Found your channel through looking for videos on FF Pixel remasters and yours are the best videos I've found. Was a huge FF fan growing up and can't wait to get stuck into these remasters!
@@GenesisVII PSP underworld afterlife game there too. After you beat the game(wasn't sure if this was PS remake or nes version) you can make a separate save file and go through the mirror world with Minwu as the lead character.
On replay, I actually really enjoyed this game. It feels like this is where Final Fantasy really started to form its identity. And I actually like the customization in the battle system
I honestly wish I could have played FFII when I was a kid, back on the NES. I really want to know what 10 year old me would have thought about it, being such a huge fan of FFI. But since I couldn't play it until I was already an adult, my views on it were mostly negative. FFII in the modern era is very hard to enjoy. It's not impossible, but it takes the right kind of attitude. When I played the Pixel Remaster version (I played on PC months ago when there was none of these extra boost, I actually really enjoyed leveling my characters, because at this point I knew how to bend the game over my knee. I leveled all my characters with 2 shields until their shield skill was 16 and their AGI and evasion was so high that even bosses couldn't even hit my party. This fixed the issue of enemies destroying the party with status ailments that always apply on hit. When you are going for all achievements, the biggest issue becomes the one time only areas, of which there are tons of in FFII. The one thing that no version of FFII can't fix no matter how accessible is the awful dungeon design. No other RPG has had dungeon design like this, thankfully. Paths are long and twisting and often just dead end. The one thing about FFII I've always liked was the villain. This guy is an absolute evil monster the entire game, he's destroying towns, mass murdering people, you really come to hate him. And then when you finally fight him, and kill him, this old NES game from the 80s lets you think you've actually won for a while. While you are celebrating your victory, this absolute madman was taking over hell, and he returns as the king of hell with a new army of demons. I always loved that part of the story.
Nice video. I just wanted to say your FF1 video got me to buy and platinum FF1 myself for the first time. I already have FF2 bought and downloaded now. I was going back and forth about what I wanted to play tonight cause I'm also in the middle of working on a Diablo 2 level 99 hardcore char.. but not tonight! tonight I'm gonna start Final Fantasy 2 and by the time I'm finished with that I'm sure your FF3 video will be up... maybe even your FF4 video.. let's see^^
My experience of FF2 on PSP was great and I really really like its levelling and of course the bgm. The bgm is just so good! I mean FF2 bgm is so underrated… I plan on getting pixel remastered FF2 to relive my childhood joy
I’ve finished my third run through FFII PR, and I love the leveling system so much. I grew up playing Quest 64, so this is a natural fit for me. I do criticize parts of it - while it makes sense that a high-level Teleport will take care of most everything, there aren’t enough enemies immune to it. I laughed out loud when I first killed the emperor with Teleport, since it felt almost anticlimactic. Any boss that’s immune to Teleport? Osmose. Drain its MP in one round, and go to town with Drain if it’s an alive target. Try that on Undead, though, and you’ll have a very bad time. Love this game.
Great video, played the gba advance version for FFI & FFII back in the days! Quite different from the first, but a decent game as I recall. Keep it up 😁
Until 8 Final Fantasy 2 was the most broken entry for me to go through. It’s amazing how incredibly overpowered I was by the end of it. But FF2 was made more of a masterpiece thanks to the Pixel Remaster. The soundtrack was made even more incredible than before!
I liked the keywords. It made interacting with characters more than just walking up to someone and pressing a button. Not as good as Mass Effect's dialogue options but it is a good start, specially for a NES game.
Great video Subscribed! For me I could never get into FF2 until the pixel remaster. I tried a few times but the leveling system was just too broken. But with the pixel remaster if you set the boost up it really helps as you do level stats faster and you dont have to attack your party members to raise the HP it just incresese organically. So grinding is way less. Its a nice touch.
The journey of this game was outstanding! I had countless fun venturing the world and knowing you can make your own build is amazing! I truly loved this game. I kind of understand people not enjoying this title but the pixel remaster really fixed a lot of the things the original had. But everywhere I went I never really felt lost. Honestly my favorite of the series!
