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 Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 14:30 Post subject: [PSP] Final.Fantasy.Tactics.The.War.Of.The.Lions.PAL-RANT |
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Final.Fantasy.Tactics.The.War.Of.The.Lions.PAL.PSP-RANT
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Sustained by Lord and Light, the twin-headed lion reigns over the kingdom of Ivalice.
A year has passed since the loss of the Fifty Years’ War. The prince, though but two years of age, has ascended the throne, his father having been claimed by sudden malady. Too young to rule, the prince requires a regent, who would be king in all but name. The queen's brother, Duke Larg, had seemed the obvious choice for the regency. However, fearing the influence such an appointment would give the queen, the Council refused to back him. Instead, they appointed the king's younger cousin, Duke Goltanna, as regent.
Duke Goltanna and Duke Larg were both generals who had distinguished themselves during the Fifty Years' War. Duke Goltanna counts as ally the greater part of the aristocracy loyal to the Crown. However, the fallen nobility and free knights left in the aftermath of the Fifty Years' War have aligned themselves with Duke Larg. With Duke Goltanna under the banner of the Black Lion, and Duke Larg under that of the White, the stage is set for what history would one day record as the War of the Lions.
Features:
* FINAL FANTASY turns tactical. Experience strategic, turn-based combat on 3D battlefields brought to life with breathtaking art and stunning visual effects
* Customize your characters – with 22 jobs and over 400 abilities to choose from, the tactical options open to you in combat are nearly endless
* Uncover secret truths hidden within a gripping tale of intrigue, betrayal, heresy, love and heroism
* Recruit legendary SQUARE ENIX characters to your party, including Balthier from FINAL FANTASY XII and Cloud from FINAL FANTASY VII
* Watch key scenes unfold through gorgeous, cutting-edge animation
* Immerse yourself in a captivating audio score from Hitoshi Sakimoto the composer of FINAL FANTASY XII
* Fight against your friends in wireless melee, or team up with them for co-op missions
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http://www.tothegame.com/screenshot.asp?id=6988
May the NFOrce be with you always.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 15:08 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 15:14 Post subject: |
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| Dhaos wrote: | | FFS wish i had a psp :/ |
costs nothing, dude. save on cigs or candies for a week and you have it
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 15:38 Post subject: |
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a bit, aye
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 16:20 Post subject: |
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| Vodka-Redbull wrote: | | a bit, aye |
i dont smoke or use candles :/ maybe i will just lay off paying the mortgage for a week
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 20:20 Post subject: |
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| Dhaos wrote: | | Vodka-Redbull wrote: | | a bit, aye |
i dont smoke or use candles :/ maybe i will just lay off paying the mortgage for a week |
lol I dont advise that. Im sure there are other ways you can acquire a PSP or the money to buy one.
May the NFOrce be with you always.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 20:49 Post subject: |
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Does PAL/NTSC matter on this system?
Is anyone else experiencing some obnoxious slowdown/frame rate problems?
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 21:32 Post subject: |
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cant be long before the ntsc version comes out!!! BTW is this the FF game that you were holding ur breath for, Stooz?
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 21:54 Post subject: |
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Both actually, FFT is my favorite SRPG of all time, and the only thing I've ever wanted out of it was some sort of multiplayer function, which this now has, my life is complete. 
Just not sure if this slowdown is a result of the game itself or some PAL/NTSC hooplah, but I never figured it mattered on a handheld?
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 22:04 Post subject: |
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You probably overcomressed the image (this tends to cause slowdowns).
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 23:02 Post subject: |
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I didn't compress the image at all, it's left as .iso 
Oh well, I'll just wait for some of you to play it and please let me know your results.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Oct 2007 06:48 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | well i heard people complaining that the jap version had a lot of lag/slowdown, they tried to fix it in the uk/us versions but didnt fix it "completely"
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didn't happen on my jap version was pretty smooth all time, blah can't believe they making FFTA 2 for NDS not PSP(at least for now)
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Oct 2007 00:24 Post subject: |
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this game is horribly boring
the battles are rubbish because the 4 camera angles are awkward, the story so far is worse than that of a teen angst tv movie... the only thing i say i like is the beautifully done animated sequences.
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Oct 2007 11:22 Post subject: |
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| chiv wrote: | this game is horribly boring
the battles are rubbish because the 4 camera angles are awkward, the story so far is worse than that of a teen angst tv movie... the only thing i say i like is the beautifully done animated sequences. |
lol what the hell man? You complain about FF7 beeing a piece of shit, and now this too?
Why do you even bother? You obviously don't like final fantasy.
I think this game rocks and it's a lot of fun to play it again after so long.
Good old times...
