My Journey to Platinum all Final Fantasy Games (Mainline)

[linkdevivo]

 

Man, these games.

 

Ok so I was really late to the final fantasy party. It's weird because these games are straight up my alley, growing up I was more of an n64 and GameCube kid instead of ps1 and ps2, so I missed out on that great RPG era (specifically PS1). I did, however, play FFXV at launch (even a few days before) and overall, I LOVED it. Recently playing and getting the platinum for Persona 5 (holy shit what a game) gave me an itch for turn-based RPG's, so when a Square Enix sale was going on a couple of weeks ago, I thought it was FINALLY time to play the Final Fantasy games (spurred on by my girlfriend). I bought FF7, FF9, FFX, FFXIII and even bought the FFXV royal edition (UK version for double trophies), talk about an impulse buy.

 

Oh man, was I missing out. Suffice it to say that now I'm on a journey! I'm on a Final Fantasy quest to get every mainline single-player platinum for Final Fantasy in 2018. I also thought I'd document my progress and give a small review of my time with the games on my way to the platinum. As you all know this is no easy task and will take a lot of time and patience but hey, they are so worth it. If anyone who has these platinums has any tips that would be pretty cool too. Please feel free to join me in getting these platinums if you don't have them and we can all bitch and moan about the Vivi jumping rope mini-game, or the absurd amount of grinding in every game (I'm looking at you FFIX 10,000 kill trophy)

Now, I'm still unsure if I should do spinoffs too, but that'll depend if I'm invested in the story of its predecessors. THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.

 

Games Completed:

 

Final Fantasy XV:

Time to : 60 hours

 

As I mentioned before, FFXV was my first FF game. I decided to purchase it for a couple of reasons: the first one being that I'm a huge Kingdom Hearts nerd (have all platinums twice on ps3 and ps4), and the second one was that wherever you went, you couldn't escape the hype that this game was building. 10 years in the making, rebranded from versus xiii; I just had to see what all the fuss was about. I can honestly say, that even with all the flaws it had at launch, FFXV is a very good game. The overall camaraderie between its main characters and especially the music (I'm a professional musician so in every review you'll get a couple of info about the music) was out of this world. Yoko Shimomura did it again, but what can you expect from the woman who composed the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack? In terms of trophies, I had a lot of fun in the open-world and even though some were a bit grindy, nothing stood out as especially difficult (I remember that I got to the adamantoise before there were great guides on it and just wasted 2 or 3 hours hacking at it). I loved it so much that I recently bought the Royal edition import from the UK to do it all again and I can't wait to double-dip. I just wished the supporting characters were more fleshed out, especially Ardyn (weak villain IMO) and Ravus (great concept, poor execution)

 

Overall

8.5/10

 

Final Fantasy VII:

Time to : 30 hours

 

Have you ever had that feeling when you're playing an older game, where every minute playing it you have this notion or idea that you are playing something that is legendary? That you are witnessing gaming history and appreciate something on a whole other level? FFVII does not hold up very well (though the PS4 version did come with enhancements) but MAN OH MAN. I'd heard mixed things about FFVII, some saying it's the best game of all time and others saying it is very overrated. I can sincerely say that this game is worth the praise. Everything about it is just so beautiful. The game has so much personality and charm, the battle/materia system is pretty cool, the characters are amazing, and the music: THE MUSIC. Uematsu-san you genius, you! You know a soundtrack is iconic when you distance yourself a bit from the game and then get heaps of nostalgic memories from when you played it. Yesterday I was listening to the soundtrack again and I had this strange nostalgic feeling and sadness. I love how every character has a theme (including the FF7 main theme) and how Uematsu makes variations on these themes throughout the game signalling every character's journey. Notable tracks include the Main theme (personal favorite as it literally shows up everywhere in the game with different variations), Aeris' theme, One winged angel, and the amazing battle themes. I can't imagine playing it in 1997 and then going through the same experience nowadays, it would be gut-wrenching. In terms of story, I did know about the whole Aeris ordeal, as pretty sure no one can escape that nowadays, but I was still genuinely surprised with a lot of things (mainly the Nibelheim Cloud-Sephiroth-Zack part) and others. I wish I would have played this when it came out but really enjoyed it nonetheless 20 years later. Thank god the trophies were pretty quick to get which is another good thing about this. I found myself, though, playing a lot with the speed booster on as the game tends to be pretty slow especially with its battle animations that take forever.

