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Finishing this game was like rough, rough sex

6 January 2008

Ho-lee-shit.

Okay so I beat Final Fantasy IV DS. And I’ve been really bad about updating this log. But I played it a lot on the go and without a way to cap DS games short of taking a picture of my DS with a camera, I don’t have much to post but text. Doesn’t mean I don’t love the game.

Well, I love it like one might love an abusive spouse. The game is much harder than any of it’s 300 previous iterations. I thought at one point heavy grinding was a requirement, but it was moreso that you’re expected to explore everything throughout. When I failed to beat the final boss the first time, I went and explored the final dungeon to its fullest, getting most of the treasure it held within. I got some optional summons for Rydia and good equipment for Cain and Edge.

And then I took on the final boss. I had 4 complete party wipes. Between Big Bang and Meteo, he just knocked my party out four separate times. How did I win? Well the game’s decant abilities includes an awesome one called Phoenix. It basically uses all the character’s MP when they die to resurrect everyone else in the party to full HP. Or, HP based on the amount of MP the user had or some such. Didn’t really matter because I put it on Cain who never uses his miniscule amount of MP. That he somehow has in this game. I can’t help thinking that the developers wanted you to do this. Cain sacrificing his power over and over kinda flows with the game’s story, right?

Anyway, so this was my strategy for the final boss:

Edge throws anything and everything.
Cecil attacks.
Rosa casts shell whenever the boss takes down your buffs.
Rydia sits like an idiot.
Cain jumps.
Now, since Cain is in the air half the time, sometimes everyone else will be dead while Cain keeps jumping. This is cool. I let that ride for as long as I can until Cain gets bitch slapped down by something. Everyone else pops up. Quickly Rydia does her most important task of this battle by raising Cain with a Phoenix down. Rosa quickly follows with a Elixer to get Cain’s HP/MP to max. Repeat. I tried letting Rosa hit him with Holy, but he countered by nixing Cecil’s HP to about 5. It did do around 5000 damage though. Maybe I should have kept that up anyway to finish him off faster. Wasn’t necessary in the end, but I was worried that he’d get off a Big Bang or Meteo cast while Cain was still down or not at max MP. Anyway, duder went down finally.

Holy shit was it ever tense. But I’m glad for it. Bring on a harder FFV remake, Squenix!

Fucking God of Water and Shit

28 December 2007

Here’s what happened:
Tsunami.
Everyone died but Cecil.
Cecil had a Phoenix Down ready to go on Rosa.
Rosa raises, he casts Blizara on everyone and Rosa dies.
Cecil was ready to use a Phoenix Down on Edge, Edge raises.
Use Phoenix Down on Rosa then Elixer on her.
Blizaga on everyone. All but Rosa die.
Rosa gets set to raise someone, he casts Tsunami.
:(

Got you, you fucker

25 December 2007

He is undead, neh? So how about an elixer for 9999 damage and then some healing spells?

But, he still took out 3 of my characters, and the other two were near death. Christ.

HOLY SHITBALLS

25 December 2007

Repeated attacks of massive damage. The undead doctor Lugae is kicking my ass. I wonder if I’ll be able to finish any bosses from now on during my first try in this version.

Damn You, Little Dolls

25 December 2007

This game is much harder than it was before.
Incredibly hard. I can’t believe the challenge I’ve had. Enemies are more vicious this time around. They use a lot more than just regular attacks. They counter attack like hell. The damage they do is sickening. You have to absolutely be on your toes at all times. And I’m loving it.

The biggest problem I had so far was the fucking dolls. This boss was annoying in the original, but this time the fuckers can counter. And when Yang does his kick, multiple dolls can counter attack him!

So yeah, it’s hard. Damnit.

A Little Late but meh!

25 December 2007