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  • Goddamn is this annoying. I can't get any farther in FF9 (still) because my PS freezes during a FMV.

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.

 #24477  by Eric
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 1:51 am
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>I really need to beat that game, I'm so lazy, I'm at the last boss. :P</div>

 #24478  by M'k'n'zy
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 4:09 am
<div style='font: 9pt "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Same here</div>

 #24480  by kent
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 8:45 am
<div style='font: bold 11pt ; text-align: left; '>which FMV?</div>

 #24482  by Kupek
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 9:32 am
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Going into the Shimmering Island.</div>

 #24483  by Blotus
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 10:32 am
<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>Meh. The ending's nothing to get excited about (it's crap compares to 8's).</div>

 #24484  by SineSwiper
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 1:17 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>"It's crap compared to 8". That pretty much describes FF9.</div>

 #24486  by G-man Joe
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 1:40 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>That's a first. Never heard of anyone saying FF8 was better than FF9. Everyone who's played both said this, 'cept you. What didn't you like about FF9?</div>

 #24487  by SineSwiper
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 1:52 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>The storyline mostly, and the weird looking SD characters. It was like they were degenerating into their old self.</div>

 #24488  by G-man Joe
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 2:10 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>I thought the story line was way better than FF7. Never played FF8 but many say it's better than that too. But...we're all entitled to our opinion. This was a far less confusing and less conflicting FF story.</div>

 #24490  by Eric
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 3:19 pm
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>I hated FFVIII I stopped playing on disk 3. FFVII still has a revolutionary feel to it. :P FFIX returned to the roots which I liked. I found the characters pleasunt and amusing.</div>

 #24492  by Kupek
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 4:14 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>It was a throw back to the old way on purpose.</div>

 #24493  by SineSwiper
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 4:36 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>I guess it all depends if you're a sci-fi buff or a fantasy buff. Probably the same reason Shellie likes AC and not AO, with me visa-versa. (Of course, she doesn't like -any- MMO besides AC.)</div>

 #24494  by Blotus
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 4:41 pm
<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>I probably liked FF9 the most of all the PSX games... but I personally felt it had the worst, most cliched storyline. The gameplay was dead-on, though.</div>

 #24496  by Eric
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 8:35 pm
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Actually, if your PSX can't handle the FFIX FMV, I wouldn't recommend playing Lunar.</div>

 #24497  by Shellie
 Mon Jul 16, 2001 9:25 pm
<div style='font: bold 10pt arial; text-align: left; '>shutup :P hehe I like other MMO's, I just don't have the time to play all of them, so I pick AC, hell I dont get to play that much anymore</div>

 #24499  by Don
 Tue Jul 17, 2001 2:48 am
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Yes, a marketing ploy to get the old schoolers...</div>

 #24500  by Torgo
 Tue Jul 17, 2001 2:59 am
<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>I personally agree with Blotus on this one. Cliched story, damn fun gameplay.</div>

 #24501  by Liathional
 Tue Jul 17, 2001 8:17 am
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Try and get someone to realign your len. Tolerent rate for FMV lately are pathetic for most PSX games...</div>

 #24502  by Kupek
 Tue Jul 17, 2001 10:45 am
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I had no problems with the first Lunar for the PS.</div>

 #24503  by Kupek
 Tue Jul 17, 2001 10:47 am
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Marketing "ploy"? What? It IS like the old ones, there's not ploy. A marketing ploy would be advertising it as classic FF when it wasn't. But it is, so there's not deception. No deception, no ploy.</div>

 #24504  by Kupek
 Tue Jul 17, 2001 11:04 am
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I just love the fact that I can buy and equip armor, helmets, and other equipment for my characters.</div>

 #24505  by Eric
 Tue Jul 17, 2001 2:22 pm
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Actually I meant Lunar EB, my fault.</div>

 #24506  by Eric
 Tue Jul 17, 2001 2:23 pm
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>You have to understand Don didn't like the game because there were no cute girls in it.</div>

 #24507  by Blotus
 Tue Jul 17, 2001 3:35 pm
<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>Goes to the gameplay!</div>

 #24509  by Crono
 Tue Jul 17, 2001 7:29 pm
<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Yah, I was gonna say... most everyone disliked FF8 the most out of the three PSX ones.</div>

 #24513  by Oracle
 Tue Jul 17, 2001 10:29 pm
<div style='font: bold 12pt "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left; '>Go to someone else's house, passthe FMV, save... *cough*</div>

 #24519  by Nemissa
 Wed Jul 18, 2001 12:22 am
<div style='font: 9pt system; text-align: left; '>Actually, I prefered FF8... I couldn't bring myself to finish 9.</div>

 #24521  by Kupek
 Wed Jul 18, 2001 9:09 am
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>You think I didn't think of that? I don't know anyone else with a PlayStation who lives near me.</div>

 #24522  by Eric
 Wed Jul 18, 2001 11:21 am
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>"Friends! How many of us have them! Friends! People you can rely on! Friends!"</div>

 #24523  by G-man Joe
 Wed Jul 18, 2001 12:07 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>But you're a trannie, so no one is surprised. =8^)</div>

 #24528  by SineSwiper
 Wed Jul 18, 2001 9:17 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>I didn't mind the unique armor/weapon system of the FF7/8 games, but I was annoyed at the overly easy gameplay.</div>

 #24533  by Kupek
 Thu Jul 19, 2001 8:53 am
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I shouldn't get so much pleasure micro-managing what my party is wearing, and getting new fangled things to put on them, but I do. I really missed that from FF8 and FF7.</div>

 #24537  by SineSwiper
 Thu Jul 19, 2001 10:59 am
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Yeah, I enjoyed that too because it was so open-ended.</div>

 #24544  by Blotus
 Thu Jul 19, 2001 12:24 pm
<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>You do realize you missed the best ending of any FF game, right?</div>

 #24549  by Eric
 Thu Jul 19, 2001 1:47 pm
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>I downloaded it on Morpheus, I miss nothing. :P</div>