Final Fantasy Hacktics

Pretty good. Maybe I should get an FFT style avatar as well.

I would offer constructive criticism, but I would be repeating LastingDawn.

Best stories in my opinion
Xenogears
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy VI
Maybe more, can't think of any


@Kuraudo Sutoraifu: I think the story is OK, but it doesn't have a good pacing. You start of bombing Shinra stuff, then suddenly the name Sephiroth appears. You decide to chase him because ...(dunno really, he killed the President???). Anyway, you chase him for a long while, going around the world and eventually find out he's trying to summon Meteor. The rest of the story is great imo.

I didn't like Sephiroth very much either. He was in essence, just a Momma's boy.

*prepares to get flamed*

EDIT: Spelling fixes

A lot of music from FF8 was good. If only the rest of the game was at that standard...

Golden Sun Felix Battle Theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5mIT_WyNJU

For a GBA game, I was really amazed at how awesome the soundtrack for the whole game was.

Final Fantasy VI: The Decisive Battle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BW78PN6z50

Every time I hear this, I get all pumped up for another epic battle.

Final Fantasy V:Gilgamesh Battle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UtCSC9_JDQ

There are already a lot of FF songs here. This one was one I've loved since the first time I've heard it.

Baldur's Gate II:Shadow Battle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGM5NbE90Jw

OMG WESTERN RPG??? The tune is very dark and fits perfectly where you hear it.

Baldur's gate II: Dragonbattle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUHjdq6SFkQ&NR

Yes another Baldur's Gate song. This battle theme plays during really epic battles, like Dragons and Demi-Liches that you aren't supposed to fight in a normal playthrough. Even at super high levels, these battles are a bitch.

Needs more info.

What battlefield?
What level fight?

If Br/Fa is generated for the team to suit the team, all teams will run high brave/low faith.

Wow those are some great videos.

A very awesome pen twirling compilation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVLl107XSnc

This forum is lacking a Youtube thread. Post any good video's you find here.
Please post a short description of the vid.

Guess I'll start off



Microsoft Surface
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY

Don't worry I love you guys the most. I'll kill you last =)

Then why is Chrono Trigger, Fire Emblem and Advance Wars there then =p

Are there any Roguelike RPG's on DS? I heard there was one that was close, but I don't remember the name.

Definition of Roguelike: When you die, your save file is deleted!

All my dreams will never come true =( I never made an intro topic.

Sonic with a sword? Pics please =)

Phoenix Wright games are good, but they lack ANY replayability whatsoever. Play the games, sell them and move on. Still, they are probably good enough to make the list.

As a general outline for rules I've stolen rules from a forum I lurk a lot in. Some are harsh, but the collective intelligence of the forum is a lot better due to these rules =p

Its a pokemon forum, so =p.
Firebot is their Spam section.

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Shows how out of touch I am with newer games lol. I basically played only RPGs and Fighters once I was about 8 years old. Sounds like Sonic is making a comeback though.

I've spent about 5 minutes looking for forum rules. If there is a general forum rules sticky somewhere, I probably missed it. Which means a lot of others could miss it as well.

If a rules topic hasn't been made, make it an announcement saying "RULES: READ BEFORE POSTING" or something along those lines.

I would also set up a system for warns/bans or something. In a forum which I lurk in, after X warns depending on severity, they lose ability to edit posts and no avatar/sig. The "warn points" go away after a while(a couple of months). If enough "warn points" are accumulated they get banned until enough points go away.

Just suggestions, ignore/use as you see fit Zodiac.

I just want less chaos on the forums.

Believe it or not, I am not a Mario fanboy. I've only played SMRPG recently (1-2 years ago). Only other Mario games I've played are Super Mario Bros 3 and Mario Kart DS. My childhood consisted of Final Fantasy, Doom and Street Fighter.

It really is annoying how Mario is plastered into every game genre though. If Sonic survived in the SEGA vs NINTENDO war, then we would also see Sonic Kart, Sonic Sports etc. and others would complain about how Sonic is in every game genre possible.

For the platformer games, I would say both had their merits. Both will be remembered by Mario fans and Sonic fans alike. If only newer platformers were this good....

Good work comparing 2 completely different games. I hate when people do that.

HEY GUYS WHATS BETTER FINAL FANTASY OR COUNTERSTRIKE?????

You need Advance Wars as well. I'll think of more sometime.

EDIT: Because I'm lazy to make a new post. Days of Ruin is much more balanced than Dual Strike, and hence better.

Ahhh I remember this. Good times.

What will Ctrl, Alt and Del do? Will they survive the evil onslaught of Esc? Find out next episode!