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JollyBoyJohn posted:Ooo what was wrong with it? It's only £6 in the Steam sale and I've always wanted to play it (hate using roms) It’s been fixed now and by all accounts is finally solid so it’s definitely worth grabbing!
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Electric Phantasm posted:Come on Warmech! god I was so loving happy when I saw a bunch of WarMechs stomping around Zadnor
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So "To Zanarkand" is one of the most iconic bits of FF music. Seen arguments about which is better, it or X-2's "Eternity: Memory of Lightwaves." Tough call. Only...it's a bad comparison because "To Zanarkand" isn't the start-up screen song like the latter. This is tFFX's main menu song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHJzABTD510 And while I wouldn't say it sucks, for a soundtrack as legendary as FFX's, this is a pretty lackluster song. Like, X-2's "Memories of Lightwaves" or Persona 4's "Corner of Memories" are songs I always think about. I love FFX to pieces but I never think about this song in spite of its placement.
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Jul 5, 2021 05:50
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Excluding series-wide themes like the Prelude, Prologue, and the Chocobo theme, To Zanarkand is definitely top 3, arguably top 2 in terms of iconic FF themes after the intro to FF7 and maaaaybe Aerith's Theme. There's a bunch more as well, but I haven't had enough coffee to really dive into that conversation yet.
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It depends what you mean by iconic but I imagine almost every FF7 track will be more memorable and beloved by most people than anything else in the series. Intro/Bombing Run, Tifa And Aerith's theme, OWA, Jenova, Wall Market, Shinra, Gold Saucer and Cosmo Canyon are still seared into millions of brains decades after the fact. To Zanarkand is probably the only other theme that comes close.
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Jul 5, 2021 12:12
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It just struck me that Final Fantasy is probably unique among video game franchises in that most of its big standout themes aren't bangers. They're mostly just very pretty, emotional pieces, and also the chocobo theme. The bangers are there, don't get me wrong, you don't have to dig far down any list until you hit One Winged Angel or Clash on the Big Bridge. But the fact you have to dig at all is kind of unusual.
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Jul 5, 2021 12:18
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It really depends on who you ask. Almost none of FF7 music is very memorable to me, but a lot of especially FF6 and FF8 is. I didn't even like 10 but even I recognize To Zanarkand as a pretty big deal track, though. Usually the answers to "which FF is the best/has the best music/characters/whatever" and "which FF did you play when you were 12" will be the same. Also the XV music doesn't get nearly enough credit.
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Jul 5, 2021 15:31
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Just inject that Hitoshi Sakimoto Tactics/XII goodness straight into my veins.
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Jul 5, 2021 15:55
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I didnt think I cared much about FF VII’s music as I never cared for the game a ton but playing the Remake holy poo poo that was a gut punch of nostalgia and I had a smile on my face the whole time.
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Jul 5, 2021 16:03
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The final phase Jenova theme is such a nice treat
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Jul 5, 2021 16:09
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Remembering way back when I first played 10 I and all of my friends thought To Zanarkand was cheesy and kinda bad and we were Black Mages fans too. I don't actually dislike it now but the universal praise here is a bit surprising. Especially because I easily agree with everything else said. Even back then I had the FF6 nostalgia and stuff like Zozo's and Setzer's themes are easily more memorable, but a ton of 7 and 8 and Tactics' music are definitely in my head forever. And I don't even really like 8 except for the side stuff, the Laguna stuff, and the huge step up in cut scenes. Also with as much as I love 9 I think the only music from it that really stands out in my head is the chocobo tracks. e: vvv honestly even ignoring all the past game remixes you might be right. FunkyFjord fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Jul 5, 2021 |
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Jul 5, 2021 16:44
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14 has the best music in the franchise. Just Shadowbringers spans like every genre with bangers but highlights are in stormblood and heavensward
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Senator Drinksalot posted:14 has the best music in the franchise. Just Shadowbringers spans like every genre with bangers but highlights are in stormblood and heavensward XIV is almost cheating, because it has so MUCH music. Soken's great, sure, but when you're hitting basically every single genre but ska for like ten hours every expansion, you're gonna hit some good stuff just by law of large numbers. It does have my favorite moments of music in the franchise, though, and it monopolizes those ranks. Oblivion, Dragonsong, Fiend, Exponential Entropy, Rise, Beauty's Wicked Wiles, Sunrise, the Primals version of Locus (honestly, any moment they use the Alexander themes), Sands of Amber, basically every song associated with the
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Jul 5, 2021 17:29
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NikkolasKing posted:So "To Zanarkand" is one of the most iconic bits of FF music. Seen arguments about which is better, it or X-2's "Eternity: Memory of Lightwaves." Tough call. Memories of Lightwaves is on the level of Kingdom Hearts’ menu music. Also odd because honestly the X-2 soundtrack isn’t that great especially for FF standards. Persona 4’s title screen is on that level too - i dunno what it is but those are all songs that made me feel nostalgic the first time I heard them
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Cleretic posted:every single genre but ska This desperately needs addressed
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Countblanc posted:This desperately needs addressed wow, cant believe the newest content is a crossover with tony hawks pro skater
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Jul 5, 2021 17:54
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Countblanc posted:This desperately needs addressed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXr6aBUiBWA&t=51s CharlieFoxtrot fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Jul 5, 2021 |
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Jul 5, 2021 17:57
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Does FF14 have literally everything in it now
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Jul 5, 2021 18:10
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That's from post heavensward pre stormblood era too, pretty sure. Had it for a while. It's just missing the dirtier more gritty thrash and punk stuff at this point. And mathrock. If it's a clean or smooth style then 14 has it. I wouldn't be surpised if we got something like Fugazi's I'm So Tired with Endwalker either.