I dont mind the keyword system, it is pretty obvious which you need to use for the most part, but also i got excited when i first encountered it as a fan of Morrowind, which used a more complex keyword system (but it even has the brackets!). That said, the leveling system always reminded me of Elder Scrolls as well, albeit more rudimentary and without regular levels, since ES has both systems in tandem.
II is easily my favorite Final Fantasy before VI. I've always had a soft spot for rebellion against evil empire themed stories, and I like the stat growth system because Saga/Final Fantasy Legend II was the first Squaresoft RPG I played and it uses a similar stat growth system for two of its races. (I got Saga/Final Fantasy Legend II and Final Fantasy I on the same day but mom and I were about to take a trip to visit her family so I decided to save the NES game until we got home) I pre-ordered Final Fantasy Origins just to get Final Fantasy II and later got Dawn of Souls, the PSP version, the Steam version, the Android mobile version (I might have had the iPhone version when I used an iPhone I'm not sure) and the Pixel remaster version.
Great coverage, have to agree with your take on the random battles. In general I like random battles but the encounter rate is so high on ff2. I remember playing on the PS1 version and leaving the starting town and went the wrong way and entered an open area where the monsters would one hit kill me. Stupidly enough I had saved it in this area too. What I noticed was every time I took 5 steps from my save point I'd fight a group. Luckily it was the start of the game and I could start again. Can't say I hate the keyword system though, it is annoying to get the words but it does mean you can't have a conversation about a subject that you never prompted or have prior knowledge of.
Didn’t really like the leveling system in the og but the fact you can set the boosters to alter weapon skills really helps when you want to upgrade a weapon skill you never used before
Never thought the password system was all that big of a deal. It's essentially just giving you a dialogue tree. Dungeons were straight trash with all the empty rooms. I seem to recall one or the dungeons in IV doing something similar. Might be the dungeon you couldn't wear anything metal either. Been a few years. May also be the one that had a lot of demon doors to fight which lead to empty rooms. I did have ally characters maxed out around the time I got Scott's ring. Encounter rate is presumably to help you gain stats better since you're fighting a lot more. Aside from filling the bestiary, I didn't need to battle that much since unarmed you can just about one shot most things until final dungeons. Magic is still a must there but Ultima and flare are more than sufficient. It was a lot less tedious with boosts which is probably the only reason I bothered grinding Captains in Fynn as long as I did. Otherwise that alone would have been 40+hours which would certainly not be worth it. Finished it last night and working on III now.
remember the good old days when finishing a game was completing the game not nowadays u need trophies and achivements that have nothing to do with the game's story lol..
I just got my platinum on this game yesterday and I’m so happy to be DONE with it. Was it as bad as my previous attempts to play this game? Nah. But I don’t want to experience the torture of hours of walking back and forth trying to find Iron Giant ever again 😢
@@GenesisVII haha true true! I tried playing it on steam as I as gifted a copy and I bailed after about 12ish hours. The boosts were probably the only reason I finished.
Did you happen to pick up "The Legacy of The Crystal" by Darryl James? He heads the Final Fantasy Union channel. I am reading this book as I'm watching your series game by game.
@@GenesisVII I am so envious you got to meet him! He has a serious passion for the old Final Fantasy games as well as the new. I'm so grateful he signed my copy of the book, I can't imagine how long it took to sign all of those. Next time you talk to him, ask him where the belt video is!
I never finished final fantasy 2. i was quite young and found it really quite solid. Walk too far at the start in the wrong direction on the world map you get destroyed by those mages you get the scorge tomes of. I remember training up so i could kill them and get the scorge tome but never got into it. Ffv is my fav 2d final fantasy xD
The keyword system does come back, just not in Final Fantasy. But in Rudra no Hihou (treasure of the rudras) and its connected to the magic system of that game.
