Yeah, I still play video games occasionally (less and less), probably will stop by the time I'm 27, and it really changes what I want to play. So many things want to take a lot of my time. Older games were so much simpler.
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Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Now Available on iPhone and iPad
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Big sprawling open world whatevers are great when you're a teenager with all the time in the world but lmao yeah it's not happening anymore. I love Morrowind but I'm probably never going to play it again.
Most recent "big" game I picked up was Death Stranding and I bounced off it after a month when I felt like I was still in the tutorial after sinking 20+ hours into it. I am like 30 or 40 years old and I think it's fine to just plough through the same four or five SNES JRPGs practically on muscle memory alone, over and over again, forever.
Most recent "big" game I picked up was Death Stranding and I bounced off it after a month when I felt like I was still in the tutorial after sinking 20+ hours into it. I am like 30 or 40 years old and I think it's fine to just plough through the same four or five SNES JRPGs practically on muscle memory alone, over and over again, forever.
I think it's because we feel that it is a waste of time. There is a lot of productivity porn being shown nowadays as well as young people making it big that makes people feel guilty with spending time playing video games.
Not a fan of gaming on devices either, with a controller now( I use a PS4) thr games ard a little more enjoyable, like GTA for that matter it was impossible on a touch screen.
Wish they’d do games like this for the appletv, maybe soon .... ?
Why did no one tell me this 20 years ago??? So much time I've spent unnecessarily enjoying myself that I could have avoided and spent doing 'grown up' things instead
Seriously, stop doing things when you don't enjoy them any more, or when your body won't let you any more, not based on some arbitrary concept of when you think it's appropriate. Otherwise, one day when you're in your 70s or 80s you're going to look back on your life and wonder why despite all your achievements, everyone else seems happier than you.
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From reading the first reviews on the App Store it seems there’s no controller support or cloud saves, which is pretty poor. I hope at least this port is like FFIX and quicksaves at every screen transition, that feature really took away any save anxiety I had about iOS closing the app if I left it running in the background.
I think 7 was the most impactful and genre defining for reasons that don't need repeating.
I actually think 9 was the best game thanks to its systems, world design, music, character design and its sheer beauty and charm.
However, 8 will always have the most special place in my heart as the first one I played, and it is amazing. I'll be buying this remastered version on iOS (probably the fourth or fifth platform I've bought it on!).
Edit: Actually I won't be buying this. Just looked at all 3 PlayStation era Final Fantasies on iOS and I see they haven't done any work to make them suitable for touchscreens - they've just stuck virtual buttons on the screen. Ugh, that is lazy, terrible design, and makes the price ridiculous.
I actually think 9 was the best game thanks to its systems, world design, music, character design and its sheer beauty and charm.
However, 8 will always have the most special place in my heart as the first one I played, and it is amazing. I'll be buying this remastered version on iOS (probably the fourth or fifth platform I've bought it on!).
Well you wouldn't want your drawn supply to go below a hundred would you!
Edit: Actually I won't be buying this. Just looked at all 3 PlayStation era Final Fantasies on iOS and I see they haven't done any work to make them suitable for touchscreens - they've just stuck virtual buttons on the screen. Ugh, that is lazy, terrible design, and makes the price ridiculous.
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Can you explain what you mean but that? Do you mean the iPad Pros run games with top graphics, but non-Pros don't, but a non-Pro connected to an Apple TV gets the graphics upgraded to Pro levels thanks to the Apple TV?
I’m in my thirties and play less games when I was younger. That has nothing to do with me suddenly finding it childish but more to do with the fact there are very few games these days that are worth playing as most are repetitive open world slogs.
Hell my mum is 61 and plays her Nintendo switch everyday.
Also ffviii is a great game.
Hell my mum is 61 and plays her Nintendo switch everyday.
Also ffviii is a great game.
