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Fan Art (Some light spoilers here)![]() inverts shows us who really thought Laguna was cute during the train dream. ![]() Variant_Eris demonstrates the utility of Selphie's approach to problem-solving. ![]() inverts illustrates Squall's plan for a surprise attack. ![]() yokaiy presents a cautionary tale of gunblades. After someone pointed out that Edea's parade synched up with the song "Thriller", Comrade Fakename linked this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p_ENriuXqk Cavelcade presents a theory of why Adel's so ill-adjusted: ![]() and Burger Flipper illustrates a great gift for her: ![]() Burger Flipper also illustrated the effects of 10,000 Needles: ![]() Battle Pigeon doctored up an image of Adel's magical specialty: ![]() Burger Flipper summarises Laguna's role in developing the final mission plan: ![]() and then continues on to reveal the true villain of the game: ![]() FeyerbrandX on the topic of hot dogs: FeyerbrandX posted:If you bring something up in the first act, it better get eaten in the third. And Daigerus illustrates one of the proposed names for DoomHouse: ![]() (inspired by this post:) Trick Question posted:That's not Alexander, that's iron MikeTyson. Cool Ghost fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Nov 22, 2017 |
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Part One: Magical Feathers and Metaphors![]() This is the title screen. Let's start a new game. ![]() Ah, some nice peaceful waves on a sandy beach. It's good times ahead, I can tell. While we enjoy our beach vacation, here's some nice music: ![]() ![]() I don't like it when the sea talks to me. ![]() ![]() It's weird, that's why. ![]() Hey, gently caress off, desert. Don't get passive aggressive with me. ![]() The intro for this game is kind of...unfocussed. ![]() Good question. ![]() ![]() ![]() Good answer. ![]() Suddenly, there are some flower petals blowing around. ![]() These flower petals are not afraid to commit. ![]() ![]() The girl in blue grabs one of the petals... ![]() ...And now it's a feather! This is how they fill pillows. ![]() She watches it blow away again, because of metaphors. I mean, I think it's metaphors. ![]() Then suddenly, it's dark! ![]() ![]() The feather rises into the sky, and there's a flash of lightning. ![]() Now the feather is a gun-sword! ![]() You're gonna chip it like that. ![]() ![]() This is a pendant. I'm here to tell you what things are, and I love my job. ![]() You can tell by the keychain on the end that the gunblade belongs to the same man as the pendant. ![]() Who is in the middle of fighting someone, but forgot to bring his sword and had to get it delivered by magic feather. Kids these days are never prepared. ![]() ![]() The feather magic has not entirely worn off. ![]() Oh, we're back with the magic girl. ![]() Or, uh, not. Who's this? One day you'll know. ![]() ![]() ![]() Game, come on, pick one person and stick with it. ![]() ![]() ![]() The girl in blue is awfully worried about the older woman walking through a wall. I mean, I would be, too, but hey. ![]() Alright, back to fighting. ![]() Come on, guys, you're gonna chip the blades. You know better than that. ![]() The blonde guy takes a second to look smug, and you can see that his gunblade is built on a Beretta. ![]() Then it's back to the fencing match. ![]() ![]() Cross cut to some place we don't know, with Mr. Smug and the wall-walker. ![]() Now it's back to fighting. ![]() "Oh, no, go back! That one looked good!" ![]() "Yeah, that's good! Stay here!" ![]() Seeing the other guy rushing him, Mr. Smug charges up his fireball spell. ![]() ![]() It doesn't go well for feather-sword over here. ![]() ![]() ![]() When I first played this game, I was surprised that the intro contained blood. Now, I know that it's just not common for Final Fantasy games. ![]() Blondie is either very good at the sword thing or very terrible to have left just that wound. ![]() ![]() You can tell this is a serious attack because the feathers are black this time. ![]() We cut to the girl in blue, running out of the cloud of feathers. ![]() As bird-blade looks on longingly. ![]() And she falls towards him, like they're about to embrace. ![]() Next time: we actually start the game! Cool Ghost fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Sep 19, 2017 |
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Awesome! I never played this one. Looking forward to learning more about it.
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You really have a knack for LPing underwhelming FF games. Interested to see how this one turns out, since the style looks to be a lot different from the last two, plus it'll be interesting to have a neutral take on the game.
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I can't say no to an LP of FFVIII! And I have to agree with Mega64: The neutral take should be really interesting.
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I'm glad to see people gettin' on board, and I hope we all have fun here. I'm planning on putting the second update up later today, so we have some real game content.