 

Overall score:

9.2/10

 

Final Fantasy IX:

Time to : 70 hours

 

Final Fantasy IX was a game that I really wanted to try as I'd heard that Hironobu Sakaguchi himself said that it was what he thought a Final Fantasy should be: the culmination of everything that SquareSoft was building up to. And he was right. I loved the fact that it had a medieval setting instead of the two futuristic games that I had played previously. It was a nice change of pace. Even though I was invested in every FF story I had played this one took the cake. The love story with Zidane and Dagger was really beautiful to see. Also Vivi's story of self-discovery is something we can all relate too in real life: what is our purpose in life? What should we do with the time we have left on this earth? The answer is to spend it with people you love, and every character's discovery of this was something beautiful to watch. It deals with great themes overall of friendship, duty, love, jealousy and others. Also, the ending when they get to Terra was pretty cool. Now, the two-part where this game disappointed me were Music and Trophies. Music-wise it is very good and when it hits it's AMAZING. But there are so many tracks that aren't as memorable. I can't help but feel the soundtrack was a bit rushed musically. I recently listened to it all again and it didn't evoke in me the same feeling that XV and VII did. Though I did love the use of different instruments that were common in medieval times, this gave it a unique spin. Notables include Melodies of life, which also kind of plays as this game's main theme (I'm a sucker for this song), You're not alone, A place to call home, and Loss of me. The second part was the trophies. Insert angry random comment here about jumping rope mini-game and stupid idea to get 10,000 kills. Really? How dense do you have to be to make these trophies? Trophies should be to make a game even more fun and explore everything that it has to offer. But hey, when you complete it, you truly do feel something special.

 

Overall:

8.8/10

 

Final Fantasy XIII:

Time to : 90 hours

 

Two words: Missed potential. That is what sums up this game for me. Plus a BEAST of a grind, thank god for all the tips. Let's just say I did EXTENSIVE research before even loading the game up the first time so I could mitigate the trophy time. I would like to thank @Sir_Bee for the treasure hunter spreadsheet which helped me out. Now onto the game itself. FFXIII is a mixed bag. The things it does well, it does incredibly so. The combat IMO is amazing. I had so much fun coming up with so many different combinations to my paradigm system to max out my strategy for each enemy. Plus, this game is no picnic, so you really need a deep understanding of its battle mechanics. Secondly, the music is also worthy of the Final Fantasy name. Tracks like Serah's Theme, Fabula Nova Crystallis, Blinded by Light, really set the tone of the game, with Serah's being my personal favorite. The other aspect of this game that I felt really hit a Home Run, was the presentation. I played it on a smaller tv than I usually do (as my ps4 is the only console hooked up to the 70 inch), and even then I just couldn't believe this was a PS3 game. Can't imagine how it looked back in 2010, the graphics truly are beautiful. As for the negative, you've heard a million times before, the game is just too linear. I thought people were overreacting but it really is just walking, fighting, cutscene AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. As I personally didn't get as involved with the story as previous games, it kinda felt like it dragged on and on and on. I had to constantly get breaks because I was so bored in some parts. I feel the voice acting isn't as bad as people say it is. Personal standouts are Troy Baker as Snow and whoever played Fang. The villain was also weak compared to the previous ones. Plus there were so many mechanics that are probably considered archaic by now: walking to every single cie'th stone for a mission is just tedious and stupid, plain boring. Regardless of the negative things, the game was pretty solid. So much so, that I think I'll be giving XIII-2 a shot (only a 45-hour plat). Overall, Final Fantasy XIII doesn't deserve the hate it gets, but it's just so much wasted potential.

 

Overall score:

7.8/10 (too much water)

 

 

Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition (Europe)

Time to : 55 Hours

 