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Oct 2007 11:56 Post subject: |
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not true, ive played some of crisis core and so far have enjoyed it. so im not biased and dislike anything final fantasy or anything. im very much looking forward to getting the english version of crisis.
i take each game on its own merits, and in THIS game i find the story to be boring, and the gameplay to be just like ive played in other games, but with much worse camera angles that make it almost as much about guess work as it is luck, when it comes to moving your characters and seeing where everything is... i think people rate this game so highly purely because they refuse to dislike anything from the final fantasy franchise.
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Oct 2007 12:33 Post subject: |
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| chiv wrote: | | i think people rate this game so highly purely because they refuse to dislike anything from the final fantasy franchise. |
Or maybe it's beacause this game moved the whole tactic rpg genre a huge step forward in 1997 and is still very enjoyable compared to newly released similair games like Jean d'arc, LOTR tactics etc. Of course it has got some flaws but the game is 10 years old!
I hoped they would improve the camera control and some other things in the new psp version though.. They have just basically taken the ps1 game and emulated it and are selling it as a new game which is a ripoff.
Still... one of the best rpgs ever made and i would give it a pretty high rating even if this release was the first one ever made.
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Oct 2007 12:33 Post subject: |
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oh... yeah I guess you must be right.. final fantasy tactics and final fantasy 7 suck ass. all reviewers in the world must obviously be biased or bribed and everyone who likes the game is only pretending to like it.
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| Posted: Sun, 7th Oct 2007 00:18 Post subject: |
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I really think you should give the story another chance, it's one of the best stories in a video game imo, until the very very end. The beginning/middle are amazing.. sometimes I wonder if I'm playing the same games as other people.
And as far as the game being bad itself, it's still THE definitive tactical rpg, who cares if it's Final Fantasy or not?
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Oct 2007 10:14 Post subject: |
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FFT was probably the best tactical RPG i played in my life.
Sigh however i hoped that this PSP release would have added a bit more than a couple of classes ...
@ stooz: since you are a FFT fanatic too, would you advise me to get it or this one is way too similar to the PS1 one ? I loved it and got over 100 hours of play (i still have the PS1 memory card with the save  ) but it seems way too similar for replaying it again ... what do u say me ?
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Oct 2007 15:31 Post subject: |
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I just dont like blond hair male-gay characters in FF games. On the other hand I enoyed FF on SNES!
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Oct 2007 22:32 Post subject: |
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| imaginary.number wrote: | FFT was probably the best tactical RPG i played in my life.
Sigh however i hoped that this PSP release would have added a bit more than a couple of classes ...
@ stooz: since you are a FFT fanatic too, would you advise me to get it or this one is way too similar to the PS1 one ? I loved it and got over 100 hours of play (i still have the PS1 memory card with the save ) but it seems way too similar for replaying it again ... what do u say me ? |
Ah that's the big question eh? Well for me it was a no brainer... ever since I played the crap out of the original, I've always wanted to play multiplayer of some sort... and BOOM they re-release it with multiplayer functionality! My dream come true!
The extra classes are amusing too. But for me, I was sold on the multiplayer addition. It's still the best tactical rpg out there, I'd highly recommend it.
| IvanGrozny wrote: | | I just dont like blond hair male-gay characters in FF games. On the other hand I enoyed FF on SNES! |
But the knight has a sweet cape!!!! A SWEET CAPE! |
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| Posted: Fri, 12th Oct 2007 05:25 Post subject: |
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WTF! Why is there still slowdown when characters do special attacks? How can square not fix that shit?
The PSX version runs better then this. This is unplayable for me, anyone know if there is a fix or something to stop the slow down?
I am playing it with the PSP clocked to 333, still there is slow down. This sucks.
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| Posted: Fri, 12th Oct 2007 10:09 Post subject: |
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No fix, Square is well aware of the problem, you're going to have to deal... You and the rest of us are suffering from the slowdown. 
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| Posted: Fri, 12th Oct 2007 10:14 Post subject: |
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it's really odd that the emulated psx version runs fine but the native one does not.
oh well, I don't really mind it too much. I mean, yeah sure it's annoying, but I can live with it.
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| Posted: Fri, 12th Oct 2007 10:38 Post subject: |
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For goodness sake, the horrid slowdown completely takes away from the experience. I can just imagine how badly summons slow down.
I won't be playing the PSP version, until some fix is released. Which may be never. FUCK!
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| Posted: Fri, 12th Oct 2007 12:30 Post subject: |
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| sTo0z wrote: | Ah that's the big question eh? Well for me it was a no brainer... ever since I played the crap out of the original, I've always wanted to play multiplayer of some sort... and BOOM they re-release it with multiplayer functionality! My dream come true!
The extra classes are amusing too. But for me, I was sold on the multiplayer addition. It's still the best tactical rpg out there, I'd highly recommend it. |
Thanks for your opinion ... however without the multiplayer addition (i'm not interested in it) i'm unsecure about investing so much of my free time for it ... give me a yes/no quick answer: will you (re)play it even without mp ?
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