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This should be a ride...
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This was my first Final Fantasy game so I have a really embarrassing fondness for it despite its shortcomings. The plot really is...something, but I can't help but ironically love it.
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What an emotional rollercoaster of an intro. Bookmarked, Mr. Ghost.
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I don't actually know how this ends since I never finished this because I got frustrated by [spoilers]. Looking forward to this!
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Was there ever a completed LP of this? Don't remember the last few attempts making it far.
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Part Two: School "Daze"![]() After the intro, we find ourselves looking at a hospital bed. The guy on the bed is the brown-haired guy from the intro, and he's also our hero. I guess he must have passed out after getting that cut on his face or something. This change in scenery comes with a change in music: ![]() ![]() How do you think he's feeling, Doc? ![]() ![]() He's pretty lucky that Blondie didn't decapitate him back there. Dr. Kadowaki: Looks like your eyes are focusing. You should be fine. Say your name for me. ![]() We get the chance to name him, but I'm leaving it as the default because you don't get the chance to name all the characters and the "odd name out" gag gets tired pretty fast. ![]() Wait, what? We were in training? ![]() If they were training, why did they have real swords? Tell that to Seifer, guys. ![]() I'm just gonna go ahead and say it right now: Seifer is the head of the disciplinary committee around this place. Dr. Kadowaki: Why don't you ignore him? That seems like less of an option when he's about to cut your head open. ![]() Ah, nah, it's "I mustn't," hoss. ![]() Too fuckin' late for that now, isn't it? Dr. Kadowaki: Let's see, your instructor is... Quistis! I'll call her now. Just wait here a minute. What's she got to do with this? ![]() Squall immediately starts napping, because that's a good plan with a head wound. ![]() Why does she need to come get him? Dr. Kadowaki: Yes, yes... His injury's not serious. It'll probably leave a scar. ......Right. Now please come by. ![]() We cut to this angle, where you can see the drapes blow in the wind if you're playing the game. ![]() Oh, hey, what's up? ![]() Ah, leaving? Yeah, that's cool too. Good talk. ![]() Now we get an FMV as a blonde woman comes into the infirmary. ![]() ![]() She's not impressed by Squall's relaxed ways. ![]() Oh, they told you which of your students tried to hack each other up this morning? ![]() Okay. ![]() At this point, we have to actually move the character. I guess you could just stand around like an rear end in a top hat, but what would be the point? ![]() Maybe a concussion, but nothing serious. ![]() ![]() Quistis, a responsible teacher, picks her student up from the infirmary and immediately starts making fun of him. ![]() She's laughing at your disfigurement, because she is a professional. ![]() ![]() Well, that's good for you. ![]() ![]() "I like long talks with the beach and I don't understand what 'training' means." ![]() Quistis again finishes Squall's sentence and starts laughing at him. ![]() The scene transitions into an FMV here, but even after playing this multiple times, I always, always gently caress up when the camera angle changes and walk directly into the wall. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We get some nice establishing shots of this place, which is called Balamb Garden. It's where Squall lives and studies. ![]() I hate when I have to go to class right after some douche tries to chop my head off. ![]() ![]() Whoa, let's start with sitting down, teach. ![]() ![]() And there we go, our setup for this first bit of the game. ![]() ![]() Seifer, who almost killed another student this morning, is just chillin' in class. ![]() ![]() He's pretty indignant about this. ![]() "That FMV interrupted me making fun of you. I wasn't done." ![]() After the info dump, we're back in control! ![]() gently caress you Quistis, I'm gonna stand in the corner. ![]() Before we talk to Quistis, let's gently caress around on the internet. ![]() There's a bit of nice background info on the computer here, but I'll probably cover it next update. ![]() ![]() Now we have two GF ![]() ![]() ![]() You're even allowed to name them! There are 9 spaces for letters, which is just enough space to butcher "Quetzalcoatl". ![]() Like I said, there's other poo poo on the computer, but let's leave that and go talk to Quistis. ![]() Wait, no, let's talk to her weird groupies. ![]() These guys are called the "Trepies" and they creep me out. ![]() Get outta here, you skeeves. ![]() Lotta people say a lotta things. ![]() Lady, I just started the game last update. Cut me some slack. ![]() ![]() "...Said he had some really good weed." ![]() ![]() Some people would say "Seifer tried to kill me" is a good excuse, but I feel like he probably didn't find out about the Fire Cavern thing yesterday. ![]() I guess we don't really have free time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Before we go, we can talk to these guys again. It's very fulfilling, spiritually. ![]() This guy snaps his fingers and stomps his foot like a goof. ![]() Don't let the door hit ya in the rear end, Trepies. ![]() Fuckin' creeps. Next time: probably not the Fire Cavern. Cool Ghost fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Nov 23, 2014 |
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I love this game so much. Please play infinity triple triad.
