Matt D Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Anyone else playing Record Keeper? It's really fair for a modern style casual game. There are pay elements but they're pretty unnecessary so long as you're okay dropping in and out a couple of times a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm really the only one playing Record Keeper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I play it, but it doesn't really have its hooks in me the way it does with some people. It's a pretty solid little time-waster, though. I tried the FFXIV free trial and was so pleasantly surprised that I ended up buying and subscribing. It's not materially different than most MMOs, but the amount of thought and polish that goes into the design is really remarkable. I also started a new game of FFX and, boy, I had forgotten about how terrible all of the voice acting is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 What's Record Keeper? A paid online game? If so, me no gusta. I'd been playing a game of FFIV, the Gameboy Advance version, aaaaand... promptly erased my save by accident when I was already halfway through the fucking game. ARGH. I wanted to restart, but just couldn't, hopped rails over to a new round of FFVI instead. I also started a new game of FFX and, boy, I had forgotten about how terrible all of the voice acting is.I've never thought it was that awful. Yeah, Tidus is a whiny bitch (who never just does the smart thing and insists that anyone answers his questions) and Wakka's accent is cartoonish; but it's the written dialogue which is problematic, not the people speaking it. The entire cast is made up of talented, experienced voice actors who you've heard in a hundred other things. (And the infamous "laughing" scene gets WAY too much shit, people seem to ignore the fact that even the other party members were really uncomfortable with how weird Yuna and Tidus sounded while they were exorcising their inner demons.) Compare it to truly awful performances throughout history. The voice acting in the first Resident Evil, now holy shit, THAT'S bad. "Don't open... that door!!!" It doesn't even sound like human beings talking. By comparison, FFX sounds like the cast of The Avengers reading Shakespeare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Record Keeper is a free mobile game. I forget exactly what the framing device is, but you're collecting characters from all the FF games and taking them through battles. It's pretty darn good, as F2P games go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 My wife and I have been playing FFXIV for about nine months now and it's pretty awesome. If you're looking for a fun MMO, highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Record Keeper is a free mobile game. I forget exactly what the framing device is, but you're collecting characters from all the FF games and taking them through battles. It's pretty darn good, as F2P games go. There is a pay element but you don't need it for most of the content. I know of people who have dropped thousands of dollars into the thing but I haven't dropped a cent and I enjoy it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Record Keeper is a free mobile game.Ah, that explains why I haven't heard of it. I've had the same ancient flip-phone for countless years now, and it's so primitive that it can't even run Tetris, let alone any modern phone games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 My wife and I have been playing FFXIV for about nine months now and it's pretty awesome. If you're looking for a fun MMO, highly recommended. It's really good! It doesn't feel nearly as grindy as WoW did, and the quest writing is much better. And, except for chat, it plays really well on PS4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Relaying FFVI for the foreverth time, it strikes me that this game is much more open-ended and vague as to exactly when you have to grind. Lots of poorly-balanced games go more like "at level 8 you'll totally die in the castle, at level 9 you'll have a fair challenge in the castle, at level 10 you'll squash every enemy in the castle and one-shot the boss". FFVI isn't like that at all; it's got the finely-tuned balance of a Hattori Hanzo sword. The combat and the enemies are so exquisitely designed that the challenge raises in the tiniest increments... and you often don't know you're in over your head until you're halfway through a dungeon and suddenly you realize everyone has low HP and you're almost out of healing items. It's such a subtle process, it's hard to even describe, but it's unlike practically any other game I've ever played. I've had the same ancient flip-phone for countless years now, and it's so primitive that it can't even run Tetris, let alone any modern phone games. JLSigman likes thisI think you've actually seen the phone in question with your own eyes, Jenn, that's how long I've had the damn thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I play the thing on my tablet for what it's worth. the idea behind it is that you have to (using an ATB with sprite graphics) run through all the different final fantasy worlds, and you can obtain characters from all of them. I'll be doing a Tidus event later with some combination of Locke, A Bard, Lenna, Warrior of Light from FFI, and Kain later. Or something. Right now I'm working on a Locke dungeon which runs through most of FFVI up to the escape from the floating continent and I've got my team of Locke, Cyan, Celes, Terra, and Lenna up against Nepala with doom cast on me. (There is synergy bonus if you use the characters in their worlds, but I only four FFVI characters have been released so far). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 My wife and I have been playing FFXIV for about nine months now and it's pretty awesome. If you're looking for a fun MMO, highly recommended. Is FFXIV still monthly subscription based? I played a few minutes of the PS4 Beta way back when, and it seemed like something I wanted to put some time into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 It is. I started the free trial yesterday. Seems decent so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 FF XIV is $10 on Amazon today and comes with a free month if anyone is looking to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 The PS4 copies are already gone I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Maybe they can make it better this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLSigman Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 All I want are updated graphics, a better translation of the original Japanese script (IMO it suffers from the weird word choices that make the original FF Tactics nearly incomprehensible), and making Vincent and Yuffie not be optional., That's it. I want the same story, same people, same weirdness, same crazy openword stuff, same Legendary Weapons, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I do want the option to shorten summons. Because I can only imagine that spending the whole 60 minutes it'll take to cast Knights of the Round with Quatra-Magic linked along with two mimics will get old after the 20th time. If we can toss in the no 9999 damage barrier, then awesome as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 I still am of the "leave it as it was with updated graphics" opinion. I am not sure how I feel with it having voice acting now, even. I don't care if it ages well for most. It's my favorite game of all time. I actually debated doing a clean run of it this weekend. (It's been years since I last touched it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 It seems like a massive waste to just update a game to add new graphics. They should put in twenty new side quests, a job system, four new optional bosses, a million new bits of materia and weapons, and a secret optional character who is General Leo from FFVI. You can play the thing today if you want. What's the point of playing it with prettier graphics? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I would be fine with just updated graphics, but with the time that has past and the things they added to its mythology with the various spin-offs, movies, etc. I can't see it being simple updated graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 To be fair... I am playing Final Fantasy XIII right now. For the first time, on the PC, when I have a few minutes in between work and parenthood and what not. I was right at the end of chapter 9 so I knew I had a big boss fight coming. It took 20 minutes or whatever, but I sat through the cut scene and beat the boss. Then I took the laptop with me to brush my teeth, to go through my laundry to get my clothes for today, and to do whatever else I had to do before bed. I don't think I looked at the screen once while there was some sort of ship being shot down or whatever. I just listened so I could have some idea of what was going on once I got my characters back. I just wanted to get to the Crystarium to use all my CP and go to bed. I'm sure people worked very hard on those graphics and spent tons of money on them, but that's the second to last reason I play a game (last being voice acting). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 It feels so dated on my ps3 on my widescreen HD TV. I'm all in on the remake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Side note: as fantastic as it looked on PS3, FF X/X2 HD on PS4 is just fucking stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 The important question nobody is asking about the Final Fantasy VII remake is "Will Sephiroth and Aerith still sound like Lance Bass and Mandy Moore?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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