There's a reason everyone considers this the weakest in the series. It's all fun from here. They have lowered the encounter rate. It was every 3-5 steps before. They basically doubled it.
I started this and remembered how much I disliked it back in the day. So, I am saving this for the last plat. Got the plat for 1 and close to getting the one for 3. I am using max boosts and guides and not ashamed because I have already beaten all of these, some many times over, and so I have gone through as it was intended 😂. For ff2 I just can't stand the leveling and keyword systems and is why it will be last.
Bit late to these vids. I bought all the pixel remasters on console as I'd never played 1 through 3. Im currently early on in FF5. I enjoyed FF2 more than i thought i would, i think hearing all the negativity surrounding it for years helped me find it better than I'd heard.
So, I have to ask, because hp is what's kept me from enjoying this in the past. Does the "compulsory hp" mean you gain HP now regardless of damage taken? Basically, in my older experiences, I wouldn't take much damage for awhile, to the point where I'd get to a new area and just constantly get one shotted.
I'm not sure why FF2 gets so much hate. I played it normally, stuck with the same weapon type for each character, and had a blast! The encounter rate in FF2 is high, but I still think FF9 has the highest overall. I love FF1- FFX- they are great games! FF2 (and FF8) don't deserve the hate!
I got the Platinum for this too, I was not happy with the game lol. It was actually my first time playing FF2 but I didn't enjoy it...I enjoyed FF1 a lot more, and that was the first time I've played that one too. Currently going through 3 at the moment.
I play without Compensatory HP. Your HP may grow too fast for your stamina, making you a glass cannon. Having a good stamina stat will get you through the hard hits without additional HP on top of it… too hardcore? Maybe, but I like a tougher challenge.
Hey man so I finished the Dreadnought and got the 10 chests. But it disappeared from my location map. I know it's a one time location but I feel they stayed on the map to view in final fantasy 4 so I'm not sure if it's a glitch here in FF2
Some locations will disappear after visiting them, as long as you 100% that you got all the chests then there is nothing to worry about, you’ll get that trophy!
I just Platinumed it and I got to say I think I hate it now, this is my third time beating it but I was trying to work om leveling Magic spells for Maria the whole game and no matter how fucking high I got the spell levels they did trash damage and take way too long to level up and way too many spells to level up that they are not worth wasting time on. I would love it if they just rereleased it with a standard FF leveling system.
@@ChrisMS0815 They suck at lower levels, but powerful at higher levels, and if your just rushing though, they may not be worth the time to level up. If you dont spend time level up spells, the game is not bad, once you get the spell swap, you can cheese getting MP easy.
I was in the minority but i always liked FF2. When i got a chance to play it on PS1 back in the day i was thrilled. I liked the dude with the turban lol and I always thought Firion was a cool lead character. Just like any rpg once you accept the nuances of the battle system it was fun!
I was that overpowered by the end of the game that I killed the final boss in 2 hits. I did an all Monk build and cheesed it. I was maxed out on the monk job and maxed out on the most powerful and important spells.
@@EelofTheTRIMS Yeah that's just because he has higher HP than anything else, but concretly it take the same amount of blood sword attack to kill him than anything else in the game.
@@nesoukkefka1741yeah I know. But it’s still the ultimate cheese against that boss. I don’t get why you are arguing it when all I’m stating is a fact about how the blood sword makes the final boss crazy easy. For most of the rest of the game teleport is quicker to win. There’s like 2-3 bosses in the entire game that teleport won’t work on. Most of them I got round one with teleport.
I like FF2. It's definitely not the best. But it's not bad at all. Never was. And the pixel remaster made it much better in my opinion. I've only played the original NES version, the PS1 and the pixel remaster. Never played the PSP or other versions. But I think the Pixel Remaster is a solid 8 out of 10. Final boss was a little easy in my opinion but other than that not much else about it bothers me.
@@GenesisVII Thank you. I'm a little hesitant about buying the big bundle because FF1 still has the limited magic system, but I loved the story of FF2.
