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Old 05-03-2015, 03:35 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Yea, i was talking about that one too.
Oh thank Christ. I was feeling too old for the room for a moment there.

I've retired my consoles but still enjoy the games thanks to the stupidly-massive Retro Legends Ultimate Classic Games Collection. XStick and MAME cabinet sold separately.
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Old 05-04-2015, 05:51 PM   #32 (permalink)
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A curious question I'll throw out to everyone in the thread - I've searched MB but it doesn't look like there's been a thread dedicated to VGA PC gaming. Are there classic PC gamers among the MB ranks?
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@ Black Francis. Just to clarify, are you wanting other members to post content in this journal, or were you simply asking for suggested games in your OP?
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Old 05-05-2015, 12:06 AM   #33 (permalink)
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@ Black Francis. Just to clarify, are you wanting other members to post content in this journal, or were you simply asking for suggested games in your OP?
Im asking for both, what i really want is for ppl to post the retro games they loved and would recommend. the more detailed the review the better.
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This next game has been reviewed to death however it's too good of a game for me to not mention.

Final fantasy 7





Arguably the best FF of the franchise and my personal favorite FF game, This game was a masterpiece for the time but we all know that so despite of me loving this game i wanna talk about the characters that try to be all deep but could basically be summed up to this.



To start, Cloud your main character is a bit of a mess. He's not really a hero or an anti hero he's more like a shell of a man. a very f*cked up man.
it's kinda refreshing playing with a f*cked up MC cause it adds introspective drama to the character but see, Cloud's problems are more interesting than him, at his core he only has a borrowed cool wanna be personality just like Sephirot who is tougher in Kingdom hearts than in his own f*ckin game.
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He looks cool, doesn't he? sadly that's all he's good for cause in FF7 he's just eye candy. As a boss he's incredibly easy to beat. Remember the end battle when he summoned his supernova attack? remember how you thought "Holy sh*t im screwed" but how it actually did nothing!? this guy is all smoke and mirrors any decent players is way too op by the time you get to him, you could seriously beat this guy with Cait Sith, Yuffie and Aerith's corpse in your party, that's how menacing he is.

Apart from the weapons (who btw are exclusive to the american port) The real interesting villain in this game is the Shinra corporation who's suckin the life force of the planet for Mako energy.

That plot is actually cooler than Sephirot's crusade to Demi god status.
With Shinra as the main enemy this game would've had better steam punk feel
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Idk about other players but my fav sections in this game were the Midgar and Junon sections because Shinra's influence made those sections have a steam punk vibe the game could've used more.





Instead you get an open world that seems undeveloped and primitive, after you leave midgar you'll mostly be battling in caves and your usual rpg surroundings.

Imo this game would've been a flawless masterpiece if they had done a better job at contrasting the environments between a futuristic vibe and a mythical vibe. FF8 did a better job of doing this but i don't care what FF8 fanboys say FF7 is still a better game. Also Sephirot should be ALOT harder, im talking Ruby weapon hard cause that's the kinda boss this games deserves.
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Final Fantasy VII is my all-time favourite adventure game as well. Sephiroth totally badass and the Shinra Corporation were just amazing, especially in the areas that they had helped to destroy. That sad sounding ambient music from the game was amazing as well.
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Old 05-07-2015, 02:09 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Don't you wish sephirot had been alot harder? he was hard as hell in Kingdom hearts and really lived up to his bad ass stature but in FF7 he was too easy.
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Speaking of, people need to just admit that Advent Children sucked, already. Lame villains, lame plot, boring character arc. It was just a CGI Matrix ripoff that wasn't even as good as the Matrix sequels. But it's FFIV, so all the tasteless fanboys have to pretend that it's awesome.
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Old 05-07-2015, 04:14 PM   #40 (permalink)
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Not me, that movie killed my fanaticism for FF7 and im kinda grateful for it, it's a great game and story but they f*cked up alot of things about it fanboys don't want to recognise.

For a more positive and indepth review on the game i recommend this



Like i said before i started this game has been reviewed to death and blindly praised for nostalgic reasons but lets be honest, at the end it's just as flawed as every other iconic FF game, they never quite reached perfection.
(except for FF6)
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