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[Darvi]

I am mostly annoyed by the fact that I lost my save after that one sequential climax boss.

That and the fact that I couldn't go anywhere without running into one of these bonus bosses. Seriously, I found almost all of them entirely by accident.

[Levi]

I didn't really like FFX.  Something about the whole game annoyed me.

FF8 (which I know, the combat mechanics sucked) and FF6 are still my favorites.

[Scaraban]

... since I have no idea who Cameron is, I'll go with the Avatar whose technological progression makes more sense.

Which is to say Avatar, the Last Airbender. Odd choice, but interesting.

James Cameron, the person behind the other Avatar.

[Pnx]

The blitzball minigame in FFX was one of the best in the series. I had as much fun with it as I did the chocobo racing/inbreeding game. Although once you got Tidus up to par the game was basically just about passing it to him and sphere shotting it into the goal.

[JoshuaFH]

The blitzball minigame in FFX was one of the best in the series. I had as much fun with it as I did the chocobo racing/inbreeding game. Although once you got Tidus up to par the game was basically just about passing it to him and sphere shotting it into the goal.

Blitzball was SO FUN, though it was a tad broken in that the rewards were shit except for getting Wakka's thing for his super weapon, and the occasional Dark Matter; and the enemy AI was silly to the point of always being walked over. I limited myself to only using the original team of Aurochs, and still steamrolled them, even if it was more challenging.

I got a little attached to them though, I still want a T-shirt that says "I *heart* Datto!"

[Siquo]

Oh that could be it....
I'm going to try and run it from my SSD tonight, see if that speeds up the loading/saving times significantly.

Oh. Oh my. DF loads and saves so effing fast... 

[Akura]

Working out the ramifications of a culture where murder is not only an acceptable method of improving one's social status, but the expected method is surprisingly fun. This is why I love worldbuilding.

If you've ever watched the War Planets(called "Shadow Raiders" in Canada due to laws against the word "war" in children's cartoon titles), Planet Bone has this as their method of changing leadership.

Spoiler: They even have a fun little rhyme for it. (click to show/hide)

You snag the throne, you rule on Bone
The guy who dies is food for flies

Anyway, re: FFVII grind: This is why you play on emulators ♫

Fastforward button. Also known as "Oh hey Imma grind 6 hours worth in console time in like a 1/5th or less realtime." Speed up command makes JRPGs so much more bearable, heh.

Screw the 1/5th of 6 hours(too lazy to do the math). I used a memory hack program to set Cloud's EXP to 1 million. Turns out when other characters join, their level scale towards Cloud's(1 million EXP put clout at level 79, Aeris joined at L69). And then I hacked materia to high levels too.

[Frumple]

Well, I was specifically not going as far as outright cheating

I usually do cheat up infinite money in... well, most RPGs that have infinite money sources, really. Gets me neat loot while both saving time and -- usually -- making the game a bit harder, since I'm lower level than I would be had I ground my way to the loot naturally. That tends to be as far as I go, though.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Fastforward button. Also known as "Oh hey Imma grind 6 hours worth in console time in like a 1/5th or less realtime." Speed up command makes JRPGs so much more bearable, heh.

Screw the 1/5th of 6 hours(too lazy to do the math). I used a memory hack program to set Cloud's EXP to 1 million. Turns out when other characters join, their level scale towards Cloud's(1 million EXP put clout at level 79, Aeris joined at L69). And then I hacked materia to high levels too.

Somewhat defeats the point, you'd be as well just disabling battles altogether.

I like the feeling of accomplisment that comes from kicking the Midgar Zolom's ass without breaking a sweat.

And having Beta really makes the next disc or 2 simple.

[Vector]

Exactly.  I wanna play FFXIII because Sazh looked so damn awesome.

Ah... well.  Maybe I'll just borrow it from a friend, if I have friends with vidjagames by then.

[OwlEpicurus]

I couldn't bring myself to play FFXIII for more than a few hours.  I never noticed before how important towns are to a game's pacing.  Without them it felt like one long slog through a never-ending dungeon.  However, I may go back to the game this summer.  I won't exactly have anything else to do, and I am interested in learning more about some of the characters, including Sazh.

I spent way too much time with FFXII.  I have three main save files for it on my memory card from different playthroughs totalling over 230 hours.  I think I still have ~3 major boss fights left in the furthest one, too.

[Bauglir]

I was so sad when I lost the memory card I had my main game on. I was about 2/3 of the way through Yiazmat*, too.

*Is it cheating, or else established policy, to run back to the save point every time you run out of MP?

[JoshuaFH]

Hey Vector, start up another stream. I'd love to watch you play FFVII.

[Valid_Dark]

Exactly.  I wanna play FFXIII because Sazh looked so damn awesome.

Ah... well.  Maybe I'll just borrow it from a friend, if I have friends with vidjagames by then.

my girlfriend at the time bought me FFXIII the day it came out, I played it for about an hour or two and really couldn't play anymore.  It's one of the worst Final Fantasy games I've ever played.  Ya it looks nice.  But I hate the battle system, I don't like ANY of the characters, or the story.
Ya it looks pretty, some of the best graphics I've seen to date, and if thats all you care about you'll love this game.

[JoshuaFH]

Some people are gushing, and I mean GUSHING over FFXIII-2, when really I don't see the difference between that and the original.

I don't like it that some of my favorite youtube LP'ers are playing a game that's too boring to even watch.