Why did I miss this thread? This game is my favorite FF of ALL TIME. Yeah I'm looking at you Vivi, in fact I am looking at my Vivi plushie I bought off Ebay, he stares at me while I sleep and I know it's only slightly creepy.
If your going to name someone name Amarant "Troll" because "The Flaming Troll" Sounds just perfect.
Why did I miss this thread? This game is my favorite FF of ALL TIME. Yeah I'm looking at you Vivi, in fact I am looking at my Vivi plushie I bought off Ebay, he stares at me while I sleep and I know it's only slightly creepy.
If your going to name someone name Amarant "Troll" because "The Flaming Troll" Sounds just perfect.
Sounds like an alcoholic drink. One of those specially mixed ones. An umbrella may or may not be involved.
That makes sense.
(That doesn't make any sense. I lied.)
We've stumbled upon the Easter Bunny's Hippity Hoppity Lair, where the wailing of children can barely be heard over the boilers and other machines that power his dark assembly line, chugging away day and night. Or at least that's how my father used to tell the story.
Someone's coming, and Bowie's the only one who notices.
Workers toil day and night for their Lapine Overlord.
Boxes are falling on people here. Trust me on this.
The old man, however, just ignores Awesome. I bet Bowie wishes he thought of this clever way of dealing with Rusty.
Morrid: "The smell off coffee relaxes me. How about a cup?"
Awesome: "Oh, thank you."
There really isn't much I can say that would make this moment funnier than it already is. You can practically hear the wheedling tone of voice that this guy is using.
Haha Awesome got owned by someone fifty years his senior.
"Awesome need not 'smack a bitch' for the moment! Huzzah!"
Man there are a lot of Exposition-Enabling Cats roaming around. They really should heed Bob Barker's advice and spay or neuter their pets.
I wonder who they're talking about. Maybe there's some sort of evil blackguard jogging alongside Awesome.
"This is worse then the time I came across a foul gazebo! Luck was on my side that day, however, and in the end I was triumphant."
Awesome: "Princess, what in the world is going on!? You scoundrel!
Is this your doing!?"
Shiny: "Awesome, please!"
Awesome: "Yes, Your Highness..."
Shiny: "Bowie, I don't know what to say to Vivi. I never knew
anything suspicious was going on at the castle..."
Bowie: "We still don't know for sure. Let's stay by Vivi's side."
Awesome: (This is not the time to panic... I must get the princess
onboard the cargo ship somehow. Then we can head back to
Alexandria Castle.)
Bowie: "Yo, Rusty, do you know where this airship's going?"
Steiner: "...... ...L-Lindblum. Yes, to Lindblum."
Bowie: "That's convenient! Did you ask someone?"
Guess who just rolled a 1 on his Bluff check?
SUDDENLY OUT OF NOWHERE
"She said you're the only one who knows how to make a Chocolate Turducken. Your culinary skills are irreplaceable to the Queen!"
You ever notice how Black Waltzes, they waltz like this, but White Waltzes, they waltz like this? Crazy, huh?
Black Waltzes are infused with the purest essence of assholishness
Boss fight!
...This is the only shot I got of it. He wasn't too hard. He had a move where he would teleport around and then hit a random person, and he threw some magic around. If Vivi cast a spell on him, he'd laugh and say something like "Let me show you how a true Black Mage casts ______!" and hits everyone with the -ra version of the spell. See? He's a dick.
I'm not sure if that's reasonable or not. I mean, he has a point.
Awesome runs off to ask the airship people if we can hitch a ride.
Poor Awesome isn't as clever as he thought he was.
Vivi asks if the dolls they were making underground really looked like him. I say no. He still looks worried though.
Oddly enough, I set the controller down and went to get a drink and when I came back that screen was still there. You would have thought he could have used that time to explain his plan. I guess not though.
The only bad part about this moment is that it's hard to top. I can't remember if he ever tops it. How can you?
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Let's see Cloud or Squall do that.
I don't know about you guys, but I believe him.
