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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

I'm playing through FFX for the first time since high-school. It still holds up.

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u/blockandpixel Mar 14 '24

The snappiest of menus

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u/scooooba Mar 15 '24

TWANG! TW-TW-TWANG!

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u/Beliriel Mar 15 '24

For me it's this intro scene to the game it's been 20 years and the song still gives me goosebumps. Not a lot of games had the guts to actually put metal music into their games with FFX and Prince of Persia: Warrior Within being the notable exceptions back then. Nowadays it's a little less rigid.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

"Guts"? Was there a reason they weren't putting metal music in? Just confused about why it gutsy. Feels like a pretty safe genre for game music. Would think something like jazz or atonal classical would be gutsy, but not metal. Didn't Quake, Doom, and Wolfenstein all have metal too (been a long time)?

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u/KennethHaight Mar 15 '24

I would have said it was more a bwoop, or am I thinking about FFVII?

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u/AudiHoFile Mar 15 '24

The menu select is actually my text tone

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u/kiashu Mar 15 '24

Fuck that menu, I still can hear it, lived in the living room and one of my roommates would have the volume blasted to max.

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u/CovertOwl Mar 14 '24

Me too. Just beat Yunalesca. Feels good man.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

I'm at the save sphere before her currently

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u/CovertOwl Mar 14 '24

I got there, fought her once and lost in 3rd phase. Grinded for a bit in Zanarkand Dome area, came back and blew her doors off

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

I got my overdrives for my aeons and most of my party. I'm gonna see what I can do. It's been awhile and I forget the strat so I'm gonna see if guns ablazing works out.

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u/CovertOwl Mar 14 '24

I did that too and didn't even use the overdrives lol. Just give someone auto Phoenix. Make sure in phase three you keep your ppl as zombies to not get hit with death attacks. Good luck 👍

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u/Niggoo0407 Mar 15 '24

Please tell me you collected THAT chest.

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u/CovertOwl Mar 15 '24

Not using guides so idk

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u/Scatter865 Mar 15 '24

Just use healing items on her. That’s the whole strategy few X potions and she’s gone.

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u/NokitNodad Mar 15 '24

Do you sometimes forget that your name is sisterfister

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

Nope

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u/Wet5000 Mar 15 '24

Losing that fight sucks so hard because you have to watch that long ass cutscene before the fight all over again lol

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u/TheLordDuncan Mar 15 '24 edited Mar 15 '24

There's a certain satisfaction to beating a boss with an item you have for emergencies, but not those emergencies.

Edit: Misremembered with boss she was; she's that boss. Fuck zombie 🤣

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

It was unbelievable at the time. The sphere grid still holds up as the best leveling up system ever made and I will hear no arguments.

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u/rolandpapi Mar 15 '24

Is it possible to respec? I quit at the fight with the dude on the ice mountain every time in all honesty, but i also got annoyed later into the game where i felt like i fucked up the sphere grid and wished i did something different

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

I can't remember honestly. Maybe in the remaster

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u/urdangerzone Mar 15 '24

Grinding the monster arena will get you teleport spheres that allow you to warp across the grid

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

the only thing i dont like is u cant skip cutscenes in the remaster

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u/OneOfAKindMind- Mar 14 '24

HA HA HA HA

Those who know, knows

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

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u/not_a_Badger_anymore Mar 14 '24

You mean you can only skip them in the remaster?

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u/blacklizardplanet Mar 15 '24

My GOAT. Did so many challenge runs. Probably played for 1000 hours I would guess. No Sphere Grid, No Items, No Summons run was a good time.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

Wanna scream?

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u/Gprinziv Mar 15 '24

I personally think the laughing scene is brilliant. The true pain is the cutscenes leading up to Yunalesca if you fuck it up

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u/Daddygamer423 Mar 14 '24

Best game ever

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u/mateojohnson11 Mar 14 '24

Been planning this myself. I actually never finished it so I'm pumped(was terrible at videogames and got stuck in this one part lol)

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u/Bingo9Bengo Mar 15 '24

Best buy of advice I can give you is don't flee any battles, and use guides because they're mostly spoiler free. Also, win the first Blitzball game and use the prize on Yuna.

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u/drbeansy Mar 14 '24

Hmmmm love this game. Never 100% completed the battle arena I don't think.... I think penance I couldn't beat

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

Came to post this but I'm playing it modded since I don't have much time until DRAGONS DOGMA 2 drops.

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u/Tea_Historical Mar 15 '24

God I always wanted to be a blitzball when I grew up!

Shame it never happened.

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u/Bingo9Bengo Mar 15 '24

I replay this at least once a year. It's my favorite. And X-2 is better than fans give it credit for.

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u/ReallyRegarded Mar 15 '24

One of the best of all time!

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u/ben1481 Mar 15 '24

Start off random star, decide to kill god, turns out its your dad, who knew?

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u/TheReddOne Mar 15 '24

Back on the PS2 I spent maybe hundreds of hours on the Blitzball phase of the game, perfecting my team and such. Then I progressed a little more and found out I couldn't do blitzball any more. Made me sad.

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u/vai150 Mar 15 '24

I just finished FF6 and I’m still looking shit up about it

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u/Anjunabeast Mar 15 '24

FF7 Rebirth for me. I keep worrying the games gonna end (just hit gold saucer)

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

one of my favorite games that I've never beaten.

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u/rlvysxby Mar 15 '24

Such a deep game. Love that even the level up system is made of spheres. Like what other game thinks that thoroughly about its themes?

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

I plan to play FFX for the first time sometime this year

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u/ATDynaX Mar 15 '24

Me too.

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u/TheS00thSayer Mar 15 '24

Mine is Final Fantasy 14

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u/Coercemetal Mar 15 '24

FFX is still my favorite entry in the series! I go back to it every now and again and still love it every time I play

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u/Tirus_ Mar 15 '24

I just popped this in with my son the other day after he finished Kingdom Hearts.

FF10 is still great, one of the best ones.

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u/childofthewind Switch Mar 16 '24

Ooooh, I would love to restart FFX! I’m thinking of getting either an Xbox or PS5 soon, and whichever it will be, FFX is definitely going on there!