So I've mentioned a few times before that FFXV was my first ever Final Fantasy game and that I enjoyed it. Buy my enjoyment level was NOTHING compared to how much I really loved this game this time around. I absolutely fell head over heels over it. For starters, you enjoy so much more of the lore because of the past FF games, you get to enjoy every soundtrack of a previous entry while riding the car (whoever thought of this should get a promotion at Square). The game's core strength really comes from the relationship of the Chocobros. The game is literally a road trip before getting married where you end up saving the world. And through this road trip, you get to discover a beautiful open world full of things to explore and gear to get. I had a blast going through the world to get side quests and exp or AP. I really think this game gets a lot of crap (and it should TBH) because of not launching as a complete product and it makes me sad because as of now (there's still DLC on the way which I will buy day one) the game is truly something special. I love all the new things that came with all the DLC that has been implemented this past year and a half; especially the royal DLC which gives us a revamped chapter 14 FULL of stuff to do. I also liked every character-focused DLC (except maybe prompt) and it was a blast to get 100% them as it featured some of the most difficult boss battles in the whole game (Cor and Noctis). If anyone is on the fence about this game i urge them to buy it, no questions asked. Just be sure to get the Royal edition as it is the true way to experience this game. As a closing thought I'd like to talk a little about the music of this game. I remember it being very beautiful but now I saw it through a different lense: nostalgia. The music may well be IMO, one of the best soundtracks of this generation. It's just that good. I won't put the usual notable tracks because they truly are all wonderful. Oh yeah, and I LOST it at the Final Fantasy main theme at the final scene of the game. So much heart. I never thought I'd say this but I truly believe FFXV is my favorite Final Fantasy game of all time.

 

Overall Score:

9.5/10

 

 

Final Fantasy X

Time to : 115 Hours

 

I had almost given up on this journey to platinum all mainline games. I really couldn't get to FFXII The Zodiac Age because of many reasons and I started having kind of a Final Fantasy burnout and left this journey on hold for a whole year.  Enter E3 2019 where Square Enix's conference single-handedly won E3 and re-awoke my FF passion. Seeing VII Remake was so beautiful and hype-inducing; add to that the fact that FFVIII Remastered was announced and I started to get this little itch. I turned on my PS4, downloaded the Zanarkand PS4 theme and put in FFX Remastered. Now, TBH I had heard mixed stuff about it. A lot of negative stuff too, saying that it failed to live up to the Final Fantasy name that the previous PS1 era had built up for it. Having finally platted this game, I can say without a doubt that I don't understand what the negative critics are talking about. FFX is a masterpiece and it is definitely worthy of the Final Fantasy name. Tidus' story was a beautiful one, filled with ups and downs, wonderful music, great character moments, and awesome turn-based gameplay. Now that's not to say that it is a perfect game, it does have its flaws. For one, since it is only a remaster and not a remake, you can start feeling the dated mechanics like the slow-running and the fact that you can't skip cutscenes even after losing a battle. This was pure hell to go through as I didn't understand the deep mechanics of its battle system up until halfway (everything was easy up until a certain boss battle). Now that said, I could easily signal the voice acting as a negative but I didn't really feel that this was the case. It gets such a bad reputation (especially the laughing scene), but to be honest it was very acceptable. I'm positive that back then it was way better compared to other games. Another thing that nearly broke me was the grind. So many people in this thread warned me and I didn't believe them. What a motherfucking depression-inducing grind, guys. I grinded the fastest spheres I could for the blank nodes on the sphere grid (magic defense, even though I had already max) and hit a wall later on when I had to fight the dark aeons because I was so underleveled even after filling out the sphere grid (a stupid mistake as I didn't know that the dark aeons would be so powerful), so I had to erase some MD nodes for attack and strength and that added a lot of hours more to the grind. Finally, I'd like to say that this love story between Tidus and Yuna is probably right up there with FF9's love story between Zidane and Dagger as the best ones of the series to date. The ending, in particular, was so beautiful that it got me teary-eyed with a full orchestral version of Zanarkand, which, along with Suteki Da Ne, is probably one of the best FF tracks of all time.  I wish that the soundtrack didn't rely as much on these 2 songs as it did as the other songs were cool too but we just didn't get to here them a whole lot.

 

Overall score:

9/10

 

Final Fantasy VIII

Time to : 35 Hours

 

