For me it started with FF IV (FF II on Super NES) and it has been a beautifull journey since never stop

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Happy 25th Final Fantasy (Now lets just get the quality of the games back to what they were in the first 10.)

For me my first game was FF 10 back on the PS2 (best system ever) but I have been playing my way through the earlier games. Hopefully they stay around for another 25. Cheers!

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(August 07, 2012 09:44:03 PM)Bearer of Darkness Wrote:  Happy 25th Final Fantasy (Now lets just get the quality of the games back to what they were in the first 10.)

For me my first game was FF 10 back on the PS2 (best system ever) but I have been playing my way through the earlier games. Hopefully they stay around for another 25. Cheers!

Just finished another playthrough of ff9 on my psp. It was my first ff and ive been playing it off and on for 12 years. I attempted to do absolutely everything one could possibly do in this last playthrough (except get excalibur 2 of course), and did a pretty good job at it. Although i still missed a Stiltzkin location, so i only got 3 of the 4 ribbons in the game. I also gave up on maxing all character's levels (quit in mid 80's) and getting the max rank in the card game, but i did everything else. I almost died of a heart attack when getting 1,000 jump ropes in the jump rope mini game (High Score: 1,288). All in all it took me just over 100hrs, which made the time counter reset to 00.00.00 and turn red.

While all this playing may have snuffed out any nostalgic feelings from my childhood, it's also reassured me that ff9 is the greatest game i have ever played...ever. It transcends the "coolness" aspect of the common Japanese anime and aspires to be nothing less than a work of art.

On the surface, final fantasy ix may look like your common "good vs evil" story; it is anything but. Not only has the soundtrack and art style been melded together perfectly (that's to be expected), but peel back the layers enough and you will find that the developers went so far as to define the very fabric of existence within the game. Okay, so it may be the world of Gaia they are defining, but Gaia in many ways parallels our own existence.

You see, i don't love ff9 because of an obsession with the characters like one would for ff7 or Naruto or Bleach. That's not what the game is. FF9 itself is a single package that must be dissected and studied to understand its meaning. Every piece is a lesson, a question, an emotion. Put the pieces together and it reaches a point, an end, an ultimate truth. I mean, think about how random Memoria and Necron are! They come out of nowhere! It's because they are just pieces of the whole that is Final Fantasy ix. Even after you beat him, Necron doesn't die. How can he? He's a part of the fabric of the world.

FF9 not only reflects upon the previous entries of the series, it reflects upon human nature itself. If you look hard enough, you just might see it.

Now playing:
FF5: LOVING IT!! Very humorous so far and the music might be as good as ff9's
FF8: Beat it before. Trying for Omega Weapon as he alluded me last time.

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The jump rope game! >.<
You actually beat it? I didn't think it was even possible. I think I got to 70 or so at the highest. How long did it take you?

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(August 08, 2012 01:30:50 PM)Thundaga Wrote:  The jump rope game! >.<
You actually beat it? I didn't think it was even possible. I think I got to 70 or so at the highest. How long did it take you?

A long freakin' time! I refused to wait until disk 4 to get it so i did it with vivi in the beginning. So much time passed from the beginning of the game till then that i actually forgot that i had named Zidane something else. I was kinda disappointed cuz i always keep the standard names for my serious playthroughs, but it was okay since you can rename your characters later on.

Yeah it's possible, you just have to get comfortable with the beats and the transitions. I use a ten count to keep track of when a transition will occur. Although you have to go on a two count going from 200-300 jumps since it changes to a double tap. The hard part is keeping your heart rate under control. The first time i got well past 300 was the most grueling thing i've ever endured. I wasn't prepared for the pace, but somehow i kept going until 488. I thought my heart was going to beat right out of my chest. The very next time i tried was when i got to 1288 and believe me, there was many a heart flutter that i had to keep under control. It scared me too when i got to 1000 because it didnt give me the key item right away. For a while i thought i might have to get 10,000, but when i fell i got it.

King of Jump Rope:

"Peeling 1,000 onions makes your eyes teary. Jump-roping 1,000 times gets them tearier still."

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what a nightmare! a thousand kudos for doing it though. i wonder how many people have pulled it off?

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@TheVoid: You can beat Omega Weapon, I believe in you! (although I don\'t know you)
It\'s all about finding the pattern and equipping your party accordingly. For example, that move he does where he blasts your party with a bunch of light that hits over and over and kills everybody: that counts as a \"physical\" attack. The ability \"Defend\" negates all damage from physical attacks, so having a character with \"Defend\" and \"Revive\" abilities equipped for your Omega Weapon battle is a must.

I don\'t know why I am nerding out about this, but for some reason I get so pumped about the prospect of fighting Omega. *shrugs*

-Arvis

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(August 08, 2012 12:09:38 AM)TheVoid Wrote:  Just finished another playthrough of ff9 on my psp. It was my first ff and ive been playing it off and on for 12 years. I attempted to do absolutely everything one could possibly do in this last playthrough (except get excalibur 2 of course), and did a pretty good job at it. Although i still missed a Stiltzkin location, so i only got 3 of the 4 ribbons in the game. I also gave up on maxing all character's levels (quit in mid 80's) and getting the max rank in the card game, but i did everything else. I almost died of a heart attack when getting 1,000 jump ropes in the jump rope mini game (High Score: 1,288). All in all it took me just over 100hrs, which made the time counter reset to 00.00.00 and turn red.

While all this playing may have snuffed out any nostalgic feelings from my childhood, it's also reassured me that ff9 is the greatest game i have ever played...ever. It transcends the "coolness" aspect of the common Japanese anime and aspires to be nothing less than a work of art.

On the surface, final fantasy ix may look like your common "good vs evil" story; it is anything but. Not only has the soundtrack and art style been melded together perfectly (that's to be expected), but peel back the layers enough and you will find that the developers went so far as to define the very fabric of existence within the game. Okay, so it may be the world of Gaia they are defining, but Gaia in many ways parallels our own existence.

You see, i don't love ff9 because of an obsession with the characters like one would for ff7 or Naruto or Bleach. That's not what the game is. FF9 itself is a single package that must be dissected and studied to understand its meaning. Every piece is a lesson, a question, an emotion. Put the pieces together and it reaches a point, an end, an ultimate truth. I mean, think about how random Memoria and Necron are! They come out of nowhere! It's because they are just pieces of the whole that is Final Fantasy ix. Even after you beat him, Necron doesn't die. How can he? He's a part of the fabric of the world.

FF9 not only reflects upon the previous entries of the series, it reflects upon human nature itself. If you look hard enough, you just might see it.

Now playing:
FF5: LOVING IT!! Very humorous so far and the music might be as good as ff9's
FF8: Beat it before. Trying for Omega Weapon as he alluded me last time.

You sir, wove beauty in it purest form into those words, bravo! :\') I agree that FF9 is the greatest game of all time. It has amazing characters, a fantastic story line and the aesthetic and setting they went for is gorgeous. It\'s just a shame that it\'s somewhat overlooked and doesn\'t have as much fame as some of the other Final Fantasies :/ But oh well, I guess that makes it all the more special in some kind of convoluted way :?

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You want to beat Omega? 3 words: Spellblade Dual-Wield Rapid-Fire!!

Oh wait, that\'s in FFV.

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Awesome!

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