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  • This was perhaps the most beautifully crafted jrpg I’ll never finish. While the nostalgia hit me like a truck, after just some 8 hours I just felt I had played it all. The graphics and the music may be the very best in the genre, but the gameplay left much to be desired. Time-based inputs are nice (though they do get tiresome after a while), but there’s just no substance in the gameplay. Progression is slow af, and I didn’t feel there was much to unlock other than higher numbers, which are meh.

    Amazing piece of art, though.



  • Unlike many others here, I did enjoy Trials of Mana, so I am looking forward to this one. Looks amazing!

    …except for that generic shonen hero. I am so done with games with generic shonen mc. I get that the new generation has to start somewhere, but it’d be nice to see more variaty in mc characters. Or on the very least let us create our own.







  • I have two. First, I’m in the VIII > VII camp. To be fair, I played FF8 before playing FF7 (though I’ve been playing FF since V), so the downgrade in visuals really hurt. I also don’t get what’s the deal with the Squall hate. Sure, he’s a bit whiney at the beginning, but you can really feel his growth. Same with his relationship with Rinoa (that’s her name, right?). I could see those two falling with each other in a more believable way than other jrpg ships.

    Second one, V is better than VI. Sure, VI has higher production value, and arguably a better story, but the class system in 5 was top jrpg system in the snes era. I also felt more closely attached to the small cast of V rather than with the gigantic cast of VI (I honestly cried in the aftermath of Galuf vs Exdeath). Again, V was my first FF, so that may be nostalgia talking. Though I recently replayed with a patch that improves the class system, and it was a banger of a game. Plus, Battle on the Big Bridge.

    Feel free to fight me.


  • Maybe in some colloquial definitions, but following the DnD conventions (which is what I assume op was talking about), Intelligence refers to knowledge, while Wisdom refers to perception, introspection, and metacognition (knowing that you know or don’t know something) . So I think high Wis (you are quick on perceiving things) but low Int (not being able to remember what you know) would apply.

    It’s not a science, though. This is just my personal interpretation.



  • That’s a very good point. When I DM, I always let the players avoid any unnecessary rolling, especially if they get into character and describe what they do, if so they want. Something like, “you can skip rolling, and this happens, or you can roll and try a better outcome, but also risk a worst one.” Works wonders with all kinds of skills. For example, (in PF2e), you can spend two actions to climb that wall, with no need of rolling, or spend one action and an Athletics check to see if you can do it faster.


  • The author may have a good point–though I’m honestly not entirely sure they do–, but even if the D20 vs DC turns the experience into a gamist simulation, what is exactly the problem? Personally, I’d rather play a game of dice than “mother may I” with the DM.

    I’ve been playing since 2e, and I very much enjoy the mechanical aspect of the game, to the point that I grew tired of 5e lax and vague rules and moved to PF. That doesn’t mean 5e is bad, it’s just something different from what I want, and that is ok.