this is the most confusing final fantasy game ever

[twiggy]

the GF are confusing
the magic is confusing
the junctions are confusing
the abilities are confusing
the controlls are confusing (seriously WTF is b1,b2, etc on my freaking xbox one s controller?)

now i see why everyone skips this game and goes to ff9

[NotAlex]

Lol

[NotAlex]

Learn how to

[twiggy]

Originally posted by AlexLink:

Learn how to

its too confusing ff7 and ff9 were so much more easier to understand. i have no idea why 10 used the same system from 8

[Kerobe]

You just have to see the GF and the Magic like your equipement

GF give you stat to upgrade (HP, Def, etc...) and need AP (gain after every fight) to learn abilites (stat to upgrade (HP, Def, etc...) , boost (like HP +20%) or new command (like Card) )

Magic give you stat (Cure on HP for exemple), more stat with 100 cure than 10 (draw magic from ennemies or with refine)

in fact, there are tutorials early game to explain that...

and for the control layout, you have a mod to fix it

[Sharticus:DestroyerOfToilets]

If you think this game is complicated, then I honestly have no idea how you function on a day to day basis.

[chaosbringer42]

I like the "ff7 is easier to understand". Far worse systems in almost every way, far worse at telling you where to go or what to do, far worse minigames that almost randomised buttons to make it harder. Yeah ff8 was sooo hard to figure out :D.

[NotAlex]

I'm actually playing ff7 and it's difficult to understand. But I try.

Originally posted by chaosbringer42:

I like the "ff7 is easier to understand". Far worse systems in almost every way, far worse at telling you where to go or what to do, far worse minigames that almost randomised buttons to make it harder. Yeah ff8 was sooo hard to figure out :D.

[Infernal Delight]

Ciara isn't wrong about the system being slightly unorthodox. It's different but extremely powerful once you get used to it. I had a hard time when I was younger even with guides...

Now, what really gets my goat are the lack of appropriate ported controls. A problem facing Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Editions PC players. The solution was to use a controller or mods..

The mods that exist here didn't work for me and I have a tremendous amount of experience copy/pasting mods, editing .ini files and even more hardcore coding if necessary.

After going through the mod instructions 3 times, I'd noticed that I didn't miss anything.

Regardless, the controls shouldn't need to be modded; Merely ported properly.. this is a lazy PC port with sugar coating dirt... it's an insult to the game and the original developers.

[Lord Wholesome]

OP, what's so difficult about equipping summons to your characters and magic to your stats? The game has tutorials in English you know...

[twiggy]

Originally posted by I am Vengeance:

OP, what's so difficult about equipping summons to your characters and magic to your stats? The game has tutorials in English you know...

except that, you can only equip 3 abilities -.- so you have to sacrifice something to use card

[Lord Wholesome]

Originally posted by ciaradesu:

Originally posted by I am Vengeance:

OP, what's so difficult about equipping summons to your characters and magic to your stats? The game has tutorials in English you know...

except that, you can only equip 3 abilities -.- so you have to sacrifice something to use card

So? What were you going to do, massively use magic in combat? :) No problem to have Card on one character.

Edit: I get that FF8 is a little odd, but if you warm up to it you can easily come to appreciate it. SE sets out to change every FF game with something new. Whether you like it or not is debatable, but you can make it work and thus it doesn't warrant a complaint.

[Bypass]

FF8 is weird and the worst of the Playstation Final Fantasy games from a system foundation and story level. But that same system foundation is why it is the most fun of the Playstation Final Fantasy games.

And it moves like twice as fast as 9, jesus that game is just too slow. On the scale of JRPGs you have Final Fantasy 8 which would be like, Mario Kart, then you have 9 which is like Big Bumpin, and then something like Suikoden which would be F-Zero. Hot damn.

Though I am biased towards FF8, after all I played it at the same time as 7, 8, 9 and Tactics yet 8 is my favorite of them so there is obviously nostalgia involved. Just not for the other three, only 8. Yeah, its science.

[Bypass]

Also, 10 didn't really use the same system? I mean understanding 10 wouldn't help out in understanding 8 or vice versa. If anything 10 and 13 are similar but there 13 was more confusing of the two.

[twiggy]

Originally posted by Thin Big Tin Man:

Also, 10 didn't really use the same system? I mean understanding 10 wouldn't help out in understanding 8 or vice versa. If anything 10 and 13 are similar but there 13 was more confusing of the two.

you draw magic from enemies in 10 dont you?

[chaosbringer42]

No