In Progress There can never be enough FF-faggotry - LP Final Fantasy 3/6

[GarfunkeL]

COWABUNGA DUDE!

HERE

WE

GO

AGAIN

YEEHAA!

WE MA-

Gravity strikes back!

Ouch!

 

[GarfunkeL]

No time to piss your pants now, heroes!

What an excellent idea!

This looks promising.

Bye bye baby!

Time to save and use some sleeping bags.
Also, let's check out Sabin's and Cyan's skills.
Every character in FF6 has some sort of special ability and some of them even have two. So this makes them unique from each other, in addition to name, sprite and backstory. The game stll has its legs on the ground though, as everyone can use any of the relics and most characters can use majority of the weapons and armours.

Sabin, as mentioned previously, is our kung-fu guy and here we can see his current three techniques. I only ever use the <- -> <- one because it is both easy to remember and powerful enough. His attacks get better the more he levels up so it's not like you even have to learn new ones to remain competitive.

Cyan currently has three SwordTechniques as well. The first one, Dispatch, is the quick basic attack which he can do immediately. The second one, Retort, is almost as quick but pretty useless - it only makes him ready to do a counterattack if attacked. The third one, Slash, is supposed to halve the HP of an enemy but regular foes usually have so little that its better to just use Dispatch and most of the bosses are immune to it.

Allright, let's move on.

Dining hall? What a fancy train!

Hmph, uppity waiters exist even on River Styx, it seems.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Patient as ever, eh?

Valid question.

SNAP? What is he eating?

Agreed.

Terra and Celes will love these!

Moving on!

 

[GarfunkeL]

We find a treasure chest but-!

This guy just dropped from the ceiling like a furry Spiderman!

Sabin isn't intimidated at all.

He makes one strike, which is basically a flurry of blows but each one does under 10 points of damage, turning this encounter fully into a joke.

What mighty treasure.

The party said in unison!

 

[GarfunkeL]

Suuuuuuure you are, buddy.

Hey, stop! Thief! AAARGH!

Oh well, another room, another treasure.

AARGH, should've guessed.

But it's no danger to our elite team

Another sample of random encounter in the train. As a nice detail, the background changes depending on your location - it's different whether you are in- or outside.

Time to put up a tent and face the engine!

Always pays to check dark corners!

 

[GarfunkeL]

Useful knowledge!

Switches set, lets find that lever.

Oops, of course the train is alive!

Ah, the classical "running from the train engine on the tracks"-battle scene, how have I missed thee

Sabin shows us that his fists are harder than iron.

As is Cyan's sword.

And Shadow's shurikens finish the job.

Another hot night for our heroes!

We are arriving... but where?

 

[GarfunkeL]

Good question, indeed.

If only...

Cyan sees something stunning!

Yup, the dead inhabitants of Doma Castle, including his wife and son.

Cyan goes berserk!

But the train is already moving.

Time to dig out those hankies.

Shadow is a man of few words, who doesn't believe in any "talking will make it better"-crap.

Sabin tries anyway but Cyan isn't talkative.

And that's the end of Phantom Forest.

Christ this became a large update. Okay, we have the last part of Sabin's journey left. I'll probably upload that later tonight. Little break now.

 

[ghostdog]

What the...


Massive episodic LP update necromancy.

 

[lightbane]

:shock: :shock: INcredible, ITZ ALIVE!!!! Good update, but you could try to fix some details to make it better (write down the dialogues instead of posting them as screenshoots, separate images, etc.) Also, that "whole family dying" of Cyan felt much more emotive than Aeris emotionally engaging retarded death. Why happened Squaresoft? There was a time you made good games...

 

[GarfunkeL]

Imagine the masterful music on both of those scenes. Actually, big part of the train scene is actually silent, to make it seem even more powerful, the train engine whistling loudly and the train pulling away. It seems that creative people are always on their best when constrained by budget and technology - as in many movies.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Hmm, yes, something happened but I guess I should return to this LP.

 

[GarfunkeL]

And a new page would be cool for that!

 

[Crooked Bee]

I guess I should return to this LP.

Of course you should!
'Coz there can never be enough FF faggotry.

Also, bump.

And thanks for endorsing my little LP, by the way.

