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Part of what makes the DemiFiend so memorable is the music. If you've played Nocturne, it's the hard random encounter music. We're just a drat random encounter to him. 
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Malachite_Dragon posted:Part of what makes the DemiFiend so memorable is the music. If you've played Nocturne, it's the hard random encounter music. Yeah, the whole point of his script is making sure he thinks that.
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Dec 12, 2015 10:11
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Does Culex count as a JRPG Superboss?
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Dec 12, 2015 10:56
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any of the first 4 Dark Aeons can be beaten without max stats really but for the latter ones, max luck is really needed and with Penance, buffs like Haste and Protect are a must (Haste is so good this game)
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Dec 12, 2015 11:02
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DeafNote posted:any of the first 4 Dark Aeons can be beaten without max stats really I just got Auto-Haste on every armor, which was ridiculously simple all things considered.
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Dec 12, 2015 11:59
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FeyerbrandX posted:Someone awhile back asked if there was any game out there that was more of an rear end in a top hat about ultimate weapons than FFX, SO3 is pretty close. Getting the weapons is straightforward, through the bonus dungeon. But they're poo poo out of the box. Hell, if you don't know what you're doing one will break the moment you try to use it. True, those are technically ultimate weapons, but you didn't mention a couple important things. 1) There is no other way (short of hacking) to get them before you're well into the post-game. 2) Item creation. The item you need to take off the bad abilities is buyable at that point, and unless you're willing to spend hours going through one dungeon, you've been using Item Creation and know immediately what you need to do. If you wanna do it at all because you might very well have a weapon that's even better by that point. And unlike this game, there's no hidden bonuses to using them.
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Dec 12, 2015 14:42
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Malachite_Dragon posted:Part of what makes the DemiFiend so memorable is the music. If you've played Nocturne, it's the hard random encounter music. That's one way to confirm that your crew is much weaker than the previous game's protagonist while still making it seem fun.
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Dec 12, 2015 14:54
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Archenteron posted:Does Culex count as a JRPG Superboss? Yes. And I had forgotten about him. He's another one I've beat.
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Dec 12, 2015 15:35
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Rabbi Raccoon posted:True, those are technically ultimate weapons, but you didn't mention a couple important things. Being able to turn just about anything into a post-game superweapon was one of the things that was actually good about that crafting system. Don't need fancy swords when your trusty Lead Pipe's been loaded up with Atk/Def +30% mods.
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Dec 12, 2015 16:41
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The Dark Id posted:Oh yeah, there's an Al Bhed Primer left behind by some unfortunate sole quote:You ask the chocobo directly instructions on how to perform this mini-game.
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Dec 12, 2015 17:20
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Archenteron posted:Does Culex count as a JRPG Superboss? yeah, the mario rpgs tend toward the easy side but their bonus bosses are generally pretty good too
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Dec 12, 2015 17:39
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The Dark Id posted:All superbosses in JRPGs are universally poo poo. X-2 has some pretty good ones. Paragon, Chac, and Almighty Shinra, to name a few, are pretty dope.
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Dec 12, 2015 18:13
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I liked Trema just because he actually had a pretty interesting role in the backstory of X-2. Plus, after fighting all these monsters, fighting a tiny old dude was a nice change of pace. Cool boss music, too.
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Dec 12, 2015 18:24
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I like how X-2 superbosses don't require you to stat max. In fact, I like how there's no stat maxing in X-2.
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Dec 12, 2015 18:36
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The best superbosses are still Omega and Shinryu from FFV. There's no way to go toe-to-toe with them regardless of your level or stats, but you have plenty of options for beating them at a low level if you're smart about taking advantage of their status weaknesses.
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Dec 12, 2015 18:46
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Some of those esper fights in FFXII were insane. I don't think I'll beat Cuchulainn without quickenings. Thank goodness they don't have buckets of HP. Of course, the rewards kinda stink with how hard some of these fights are.
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Dec 12, 2015 18:53
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Xander77 posted:Soul. Settle down, Beavis. This isn't the "Critique my writing" thread in CC.
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Dec 12, 2015 18:54
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rotinaj posted:Settle down, Beavis. This isn't the "Critique my writing" thread in CC. Nah. Point out typos or stuff that doesn't have clear writing. I usually go back and fix them. Unless they're the archived updates cuz the links to edit those old updates again are lost to the ether and hell if I'm recompiling them a second time.  Anyway, I should have a short update later tonight. And I might do a viewing of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children tomorrow night. Stay tuned.
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Dec 12, 2015 19:28
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Original or Complete? What's the general consensus on Advent Children anyway? I think I saw it before I played through VII, so I didn't see what exactly people disliked about it at the time. I do wonder why everyone suddenly started dressing in black like they're going to a funeral. 
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Dec 12, 2015 20:19
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:Original or Complete? AC was pretty much the start of the whole "Cloud is mopey and emo" thing, and it brings back Sephiroth pretty much just to satisfy Rule of Cool. That said, it's basically Rule of Cool the movie. The action bits are stupid and ridiculous and amazing and fun. My high school anime club watched it about twice a week.
