[Classic] Final Fantasy VI Advanced

Going slightly off-topic...

Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

Improved graphics? Why? Now Locke's hair will probably be blond(e?) instead of gray now. BOOOOO!!!!! The original graphics were fine

I thought Locke's menu pic and even the amano artwork were crap, his sprite owns both of them hands down.

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Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

Ewww no. FFVII is the one that deserves a makeover. Leave FFVI alone, man! I love the FFVI sprites (one of the best things about the game), and just looking at the CGI in the PSX port makes me cringe when I see Locke with blond hair. EWWWWW.... poor guy.

Next gen FFVI...*shudder*

Originally Posted by Omnislash124

Meh, I wouldn't mess around with a classic. Especially not with the CG versions of the characters, because they truly look like shit. They bear no resemblance to the in-game sprites (or at least very little). They don't need a new version, they just need to have the "Perfect" versions (aka SNES versions) ported to one system untouched.

So yeah, I'm with Wolf on this one. Sure, I'm all for a rebirth of Final Fantasy VI, but not in that respect. I don't even mind a 3D version of it, but dear god, do NOT make Locke look like what he did in the opening movie of the PSX edition.

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Originally Posted by RainMan

When I try to visualize an art style for a remake, I would prefer something more along the lines of the actual Yoshitaka Amano artwork illustrations, which are superlative.

You mean something like this?




~retches~

Sprites still rule in my favour.

(No offence dude. Just hating on the 'artwork'.)

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Originally Posted by RainMan

! Oh no you didn't! (Did you?)

I did what now?

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Actually I was thinking something more along the lines of this.

http://adunaph3l.net/atma/displayima...lbum=6&pos=242

I mean, can you really compare the 'sprite-alized' Kefka's Tower to that?

Actually, no I can't. I'll probably have to agree on you with the scenery. The characters are a different question IMO.

You know what? The character artwork even loses out to the FFVII Manga-style sketches. Not in a game though.

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Originally Posted by SOLDIER

Here

Now that's a better picture of Locke.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Aha! I knew there was something obvious i missed. Where in South Figaro is it? I know its hidden underneath the house on the far right but thats about it.

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Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

Man I miss stealing stuffs

Heh, I know what you mean. I always feel like I'm missing a few decent items if I don't have Locke (or indeed any thief-like person in a FF game) in my party.

Anyway, I found that elusive Ribbon (cheers SS) and immediately found another one in the Phoenix Cave... typical. Right now I'm halfway through uncursing the Cursed Shield, then I'm gonna raid the Fanatics tower with my ridiculously over-powered team.

Originally Posted by dagget

Speaking of Setzer, I'm trying to find the Fixed Dice so I can "dual weild" both sets of dice with him, but to no luck. It's been that long since I've played it I've forgotten where they're at.

Kefka's Tower mate.

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Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

Hey, that sounds like a great idea. It prevents random battles, yes? Cool. I'll try that on the way home today. Is Mog back at the Narshe caves? I can't remember.

Yes, Mog is back there. Examine the wall where he was standing to find the relic.

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P.S. Are all the other seven dragon as hard as the Storm one? >_>

Nope. In fact, most of them are walk-overs. Especially the Ice Dragon in Narshe Snowfields. Piece of cake.

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Yeah, thats what I meant. I just couldn't be arsed to be specific. Oops.

In other news, de-cursing the Cursed Shield is fucking boring.

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Originally Posted by Sword Familiar

Yeah. Too bad there's no auto-auto-fire switch on handhelds as there are on some game controllers for the SNES. I used to use one of those and go to the island where you start in the world of ruin. The enemies there are piss easy and won't do shit worth of damage on your team. The only thing you need to do is attack.

Originally Posted by Shaolin Samurai

re:Cursed Shield

The best way I've found to decurse the shield is to go on the Solitary Island where the enemies kill themselves after a few seconds. Put Locke in your party and have him repeatedly try to get their rare Megalixers until they automatically die. Or have Shadow w/Thief Dagger, Gogo, etc. It's still monotonous but easy and you might be able to pick up a lot of megalixers.

And thats what I have been doing. Trouble is, they only take a matter of seconds to commit suicide which normally leaves me only one chance to steal. So far I've had about 100 battles and stole just 3 elixirs. I could use one of the stop-inflicting weapons to give me a better chance of keeping them there longer, but it conflicts with the real reason I'm there... to get this over with fast.

Oh well, fuck it. I'll keep plodding on.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

So... which one are YOU gonna choose?

Sword/Esper Spoiler:

The Ragnarok Sword can be wagered in the Colossium for the Illumina, easily the best weapon in the game. Although with that evade bug fixed, maybe its not quite as uber as it used to be.

The Ragnarok Esper can morph enemies into items, not great items, but items nonetheless. And it completes the Esper list (a high priority for many nerds people).

Which one do you normally go for then?

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Originally Posted by Shaolin Samurai

How would it be "not quite as uber" just because Evade now works properly? Illumina/Lightbringer still gives +50% Evade and +50% MBlock, so its effectively exactly the same as it was in the original.

The sword might be just as good, but I'm saying - in a roundabout way - you can't abuse the bugs like you used to. In the SNES/PSX versions, you could have 2, sometimes even 3 people protected with the bug. To get 128% Evade and MBlock in this version, you've got to steal more Ragnaroks in Kefka's Tower before you get to full protection.

I guess it's not that big a deal though...

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