 

[anus_pounder]

If I remember, the real Siegfried is fought in the coliseum and puts up quite a fight.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Yeah, that's true. I've never uncovered any reason for that little episode. Guess it's just a comic relief.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Allrighty folks! So, last time we fought the Phantom Train and Cyan said his farewells to his slain family.
We escaped Phantom Forest and made our way to the mountains hosting the Baren Falls. Onwards to glory!

Yup, here we are.

So we only have good options, eh? Well, that's why heroes are heroes!

Shadow!

Indeed. We will see Shadow again.

The game tries to give us some helpful advice there but heroes are no wussies, scared of little jumping!

GERONIMOO!

And what would a free-fall be without some combat?

Not very challenging, though.

Unconscious, we float down a stream...

Oh, who is this? :mystary:

 

[GarfunkeL]

Yes, meet Gau who unfortunately isn't nearly as effective as his namesake, GAU-8. Google that shit.

Sabin tries to make contact, but

Gau freaks out and escapes.

Ah, the Veldt. There's a nice drumming-style music going on here, very African.
Listen it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC-2jiCHvTc
We get into few fights on our way towards the only town on Veldt:

Seem familiar? That's because Veldt plays host to each and every other monster found in the world of FF VI, though you have to encounter them elsewhere first.
Yes, it doesn't make any fucking sense but hey, it's Final Fantasy, what did you expect?

A CHALLENGER APPEARS!

Hint hint wink wink

But we do not have any food, so instead we hit him with a sword:

Animals like you, eh?

Another fight and killing the monsters leads to another meeting with Gau:

In fact, every battle now will end with Gau showing up. Unfortunately, he always escapes after the first hit so it's impossible to kill him.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Sabin and Cyan arrive at Mobliz, the only town on Veldt. Taking a cue from Crooked Bee, I'll put
all the NPC-blahblah-screens together, like this:

Quite a lot of helpful hints amongst the chatter. And another hint about food, eh?
Well, let's buy some then since we are standing next to the item shop:

Cheap!

And that was our penultimate target, the Serpent Trench which will allow us to get back to Narshe. We didn't actually float to another continent because when Sabin fell from the raft, it was up in the mountains that you can just glimpse in the pictures. He then as made his way more and more south until reaching Veldt, which is pretty much the southernmost tip of this peninsula. Apparently there is no regular ship-service between Mobliz and any town on the main "part" of the continent so this current thingy is our only chance of getting back home. Too bad it's stolen, huh? Perhaps we should play detective?

This jew will fleece our wallet, I'm sure of it.

So I don't feel bad about stealing his Elixir.

Fucking teenagers, oblivious to the world, god dammit! I hope that one day you two will have to grow up rapidly and face true responsibility!

Ah, let us pay a visit to this wounded soldier then.

 

[anus_pounder]

Are you going to lv.99 your party for the end-boss?

 

[GarfunkeL]

Allrighty, get your hankies out, this is going to be heart-wrenchingly sad and emotional:

Hmm, what can two chivalrous types, like Sabin and Cyan, do in such a situation?

DAMN RIGHT, WE'RE TRUE BROS.

Uh-oh. I sense that it wasn't a one-off thing, wasn't it, guys?

Let's sleep at the Relic-shop and see what happens.

GRRR, you jew! Guys, your chivarly is becoming bit expensive!

OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!

Jeesus Christ, how much does this bitch want from you?

See, altruism always gets rewarded! Tintinabar is usually pretty useless but we can save MPs and items by equipping while we walk around.

But, let's see the Arsenal and get our boys some new gear, luckily that mission of mercy didn't bankrupt us.

Looking good, boys!

Allrighty then, time to snare a wildkin-boy!

 

[GarfunkeL]

Are you going to lv.99 your party for the end-boss?

No point, it's easy even when you're at mid-60s and AFAIK there is no special bonus for getting the whole party to 99.

 

[GarfunkeL]

We get into a fight to lure Gau out into open.

There's the little bugger!

Enchantment!

Gau reacts to dried meat like it's crack or something.

You can say that again.

Oh, he's greedy too!

Sabin puts down his foot.

Preach it, bro!

Uh, oh what's going to happen? A FIGHT!

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

FIGHT FIGHT FI-

............

What is this? West Side Story fighting?

Embarrasing but Sabin won't give up so easily!

ROUND TWO!

Oh gods,

more of this dance-fighting shit!

Seems they ran out of steam.

That's kung-fu for you, Gau. Nothing but dancing!

