Aliya
Someone I might become
- Location
- Kazakhstan
- Pronouns
- They/She/It
Hi, I am Selphie! Selphie the SEED!
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Let's Play Every Final Fantasy Game In Order Of Release [Now Playing: FFVIII]
- Thread starter Omicron
- Start date
- Let's Play
Hi, I am Selphie! Selphie the SEED!
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Selphie's not flowey for one reason, Selphie wouldn't wait to get bored before she starts killing.
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deadcrystal
Slaaneshi Cultist
- Location
- The Warp
We knew Irvine was a ridiculous poser from his introduction, but now we're past the reveal from when he couldn't make the assassination shot initially, which means we can get characters dunking on his attempts to look cool.
I think the bottom door is an emergency panel of some kind, and is never actually useable under normal circumstances. I think the gimmick is that the prison is only accessible when submerged, and it only does this to let people into/out of the prison. When in the air there's no way off, thus making it an 'inescapable' prison. As long as the guards can retain control of the main mechanism, even a riot can't go anywhere. Plus we know that Galbadia have flying power armour and mechanical units, so in an emergency military forces could provide support from the outside.
A massive over-engineered boondoggle of a prison for political prisoners, but absolutely something that a state like Galbadia and Deling would do as a show of 'strength'
...It's all beginning to make sense. This is why they had a clear copy of the Arc de Triomphe, and they're full of people who simp for powerful women stepping on them. We're in Omicron country.
It's interesting that you've commented on how the Gardens seem to have become prominent by acting in reaction to Galbadia, when it seems that Galbadia became what it is itself in reaction to Esthar.
I'm afraid you will struggle to proceed much further on your path without learning the Deep Magic. Namely the secret mechanics for manipulating the card games rules. By strategically playing games in certain regions and also losing cards to the Card Queen you can change the rules of Regions. The most common strategy which people follow is to permanently kill the Random rule from the world entirely, and generally also to spread Open and Same as well.
I do love that on the best version of the missile base run when you're only exposed at the end, the game forces you to participate in preparing the attack that you're here to stop. It does wonderfully for building tension, because you don't want to blow your cover, but also what you're doing makes the danger more prominent.
This guy definitely accuses soldiers of being spys all the time, he just got lucky on this occasion.
It is a bit, but I will excuse it in this case specifically because the party is racing the clock.
This is video games doing something that no other medium can do. Much like you discussed in FF7 with Cloud at the forgotten capital, the illusion of control can be illustrative like nothing else. Here, the game lets you retain control, so you think that there is something you can do. It puts you in the shoes of the characters, desperately looking for an escape, some option, some action you can take, until you realize that there is nothing.
It does bring up a lot of questions, but would cut the urgency if it showed a bunch of irrelevant interstitial scenes right now.
Unlike the missile base, in this case every scene with the Faculty where you have a choice operates independently, so you're never committed, though it ultimately makes little difference.
Worth noting it was the Faculty who cut Cid off when he started talking to Seifer saying he wanted them to be able to make independent decisions, and now they're running around demanding blind obedience again.
You thought he was in the game for a one-off gag, but here he is again!
One of the best spells in the game, notably for not only retaining use into the endgame, but also improving effectively. As enemies and bosses get beefier their defence stats get chunkier as well, effectively making Vit 0 a more and more useful status. Also worth nothing that it doesn't expire with time, and that enemies are incapable of curing it.
Very funny moment to hit this if you've been lucky previously and never encountered them in the training centre.
I mean we've seen that Squall's identity is tied up in being the cold professional mercenary who completes the mission, who obeys orders without judgement, because as mercenaries they cannot be blamed for their actions. Unironically I can see Squall complaining that they've ruined Balamb Garden by bringing politics into things.
He's the head of the school for the most elite mercenary force on the planet. The group that can fight wars, conduct sabotage, infiltrate as spies, and assassinate heads of state. Do you expect the Faculty to seriously believe the Headmaster of that institution would hide under his desk in his office, the first place they'll look for him? Of course not, it would be beneath his no doubt impeccable dignity, so they didn't even bother to check such an embarrassing hiding spot.
