I'll be streaming some Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time for the next hour or so if you want to check it out.

http://www.twitch.tv/smashpad

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Frisky are u getting any frame rate issues on ch 3 (snow level) ?

I'm still in the first area.

Originally Posted by PancakesAreLove What I really hated was that you couldn't skip the GF attack animations.

I could swear that you could skip the animation if you hit select button when it started.

Redownloaded all the SquareSoft games I played for hundreds of hours in the 90s.. o_o but then sold on eBay due to financial hardships since the black label versions were all selling high.. Now to figure out how to transfer my PSP save files to the Vita..

So not having owned any of the final fantasy games besides the last two to come out and ffv, I decided to get origins, tactics, 6, 7, 8, and 9! Had a free $50 psn giftcard. As soon as I'm through with Fallout 3, gonna take a long journey into the final fantasy world I would have gotten 4 and tactics: war of the lions instead of tactics but I don't have a psp or vita.

Is Ni No Kuni sold at Target?

Target.com says it isn't. Their website is wrong often.

Originally Posted by Graff^ I'd just like to point out that JCrichton keeps typing FFXIII (13) instead of FFVIII (8), some people are responding to him about his points as they relate to VIII because they are following the context of the conversation, while others (like affa) are chiming in and posting about XIII - to which JCrichton is still responding (at length!) as though they are writing about VIII. Anyway, carry on.

yep, that explains it. i'm typing and talking about ff13. he's typing ff13 and talking about ff8. oh well.

Originally Posted by handsomepete bless you for clearing that up, I was getting awfully confused by this recent thread. Am I the only one that didn't use the summons in FF13 (or whatever they were called) for the entire game? They didn't seem to have as much value as the regular battle system, but maybe I missed the point.

they are actually quite useful in specific circumstances against some enemies. For example, they will knock over Adamantoise which makes them far easier to kill/farm.

And in general, they're a solid 'hail mary' option if a fight goes sour, though if you're an excellent player and/or overpowered this won't happen as often.

Summons get pretty powerful over time - but you certainly don't need to use them in most battles.

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Originally Posted by Kendro Never used them unless the game forced you to use them as a plot device (I don't remember). Not sure why they were even required. I took down the final boss in FF13 in less than 4 minutes with my normal squad.

Yep, they were pretty useless if you knew what you were doing (and after a 30 hour tutorial, who didn't!) Such an odd, odd game and direction for the series. S-E isn't doing itself any favors by getting people to relive their memories of the old games via sales like this one and then putting out games like FF13 and 14.

And I enjoyed 13 for what it was, but that's a game that got by 90% because of it's brand name. If it had been a new IP from Square-Enix, I think it would have fared even worse than it did.

Never played a Final Fantasy, and I'm not a huge fan of JRPGs, but I've got $5 sitting in my PSN wallet, so I thought I might pick one up. Which would be most easy to get into for an JRPG n00b?

Originally Posted by johnnypark And I enjoyed 13 for what it was, but that's a game that got by 90% because of it's brand name. If it had been a new IP from Square-Enix, I think it would have fared even worse than it did.

it's actually the first ff i straight up loved besides tactics. BUT... and this is key, i did absolutely hate the pacing. using an entire 'stage' (for lack of a better word) to introduce each new feature to the paradigm system when there were so many things to introduce was a terrible, terrible mistake. but once it opened up, it just dwarfs every other battle system.

i also don't count story into my grading whatsoever, because even though it was nonsensical, i don't care about story in my rpgs, just combat. (with the rare exception of like 3 jrpgs i can think of that actually stole my heart in a good way).

Originally Posted by MrNinjaSquirrel Never played a Final Fantasy, and I'm not a huge fan of JRPGs, but I've got $5 sitting in my PSN wallet, so I thought I might pick one up. Which would be most easy to get into for an JRPG n00b?

FF7, that's my first Jrpg. Loved RPGs ever since. Wanna rebuy the whole collection really

Originally Posted by MrNinjaSquirrel Never played a Final Fantasy, and I'm not a huge fan of JRPGs, but I've got $5 sitting in my PSN wallet, so I thought I might pick one up. Which would be most easy to get into for an JRPG n00b?

I'd say FFVII is probably the most approachable, and definitely not a bad starting point (being the first game that exposed a very large number of gamers to the series when it first came out). If you want something more retro then FFIV (if you have a PSP/Vita) and VI are both very solid choices; if you consider what storytelling looked like in gaming at the time of their respective releases ('91 and '94) they're both really incredible. I'd stay away from VIII and IX for the time being; VIII is probably the most divisive Final Fantasy aside from XIII, and IX is much better if you're familiar with the series. You could come to it "blind," but it would lessen the experience a bit and might leave it feeling a little arbitrary.

To end the stream, I played a bit of Bentley's Hackpack, which is a really cool little game. It features a bunch of new levels for each of the three main hacking games that are in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time with five challenge medals to earn in each level. Your total medal count helps you unlock a number of things in the reward shop that were mostly just little figurines of things from the Sly Cooper games, though there are some levels that are locked up as rewards and there's a separate special game to unlock. These don't seem to have any of the levels that I saw in the first instance of each game in Thieves in Time and I don't see any sort of tie-in with the big game as far as save unlocks are concerned. I also don't see Cross Save support, so it looks like you'll have to play the game twice to get all of the trophies on PS3 and Vita.

I'm uploading that portion of the stream to Youtube, so I'll post the link when it's done.

Edit: It looks like Bentley's Hackpack has a shared trophy list, so there's only one trophy list for both versions.

Edit 2: Bentley's Hackpack video is now live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1lpb4-yfwc

Question. Do saves for PS1 classics transfer from Vita to PS3? If I use content manager to upload my FFVII save, can I download on PS3 and continue? Not at either system presently to check.

Originally Posted by captaintek3304 Question. Do saves for PS1 classics transfer from Vita to PS3? If I use content manager to upload my FFVII save, can I download on PS3 and continue? Not at either system presently to check.

Yes. I've been flipping my Xenogears save back and forth.

Final Fantasy V and VI are normally only a dollar more, right?

Originally Posted by Graff^ Yes. I've been flipping my Xenogears save back and forth.

I've been doing the same with FFIX. Love that feature.

The FF sale is 50% off, so no.

Originally Posted by whoknows Final Fantasy V and VI are normally only a dollar more, right?

Pretty sure they're $9.99; most of Square's PSOne games are priced there.

Hey wait, there's a FF3 game available on PSN, right?
A PSP version remade, I think.
Why isn't that on sale?