@@GenesisVII one of the worst ones for me outside the 2000 dungeons and Fates. I made it somewhat bearable using a third party app on my phone that clicks between two spots and then opened the companion app and let it deleted everything in my inventory. Might be frowned upon, but I wasn't going to pay another moth for a subscription just for one trophy 😂 already spent 300 hours already.
Turning off random encounters in any FF game is just making it easy mode, it required strategy and planning that was part of the appeal of the classic games. I guess if you just want a story driven only game it makes sense, but the journey feels hollow you could just read a synopsis and get the same thing, no sense of accomplishment overcoming all adversity.
But turning Off random encounters makes it technically harder, because you don’t get that much exp. And FF2 has MP + Osmose, so you don’t have to be so careful about your resources like in FF1
Bro, sometimes I don't feel like fighting 200 encounters while walking between towns while destressing after a 10hr shift. Let people just enjoy themselves. Doing it your way is cool but don't yuck others yum.
@@GenesisVII in the process of doing a massive states grind. Before moving on to the next part of the game. Went the first main town and got killed by one of the imperials. Hope your getting on well with FF3
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Final Fantasy II, yay or nay?
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Good music and surprisingly good story for its time, but with a horrible leveling system that holds it back from being considered a great game.
Nay
Yay
Found your channel through looking for videos on FF Pixel remasters and yours are the best videos I've found. Was a huge FF fan growing up and can't wait to get stuck into these remasters!
That's awesome to hear!
@@GenesisVII PSP underworld afterlife game there too. After you beat the game(wasn't sure if this was PS remake or nes version) you can make a separate save file and go through the mirror world with Minwu as the lead character.
I actually like the leveling System. Only flaw is, that spells you acquire much later in the game also start at Level 1
Doesn't help that offensive spells are way longer to LVUP than Weapon skills.
Let's go! Do them all
That's the long term plan, come back to me when I get to 9 😂
On replay, I actually really enjoyed this game. It feels like this is where Final Fantasy really started to form its identity. And I actually like the customization in the battle system
Yeah it's great once you know what you want to do with it!
I honestly wish I could have played FFII when I was a kid, back on the NES. I really want to know what 10 year old me would have thought about it, being such a huge fan of FFI. But since I couldn't play it until I was already an adult, my views on it were mostly negative. FFII in the modern era is very hard to enjoy. It's not impossible, but it takes the right kind of attitude. When I played the Pixel Remaster version (I played on PC months ago when there was none of these extra boost, I actually really enjoyed leveling my characters, because at this point I knew how to bend the game over my knee. I leveled all my characters with 2 shields until their shield skill was 16 and their AGI and evasion was so high that even bosses couldn't even hit my party. This fixed the issue of enemies destroying the party with status ailments that always apply on hit. When you are going for all achievements, the biggest issue becomes the one time only areas, of which there are tons of in FFII. The one thing that no version of FFII can't fix no matter how accessible is the awful dungeon design. No other RPG has had dungeon design like this, thankfully. Paths are long and twisting and often just dead end.
The one thing about FFII I've always liked was the villain. This guy is an absolute evil monster the entire game, he's destroying towns, mass murdering people, you really come to hate him. And then when you finally fight him, and kill him, this old NES game from the 80s lets you think you've actually won for a while. While you are celebrating your victory, this absolute madman was taking over hell, and he returns as the king of hell with a new army of demons. I always loved that part of the story.
Final Fantasy II defiantly has it's good points!
Nice video. I just wanted to say your FF1 video got me to buy and platinum FF1 myself for the first time. I already have FF2 bought and downloaded now. I was going back and forth about what I wanted to play tonight cause I'm also in the middle of working on a Diablo 2 level 99 hardcore char.. but not tonight! tonight I'm gonna start Final Fantasy 2 and by the time I'm finished with that I'm sure your FF3 video will be up... maybe even your FF4 video.. let's see^^
Oh that's awesome, grats on the FFI plat and good luck on II! FFIII video will probably be up tomorrow, and I'm starting IV pretty soon!
