The Final Fantasy Thread

[Berrakh]

Yes, the Lucifer parallel is obvious, but the Jesus allegory is thinly-sketched. She likes church so much!

Tbh I think all good Jesus allegories are thinly sketched. Otherwise you roll your eyes. Just a light sauce. Not a heavy cream.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Any Abrahamic religion allegory falls apart because remember the Ancients had flying space pyramids, and it's been referenced in the remake

Spoiler

 

[Captain Syrup]

Any Abrahamic religion allegory falls apart because remember the Ancients had flying space pyramids

we wuz moon people 'n shiet.

 

[Coldgrip]

The writing isn't the best. Not off-the-rails like Dirge of Cerberus; more like a direct-to-DVD anime.

Dirge writing and lore is, dare I say, okay, up until the very end. I like how they expanded on what Chaos actually is in the FF7 universe, but it could of been handled better.

 

[Berrakh]

Chaos is Jesus I guess

 

[Coldgrip]

Chaos is Jesus I guess

No, Chaos is Death. As in the Horseman of the Apocalypse Death. He reaps the souls of the "pure" so they can travel with Omega to another planet and start the life cycle anew.

 

[Berrakh]

No, Chaos is Death. As in the Horseman of the Apocalypse Death. He reaps the souls of the "pure" so they can travel with Omega to another planet and start the life cycle anew.

I guess only Zack and Aeris make the voyage lmao.

 

[Tuxedo_Zemus]

I forgot to post this earlier and now I can't remember the link, but apparently FFIV comes out on Aug 19th, FFV on Sep 9th and FFVI on Sep 30th.

edit: https://noisypixel.net/final-fantasy-iv-v-vi-pixel-remasters-steam-release-dates-potentially-leaked/

 

[Tuxedo_Zemus]

Actually I think there is also a Nintendo Direct on Sep 9th so there is a solid chance that these will drop on consoles that day, or at least Switch.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Chaos is Jesus I guess

Chaos is just a guy you punch until he becomes horny.

 

[Captain Syrup]

a guy you punch until he becomes horny.

 

[HexFag]

Is there any news on the SNES Pixel Remasters coming out? The only one I have any interest in playing from that batch is probably 5.

 

[Smug Chuckler]

Is there any news on the SNES Pixel Remasters coming out? The only one I have any interest in playing from that batch is probably 5.

There is a rumor that IV is coming out next week and V/VI next month according to the steam database but squeenix hasn't confirmed anything other than before the end of the year.

 

[Pissmaster]

To drag this back on topic: Everybody, what are your ideas for what the FF game for the 64 could of been? I know they had a screenshot or two of Celes, Locke, and Shadow fighting some rock creature, but outside of that I've never heard anything.

Considering the N64's limitations, I really can't imagine a Final Fantasy that would look good. Even if Rare co-developed it. The N64 would have been perfect for something along the lines of Secret of Mana, though.

 

[Smug Chuckler]

Considering the N64's limitations, I really can't imagine a Final Fantasy that would look good. Even if Rare co-developed it. The N64 would have been perfect for something along the lines of Secret of Mana, though.

It would look better, but the sound/music/video quality would be shit and it wouldn't sell as well being on underperforming n64.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Considering the N64's limitations, I really can't imagine a Final Fantasy that would look good. Even if Rare co-developed it. The N64 would have been perfect for something along the lines of Secret of Mana, though.

Your wish can come true, just play the mobile port of Adventures of Mana or the port of Secret of Mana.

 

[Captain Syrup]

Your wish can come true, just play the mobile port of Adventures of Mana or the port of Secret of Mana.

Legends is closer, aesthetically, to the cancelled CD-ROM.

Remember when Origin tried porting Ultima 7 to SNES? That's what Square was faced with. The fact that SoM turned out so well is a miracle.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Legends is closer, at least aesthetically, to the cancelled CD-ROM.

Remember when Origin tried porting Ultima 7 to SNES? That's what Square was faced with. The fact that SoM turned out so well is a miracle.

Legend of Mana doesn't have blocky ass graphics that the n64 was known for,

I'm hoping that the series is revitalized now that we may get more in depth remakes like Trials. There was as you said a ton of shit that has had to be cut, but that wasn't the only mana game to be the victim of something like that. Going back and fixing some of the shit for stuff like Children of Mana or Dawn of Mana would most certainly be welcome

 

[Captain Syrup]

Legend of Mana doesn't have blocky ass graphics that the n64 was known for

It was never clear whether Mana CD was going to use sprites or polygons.

I guess it never got past the alpha stage.

 

[Marissa Moira]

I was never clear on whether 64-bit SoM was going to use sprites or polygons. I guess it never got past the alpha stage.

I always imagined it to be visually like Quest 64 or something just with a different camera perspective.