"I guess I could take her to a buffet and cheer her up. I'll need to bring some money to compensate the proprietor for the loss of his livelihood though..."
"No, I left her ass back in Dali. I decided the hot princess was slowing us down yes she's on the ship."
Goddamn. Awesome is a stone cold killer. Perhaps even a killa.
Awesome relents, saying perhaps he's being too harsh. He shall petition for a life sentence instead. Seriously.
Wow, a villain who doesn't spill all the beans even though he's totally going to kill the heroes for reals they'll never survive this but I should show them how smart I am anyway. I'm glad I got a picture of it.
Boss Time! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2nF6qt49dE
I love this music.
Again, this is the only shot I got of the fight. Doh.
You'll note Vivi starts off in Trance mode. He looks pretty cool, and it allows him to doublecast spells. The fight actually wasn't that hard, even with Shiny not here. #3 has a lot of goodies on him, and didn't do all that much damage. Of course, it doesn't hurt that midway through the battle he focused on Awesome enough to trigger his Trance.
Black Waltz #3 is defeated, but not down. He flies off, and then...
Ah dammit, these yutzes.
They leap up and spin away like pinwheels. I'm not making this up. They're fucking weird, man.
No one took him seriously when he kept saying 'I exist only to crochet', so he punched it up a bit.
I can appreciate her spirit, but you'd think she could find a better way to prove she can be independent than trying to fly through what amounts to a giant Airlock Gate when her flying experience consists of the last three minutes.
"Luckily Shiny ran the Kessel Run in under twelve parsecs."
You may now go back to the Youtube video with the cutscene and watch the rest.
I really need to start editing my own. That's a lot of work though.
That was like 20 minutes of gameplay by the way :I
What, exactly, prevented them from just flying OVER the gate?
I mean, that's a pretty shitty gate.
Plot Device.
well, according to the game, all airships run on a mist engine, which means they can only fly where there's mist, and, apperently, can only fly at a certain altitude (since mist only comes up so far), thus, the need for the mountain gates.
I loved FFIX, except for one teensy, tiny, ever so frustrating detail....the battles take *forever* to load and unload. I just couldn't stand it after a while. This thread brings back all the great memories, without the loading pains! +5 bonus!
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The moment when the black mages are falling out of the cargo ship and you see that lights of their eyes have gone out...
You know... there aren't a whole lot of things that get to me, especially in games, but the whole thing with the black mages not understanding death? That depresses and terrifies the shit out of me.
I loved FFIX, except for one teensy, tiny, ever so frustrating detail....the battles take *forever* to load and unload. I just couldn't stand it after a while. This thread brings back all the great memories, without the loading pains! +5 bonus!
Loading is much more easy to tollerate on either emulators or the PSP. Worth looking into if you've still got your disc around.
I loved FFIX, except for one teensy, tiny, ever so frustrating detail....the battles take *forever* to load and unload. I just couldn't stand it after a while. This thread brings back all the great memories, without the loading pains! +5 bonus!
Loading is much more easy to tollerate on either emulators or the PSP. Worth looking into if you've still got your disc around.
Even on a PS2 with that faster disc-speed thingy on it loads faster.
I loved FFIX, except for one teensy, tiny, ever so frustrating detail....the battles take *forever* to load and unload. I just couldn't stand it after a while. This thread brings back all the great memories, without the loading pains! +5 bonus!
Loading is much more easy to tollerate on either emulators or the PSP. Worth looking into if you've still got your disc around.
Forgive me for being a technology illiterate, but how would I go about playing on my PSP?
Oh man, I totally forgot you meet Freya here. So, I guess, Freya needs a name!
She's a rat person, and a Dragoon. She has a pretty kick-ass animation when she lands after Jumping.
I never played the game, and I'm not clever, but I say name her Dragon. Alternately, name her after whatever personality defect she possesses that stands out sufficiently from the team. Or chose whatever party role she fulfills from these options.
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I'm not sure how many characters are left, but someone has to be named "No" just so it seems like characters are randomly disagreeing with things.
