Apparently Roth backtracked and said he didn't mean to use the word remake. Rather than saying he didn't mean to say XII and maybe meant VII. So it's a remaster then. Which I will be happy with. As long as the Zodiac Spear can be obtained without being a psychic or something.

I actually really enjoyed FFXIII-2.

Lightning Returns was a bit weird, it kind of felt like a piece of final ending DLC fleshed out with the content of a full retail game or something. Or like one of those direct-to-video sequels that Disney did.

ayns wrote:

Someone else start the World of Final Fantasy thread.  I feel responsible for organ mongering and tat distribution.

What the hell is it?  I've only seen the brief e3 reveal.  It looks like it's targeted at children.

Exploring towns in JRPGs can actually be dull as fuck.

Elf does. Hence we're right not to.

EvilRedEye wrote:

Exploring towns in JRPGs can actually be dull as fuck.

Yesssssss

Up for preorder on the eshop at £29.99 - I believe you get a free theme.

My collector's ed money has been taken from the SE store.  Grabbed my lad a copy from eBay for good measure.

If they do badges for this I'm screwed.

I said ebay - meant Amazon.  Bah.  Good price.

It'll most probably turn out like various semi disappointing Crystal Chronicles capers.  However, I'm hoping to something more akin to DQ IXs loveliness.

I haven't pre-ordered this from anywhere yet.

Expect Final Fantasy-branded Monster Hunter, because that is apparently what this is.

EvilRedEye wrote:

Expect Final Fantasy-branded Monster Hunter, because that is apparently what this is.

It can't be that good.  CAN IT?

Mine didn't arrive fuk u squenix store

I think this game is just going to be too dull (and too ugly) to even sustain me the two weeks until Etrian Odyssey Untold 2 releases.

It's growing on me more and more tbh.  In solo mode it's pretty grim, but chuck in a pal on local co-op and add a couple of online friends and it's a sweet multiplayer experience.  The fact that you can target specific members of your party to heal/buff is a great touch and highlights genuine party mechanics.

IMO it's not a MH clone.  It's more akin to PSO and the fact that I bagged several hundred hours on PSO2 on the PSP in local co-op a few years ago probably says more about my preference to this kind of multiplayer experience than any great artistic design in FFEE or PSO.

Not been specifically following the quest paths but unlocked a fine plethora of FF jobs, most recently Red Mage.  Been saving my White Mage and Bard skills for group play.  Generally my co-op partner plays Beastmaster so we've bagged loads of Monster atma together and have begun building an army of monsters that can fight in place of human comrades (they're guff though).

Eidolons are a cool challenge.  Certainly better in co-op.  Got the Ensnare (?) mechanic down to bag the drops and being able to use special abilities such as Ifrit's Hellfire brings a certain FF satisfaction.

Got a party of between 2-4 people working on this as a casual obsession - sunday evenings fo def.

Online room open from 9 this evening.  Unlocked Paladin and Samurai this week, so that everything unlocked with regard to jobs.

Dual wielding the 2 best daggers that I can currently attain as a Thief.  Beat Omega Weapon in an epic online battle so just chiling with the midrange enemies before attempting a 6* Odin at some point.  Also on the hunt for job specific armour for red mage.  Need that pimp hat, baby!

Pet system works well for solo play.  I have a haste casting cactuar and a healing mandragora.  2 of my favourite minions from XIV - awesome!

Rinse and repeat for 7* Eidolons last night.  First time I've had the classic 1 tank, 2 dps and a healer in a 4 player online party.  It was great as a healer to skirt around the perimeter of the battle and pop heals.  The tank was decent, not looked closely at Malice (hate) mechanics but I didn't get hit apart from the odd aoe whilst raising someone.  Beautiful.

Jobs seem reasonably varied.  Geared up Geomancer yesterday and it looks like a cool support job with debuff skills if using a club.  Probably can go magic based if using that old FF handheld device weapon of choice...bells.

Pimped out Red Mage for my stage of the game.  As expected it has decent mid range white and black magic.  You could drop in something stronger but the load system means that you'd have to compensate elsewhere.

Online community seems decent.  Lots of friending etc at this stage with enough randoms online to make it viable.  Yay.