Originally posted by Dude Man

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I recently got a hold of "John Carpenter's The Thing" from 1982. Man, watching a guy get his arms bit off by a giant beautifully designed stomach mouth makes me wish I was there to see the movie in theaters.

"I know you boys have been through alot... but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the next few months TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!!"

classic.

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Originally posted by witeasprinwow

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God, this is a hard one.

I sorta liked that guy from the first Lunar, I forget his name. He wasn't just crazy, he had some social-political motive.

Spoiler:
He wanted to brink back the goddess in order for her to rule over the people with her divine wisdom/power, giving them "guidance" and all and destroying those who didn't cooperate.

Of course, they sorta ruined him at the VERY end of the game, by having him act out of character... He talks like a stereotypical "evil villian" instead of the character that they had built up over the course of the game.

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Originally posted by Celice

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You want a villian that makes no sense, look at ExDeath from FFV. I think EVERYONE's bette than that crap from the hat.

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Originally posted by Amanda

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Luca's mom was assaulted and raped, and his father ran away. Luca eludes to this slightly when later on in the game.

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Originally posted by witeasprinwow

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Although, being an OCD-ish teenager, I did all the optional dungeons anyways. Don't ask me why I had to get Tellah his best move even though I never used him. I HAD to. Fucking FF.

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Originally posted by drjayphd

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On FF1: I forget if the guy who argued this is still here, but I guess the attacking of dead enemies is supposed to be realistic. You know, you're giving the orders and then they act simultaneously. Only the last time I checked, if you were actually in such a fight, you, personally, wouldn't attack something that's already dead, yes?

FF6: That was just their way of providing a nice, non-linear aspect to the game, right? Too bad it didn't really work.

WOW/Xeo: Yeah, I'm just like that too. Hell, look at Castle of the Winds. I'll keep playing a dungeon after GRAAH JASON SMASH BOSS until I get every. single. piece of treasure out of there, disarm every trap, and kill every enemy (even though they respawn by the time I leave). It'd kill me that I couldn't max out everything in FF6, because I'd just have to have the Odin Esper turn into... whoever it is that teaches you Ultima.

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Originally posted by witeasprinwow

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Originally posted by Racer Xeo

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Well, remember that one sword taught it also.
(yeah, "that one sword". Again I can't think of a name for something ...)

But yeah, I didn't want to trade Odin because no other Esper gave that useful Speed +1 bonus.

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"That one sword" is actually the Paladin Shield, gotten from the Cursed Shield.

Do you have to trade Odin for that? I forget.

Either way, you could just learn the Ultima spell AFTER you reach level 99, thus meaning you already have all your bonuses.

I never bothered to max out my characters in the way you guys are talking about... I have OCD for dungeons, not stats.

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Originally posted by Cara Zeltina

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Max stats in FFVI was.. eh, such overkill it isn't funny. I think about halfway there or so, you're already plenty powerful enough to take on the final boss without any real trouble.. right? I seem to recall it being that level range, though it has been awhile so it is hazy.

I tend to go for every item too though, or all the biggies at least. I guess it varies on the game.

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Originally posted by asdf

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All this talk about FF6 powerleveling is reminding me of my antics with that in FF7 and FF8. In the latter, Sephiroth didn't even get a hit on me, thanks to 9999 Knights of the Round added to HP and MP Absorb. The weapons met a similar fate. As for FF8, I think I've spent so much time power-leveling and getting stat boosts effectively, that I now have a blue timer. Just because of the boost abilities alone, I have many characters with base stats in the hundreds, and am working on maxing them out. I could easily crush the last bosses if I wanted to.

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Originally posted by witeasprinwow

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Originally posted by Ogre

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Why the hell would anyone powerlevel in FF8? Talk about counter-productive. Now, beating FF8 at lv9 average was fun. (Squall at 7, Zell at 8, Irvine at like 11) And yeah, I'm with Xeo on FF7's challenges, they are more fun trying without KoTR. (Especially after my blatant abuse at finding a way to auto-battle them. Meh.)

Come to think of it, other than the semi-lame instant killing of FFX's Nemesis, the only hard challenge boss I can remember in any game was fighting Maya w/o powerleveling past 38 in Parasite Eve.

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If you ever play Star Ocean: The Second Story, there are some pretty damn hard optional bosses.

There's multiple difficulties to the game. I had to work my ass off just to beat them all on normal. Apparently the hardest difficulty powers up all the baddies by over double...

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Originally posted by witeasprinwow

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1. Hell, honestly, without ZSNES I would have never played some of my favorite games

2. And, in case you haven't guessed what I have to say...

Play Star Ocean already damnit!

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Originally posted by witeasprinwow

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Originally posted by Grey

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I think one of the best villains ever had to be....

Spoiler:
Delita, from FFTactics.

But you didn't hear that one from me.

Good runners up are the Turks, just for being so damn awesome.

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EDIT: Grey, you should write that you're talking about FFTactics outside of the spolier box, so people know what game the spolier is for before they highlight it.

Spoiler:
But he isn't really a villain... just a misguided hero. He isn't evil, he just uses questionable methods to achieve good intentions.

Only at the very end does he really do anything blatantly "wrong," and he seems to have remorse for it.

Of course, I'm not complaining that he wasn't evil enough; he was an EXCELLENT character. I'm just not sure if he applies here.

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