I know. The worst part about it is that P & P were so badass compared to most of the companions up to that point. And that stupid spoony bard was the worst! "I will damage you--with music streams!"
I think Final Fantasy 3/6 had some good moments, but they were a bit more somber and dramatic than 2/4's more heroic moments. However, both games had an aspect removed from their release. In 3/6, Celes no longer commits suicide if she fails to keep Cid alive. In 2/4, Palom and Porom are alive at the end. If I remember correctly, that was actually added for the American release as the Japanese release did not have them at the end, which made you assume that they were still dead/petrified. Even considering Rydia's return to the group as an adult, the Palom and Porom sacrifice scene is probably my favorite scene from the game. It's so sad when Tellah tries to cure them and it doesn't work due to them turning to stone through their own volition.
I know. The worst part about it is that P & P were so badass compared to most of the companions up to that point. And that stupid spoony bard was the worst! "I will damage you--with music streams!"
What? 5's boss was by far the hardest for me. 7's was almost trivial.Yup. Totally worthless outside of a single boss fight.
Then the bard job gets redemption in FF5 when it's almost the only way to kill the games's hardest boss (and easily the hardest boss in Final Fantasy ever until FF7).
Agreed about FFX. It didn't really "open" up until essentially the very end of the game (just before going to the Zanarkand Ruins).8 probably could have killed it for most people. 9 was really quite good, though, and very much like the earlier FF1-3 (1-6 or whatever) in the series, with the classic character types. It is certainly worth playing if you can play that sort of thing these days.
FWIW, I consider those type of worlds, up through FF9, to be "open world" at that time anyway: you have a world map, can pretty much go where you want when you want (Assuming you have the airship), but the story and leveling does tend to push you on a specific path. That all changed with FFX, which removed the world map and just became kinda like CoD on rails.
If you mean standard boss, then I tend to agree with you. If you mean hidden boss, very few things can compete with Ozma in FFIX, or many of the monster arena battles in FFX...What? 5's boss was by far the hardest for me. 7's was almost trivial.
Yup. Totally worthless outside of a single boss fight.
Then the bard job gets redemption in FF5 when it's almost the only way to kill the games's hardest boss (and easily the hardest boss in Final Fantasy ever until FF7).
What? 5's boss was by far the hardest for me. 7's was almost trivial.
I never did kill Ruby, much to my shame. I did kill Emerald, though.
Same for me. My bucket list is basically beating Ruby.
Wasn't Ruby the one that you cheese with Knights of the Round + Mimic?
Wasn't Ruby the one that you cheese with Knights of the Round + Mimic?
As I recall (and this was like 20 years ago), the combo I used involved Hades and Phoenix. I am pretty sure that Hades was key to locking it down. I'm not even sure I had KotR at that point, although it would have obviously made things go quicker. (I did have it, it definitely wasn't leveled up like I had it for Emerald. That one I did brute force, spending like an hour watching the KotR cut-sceen over and over again.)