My experience of FF2 on PSP was great and I really really like its levelling and of course the bgm. The bgm is just so good! I mean FF2 bgm is so underrated…
I plan on getting pixel remastered FF2 to relive my childhood joy
I agree! Rebel Army theme and Pandaemonium are my personal favorites
Some great music in 2
I’ve finished my third run through FFII PR, and I love the leveling system so much. I grew up playing Quest 64, so this is a natural fit for me.
I do criticize parts of it - while it makes sense that a high-level Teleport will take care of most everything, there aren’t enough enemies immune to it. I laughed out loud when I first killed the emperor with Teleport, since it felt almost anticlimactic.
Any boss that’s immune to Teleport? Osmose. Drain its MP in one round, and go to town with Drain if it’s an alive target. Try that on Undead, though, and you’ll have a very bad time. Love this game.
I was wondering if the encounter rate seemed very high or it was just me. Thank you for making me feel sane! Excellent videos!
Hahaha, no worries! Thanks for watching!
Loving these pixel remasters! Keep it up!
Great video, played the gba advance version for FFI & FFII back in the days!
Quite different from the first, but a decent game as I recall.
Keep it up 😁
Thanks!
I honestly love this game I like how you can customize each characters stats the way you want
Yeah, I really appreciated it during this playthrough of the game!
I just revently finished the FF2 platinum and had a blast! Tge missables kept me kn nu toes for a second playthrough haha. Im glad you enjoyed too.
Grats on completing it too!
Until 8 Final Fantasy 2 was the most broken entry for me to go through.
It’s amazing how incredibly overpowered I was by the end of it.
But FF2 was made more of a masterpiece thanks to the Pixel Remaster. The soundtrack was made even more incredible than before!
I liked the keywords. It made interacting with characters more than just walking up to someone and pressing a button. Not as good as Mass Effect's dialogue options but it is a good start, specially for a NES game.
Great video Subscribed! For me I could never get into FF2 until the pixel remaster. I tried a few times but the leveling system was just too broken. But with the pixel remaster if you set the boost up it really helps as you do level stats faster and you dont have to attack your party members to raise the HP it just incresese organically. So grinding is way less. Its a nice touch.
Great video brother!
Thanks, appreciate your time!
The journey of this game was outstanding! I had countless fun venturing the world and knowing you can make your own build is amazing! I truly loved this game. I kind of understand people not enjoying this title but the pixel remaster really fixed a lot of the things the original had. But everywhere I went I never really felt lost. Honestly my favorite of the series!
Awesome to hear!
I dont mind the keyword system, it is pretty obvious which you need to use for the most part, but also i got excited when i first encountered it as a fan of Morrowind, which used a more complex keyword system (but it even has the brackets!). That said, the leveling system always reminded me of Elder Scrolls as well, albeit more rudimentary and without regular levels, since ES has both systems in tandem.
II is easily my favorite Final Fantasy before VI. I've always had a soft spot for rebellion against evil empire themed stories, and I like the stat growth system because Saga/Final Fantasy Legend II was the first Squaresoft RPG I played and it uses a similar stat growth system for two of its races. (I got Saga/Final Fantasy Legend II and Final Fantasy I on the same day but mom and I were about to take a trip to visit her family so I decided to save the NES game until we got home) I pre-ordered Final Fantasy Origins just to get Final Fantasy II and later got Dawn of Souls, the PSP version, the Steam version, the Android mobile version (I might have had the iPhone version when I used an iPhone I'm not sure) and the Pixel remaster version.
Great coverage, have to agree with your take on the random battles. In general I like random battles but the encounter rate is so high on ff2.
I remember playing on the PS1 version and leaving the starting town and went the wrong way and entered an open area where the monsters would one hit kill me. Stupidly enough I had saved it in this area too. What I noticed was every time I took 5 steps from my save point I'd fight a group. Luckily it was the start of the game and I could start again.
