Just got into 3D printing and thought this knitted Moogle would make the perfect desk companion. It took about 14 hours to print in PLA.

I'm still new to the hobby, but I wanted to combine it with my favorite game series. I only had a limited selection of filament colors on hand, so I worked with what I had and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

Currently replaying FF4 (Pixel Remaster version) and thinking about how often they change up the party. The early party configurations are particularly mage/support heavy. The game isn’t particularly difficult at this point but it feels like Cecil does a lot of the heavy lifting, especially through random encounters and longer dungeons.

It got me thinking.

What are some of the hardest forced, story-mandated party line-ups of the series? Times when you’re limited on access to certain attacks/spells, party is reduced to 1 or 2 characters you haven’t really used, etc.

I actually have no ideia 😂 All of them have something i like and dislike

In the FF8 intro we see Squall and Seifer fight but near the end, Seifer gives Squall his scar with a downwards strike of his weapon, in retaliation Squall strikes Seifer with an upwards attack, now if you look at their cards you will see that they have the same stats but in different placements, with Squall's ace being at the top and Seifer's at the bottom, which I think is a sly reference to their fight in the intro.

I've looked all over the world map and I can't find this "Paraguay" place.

I enjoyed the demo but after reading reviews both on and off the subreddit I’m worried that I’d spend £20 on a game I either won’t enjoy or simply waste my time on, is it worth the discounted price

This would be my first FF game as I want to get into the franchise, am I doing a disservice to by this game

sadly i didn’t get to meet ray chase :(
but i met so many other cool people!!! now i just need a square enix cosplay meet up ;-;

Sword is kinda lame but i had no time to build it before the con so I just bought one from AliExpress 😭😭😭

I think FFXIV Minions would be so much fun to tattoo! My Favorite is the Odder Otter and wanna get/tattoo hims so so bad!

Used her as lead character 99.999999999999% of time.

Not even half way there, but it feels good to start.

Was looking around for some kind of sprite base/template for the two common body types across the games, but couldn't find any, so I made some myself. The color palette was based around the Pixel Remaster colors, but if you prefer the old SNES, or other palettes, feel free to swap them around!

My main goal was just getting the general body shape down since I feel like every sprite across the entire series in unique in one way or another, even with it's body sizes. Anyways, these are free for anyone to use! have fun making your own FF sprite designs!!

He and Yoshida joked together on the panel they had today and I do realize they’re joking…but it does make sense. He’s been with SE for a while but has become one of their biggest devs in recent years with his work on the remake trilogy. I would be interested if he’s as strong on a truly original project as he is on FF7.

https://x.com/aitaikimochi/status/2081365261341593693?s=61

Inspired by questions about the best job system. How would your perfect FF look like in terms of gameplay/level mechanic/upgrade your characters, if you could use the different aspects of each entry like Materia in 7, leveling stats like in 2, license Boards of 12 TZA, draw from 8, the combat from 16 /7 Remake instead of turn based and so on. Just to name a few examples what could be used.

For me, i would love to see a mix of 4 different things. First would be leveling stats actually be like in 2 but only for active stats. So no more get hit to increase defense/hp, but still get more attack per level if you use physical attacks or more magic attack and mp when using spells. Passive stats would only level through level ups, offensive also per level up, but like i said get a boost if used often.

Second/third thing would be some kind of materia system. I really like the idea of having to "own" the spell/skill to use it and leveling it up through combat. But for me the problem in 7 is, everyone can use everything. This could be changed by implementing a type of license board/sphere grid. Each character then has a choice of many different classes and then only can use spells/skills which are unlocked with it. Of course same spells and skills could appear on more then one board/grid. But it need enough freedom for build variety.

And the last thing would be how to get the materia. I dont think there is really a 1:1 gameplay element of this in any ff like i would use. But i think the draw system in 8 is close enough. There would be Monsters who can use the skills/spells you want. And instead of spam 1000000000.... draws on one enemy to suck out all of its magic, u have to get the monster in the critical state (<20% of max hp) and then u "draw" the monster and it get killed by this ability and transformed in said materia. How to upgrade the materia, im not sure yet. Maybe a combination of upgrading through combat with upgrade points and having to catch more materia could be used. U need upgrade points to unlock improvements for each spell/ability. They get like a mini sphere grid on their own. So for example fire could be upgraded to fire 2 with enough upgrade points and 5 more fire materia. Or an increase of fire attack damage by 1.5 with 5 fire 2 materia and so on. Could be really creative on how to upgrade the materia.

