[quote]never played FF games before. how is it in relation 2 DD? i know it's turn-based & definitely the skill systems as well as stats are totally different. what else? make me impressed, people. make me wanna buy them all!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />
ok, so that was overblown. i like the CGs as well as the soundtrack of FF series & i happen 2 collect them as i find them on the net. they're ultra cool. & unique! that's number one in FF series, i guess.
1. Adventure/action -- it doesn't play like a RPG. You don't have much say in how your characters develop. They are all on a set path. Neither VII nor VIII has an explicit "class," but it's fairly obvious which characters excel at melee or magic.
It doesnt??Or do you mean it doesnt play like a pc rpg??uhh it plays alot like most console rpg,s maybe you should clarify yourself more.It is a console rpg do not confuse it as being a pcrpg, just because it was ported to the pc.
2. Godawful translation -- something - make that
a lot of things - is lost between the transition from Japanese to English. I know that an Asian language usually translates horribly to English, but there is no excuse for the sub-literature level of the language in FFVII-VIII. The vocabulary looks like that of a ten-years-old, and the grammar and punctuation are pitiful. Thus, most of the dialogue sounds absolutely trite and corny. Don't go in expecting something even half-decent, here. It's not. It's simply poor.
It was made for old and young alike to understand. I dont think using 25 letter words would have been good.
3. VII -- there are very few sub-quests. Most of the quests are part of the main storyline, so the game is very, very linear.
When ff 7 came out please name one game on the console that had more side quests??The whole problem with your thinking of this game is you compare them to todays games, and pcrpg games. You cannott do that and expect people to take you seriously.
VIII -- I haven't finished it, and am losing interest fast. Nevertheless, there doesn't seem to be any sub-quest so far.
4. Godawful graphics -- it seems very obvious that there was very little thought or effort put into converting the games to PC versions. There are pixels -- large, obvious ones -- everywhere. And that, on
pre-rendered backgrounds. To note, though, the graphics in VII's combat mode is tolerable and, oddly enough, better than that of VIII's. VIII's cutscenes/CG are excellent, though. Right up there with Blizzard, believe it or not.
Usually when porting from a console to pc ,there is little noticable difference in graphics anyways.
5. Gameplay -- again, it's obvious that little was done. Neither VII nor VIII supports a mouse. It's all about keyboard, and the interface still looks like it is in the PS. There are still "memory slots" for saving, for peanut's sake. Can we say, lazy programmers?
Can you say you make no sense??Why would they change anything about the game when porting it to the pc??Another thing you can go out and buy a pc controler for 10 bucks ,so can anyone say your cheap? The game controls in a mannner where mouse support would have made the game even worse, as far as gameplay goes.
Oh, and atmosphere. I find it to be immersive despite its horrible graphics.
Once again tell me a game on the console that came out at the time that had better graphics??Your obviously a new gamer, and thats cool just stop comparing games from yester year to the present games of today.
