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  • Popped in FFX to try it out for a bit today, ended up playing for five hours (wish i coulda saved). Beautiful looking, plays well, and easier to get into than any of the PSX ones (excluding maybe seven).

  • 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.
 #24798  by Crono
 Thu Jul 26, 2001 1:30 am
<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Popped in FFX to try it out for a bit today, ended up playing for five hours (wish i coulda saved). Beautiful looking, plays well, and easier to get into than any of the PSX ones (excluding maybe seven).</div>

 #24799  by Crono
 Thu Jul 26, 2001 1:32 am
<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Oh yeah, and the battle system is finally less annoying! yes!! More boss fights and more of those "scripted battles" that woojin spoke of (with the special actions that are specific to those battles). Breaks the tedium, for sure.</div>

 #24811  by Liathional
 Thu Jul 26, 2001 10:17 am
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I feign sickness to get back early from work to finish it... gaaaahh</div>

 #24815  by Kupek
 Thu Jul 26, 2001 11:14 am
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Funny, it took me about 10 hours (once I got out of Midgar, got out into the world, and saw that incredible flash back scene) to really get into FF7.</div>

 #24835  by Stephen S.
 Thu Jul 26, 2001 4:33 pm
<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Really? I found the MIdgar sequences more enthralling than anything else. Always thought the game went downhill after you were forced to leave the city.</div>
 #24836  by Kupek
 Thu Jul 26, 2001 4:55 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>At one point, when I was exploring around Aeris' house, I remember thinking that this is the new <I>Final Fantasy</I>, but I'm not all that into it.

Now, I appreciate the Midgar parts of the game, but mainly because they're attached to the rest.

Man do I want to replay FF7. (Again.)</div>

 #24842  by Torgo
 Thu Jul 26, 2001 10:41 pm
<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Yup, Midgar was impressive, but I was still having doubts. It was that flashback scene that reassured me that everything was going to be okay.</div>

 #24845  by Zeus
 Thu Jul 26, 2001 10:51 pm
<div style='font: 10pt "Arial bold"; text-align: left; '>Yep. Up to leaving Midgar, I couldn't put the game down. After that, the game became an average RPG, just with a kick-ass beginning</div>

 #24848  by Kupek
 Thu Jul 26, 2001 11:21 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Same planet, different worlds.</div>

 #24852  by Eric
 Fri Jul 27, 2001 12:27 am
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Hey I need spoiler candy, how did they end up leaving midgar? I Completely forgot it's been so long.</div>

 #24860  by Torgo
 Fri Jul 27, 2001 3:54 am
<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Remember the Motorcycle scene? That takes Cloud and co. to the end of Midgar.</div>

 #24861  by Eric
 Fri Jul 27, 2001 5:02 am
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah but what lead up to that?</div>
 #24862  by Torgo
 Fri Jul 27, 2001 5:47 am
<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>They storm the Shinra building (or sneak into it, depending on your decision) to rescue Aeris, but they get captured. Eventually they escape with her and Red XIII. When they go to the Pres.' office they find that Sephiroth slaughtered Shinra Sr. They then head outside, where they battle Rufus who ends up escaping in a helicopter, followed by another battle with some robot following them down the elevator. After that, Cloud steals a motorcycle and the others take a car, which leads us to where we left off and makes a pretty fun mini game.</div>

 #24864  by Eric
 Fri Jul 27, 2001 7:26 am
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>ahhh ok. That scene ruled, the music was awesome for that portion of the game, I need to go Rent FF7. :P</div>

 #24888  by Crono
 Fri Jul 27, 2001 9:03 pm
<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Well, but, it was great having those times where you can stop with the hectic forward pace, and really explore the world and other such things. Without that, it'd seem too much like a straight interactive movie.</div>