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 Post subject: So I'm playing my first Final Fantasy game...
PostPosted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:18 pm 
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And it happens to be THE first Final Fantasy game.

I'm still pretty early on, just grinding outside of the little castle/market area, and still raging like a little bitch every time my Black Mage dies.

[spoiler]THIS SHIT IS SO FUN.[/spoiler]

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Words cannot express the delight.

My little man... all growing up...

*sheds tear*

Fighter
W.Mage
B.Mage
Thief

Have the mages stand at the back (does FF1 allow this? Its been so long...), buy whatever spells you can right from the start, and do a fair bit of grinding between each town.

On the off chance you get bored of FF1 (and to be fair, its not a strong title on its own), then I cannot recommend FF4 (with Cecil, Kain, Rydia, etc) enough, especially as an introduction to the series. It was the first with the active time battle system, and specific roles for characters too (not like others where you could have anyone be a fighter/mage/etc).

What you playing it on? Emulator?

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It's like I'm really an adult. :'D

I got a Red Mage, a Black Mage, a White Mage, and a Fighter. Currently, the Fighter is kicking the most ass, typically oneshotting anything with his 'Chucks of Death, but when the Black Mage comes through, he comes through HARD. I just dealt 38 damage to an Imp with LV.1 FIRE. Y'know, the Imps that have 8 HP.

38 damage.

8 HP.

LV.1 FIRE.


But yeah, FF1 doesn't allow rearranging your party any way you so desire(not that it matters, the enemies can hit anyone anyway).

And yeah, I'm playing on an emulator. Really, really wish I weren't, considering the fact that Nestra has the shittiest button mapping ever, and no GUI, so I can't change it.
I'll probably buy it on the Virtual Console, along with 4, when I come into 10 dollars.
...Actually, I think I have 40...
brb stealing sister's credit card

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Nestopia and NESten are killer emu's, some consider them leaders in the field. Try one.

Also, if you has GBA or DS, then I cannot recommend enough getting this. Both original games, newer GFX, better SFX, bonus dungeons, and above all, its dirt cheap.

There's also 4, 5 and 6, not to mention Tactics Advance too.

Or, if you can find a GBA emulator... ;)

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Needs more black belt. Black belt with no equipment is BEAST. When I played the GBA version I was Warrior/Black Belt/Black Mage/Red Mage.

Then again, GBA version is for little kids :(

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Blokeymon wrote:
Nestopia and NESten are killer emu's, some consider them leaders in the field. Try one.

Also, if you has GBA or DS, then I cannot recommend enough getting this. Both original games, newer GFX, better SFX, bonus dungeons, and above all, its dirt cheap.

There's also 4, 5 and 6, not to mention Tactics Advance too.

Or, if you can find a GBA emulator... ;)


But both are Windows-exclusive, and, alas, I am but a poor Linuxfag.

Also, will totally get.

okay now i'm getting sorta buried in backed-up games-to-play here...

But I feel bad for downloading new games. If it can still be found in stores, I just feel like an asshole if I get it for free.

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Black belt with no equipment is BEAST.


wait what
Is the Blackbelt stronger without weapons, or something?

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Zophar has Linux emulators for both NES and GBA flavours. The more you know...

Also yeah, Black Belt is a hands-on fighter. Weapons just slow him down. Chuck Norris was based on a FF Black Belt.

But going to Bahamuts Cave and upgrading Thief to Ninja is WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

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Yep. I used to give him claws or whatever he used as a weapon, but he hits the best with no equipment at all. I thought it was a cool touch, especially for such an old game. We're so conditioned to equip our characters with sweet lewt that having a character that was most effective with nothing was an interesting twist.

And yes, doing the cave is key. Going from Fighter to Knight and having someone with some half decent white skills is awesome, because as great as a red mage is, he packs down MP faster than a boat racer at a open bar.

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Duly noted, Blokey!

Also, that is a neat twist. Not even the best weapons do as well as his bare hands?

Also WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS MADPONY
IT IS TAKING MORE HITS THAN GARLAND OR WTF EVER HIS NAME WAS
IT JUST TOOK TWO 30-DAMAGE LV.1 FIRES AND IT IS STILL HITTING BEN THE RED MAGE REPEATEDLY
WHAT THE SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

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Madpony has 64HP apparently...

Also, you named your RM "Ben"? :wtf:

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TERA the Black Mage, MAX the Fighter, BEN the Red Mage, JOEY the White Mage.
Named them after the first people I saw on my chat history on Skype. And the Black Mage after myself. Because Black Mages are awesome. Like me.

Yeeeaaah. 8-)

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IIRC, my Black Belt (forget what the upgraded form name was...Master?) was hitting per one hit about the same as my Knight would per one hit - slightly less damage overall. The kicker; the Black Belt was much more prone to do multiple hits. Cast Haste on him and you could be doing like 6 or 8 hits :D

Invis is a key skill too - it raises evasion. Considering the Black Belt was pretty shit defensively this was a good way of keeping him safe till you got Protect (defense buff, I think - it's been a while since I played FF1 :lol:)

I'm taking inspiration from this person if I ever play another FF without canon names: http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=ff03

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That. Was. An. Amazing. Read. :lol:

I named my FF1 people after myself, Cas, Pie, and his then-missus. Obviously he was the thief/ninja, I was the fighter/warrior, Cas was the black mage/wizard and T was the white mage/wizard.

We pretty much raped.

But in any other FF game, changing names is a no-no. Amirite?

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I think so. As long as there are canon names I keep them - even though the idea of an RPG is to play the role of the character!

The SMPS articles on FF are pretty great - the writer did one for all the main FF games and Mystic Quest. They're well written, though you can tell the writer was a fan of the older FF games.

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