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Dec 12, 2015 20:36
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:Original or Complete? It's alright. The plot feels really disjointed and not well thought out. And the fight scenes move so quickly and the camera is often so tight on the action it's hard to tell what's going on. Overall it could have been a lot better, but if you don't think too hard about it it's still fun. It's certainly miles ahead of Spirits Within.
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Dec 12, 2015 20:46
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It focuses too much on the less interesting aspects of FFVII location-wise and character-wise
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Dec 12, 2015 21:17
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I alway saw Cloud as a huge rear end in a top hat telling half-truths and Sephiroth being a crazy rear end nutjob. Cause thats how they were.
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Dec 12, 2015 21:48
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Fabulousvillain posted:I alway saw Cloud as a huge rear end in a top hat telling half-truths and Sephiroth being a crazy rear end nutjob. Cause thats how they were. They were both pretty crazy. Cloud believed what he was saying to be true. Check our Elentor's FF7 LP, which took 4 years to finish but was totally worth it.
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I like how a lot of the beginning of FFVII has Cloud talking to random voices in his head and it's just awkward for everyone involved.
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Dec 12, 2015 22:07
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zakharov posted:They were both pretty crazy. Cloud believed what he was saying to be true. Check our Elentor's FF7 LP, which took 4 years to finish but was totally worth it. Yeah, I just find Clouds false bravado more interesting than moping. Although its not really false if he's kicking rear end anyway. 
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Dec 12, 2015 22:09
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Looper posted:yeah, the mario rpgs tend toward the easy side but their bonus bosses are generally pretty good too I have very fond memories of all three of the super bonus bosses in the N64 Paper Mario; it's fun to see how early you can beat the Master, Kent C Koopa takes a different strategy than pretty much anything else, and the triple Anti Guy fight is quite scary. All that goes out the window if you abuse Charge + Power Bounce, of course. 
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Dec 12, 2015 22:23
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jivjov posted:AC was pretty much the start of the whole "Cloud is mopey and emo" thing, and it brings back Sephiroth pretty much just to satisfy Rule of Cool. Nah, you can blame Kingdom Hearts for that. Kingdom Hearts was where they made Cloud being emo canon. But, yeah, the story is monumentally dumb. It's the type of thing you watch once to see the whole thing, and then just skip to the action sequences if you ever want to watch it again.
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I liked Advent Children  But let's be fair, we weren't watching it for the story, we watched it to watch a dude with a sword as wide as he is fight a dude with a sword longer than he is tall. Rule Of Cool indeed.I liked the twist on Omnislash at the end.
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My two cents on Advent Children: The voice director needs to fired into the sun for thinking that Mena Suvari's performance was adequate. And then thinking it was acceptable to carry over to Kingdom Hearts II.
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Dec 12, 2015 23:05
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I liked Advent Children We watched it for that as well as several other reasons. To put voices to everyone from FF7, which I loved that Axel and Reno had the same voice. For over the top fight scenes. Tifa. And other things.
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Dec 12, 2015 23:08
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At least it was a better movie than Spirits Within! Though that's not exactly a hard hurdle to clear.
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Xenoveritas posted:Nah, you can blame Kingdom Hearts for that. Kingdom Hearts was where they made Cloud being emo canon. If you ignore his KH appearance as a cameo (rightfully) then it's more of the fact that he seems to have taken steps back from how he was during the FFVII endgame. Makes it less of a sequel and more retreading of old ground which is boring. Him having fantasy cancer can certainly help explain the mopey attitude a bit but it's glossed over too much. Spirits Within was an alright movie, it just wasn't FF 
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Dec 12, 2015 23:34
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The worst thing that Advent Children did. Was giving Cait Sith an accent.
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Dec 12, 2015 23:39
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Waffleman_ posted:The worst thing that Advent Children did. I dunno. I kinda liked the accent. Not enough characters have those. And instances where all the characters have them don't count because after a couple hours you never notice anymore.
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Dec 12, 2015 23:44
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EponymousMrYar posted:Kingdom Hearts started it, Advent Children cemented it.
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Dec 12, 2015 23:49
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I give that one a 50/50, actually; that outfit is remarkably similar to Vincents', funky gauntlet and all. All they really would've had to do was replace the head model.
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I give that one a 50/50, actually; that outfit is remarkably similar to Vincents', funky gauntlet and all. All they really would've had to do was replace the head model. If the "Vincent" theory wasn't correct, I like to assume that Cloud was trying to disguise himself, except you know - the hair and the sword were a dead giveaway.
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berryjon posted:If the "Vincent" theory wasn't correct, I like to assume that Cloud was trying to disguise himself, except you know - the hair and the sword were a dead giveaway. They probably did just swap him out late on. Yuffie in Kingdom Hearts is just a head and palette swapped Rikku from FFX after they realized they'd already named the main love interest Riku and that'd just be confusing.
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