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Simone Magus posted:Does FF14 have literally everything in it now Yes. It's great that it was so easy to turn Brute Justice (a super sentai take on the broader Alexander music) into a ska version. The original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLCWCPyxByg 
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Memories of Lightwaves is on the level of Kingdom Hearts’ menu music. Also odd because honestly the X-2 soundtrack isn’t that great especially for FF standards. The Piano Collections version of Memories of Lightwaves competes with JENOVA Complete/Absolute for my favourite piece of FF music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NTO_3UZzVY CottonWolf fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Jul 5, 2021 |
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Jul 5, 2021 18:29
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Countblanc posted:This desperately needs addressed Soken cover reel big fish's song beer
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Memories of Lightwaves is on the level of Kingdom Hearts’ menu music. Also odd because honestly the X-2 soundtrack isn’t that great especially for FF standards. I was thinking the exact same thing. Between this and Real Emotion, X-2 sets you up for a huge fall. Two bangers to start off with followed by a whole lot of mediocrity, some truly awful music, and then one or two more good songs later on.
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HD DAD posted:Just inject that Hitoshi Sakimoto Tactics/XII goodness straight into my veins. Hell yeah. FF7 was my first real Final Fantasy game (I had rented Mystic Quest a bunch when I was a kid, that was the only other one) and I have played hundreds upon hundreds of hours of it over my life, and all of the music is very nostalgic for me, especially Aerith's theme, the world map music, the Wutai music, and a track most people probably don't think about very much, the one that plays during Cloud's flashback in the Lifestream. They're all so very, very good. Welp, after looking up that track on Youtube, I feel like I need to play FF7 again.
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Jul 5, 2021 20:14
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1000 Words owns
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Twelve by Pies posted:FF7 was my first real Final Fantasy game (I had rented Mystic Quest a bunch when I was a kid As hyper simple as that game is I still really love Mystic Quest's music and get tempted to replay it for that alone.
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Twelve by Pies posted:Hell yeah. Get the remake, it's awesome
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CottonWolf posted:The Piano Collections version of Memories of Lightwaves competes with JENOVA Complete/Absolute for my favourite piece of FF music. This is really nice! NikkolasKing posted:I was thinking the exact same thing. Between this and Real Emotion, X-2 sets you up for a huge fall. Two bangers to start off with followed by a whole lot of mediocrity, some truly awful music, and then one or two more good songs later on. I just looked it up and the composers straight up both left Square after it drat. Looks like it was not well received "Unlike the music from the main Final Fantasy series, no songs from Final Fantasy X-2 have been played at any of the numerous Final Fantasy concerts. Selections of music from the game have appeared on Japanese remix albums, called dojin music, and on English remixing websites.[31]" One of them makes all the Sonic soundtracks now
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Have XIII-2/LR's songs been played at concerts? Those are the only other sequels I could think of with original soundtracks, since TAY and RW both just mostly took songs from their base game.
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Senator Drinksalot posted:Get the remake, it's awesome I liked a lot of things about the remake but the soundtrack was by far the highlight for me. I'm a big fan of game OSTs in general so YMMV, but the remake has some parts that are straight-up elevated by the music.
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Teratrain posted:I liked a lot of things about the remake but the soundtrack was by far the highlight for me. FF7 Remake is the first game I felt was scored like a movie. I don't mean it sounds like a movie, I mean there is SO much music throughout that the game's music changes in tone and speed with everything you do and flows together perfectly. You can go from Fight > Explore > Cutscene and have 3 different tracks but they blend together so well
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:FF7 Remake is the first game I felt was scored like a movie. I don't mean it sounds like a movie, I mean there is SO much music throughout that the game's music changes in tone and speed with everything you do and flows together perfectly. You can go from Fight > Explore > Cutscene and have 3 different tracks but they blend together so well Even just listening to the soundtrack is weird because it doesn't really have "So-and-so's Theme" that plays whenever So-and-so does anything, it has a different version of the theme for each individual cutscene, with different timings to match the emotional beats of the scene.
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Clarste posted:Even just listening to the soundtrack is weird because it doesn't really have "So-and-so's Theme" that plays whenever So-and-so does anything, it has a different version of the theme for each individual cutscene, with different timings to match the emotional beats of the scene. Which is why it is almost 9 hours long The physical version comes on more discs than the original FF7 did
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Jul 6, 2021 12:25
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What if Sephiroth is like a dog and just sort of does things arbitrarily?
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I have a minority opinion in I think X-2's music is really good. Memory of the Lightwaves in incredible. 1000 words is emotionally resonant. Its reprisal during the credits is even better. The only track that straight up sucks is the chocobo theme (it's so weird). I love Paine's Theme the most I think. You don't hear tracks from X-2 very often in concert I think for two reasons: One, X-2 straight up isn't popular and doesn't sit in the same cultural memory as the classics. Two, a lot of the music is very modern and isn't performed by an orchestra.
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I found out my local games store has a FFTCG weekly. I’m thinking of buying a starter deck, attending, and writing up a field report Update: 
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Jul 6, 2021 14:06
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We’re old enough now that parents are naming their children Sephiroth Jr.
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Mega64 posted:We’re old enough now that parents are naming their children Sephiroth Jr. We're old enough that people whose first FF experience was Advent Children are now naming their children Yazoo Jr.
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stev posted:We're old enough that people whose first FF experience was Advent Children are now naming their children Yazoo Jr. Quite the situation.
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Mega64 posted:We’re old enough now that parents are naming their children Sephiroth Jr. This is my child Sephiroth, and this is my child Aeris. I’m not setting us up for future tragedy, why do people keep asking me that
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