Any linear "Final Fantasy" style games for the PC?

[edi sucks]

I'll be honest, I haven't really played games in years. Hell, even when I did I was never much of a gamer... last game I played was Tales of Vesperia for the 360.

I ended up building a decent system recently to handle my video projects (including a 9800gtx 1gb for CUDA), and wanted to test it out with a few games. Are there any linear FF-style games for the PC, or are they all MMORPG's (I don't play those)?

Please keep the thread on topic, otherwise it will be locked and infractions handed out.

Thanks.

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KeithTalent

 

[zerogear]

Dragon Age Origins

 

[Jesusthewererabbit]

There are very few Japanese style RPGs with random encounters like Final Fantasy and the Tales series. Dragon Age is fairly linear, but you can still choose which area to go to, leave, and come back later to finish up if you choose. Really, any of the Bioware games are fairly linear as long as you keep track of your quests in your journal you can't get lost.

 

[TechBoyJK]

If you really liked the FF series, don't look past getting an emulator and actually playing some of the ones you missed. You'd be suprised at how good the story content was relative to the graphics. I sometimes wish I'd get in a car accident so I had an excuse to play them all back to back. I plan to do that sometime in my life.

 

[yepp]

Think the most recent console style RPG for the PC is The Last Remnant. There is also the episodic Penny Arcade Adventures that plays similar to the FF games. I also found the combat tactics in Dragon Age Origins very similar to the gambit system of FF12.

 

[Lonyo]

If you can find a copy of it, try Silver. No idea if it will run these days, since it's 10 years old, but it was good back in the day.

 

[Fenixgoon]

i think Last Remnant is the closest you'd come on PC. check out the demo to see if you'd like it.

 

[JujuFish]

If you really liked the FF series, don't look past getting an emulator and actually playing some of the ones you missed. You'd be suprised at how good the story content was relative to the graphics. I sometimes wish I'd get in a car accident so I had an excuse to play them all back to back. I plan to do that sometime in my life.

Recommending piracy, brilliant.

 

[fatpat268]

If you really liked the FF series, don't look past getting an emulator and actually playing some of the ones you missed. You'd be suprised at how good the story content was relative to the graphics. I sometimes wish I'd get in a car accident so I had an excuse to play them all back to back. I plan to do that sometime in my life.

Hmm... :hmm:

 

[shortylickens]

If you can find a copy of it, try Silver. No idea if it will run these days, since it's 10 years old, but it was good back in the day.

Silver was great. I still have it.
Also, Septerra Core was awesome.

Both can be found online if you dig hard enough.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Recommending piracy, brilliant.

I'm talking about old NES/SNES stuff. The only way to play that stuff on the PC is via emulator. It's not like it's impacting new sales any.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Hmm... :hmm:

Not the car accident part, but take the time to play through the games again. I was on the subway and the guy next to me was playing Dragon Warrior 1 on his PSP. At first I was all dumb, saying "oh wahts that game".. and as I started to get up to get off the train I walked away saying "metal slimes are a bitch" which you would know if you played it.

 

[JujuFish]

I'm talking about old NES/SNES stuff. The only way to play that stuff on the PC is via emulator. It's not like it's impacting new sales any.

The FF series has had multiple rereleases, and stop making excuses for piracy.

 

[TechBoyJK]

The FF series has had multiple rereleases, and stop making excuses for piracy.

on the pc?

 

[edi sucks]

Thanks guys, appreciate it.. the last remnant looks pretty AMAZING, I'm off to buy it in a few minutes..

 

[JujuFish]

on the pc?

What does that have to do with anything?

 

[Golgatha]

Silver was great. I still have it.
Also, Septerra Core was awesome.

Both can be found online if you dig hard enough.

I still have my Septerra Core disc. I have Planetscape Torment too.

 

[Golgatha]

The FF series has had multiple rereleases, and stop making excuses for piracy.

That and most of the Nintendo DS re-releases are superior to the originals.

 

[Nik]

Recommending piracy, brilliant.

Shut the fuck up; nobody's advocating piracy.

You're probably one of those assholes that calls the cops if you find out one of your friends bought a console game like FF and would prefer to play the rom emulated on their PC.

What if the console breaks or they sold it? Isn't paying for the game enough to give you the right to play it how you see fit?

 

[AlgaeEater]

Thanks guys, appreciate it.. the last remnant looks pretty AMAZING, I'm off to buy it in a few minutes..

Have fun with it. Just a word of warning though, the game "punishes" you for grinding. Just play through it naturally and try your best to keep your weapons up to par or level on enemies with high money / low exp.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Shut the fuck up; nobody's advocating piracy.

You're probably one of those assholes that calls the cops if you find out one of your friends bought a console game like FF and would prefer to play the rom emulated on their PC.

What if the console breaks or they sold it? Isn't paying for the game enough to give you the right to play it how you see fit?

This. The topic of the thread ends with "for the PC". And I simply stated an option. How he acquires teh "rights" or lack there of to enjoy the content is up to him.

 

[shortylickens]

Calm down peoples, or else the mods will spank us.
With leather.
And chains.

Actually,

go crazy folks.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Get a PS2 instead, then play:
Final Fantasy X
Xenosaga
Ar Tonelico
Persona 3 FES
...etc. etc. etc.

 

[RaistlinZ]

It's all about Chrono Trigger, baby.

 

[chronodekar]

on the pc?

What does that have to do with anything?

The point TechBoyJK was probably making is that you can't find a Final Fantasy game for the PC. The last was Final Fantasy-VII, I believe. :hmm: And it was for the PS-1.

That said, to suggest that someone is advocating piracy when they recommend an emulator is jumping to conclusions. I own a PAL-PS2 and in the early days, bought an NTSC game. It never played on my PS2, so a few years later, I got it working on my PC. Are you going to say I am a pirate now? :|

At the very least, let people actually advocate piracy first before you accuse them. Suggesting ways to play a game on a platform not intended by its original developer is NOT piracy! (It might border on Intellectual Property violation, but I have my doubts)

-chronodekar