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Bluish posted:What an emotional rollercoaster of an intro. Good to have ya here, you corporate shill.
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Giovanni_Sinclair posted:Was there ever a completed LP of this? Don't remember the last few attempts making it far. There have actually been two completed LPs of this game, but both have been removed from the LP Archive. Also, as far as GF naming goes: you have until noon MST (UTC-6) on Monday to vote for GF names!
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Good to see someone taking this up. Despite all the game's flaws, I still enjoy it for what it is. Definitely gonna keep an eye on this one. And it took me way too long to figure out that the white patch on Squall's head in the infirmary was meant to be a bandage wrapped around his face. I always thought it was some graphical glitch and I felt stupid when I realized what it was.
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I guess I'll try to stay out of this thread, because all I seem to be able to do with FF8 is white knight its story. Still, I have some good nostalgia for this, it was fun even while the story took a couple of major mis-steps.
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Let's butcher Quetzalcoatl further by naming him QuesoCola. Two delicious things that sound gross together. Shiva? With ice magic, it's more like Shiver, am I right?
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Lets see... Quetzalcoatl should be LizardThor Shiva should be IcyNips
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name them butt and rear end
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I always wonder why they decided to ditch Ramuh as the lightning summon in this game. And they did it again in 10, and again in 13. 12 doesn't count because all the summons were different in that one. Anyway, Shiva should stay as Shiva, but the lightning bird should get a more suitable name for his mesoamerican origins: Zapotec
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It is really unfair that there's no Ramuh in this game. I always named Quezzie Ramuh because I am a nerdlord.
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Last time I played this, I called Quetzalcoatl Queasy, because that's how thinking about this game's story (or characters, or mechanics) makes me feel.
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I always thought it was funny to call Shiva The Ex. Oh, and +1 for QuesoCola.
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Zapdos is the most maimed I can think of, Shiva stays Shiva.
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Ah, FFVIII. Old friend. ![]() I don't care what they say I'm in love with you They try to pull me away But they don't know the truth I look forward to seeing your take on some of the more controversial parts of this game. I adored the game before things like message boards full of opinions could get in the way of my enjoyment, and sometimes I feel kind of alone in my love for it. It has flaws but it's a worthy entry in the pre-crisis FF series. Oh and default names. Default for days. /filthy purist Nerthus fucked around with this message at 06:43 on Nov 23, 2014 |
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I don't totally remember the plot of this game, but it may be because I compressed the memory. I look forward to seeing the trainwreck unfold once more. That being said, the fondest memories I have of this game involve its kickin' soundtrack. Perhaps we can get some music links to accompany the LP? Also: +1 to QuesoCola.
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Amputraitor posted:That being said, the fondest memories I have of this game involve its kickin' soundtrack. Perhaps we can get some music links to accompany the LP? Gonna second this. The music is the one thing in this game that's unambiguously good. I'm going to vote for default names for all the GFs. I'm dull that way.
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For those who were concerned, I've gone back and added tindeck links to the updates.
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Let's compromise and go with BeardBird.
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Since I'm still relatively new, why were the old FFVIII LPs pulled off the archive?
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One was pulled by Leovinus for being homophobic and not as funny as it was back in the day, the other one was because Azure Horizon did lovely things to people irl and got banned from SA for being a creep.
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Cool Ghost posted:
Another +1 for "QuesoCola" and "ShugaTits", for Shiva.
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Weavered posted:Does this mean we can't name Riona, "a goat"? 😪 Did you just use an emoji? ![]()
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I vote QuesoCola and IcyNips because I'm a child. Also p. sure the real shill is a certain person that gave me the avatar in the first place :|
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Alright, it's after noon and I've counted the votes and it looks like the winner is QuesoCola for the Q man and IcyNips for Shiva.
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Will this be a 100%ish run? I've been planning to start playing this game in December and I want a good, goony walkthrough to play alongside.
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I am gutted that "Frostitute" is one character too long to fit. I actually like this game despite its flaws. It has some interesting ideas!
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# ? Jan 29, 2023 16:22 |
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MarquiseMindfang posted:I am gutted that "Frostitute" is one character too long to fit. Frosthoar would've fit.
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