Sabin feels that his masculinity is threatened.

Cyan tries to insert some rational behaviour here but...

Gau can be pretty funny when he wants!

Uh oh, someone is feeling little emo now.

Yeah, not a good time to tease Cyan.

Aww, he is a proper little teddy bear, he is!

Now that wasn't a surprise. After all, we got to name Gau as soon as we saw him for the first time, so...

Ah, now this is interesting. What could it be?

Sabin is skeptical

Sabin is SUPER-skeptical

See, Gau has a sense of humor, indeed!

Maybe get the girls to notice you instead of always crowding around Locke, eh Sabin?

Well, Locke IS a treasure hunter, after all!

Gau has the attentionspan of an ADHD-kid. Square predicting the future of console-kiddies?

Brilliant! This actually works with the world map. Too bad that this clever little hint is completely unnecessary, as the Crescent Mountain Cave is the only location, aside from the village, that we can enter and the villagers in Mobliz pointed it out to us already. Still, I guess it would prevent some players from just wandering around Veldt, aimlessly, hoping for something to happen.

Yes, lets.

Gau does make me chuckle.

That "thing" is supposed to wink and wave to us.

And Gau's stats. He cannot wear any weapons as the Rage-ability is his only ability. Gau is a very mixed bag. Without periodically returning to the Veldt and getting his Rage-abilities upgraded, he quickly becomes very obsolete in his damage output. Still, if you can get him some nifty monsters to emulate, he can be quite powerful. Unfortunately, while he rages, he is under AI control. All in all, I've never valued him that much as there usually is no shortage of party-members. I don't think any other Final Fantasy has as big a roster as this one.

 

[GarfunkeL]

CRESCENT MOUNTAIN CAVE

is actually a boring place as it's almost completely linear and there are no monsters to fight.

Gau sniffs around.

Aren't you Mister Smarty Pants?

Yes, they both did it

Let's look around then!

I didn't even mind losing the 500gp, that was too funny.

STRANGLE HIM

Okey team, let's keep moving.

Gau stops and starts digging like a dog.

Whoa!

Brave guys. No idea how a single helmet can help three people or nevermind that it has been buried for who-knows-how-long...

Heroes will be heroes.

Gau freaks out and Sabin and Cyan only laugh? What bullies!

Uh, guys, you forgot someone...

Gau gathers his courage and,

makes the leap!

The 3D-capabilities of SNES are truly astounding

Of course you need to have random battles, wouldn't be a Final Fantasy game otherwise!

We even get to choose our route! Let's go right and this is even timed so you can't think too much.

Another fight, nothing new here-

WTF?! That jellyfish-looking thing casted "Gigavolt" which one-hitted Gau to death. BASTARD!

Luckily we came to this underwater cave, strangely devoid of water and can use phoenix down on Gau and find some treasure too!

Another junction, we go right again.

Back attack! But these snakes are almost harmless.

This trench isn't visually stimulating.

Another underwater cave, this one is much bigger than the first one.

Exploring, amazingly there are no random monsters here. We're standing on a button which allowed us to drain the north-west room of water.

Brave heroes bravely jump into dark holes.

More loot. Sabin already has this "helmet" so let's see if it would help Gau.

Very nice, indeed!

End of trench at sight!

Is this the fourth time Sabin has washed ashore? The guy must pack some serious flotation devices in his robe.

Let's check this village out before we enter that ship.

I wonder if this exposition has anything to do with Gau?

Oh yeah baby, a dancing girl!

Oh, Cyan doesn't approve.

Cyan acts like Crispy, alltogether!

Now it's Sabin's turn to laugh at Cyan!

Uh, yeah, I'm sure she'll stop dancing and will get married if you lecture her enough, Cyan!

Foreshadowing...

Yeah right runt. We ain't buying any of your shit!

Instead, this guy sells decent armour so we'll stock up, enough for the whole party.

You're mostly right.

Yeah lady, we just came from there.

Oh, how convenient! Luckily there is that ship we saw.

Let's hope that we won't encounter any pirates!

AAAAAAAAAND that's it folks! All three paths are finally done and the heroes will be united in Narshe soon. What will happen next? WHO KNOWS!

Stay tuned for the next update - which may or may not come in 2010!

 

[ghostdog]

If you're a true FF-Faggot you'll uncurse the shield

 

[anus_pounder]

Can't wait to see more of Terra.