Can't say I hate the keyword system though, it is annoying to get the words but it does mean you can't have a conversation about a subject that you never prompted or have prior knowledge of.
Oh no, lucky you were at the beginning! I think the keyword system is great for lore, just not as a gameplay mechanic
Didn’t really like the leveling system in the og but the fact you can set the boosters to alter weapon skills really helps when you want to upgrade a weapon skill you never used before
Yeah they are great features for people that just wanna get through it
Never thought the password system was all that big of a deal. It's essentially just giving you a dialogue tree.
Dungeons were straight trash with all the empty rooms. I seem to recall one or the dungeons in IV doing something similar. Might be the dungeon you couldn't wear anything metal either. Been a few years. May also be the one that had a lot of demon doors to fight which lead to empty rooms.
I did have ally characters maxed out around the time I got Scott's ring. Encounter rate is presumably to help you gain stats better since you're fighting a lot more. Aside from filling the bestiary, I didn't need to battle that much since unarmed you can just about one shot most things until final dungeons. Magic is still a must there but Ultima and flare are more than sufficient.
It was a lot less tedious with boosts which is probably the only reason I bothered grinding Captains in Fynn as long as I did. Otherwise that alone would have been 40+hours which would certainly not be worth it.
Finished it last night and working on III now.
remember the good old days when finishing a game was completing the game not nowadays u need trophies and achivements that have nothing to do with the game's story lol..
Leveling system of final fantasy 2 was just way ahead of its time.
After my recent playthrough, I agree!
If you ever played any of the Saga games, then the stat leveling will remind people of that.
Shall we do a SaGa Platinum Series!?
If I remember correctly one of the guys responsible for 2 went on to do the SaGa games.
I absolutely love the remastered Terra's theme from VI
Honestly, can't wait to get to VI
I just got my platinum on this game yesterday and I’m so happy to be DONE with it. Was it as bad as my previous attempts to play this game? Nah. But I don’t want to experience the torture of hours of walking back and forth trying to find Iron Giant ever again 😢
Oh no what a pain, at least it's done... Until the next remake or remaster hahaha
@@GenesisVII haha true true! I tried playing it on steam as I as gifted a copy and I bailed after about 12ish hours. The boosts were probably the only reason I finished.
I got lucky and it only took me about 20 mins to find the iron giant. Was definitely the longest grind in the game though.
Did you happen to pick up "The Legacy of The Crystal" by Darryl James? He heads the Final Fantasy Union channel.
I am reading this book as I'm watching your series game by game.
I met Darryl last week, had some great conversations with him. Now you’ve mentioned it I really need to pick a copy up!
@@GenesisVII I am so envious you got to meet him! He has a serious passion for the old Final Fantasy games as well as the new. I'm so grateful he signed my copy of the book, I can't imagine how long it took to sign all of those.
Next time you talk to him, ask him where the belt video is!
I never finished final fantasy 2. i was quite young and found it really quite solid. Walk too far at the start in the wrong direction on the world map you get destroyed by those mages you get the scorge tomes of. I remember training up so i could kill them and get the scorge tome but never got into it. Ffv is my fav 2d final fantasy xD
That's a mistake with FFII I made way too often in my early days!
You have to do all of the pixel set. Otherwise we won’t get to revisit FF6, which is still to date my favorite rpg. You can do it.
Don’t worry that’s my aim!
The keyword system does come back, just not in Final Fantasy.
But in Rudra no Hihou (treasure of the rudras) and its connected to the magic system of that game.
There's a reason everyone considers this the weakest in the series. It's all fun from here. They have lowered the encounter rate. It was every 3-5 steps before. They basically doubled it.
I started this and remembered how much I disliked it back in the day. So, I am saving this for the last plat. Got the plat for 1 and close to getting the one for 3. I am using max boosts and guides and not ashamed because I have already beaten all of these, some many times over, and so I have gone through as it was intended 😂. For ff2 I just can't stand the leveling and keyword systems and is why it will be last.
