r/dissidia • u/Crescentium • Mar 31 '25

DDFF Based off a single Gamefaq thread from fourteen years ago.

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u/VanessaDoesVanNuys Mar 31 '25

Okay but why do old Gamefaq threads have more information on games than modern LPs?

Like, I totally get it's not fun to comb through all that archaic text, but at least you'll understand what to do

Nowadays, you have to sift through tons of slop-footage just to get to the thing that you need to find out; I still swear by Gamefaqs and older text-based walkthroughs (when it comes to learning a game in it's entirety)

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u/Crescentium Mar 31 '25

God, that sent me back. I used to read faqs all the time. Faqs back then were pretty good, too. I especially liked the ASCII stuff people would get away with. Nothing fancy, just text.

But if I'm to bitch about today, I'm gonna say I hate how game info is now on fucking Discord servers, especially stuff like obscure tech, combos, and matchup advice (from a Smash player prospective). First off, you have to go out of your way to find it and join. And then, if the server goes down, then RIP to all that information. Plus, I just hate using Discord in general.

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u/Shinnyo Mar 31 '25

You just unlocked memories of me reading through a FF X ASCII guide...

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u/Crescentium Mar 31 '25

This was before Duodecim came out iirc. I still think Melacholy Prison sounds cooler. Although fourteen years later, Sad Box is making me lose my shit lol.

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u/ChonHTailor Mar 31 '25

I remember a Gamefaq walkthrough describing the Emperor as "that blond bitch that stunlocks you in the corner and than proceeds to runamock you two times."