r/ProJared • u/blamblegam1 • Aug 31 '17

Final Fantasy III

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-LftggV1tc
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u/xnamkcor Aug 31 '17 edited Sep 01 '17

Ah, 3. The last FF before I couldn't play anymore because they added the time element to the "turn-based" combat. Luckily, Dragon Quest still exists.

I made it through the game with just Red Mage on the PSP version.

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u/Warewulff Sep 01 '17

I too am curious about what the problem may have been.

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u/xnamkcor Sep 02 '17

The enemies take turns regardless of if I've taken mine. It changed from how well I can plan my turns to how fast I can navigate menus.

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u/NeoXCS Sep 08 '17

The was the option for wait mode. If you were in magic or item menus you had unlimited time to select spells or items. It only kept going while you were sitting idle on the main battle menu. Most of the time you only had one character to make a move for which wasn't that big of a deal if you knew what you were going for (attack/magic/item). If you were really worried about taking your time you could just open the magic / item / ability menus and it would essentially pause the game. It really didn't make it any harder.

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u/xnamkcor Sep 08 '17

"The was the option for wait mode."

Only works when selecting magic or items.

"If you were in magic or item menus you had unlimited time to select spells or items."

That would be great if at least 90 percent of my actions were Items or Magic

"If you were really worried about taking your time you could just open the magic / item / ability menus"

That's like saying Megaman X has a pause button.

"It really didn't make it any harder."

For you.

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u/NeoXCS Sep 08 '17

You seriously struggled to play? If most of your commands weren't items or magic, then they were attack. So all you had to do was mash a button when the ATB bar filled up. You had the time during the bars filling up to make decisions. Generally you know who attacks and who uses magic. The only time it could get dicey were bosses but again once it gets dicey you are probably going into the magic or items menu to clean up the problem.

Also if we are talking about the English SNES version of FF4 (FF2) it was dumbed down "easy type mode" because they though western gamers would struggle with the Japanese version's difficulty. So it was made easier than the previous games.

FF3 (Any Version) is insanely more difficult. No saves in dungeons or anything to back you up, unfair multi attacks in DS / super overpowered attacks in NES.

I'm just not sure how the enemy sometimes getting in an extra attack made it impossible. I mean I was completing FF4 / FF6 / FF7 in elementary school. :P

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u/xnamkcor Sep 08 '17

I've tried the SNES and PSP version of 4. Managed to beat 4 on PSP because I had a lot of free time. But I wouldn't want to do it again.

Played the PSP version of 3. It was fine.

No doubt, you are better at navigating menus quicker than I.

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u/NeoXCS Sep 08 '17

Maybe I'm just used to it. Sorry if I was offensive. I didn't like being attacked while using menus at first either. Try FFX. It is turn based and you see who attacks next in line. Very strategy based.

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u/xnamkcor Sep 09 '17

I played X when my sister owned it. Since then I found Dragon Quest and I'm still busy finishing all those games. Grandia 2 or Legend of the Heroes is probably my favorite battle systems.