{"id":994,"date":"2012-06-05T12:33:44","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T16:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=994"},"modified":"2012-06-05T12:33:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T16:33:44","slug":"final-fantasy-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=994","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is this really a Final Fantasy<\/em> game?<\/p>\n

Sure, we’re introduced to such FF staples as Cid, chocobos, and dragoons, but where’s the confusing plot? Where’s the XP system? A very different feel<\/strong> from the first.<\/p>\n

And then there’s the trick ending. Last night I spent altogether too much time running the the final double-dungeon only to find that defeating the undead emperor is impossible<\/strong>. I’m doing 200 damage a turn and he’s healing in the thousands with a move that both heals him and one-shots one of my guys.<\/p>\n

Over to gamefaqs for some guidance, only to find that a sword which is otherwise completely useless is pretty much the only thing<\/strong> that can kill him. No indication given in-game that you’re supposed to hold on to this thing. Jeepers.<\/p>\n

I whomped every baddie on my way to the boss, so grinding wasn’t the problem. So, what were the devs going for here? Keep every weapon, then try them one at a time as you die over and over again without being able to save. Or switch weapons midfight. Is that really the experience<\/strong> they wanted the player to have?<\/p>\n

So, yeah, I watched the end on youtube. Screw that nonsense.<\/p>\n

This game is grinder’s delight.<\/strong> Any character can learn anything you want — just keep ’em using axes, for example,\u00a0and they’ll get good at axes. Since I was going for a plot play-through, this forced me to focus my guys on specific skills early on so they could keep doing damage at higher levels. But, if you like a lot of flexibility to customize your guys, you could make some fun combos.<\/p>\n

On to III!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is this really a Final Fantasy game? Sure, we’re introduced to such FF staples as Cid, chocobos, and dragoons, but where’s the confusing plot? Where’s the XP system? A very different feel from the first. And then there’s the trick ending. Last night I spent altogether too much time running the the final double-dungeon only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,37,93,91,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-25th-anniversary-playthrough","category-classic","category-final-fantasy","category-retrogaming","category-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":995,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions\/995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}