Freya
Quina
Amarant
Eiko
Two full parties of four.
I've played this game through a few times and besides a few mandatory encounters I rarely have the other four characters in the party. The game's story clearly revolves around Garnet/Vivi/Zidane, and Steiner is just too awesome.
It's weird how varied the characterization on FF9 is.
You've got two really good characters (vivi, steiner), two "good but not too good" characters (Zidane, Garnet) two 'ok' characters (freya, eiko) and two "why the fuck are they even there" characters (amarant, quina).
FF9 would probably have worked better if it had stuck to the original four party members, at least story-wise. Although that would have made it very difficult in the first two discs where the party is constantly being split off from each other.
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If your going to name someone name Amarant "Troll" because "The Flaming Troll" Sounds just perfect.
Sounds like an alcoholic drink. One of those specially mixed ones. An umbrella may or may not be involved.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
That makes sense.
(That doesn't make any sense. I lied.)
We've stumbled upon the Easter Bunny's Hippity Hoppity Lair, where the wailing of children can barely be heard over the boilers and other machines that power his dark assembly line, chugging away day and night. Or at least that's how my father used to tell the story.
Someone's coming, and Bowie's the only one who notices.
Workers toil day and night for their Lapine Overlord.
Boxes are falling on people here. Trust me on this.
Man, I wonder what Awesome is up to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfDW060EdcI&feature=channel_page
Here's his music by the way.
"Would you have any Grey Poupon?"
The old man, however, just ignores Awesome. I bet Bowie wishes he thought of this clever way of dealing with Rusty.
Morrid: "The smell off coffee relaxes me. How about a cup?"
Awesome: "Oh, thank you."
There really isn't much I can say that would make this moment funnier than it already is. You can practically hear the wheedling tone of voice that this guy is using.
Haha Awesome got owned by someone fifty years his senior.
"Awesome need not 'smack a bitch' for the moment! Huzzah!"
Man there are a lot of Exposition-Enabling Cats roaming around. They really should heed Bob Barker's advice and spay or neuter their pets.
I wonder who they're talking about. Maybe there's some sort of evil blackguard jogging alongside Awesome.
"This is worse then the time I came across a foul gazebo! Luck was on my side that day, however, and in the end I was triumphant."
Awesome: "Princess, what in the world is going on!? You scoundrel!
Is this your doing!?"
Shiny: "Awesome, please!"
Awesome: "Yes, Your Highness..."
Shiny: "Bowie, I don't know what to say to Vivi. I never knew
anything suspicious was going on at the castle..."
Bowie: "We still don't know for sure. Let's stay by Vivi's side."
Awesome: (This is not the time to panic... I must get the princess
onboard the cargo ship somehow. Then we can head back to
Alexandria Castle.)
Bowie: "Yo, Rusty, do you know where this airship's going?"
Steiner: "...... ...L-Lindblum. Yes, to Lindblum."
Bowie: "That's convenient! Did you ask someone?"
Guess who just rolled a 1 on his Bluff check?
SUDDENLY OUT OF NOWHERE
"She said you're the only one who knows how to make a Chocolate Turducken. Your culinary skills are irreplaceable to the Queen!"
You ever notice how Black Waltzes, they waltz like this, but White Waltzes, they waltz like this? Crazy, huh?
Black Waltzes are infused with the purest essence of assholishness
Boss fight!
...This is the only shot I got of it. He wasn't too hard. He had a move where he would teleport around and then hit a random person, and he threw some magic around. If Vivi cast a spell on him, he'd laugh and say something like "Let me show you how a true Black Mage casts ______!" and hits everyone with the -ra version of the spell. See? He's a dick.
I'm not sure if that's reasonable or not. I mean, he has a point.
Awesome runs off to ask the airship people if we can hitch a ride.
Poor Awesome isn't as clever as he thought he was.
Vivi asks if the dolls they were making underground really looked like him. I say no. He still looks worried though.
Oddly enough, I set the controller down and went to get a drink and when I came back that screen was still there. You would have thought he could have used that time to explain his plan. I guess not though.