After just going through it, I totally get you lol 😅
Having remembered the grind from playing 2 on psp I chucked all the boosts on. Made it a much more enjoyable experience.
Bit late to these vids.
I bought all the pixel remasters on console as I'd never played 1 through 3.
Im currently early on in FF5.
I enjoyed FF2 more than i thought i would, i think hearing all the negativity surrounding it for years helped me find it better than I'd heard.
Yeah I had a much better time this time around!
Am I the only one who got into classic FF because of the HD2D games?
So, I have to ask, because hp is what's kept me from enjoying this in the past. Does the "compulsory hp" mean you gain HP now regardless of damage taken?
Basically, in my older experiences, I wouldn't take much damage for awhile, to the point where I'd get to a new area and just constantly get one shotted.
Yeah after every few battles or so you’ll get a HP stat boost. Which is amazing
@@GenesisVII that's really nice. I might actually get to finish FF2 this time around 😂
I'm not sure why FF2 gets so much hate. I played it normally, stuck with the same weapon type for each character, and had a blast! The encounter rate in FF2 is high, but I still think FF9 has the highest overall. I love FF1- FFX- they are great games! FF2 (and FF8) don't deserve the hate!
As soon as you know what your doing with the leveling, it's a pleasure to play. It's just those empty rooms and encounter rate that gets me
I got the Platinum for this too, I was not happy with the game lol. It was actually my first time playing FF2 but I didn't enjoy it...I enjoyed FF1 a lot more, and that was the first time I've played that one too.
Currently going through 3 at the moment.
It was the random encounter rate and dungeon layout that did it for me, apart from that FF2 was enjoyable
@@GenesisVII Honestly I'm glad we could turn off the encounters in the remaster. Dungeon Layouts were annoying too though for SURE.
I play without Compensatory HP. Your HP may grow too fast for your stamina, making you a glass cannon. Having a good stamina stat will get you through the hard hits without additional HP on top of it… too hardcore? Maybe, but I like a tougher challenge.
Hey man so I finished the Dreadnought and got the 10 chests. But it disappeared from my location map. I know it's a one time location but I feel they stayed on the map to view in final fantasy 4 so I'm not sure if it's a glitch here in FF2
Some locations will disappear after visiting them, as long as you 100% that you got all the chests then there is nothing to worry about, you’ll get that trophy!
@@GenesisVII it worked, got the platinum, thans!
FF2 is one of my favorites, playing the remaster pixel on switch. I do prefer the ps1 version because of the amazing CGI opening.
Oh man I forgot about the CGI opening! Yes it was epic!
I just Platinumed it and I got to say I think I hate it now, this is my third time beating it but I was trying to work om leveling Magic spells for Maria the whole game and no matter how fucking high I got the spell levels they did trash damage and take way too long to level up and way too many spells to level up that they are not worth wasting time on. I would love it if they just rereleased it with a standard FF leveling system.
@@ChrisMS0815 the only spells worth something is really cure, esuma, and maybe a fire or thundder spell if you want to hit many targets.
@@greek1237 Yeah and thats the only one you can level up at a decent rate too. I never seen Ultima and Flare deal so little damage in an FF game.
@@ChrisMS0815 They suck at lower levels, but powerful at higher levels, and if your just rushing though, they may not be worth the time to level up. If you dont spend time level up spells, the game is not bad, once you get the spell swap, you can cheese getting MP easy.
Just want to say I love these videos
Appreciate it!
I was in the minority but i always liked FF2. When i got a chance to play it on PS1 back in the day i was thrilled.
I liked the dude with the turban lol and I always thought Firion was a cool lead character.
Just like any rpg once you accept the nuances of the battle system it was fun!
I did enjoy it this time around!
I was that overpowered by the end of the game that I killed the final boss in 2 hits. I did an all Monk build and cheesed it. I was maxed out on the monk job and maxed out on the most powerful and important spells.
