

As an aside, I really dislike Malboros. That bad breath status attack is really annoying when you've only got two ribbons (in FFVII, at least).

[Sephiroth]

Well, I would have to say that my favourites are...

*drum roll*

.......Malboros!

They're a real swine to fight (mainly because of Bad Breath), which I think is why I have so much respect for them. Except in XII, I should say, where they are pitifully small and weak (only the 'Carrot' mark-hunt was decent). And they look great (or horrible). Viscous plants with teeth!

Tonberries, definitely. First time you meet a Tonberry, you're not scared. Every time you meet a Tonberry after that, you're damn scared, at least until you get super-buffed.

Dragon-types are always among my favourites (and griffins are cool, too ). The Chimaeras in the Calm Lands, in X, are pretty fierce-looking. Kyuvilduns, a large, evil grasshopper in the Nibel Mountains, freaked me out a bit by the way it moved. Some of the quirkier ones I liked included the 'eggs inside eggs' that you fought near Costa del Sol, but Magic Pots, I am afraid to say, I found incredibly annoying.

Oh, and I hate fighting them because of their resistance to physical attack, but I have to add Flans. Flans are funny.

Also, those green things you fought in the forest around Mideel, just because of how long I spent there levelling-up.

And the Varuna in X is a sort-of vampire-dragon thing that is very cool to look at.

And Elementals. I love Elementals, they might be my favourite, now that I think about it some more...

[Talysia]

I quite liked the Magic Pots in the Northern Cave, myself - as long as I had enough elixirs. They were great for levelling up materia, as they gave 1000 AP after you destroy them (after you give them an elixir, of course).

Flans are funny! I love the way they ooze apart after you beat them. The Hedgehog Pies are quite funny, too (in Aeris' church the first time), but for sheer oddness you can't beat the Unknown types in the Gelnika.

Actually, I just remembered what might have been the easiest bossfight in FFVII. Gi Nattak, in the Cosmo Canyon Gi cave.

[Sephiroth]

The Magic Pots in the Northern Cave were definitely the best incarnation of them. The ones in the Pharos in XII, though.....did you ever manage to get them to give you anything? I tried giving them Elixir, as they asked for, but then they just ran around constantly until I got annoyed and killed them (their Flare magic was quite potent, too).

I'm really protective of my Elixirs, since they're vital in big optional boss fights, when using an item is the quickest and easiest way to recover from near-annihilation. They kept saying 'Gimme Elixir'. I kept saying 'No'.

The Unknowns are genuinely quite disturbing, I thought, yes. They made the Gelnika feel like a really creepy place...

I remember the Gi Nattak. Didn't it have a couple of floating Fire pylons either side of it? Very easy, but good scene afterwards.

A good boss is the Demon Wall, which makes an appearance in a few of the games. The optional Demon Wall in XII was quite tough unless you were over-levelled.

Bosses, though, that's its own category! Favourite boss would have to be Safer-Sephiroth, but if we ignore end-bosses and optional bosses, the fight with Seymour on Mt Gagazet stands out as a challenging one. And the Elemental Guardians in Memoria at the end of IX were just really cool.

[Lenny]

No word yet on FFVII, but there have been new videos of FFXIII and Versus XIII. Sadly they were shown behind closed doors, so no videos, but we have got descriptions.

TGS07: Final Fantasy XIII trailer impressions - PS3 Fanboy

TGS07: Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailer impressions - PS3 Fanboy

Never fear. TGS doesn't finish until the end of 23rd, so there's still plenty of time for announcements (and boy, are we still waiting for some big ones).

[Talysia]

I wasn't able to get anything from those Magic Pots, either. What a pain they were!

Agreed on the Safer Sephiroth bossfight. That has to be an all time favourite. As for other favourite bossfights, I loved the fights against the Turks in FFVII, as well as the heli gunner fight in the Shinra building. I enjoyed the Seymour battle as well, and the Evrae fight, too, although it was a bit on the easy side. Hmm... What else? I'll have to think a bit on that one.

Wow, thanks for the update, Lenny!

[Sephiroth]

Cheers, Lenny.

Okay, a couple of things jumped out at me:

Final Fantasy XIII

A gunman that seems to have specific mastery over water shoots a crystal, creating a massive water summon. Paths of ice form in the sky, as he rides along on a motorcycle.

Then a massive African-inspired scene provides a stark contrast to the futuristic environments we've seen of the game so far. Fantastic Mammoth-like beasts walk across a river in a scene that could've been ripped out of a Afrika gone slightly astray. Debuting in this new trailer was a brand new female character that stands, staring at a frozen planet orbiting in the sky.

*salivates*

As for Final Fantasy Versus XIII, I would have to copy/paste the whole article! It sounds amazing, although as they say, we haven't seen any of the playable game. Will this be the story we've been waiting for?

Talysia, how could I have forgotten the Turks?! Shame on me! I love those fights, especially the last, optional one. The first time I played it, I didn't fight them, because Reno is so cool, and he didn't seem to want to fight any more. Didn't realise I was missing out on the Tough Ring you can steal from him. Needless to say, I learned my lesson...

[Lenny]

As for Final Fantasy Versus XIII, I would have to copy/paste the whole article! It sounds amazing, although as they say, we haven't seen any of the playable game. Will this be the story we've been waiting for?

Most probably.

I think I'm right in saying that it's the first FF game the Tetsuya Nomura has been part of since FFVII that he's actually directing. Should be one hell of a ride!

You've seen the original FFXIII and Versus trailers, right?

[Sephiroth]

Sheesh, I have now.......

And again, the Versus one is the more impressive. Stirring, even...

I can't wait. The only thing I wish is that Uematsu was still doing the music.

[Mithridelle]

Uematsu isn't doing the music!?! Now that's depressing...