Squall continually put off by people showing their humanity and emotions in front of him. He wants Cid to give him a firm decisive order, not waffle about the emotions that drive him to do it.
It should definitely be 'residue' rather than 'stratum'. To indicate that the entire area is heavily stained with it.
The aesthetic is great. We're clearly in some sort of 'lost forgotten technology of an ancient civilization' zone...but it's also clearly more primitive than the tech Balamb garden normally uses.
I would love for more settings to do this. Pull an Eva and pull back the veneer of high-tech futurism and reveal the flesh beneath.
Sick as all hell/
Hey, if no-one was using it, it's free real estate. Plus there's a feeling of security in building a military academy on the foundations of some secure structure.
Ah, but don't forget, upgrading weapons also increases accuracy, and unlocks finishers for Squall's limit breaks.
We have already seen that there are certain factions in the Garden that don't want independent thought, just a focus on how to build the Garden's reputation.
You know maybe it's because I bought the Etrian Odyssey games on Steam since previously posting, but suddenly I'm reminded of those games calling each new environment/set of floors a "stratum" and just picturing the underground machinery part of Balamb Garden going on for hours of dungeon exploration.
Ah, fair, fair - I didn't consider either of those since I was comparing to Squall's weapons which always have max accuracy and forgot that was how he gets more finishers. Still don't think equipment makes a particularly big difference compared to the rest of the series, but yeah that's a factor to consider.
- Location
- Columbus, OH
I'm glad I kept reading for FF8 despite knowing nothing about it, because otherwise I wouldn't understand this new remix where Raijin and Fujin taunt Squall until they're interrupted by Seifer. Or at least, I wouldn't have found it half as funny.
The fact that Zell gets a callback like this makes me wonder if there's anything in this sequence for Quistis, if you bring her. I mean, she was a teacher, right? The Garden Faculty are her coworkers, she ought to know them personally.
- Pronouns
- Him/He
Not that I recall, except for one minor moment.
When Cid says 'Quistis was right, you have trouble expressing your emotions' Squall glares at her while she does one of the 'awkward' poses before moving on.
- Location
- Land of the Midday Sun
Accuracy increases by very little for all characters bar Squall and Selphie with better weapons. Excluding Selphie and Squall weapons give you at best +10 Hit%, while junctioning 100 Double gets you +40 Hit%. 100 Triple gets you +150 Hit%, but Triple is also the best spell to Junction to speed and you might want it on that stat.
TBH Squall getting better finishers is tha main reason you care for unpgrading weapons, Str/Hit% are secondary concerns at best.
TBH Squall getting better finishers is tha main reason you care for unpgrading weapons, Str/Hit% are secondary concerns at best.
Our next Faculty member is on the way to the library and sends a Grat after us, which is honestly beneath my dignity to post screenshots of.
Oh my god, one of the students in the library has a crush on Zell. That's adorable. Good for you, Zell. She manages to stammer her way through giving us a 'Mega Phoenix,' which is an item I've never seen before in the series but from the name alone I'm gonna guess it's a Full-Life item.
A lot earlier, on BGN :
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/f...st/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20191019023735
Seems she supports him from a long time. I am cheering for you, library girl with a pigtail ! As you don't have a name, let's hope you will not die before dating Zell !
(btw, without Zell, she only gives you a Remedy...)
Egleris
Vagrant Dragon
- Location
- Italy
That's because they're the better team to bring to Balamb, since, as mentioned, bringing Zell means getting a Mega-Phoenix (which is a rare item that revives the entire team when used, so a great reason to always have a person with Items), whereas otherwise:
That. And not only it's obviously impossible to give Rinoa a tour of the Garden if you leave her to be exploded at the Missile Base, but the FMV where she looks around as the Garden is flying only triggers if Rinoa is in the team; if she's not, then you get only the first half of the FMV, showing the flying Garden but not the other characters.
In the Italian version, Quistis also has a minor line to Xu about "you don't trust me?!", or something to that effect (I haven't replayed that far yet) when you're explaining about the missiles.
Irvine, unsurprisingly since he's never been there, has no particular interaction with anybody at Balamb Garden, so bringing him along is the worst option, from an objective standpoint.
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