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    Interest in classic FF-style battle system games?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by JohnnyFlash, May 23, 2012.

  1. JohnnyFlash

    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    How many people here would play a game like this if it's built solid?

    Would anyone not play it, regardless of quality, just due to not liking that style of game?

    Any feedback would really help me out.
     
  2. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    I would play it, I played some old save that I had from FF8 not so long ago, I think 2 months ago.

    Added some higher texture mods and other graphics and better audio quality as well.
     
  3. bubzers

    bubzers Notebook Evangelist

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    i wish more games were like classic FF. i would absolutely play it.
     
  4. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    I lost most of my interest in that stuff a few years ago, but if it were a faithful throwback to the SNES era of jRPGs I'd consider it. Most NES era jRPGs were just too dated by the time I tried them out, though.

    Keep in mind that there are a lot of factors that went/go into making the best jRPGs, it's not just a matter of saying you want to make one, which I assume is your reason for asking.
     
  5. Kingpinzero

    Kingpinzero ROUND ONE,FIGHT! You Win!

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    You should try Silver, is available in GoG.
    Basically back in time the critic acclaimed it as a FF7 clone.
    Also The Last Remnant is the best thing near modern final fantasy games and I highly advice it.
    Plus well since pc can emulate pretty much everything you can get a decent psx/ps2 emu and going crazy with the genre.
     
  6. Getawayfrommelucas

    Getawayfrommelucas Notebook Evangelist

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    For JRPGs I actually prefer turn based combat.
     
  7. Mitlov

    Mitlov Shiny

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    Look on tablets and smartphones. There are a ton of Japanese-style RPGs of this format for your phone or tablet since they're easy to develop and work well with just a touchscreen interface. Some are quite good (some not) and most are under $5.
     
  8. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    I would love to get the old Final fantasy battles back again which was turn based. Now its all real time battles with spamming the same button again without any need for strategy.

    Screw you Enix. Hope you rot in hell for ruining final fantasy
     
  9. JohnnyFlash

    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    Alright, thanks guys. I was starting to second guess a few design choices. The feedback was helpful. :)
     
  10. bks1987

    bks1987 Notebook Evangelist

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    I am actually dying to play a PC game that is exactly like or very similar to final fantasy 10, with better/similar graphics.