Final Fantasy Hacktics

Hi all,

So I've been absent from hacktics for awhile and would like to start contributing again. I've gotten lots of support for my commentary videos, so I figure I should do something along those lines.

I'd like to get some ideas from the community at large, namely: what kind of project would you like to see me undertake? Vote in the poll and give me some feedback. Thanks.

On a side note, I realize that not all these options are FFT-related. Now maybe some purists might not consider those contributing at all, but I'd rather do something than stop coming by entirely.

Hmm... a Let's Play could be interesting... do you like to play games you know back and forth (like HC Bailly's style?) Or do you prefer to be as clueless as many of your viewers when doing an LP?

I agree with LD. A Let's play will be fun. But problem is : for what game?

The Adventures of Lolo!

Play all three.

Lolo has good music

Do a let's play of some of the cool translation or hacking projects out there on RomHacking or other places. Make our art form a bit more well known. Like the new Castlevania SOTN retranslation (especially if you are familiar with the original and can comment on it) or the Snatcher or whatever Kojima project. That is definitely something I would like to see.

QuoteHmm... a Let's Play could be interesting... do you like to play games you know back and forth (like HC Bailly's style?) Or do you prefer to be as clueless as many of your viewers when doing an LP?

That's my conundrum. I think I'd rather do a game I know well, but that severely limits the pool of potential games to play through (since I'm not a very prolific gamer), and many have been LPed before. On the other hand, my gaming instincts aren't very good, so playing something "off the shelf" wouldn't be as smooth and could require more editing. I trust my commentary more than I trust my gaming!

Essentially:

Pre-planned Pros and Cons
+ Streamlined gameplay
+ Creative presentation
+ Easier for me to prepare
- Fewer options for source material
- More viewers will already know the game

Off-the-shelf Pros and Cons
+ Lots of game options
+ I get to play a new game
- ...while everyone watches me struggle
- Variable quality (overall, and per episode)

What are your options if it is pre-planned?

Do a Let's Play of Lunar after looking up the locations of all the bromides and Easter Eggs so you can make sure you show them all.  (Just try not to spoil yourself to what they are when doing so.)  The easter eggs can get pretty amusing, and seeing the reactions of others would make it even more amusing.

what about a compremise between the two options? Like a game you've played before but never finished, or only finished once or somesuch?

QuoteWhat are your options if it is pre-planned?

Let's see...

Final Fantasy FFVIII/IX could be epic, but they would require a huge commitment to finish and there are lots of other LPs of them out there.

Myst and/or Riven would be a great opportunity for a role-play LP, done totally first person as if I don't know what's going on (but the gameplay will still be planned). Might be hard to keep up the energy and interest with the pace of the game.

HCBailly just started a Chrono Cross LP, so that's out.

Huh, I guess I haven't played a lot of LP-able games.

As far as going in blind, I can think of two directions to run with it:

1. Play a horror game and get caught off-guard by all the scare chords and jump scenes. Let people laugh at my wimpiness.

2. Play a classic game from before I starting gaming that absolutely everyone else knows. Ocarina of Time, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana...it would be brutal. Call it "Piercewise Butchers the Classics."

Okay, partially kidding there. I guess I still don't know what would work best.

"Piercewise Butchers the Classics" sounds like a good Idea to me.

Hmm... do you have any interest in playing a patched version of Ocarina of Time? There are two patches I could offer, one is complete and the other... well it's not.

Quote from: "Aquablack""Piercewise Butchers the Classics" sounds like a good Idea to me.

IWBTG? Watching people get pissed off at a game is kind of fun for others.

Quote from: "PX_Timefordeath"IWBTG? Watching people get pissed off at a game is kind of fun for others.

It was funny when Voldemort did it because he swears a lot.

Quote from: "LastingDawn"Hmm... do you have any interest in playing a patched version of Ocarina of Time? There are two patches I could offer, one is complete and the other... well it's not.

I've been looking for a hack of OoT, did you make it LastingDawn?

I made the not so finished one, yes. Though a dear friend of mine named john_smith_account made a full hack, called Zelda's Birthday. It's not too difficult, and I designed the final dungeon in it, my patches were more... difficulty ramp ups. It was to make you play Zelda 64 in a completely different way. Though you'll need a few tools to start out with... do you come on IRC? We can discuss it there.

Zelda's birthday? I saw that, seems to be the only full hack in existence, I'll have to give it a go sometime.

hly shit yes

do IWBTG

magical tetris challenge on mode updown tetris on most hardest diffuculty. on many consoles.

Digimon digital card battle on psx.

futurecop on psx.

warcraft 3 and frozen throne on pc.

red alert 3
red alert2 and yuri's revenge

mass effect

hogs of war for pc and psx.

crash team racing

Grandia

lol mario hotel.