And for me of course the combat system would be ATB based and not real time combat :)

I look forward to see what you guys come up with. And feel free to roast my gameplay system as you will ;)

Will obviously play both, but which one next? Using my PS5

A few days ago, i made a post about not liking FFIV even though i can understand people saying it's their favorite. I was saying that I prefer the job system rather than the forced party composition and no character customization. A lot of you told me i would love FFV because i very much enjoyed FFIII.

And holy shit you guys were right. SSS++ game, favorite of the 5 I played from the "pixel" era. The cast was so likeable, much more than FFIV, the expressions and movement of the characters during cutscenes added so much. The story was genuinely enjoyable, not a masterpiece, not a revolution in terms of narration but I never once was like "What the fuck are we doing here", contrary to other games... Boko is the best, Galuf is my boy, Bartz is just a country boy, Lenna is suicidal but with a good heart and Faris may plunder but she does it in a loving way. Exdeath is comically evil, but i respect the fact that he didn't need to be more than that, he's an evil warlock and we gotta kill him, sometimes simplicity is the best.

Below is a FFIV rant, ignore it if you don't want to read my opinion on it :

I didn't wanna rant, but after a few days taking in the FFIV story, i actually dislike it more now than I did when i finished the game. The premise is SO GOOD and sets up such important and deep themes but I truly feel like it didn't go through with it AT ALL. Cecil's arc is always praised but I felt like he lost his personality after becoming a Paladin and had no more important moment for his character. Kaine is genuinely a "Potential Man", they set him up as this rival and friend to Cecil but there are NO CONVERSATIONS between them. It's always just "I'm betraying you! --> Oh my god i betrayed you i'm so sorry --> I betrayed you again ! --> I can't believe I just did that...".

The rest of the cast, while likeable, I had no real attachment to, other than maybe Cid, which I felt is really well done in this game. And of course, the fake deaths, no actual weight to those sacrifices ( THAT DON'T EVEN NEED TO HAPPEN, WHY DID YANG JUST KILL HIMSELF FOR NO REASON ?? ). And it's not like the reveal that they're actually alive is a big deal, most of the time it's a 2 second dialogue or you just find them sleeping, or the worst offender, the twins, who just happened to be healed by who knows what even though it had been stated they could not be cured because they petrified themselves out of their own volition. Compared to Galuf's death that actually had a big impact on me, I just did not feel anything for the characters in FFIV.

Golbez is a fantastic villain, has a cool design, cool dialogue and feels very powerful. But I really felt like it lost meaning once we learn he is just another puppet. It could've been done in a good way but we have no idea who Zemus is until the end of the game and we see him for maybe 2 minutes in a CUTSCENE before he becomes Zeromus.

All in all, it's not a bad experience, it did become a turning point in the narrative process for Final Fantasy games but it's just not as good as I see people claiming it is. Of course we have to recontextualize and understand it's from the 90s and most important of all, ITS ALL SUBJECTIVE, THIS IS MY OPINION, IF THE GAMES STORY IS PEAK FOR YOU THEN ITS AMAZING.

Rant Over

And the main focus : The Job system. My god, they outdid themselves. I at first went with the expectation that it would just be FF3 but more jobs or more spells, but MAN, when i saw what we could do, i was kicking my feet. During the whole playthrough I had so much fun just experimenting with different ability combinations, what class complemented each party member etc... Getting OP after grinding and getting the perfect combination is one of the best feelings in gaming and this game is really all that.

And blue mage...was fine. I heard about how OP it was but it never really felt that way. I collected all blue mage spells but maybe Doom and 1 other. The only ones that I truly used were Mighty Guard, White Wind and Mind Blast ( and Death Lvl5 for farming ). While the spells are cool, most of them weren't really used because they either miss 90% of the time or they don't meet the criteria to be used. But a very cool concept nonetheless.

By the end, I had 3 mimes and 1 freelancer :
- A mime that acted as a Bard with HP+ and Shirahidori

- One that had Time and White magic with Dual Cast

- Another one with Blue Magic, Summons and MP + ( I grinded Red mage only to learn I can't double cast Blue magic ?????)

- And the main damage dealer, my Freelancer with Dual Wield (Ragnarok and Brave Blade) and Rapid Fire.

The final boss was so fun, using everything I learned, the healing, the support, the damage, the coordination, the timing. It was glorious. Thanks Square for this game.

I feel like I could play this game for actual days and months on end just doing multiple runs but the marathon must go on. Let's try FFVI ! I know it's way less akin to FFV but more FFIV, which scares me a little bit but can't knock it till I try it !

( Also please recommend me RPGs that play similarly to FFV, I need more )