Ultimate cheese for last boss is the blood sword. I just did 9999 damage each hit when I finished it tonight 😂
@@bd4315 Blood Sword is the ultimate cheat in general cause it damage are base on the target Max HP
@@nesoukkefka1741yeah but in ff2 in particular against the final boss it’s just a straight up cheese
@@EelofTheTRIMS Yeah that's just because he has higher HP than anything else, but concretly it take the same amount of blood sword attack to kill him than anything else in the game.
@@nesoukkefka1741yeah I know. But it’s still the ultimate cheese against that boss. I don’t get why you are arguing it when all I’m stating is a fact about how the blood sword makes the final boss crazy easy. For most of the rest of the game teleport is quicker to win. There’s like 2-3 bosses in the entire game that teleport won’t work on. Most of them I got round one with teleport.
Is it easy enough to overlook the frame stuttering when playing through these?
I've never noticed them tbh
Are you sure they are all of the missable enemies before you go in to lethithan
Yeah I’m pretty sure, do you think I’m missing more?
Why isn't anyone talking about the Hill Gigas??
Great delivery and hair.
How many hours you took for each FF?
It's only been around 20-25 hours each for 1 and 2, I expect that to go up dramatically as we go on lol
I like FF2. It's definitely not the best. But it's not bad at all. Never was. And the pixel remaster made it much better in my opinion. I've only played the original NES version, the PS1 and the pixel remaster. Never played the PSP or other versions. But I think the Pixel Remaster is a solid 8 out of 10. Final boss was a little easy in my opinion but other than that not much else about it bothers me.
Yeah I can agree with that!
Do you have a link to where I can get a copy of my own?
I got mine from the Square Enix store when it was up for preorder, I don't think you'd wanna look at eBay right now
@@GenesisVII Thank you. I'm a little hesitant about buying the big bundle because FF1 still has the limited magic system, but I loved the story of FF2.
Curious if you're going to attempt FF14 trophy 😂 I'm almost there. Taking a few months to do. Sooooo much grinding collectables
The trophies I need are all the crafting and gathering ones, it’s doable it just takes time. A lot of time hahaha
@@GenesisVII one of the worst ones for me outside the 2000 dungeons and Fates. I made it somewhat bearable using a third party app on my phone that clicks between two spots and then opened the companion app and let it deleted everything in my inventory. Might be frowned upon, but I wasn't going to pay another moth for a subscription just for one trophy 😂 already spent 300 hours already.
Turning off random encounters in any FF game is just making it easy mode, it required strategy and planning that was part of the appeal of the classic games. I guess if you just want a story driven only game it makes sense, but the journey feels hollow you could just read a synopsis and get the same thing, no sense of accomplishment overcoming all adversity.
But turning Off random encounters makes it technically harder, because you don’t get that much exp. And FF2 has MP + Osmose, so you don’t have to be so careful about your resources like in FF1
Bro, sometimes I don't feel like fighting 200 encounters while walking between towns while destressing after a 10hr shift. Let people just enjoy themselves. Doing it your way is cool but don't yuck others yum.
Mate I’m on the mission to smash all final fantasy’s on ps5. I can’t say I’m loving ff2 though.
It can be a pain!
@@GenesisVII in the process of doing a massive states grind. Before moving on to the next part of the game. Went the first main town and got killed by one of the imperials. Hope your getting on well with FF3
@@weredevil616 Good luck and I'm getting there!
@@weredevil616don’t even try and fight the imperials early on
@@bd4315 yeah found that out. Only just got my fourth character done a shit load of grinding but got super powerful characters now.
Meanwhile im waiting for the restock. By then ill probably beat ff16..
First three are good then it's downhill, for iv, v, vi originals are better.
A lot of people love the GBA versions too!
How spoilery is this video?
ff2 is okay but even with the pixel remaster its still one of the worst ff games in the series
I enjoyed this time around!
FF2 still SUCKS so I'll still never play it ever.