To me, it's the complexity of the controls. This is why I'm drawn to turn-based RPGs as everything is on the screen as menus to be selected (Attack, Magic, etc). I just need to remember the "Ok" and "Cancel/back" button in general, and the "Menu" button. Plus there's the story and characters I can enjoy. I was quite an avid first person shooter and RTS player during LAN-parties days, but those games were much simpler back then (Quake, Unreal, C&C, etc). Today's games are getting ultra complicated (for me) with dozens of buttons to be memorized. I guess I'm turning into a casual player.
This comment is a bit ironic considering it’s a thread about a old 40+ hour game literally giving hours for every $ spent. As does FF6 that you listed later.
I always liked JRPGs because they typically give me more gameplay for my $ *shrug*
LOL. The average video gamer is 39 years old! Seriously, look it up. Who do you think is driving this multi-billion dollar industry with $500+ consoles, kids with allowances or even students with part time jobs?
Not true. 3 and 5 had the ability to change jobs on the fly even the ability to let you keep an ability from a job you maxed out. 6 which each character had a set job was very customizable with magic/espers
I completely disagree if anything newer games have more time savings features like quest logs/markers that say you from lots of time spent wandering around. Not to mention features on newer PlayStation and Xbox consoles and Nintendo Switch that let you put your system into sleep mode and not have to worry about being near a save point and resume later on.
NOoOOoOo....I can't watch Aeris die in HD.😭😭😭
I love the entire FF series, even Crystal.😳 Gawd, they're really milking as much 💲💲💲 the can out of superfans. I ain't budging. Well, if they remade FFIV (FFII in the States) in 3D, cut scenes, the whole 9 yards, I'd part with my hard earned money. Just don't mess with the script, you Spoony Bards.🤩
They did remake FF4, porting the remake for the Nintendo DS.
FINAL FANTASY IV (3D REMAKE)
"FINAL FANTASY IV" has finally come to the iPhone/iPad! The title first debuted in 1991 as the fourth installment in the FINAL FANTASY series. Wildly popular thanks to its unique characters and dramatic storylines, it went on to be ported to many different platforms. FINAL FANTASY IV was the...
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Oh snap! Dope! Especially if it kept the same battle engine. The new battling in FFVII (forgive me, I only caught up on it since PSN had it for free) is such a POS!
Yeah. I got that version some where or maybe it was the GBA version. And the PSOne version. I want a HD 3D version.They did remake FF4, porting the remake for the Nintendo DS.
FINAL FANTASY IV (3D REMAKE)
"FINAL FANTASY IV" has finally come to the iPhone/iPad! The title first debuted in 1991 as the fourth installment in the FINAL FANTASY series. Wildly popular thanks to its unique characters and dramatic storylines, it went on to be ported to many different platforms. FINAL FANTASY IV was the...apps.apple.com
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it’s a great port. No frame rate drops during battles even on 3x speed. It has cheats for invincibility, no encounters and 3x speed you can turn on and off from the pause screen at whim making grinding at the start a lot quicker. The auto save only works on the map screen rather than transitions like IX.
Currently no iCloud saves or controller support. This is to be added later.
The story goes that Square lost the original source code so the backgrounds had to be ripped from the PC version by the devs. This is why they are the same resolution as the PS1 version. The character models and battles look fantastic.
The only thing that bothers me is the lack of new textures for the world map. I would have thought this would have been easy.
it’s a great port. No frame rate drops during battles even on 3x speed. It has cheats for invincibility, no encounters and 3x speed you can turn on and off from the pause screen at whim making grinding at the start a lot quicker. The auto save only works on the map screen rather than transitions like IX.
Currently no iCloud saves or controller support. This is to be added later.
The story goes that Square lost the original source code so the backgrounds had to be ripped from the PC version by the devs. This is why they are the same resolution as the PS1 version. The character models and battles look fantastic.
The only thing that bothers me is the lack of new textures for the world map. I would have thought this would have been easy.
That's specific to adventure games. In the older ones (like late 90s and early 2000s), the save feature was decent, and they usually had a fast travel feature in case that wasn't enough. Like in Zelda games, there are warp songs.
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