The only bad part about this moment is that it's hard to top. I can't remember if he ever tops it. How can you?
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:!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!::!:
Let's see Cloud or Squall do that.
I don't know about you guys, but I believe him.
"I guess I could take her to a buffet and cheer her up. I'll need to bring some money to compensate the proprietor for the loss of his livelihood though..."
"No, I left her ass back in Dali. I decided the hot princess was slowing us down yes she's on the ship."
Goddamn. Awesome is a stone cold killer. Perhaps even a killa.
Awesome relents, saying perhaps he's being too harsh. He shall petition for a life sentence instead. Seriously.
OMINOUS.
"A life sentence...without your head!!"
Meanwhile, while Fred and Ethel bicker...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqMkKZj1OO0
Sad cutscene.
Wow, a villain who doesn't spill all the beans even though he's totally going to kill the heroes for reals they'll never survive this but I should show them how smart I am anyway. I'm glad I got a picture of it.
Boss Time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2nF6qt49dE
I love this music.
Again, this is the only shot I got of the fight. Doh.
You'll note Vivi starts off in Trance mode. He looks pretty cool, and it allows him to doublecast spells. The fight actually wasn't that hard, even with Shiny not here. #3 has a lot of goodies on him, and didn't do all that much damage. Of course, it doesn't hurt that midway through the battle he focused on Awesome enough to trigger his Trance.
Black Waltz #3 is defeated, but not down. He flies off, and then...
Ah dammit, these yutzes.
They leap up and spin away like pinwheels. I'm not making this up. They're fucking weird, man.
No one took him seriously when he kept saying 'I exist only to crochet', so he punched it up a bit.
I can appreciate her spirit, but you'd think she could find a better way to prove she can be independent than trying to fly through what amounts to a giant Airlock Gate when her flying experience consists of the last three minutes.
"Luckily Shiny ran the Kessel Run in under twelve parsecs."
You may now go back to the Youtube video with the cutscene and watch the rest.
I really need to start editing my own. That's a lot of work though.
That was like 20 minutes of gameplay by the way :I
I lolled
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I mean, that's a pretty shitty gate.
Plot Device.
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Must...resist...urge...to....
I love it. It was basically O_o.
well, according to the game, all airships run on a mist engine, which means they can only fly where there's mist, and, apperently, can only fly at a certain altitude (since mist only comes up so far), thus, the need for the mountain gates.
Too bad you didn't include Vivi's face of doom. For me, it's pretty much the poster image for FF IX...
"Adorable little guy blows shit up".
Instant classic.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Loading is much more easy to tollerate on either emulators or the PSP. Worth looking into if you've still got your disc around.
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Even on a PS2 with that faster disc-speed thingy on it loads faster.
Forgive me for being a technology illiterate, but how would I go about playing on my PSP?
Also, Captain Awesome is great, both as a character and as a Chuck reference.
She's a rat person, and a Dragoon. She has a pretty kick-ass animation when she lands after Jumping.
Freida?
Seven letters max.
And Khal Drogo would not have married a rat person. :I
There's Freya, Eiko, Quina, and Amarant. Amarant will probably be named Poofter if nothing else said strikes my fancy because I am immature as hell.
Freya
Quina
Amarant
Eiko
Two full parties of four.
I've played this game through a few times and besides a few mandatory encounters I rarely have the other four characters in the party. The game's story clearly revolves around Garnet/Vivi/Zidane, and Steiner is just too awesome.
Splinter
duh
fucking shitnuts
fuck it go with Splinte
You've got two really good characters (vivi, steiner), two "good but not too good" characters (Zidane, Garnet) two 'ok' characters (freya, eiko) and two "why the fuck are they even there" characters (amarant, quina).
FF9 would probably have worked better if it had stuck to the original four party members, at least story-wise. Although that would have made it very difficult in the first two discs where the party is constantly being split off from each other.
No, I can't do that. :_(
it's such an obvious choice that a missing "e" shouldn't impede it
besides it's fantasy, they drop vowels all the time