Final Fantasy VIII  was a game I’d been waiting for a while. One of my school majors was music production so music has always been one of the things I most loved about the series. Every single “Best of FF...” playlist that I had listened to was packed with FF8 music, so for that reason alone I was really excited to play it. Additionally, it was the only one of the PS1 era trio that I was missing since I was patiently waiting for it to come out with trophies (never stopped believing), regardless of the fact that it was constantly the one that people seemed to care about the least. My excitement was over the roof and I’m glad to say that while it has issues it does not disappoint. The music was amazing: tracks like Balamb Garden, Blue Fields, the Landing, Man with the Machine Gun, Julia (which has similar melodic progressions from FF7 main theme), were all amazing tracks worthy of Uematsu-San. In terms of gameplay, I have to say that while I loved the junction and draw systems at first, I did develop some problems with them as the game progressed. I hated that every time the party changed you had to junction stuff to them so they would be able to do anything in battle and therefore spending too much time on menus. Also, the game punishes you for using magic which is definitely a first. The characters were good enough that I cared about what was happening to them (except Vincent. Man, he sucks). The story started out amazing up to 2/3 approximately when (space?) is introduced and then some weird time compression bullshit and body-swapping and time travel. Needless to say, the final 1/3 of the game for me felt like it dragged on and I was ready to be done with it. Overall, I was in love with most of the game and the orphanage part was a highlight for me. Trophy wise, I thought it was PERFECT. A short concise platinum trophy that made you see almost everything in the game while not forcing you to grind to all hell with that 10,000 kill trophy. I was so glad that not all the Steam Achievements made it in the game. Also, 3X was a lifesaver for me and I managed to plat it in about 35 hours of gameplay time. Plus, I loved how the trophy images were red, even though nobody gives a shit about this type of stuff. Fuck, Liberi Fatali rules so much.

Overall score:
8.3/10

Final Fantasy XIII-2

Time to : 50 Hours

 

I'll always remember this as my first Coronavirus plat. I have to be honest, though: I completely ignored the story here. Something about traveling hundreds of years in time to fix some shit about crystals and lightning and an evil guy that wanted to take over the world or something lol. Having played the original XIII, and not caring much for the story, I decided to skip these cutscenes and focus only on the gameplay which I had heard fixed everything XIII did wrong. That aside, I really enjoyed the platinum ride for this game. The combat was, once again, excellent in a mix of turn-based and active time battle. It's a similar version to XIII's combat which was my favorite part of that game. Trying to find the best strategy with every enemy is very fun. It was also a fun journey getting the 160 fragments by doing many different side quests and activities. Getting 100% on all maps, especially the Academia 500, was a real shit show and completely unnecessary. The game was very open and let you tackle the story or get lost in the many worlds and time periods to find fragments or upgrade your roles. Also, seeing the original XIII cast pop up, even if I didn't know what was going on in the story, was pretty cool, especially Snow and Hope. The whole casino world was pretty bad IMO, especially the boring Chocobo races. Special shoutout to the gameplay modifiers (in this game called Fragment Skills) which made the game more fun in certain parts. Finally, the soundtrack was pretty average with a few standout tracks but mostly rehashed music from XIII. Now it's onto FF7R in a couple of days. SO DAMN EXCITED.

Overall Score:

7.9/10

 

 

 

Currently working on:

 

READY FOR FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE!

 

 

Backlog:

 

FF Type-0 HD

Lightning Returns

FFXII (I tried it and hated it)

Please feel free to give me tips for the upcoming games, I need all the help I can get. Also keep me in line. Write an angry comment If I haven't gotten a FF trophy in a while. I'm close to my goal!

Edited March 30, 2020 by linkdevivo
Updates

[Sir_Bee]

Best of luck on this adventure.  I have enjoyed most final fantasy games, so if you have liked what you played so far, you will probably continue to enjoy them.  I am actually on the uncommon side, as I enjoyed the FF XIII series (yes, all three of them), but they do feel much more restrictive than your typical FF games.

 

As for your comments about the FF VII soundtrack, I am not kidding when I say it is the music that plays softly in the background as my wife and I sleep.  I loved the music from both VII and X.

 

EDIT: just thought of something.  If you are working on FF XIII, this spreadsheet may be helpful.

 

 

Edited April 3, 2018 by Sir_Bee

[linkdevivo]

6 minutes ago, Sir_Bee said:

Best of luck on this adventure.  I have enjoy most final fantasy games, so if you have liked what you played so far, you will probably continue to enjoy them.  I am actually on the uncommon side, as I enjoyed the FF XIII series (yes, all three of them), but they do feel much more restrictive than your typical FF games.

 

As for your comments about the FF VII soundtrack, I am not kidding when I say it is the music that plays softly in the background as my wife and I sleep.  I loved the music from both VII and X.

 

Thank you Man. Ive seen you around these forums aren't you the guy who did the treasure hunter spreadsheet? If so then thank you. 

 

As for the music YES. It is truly amazing. Can't wait to play FFX to see what all the fuss is about. Which one is your favorite? 

[Lava_Yuki]

As a fellow FF fan, I hope you enjoy the platinum hunt! I have a couple of FF platinums which I can give some info about regarding difficulty and time taken:

 

FFXII TZA: Took me 90 hours and I'd give it a 5/10 difficulty. It was very fun to play, nothing grindy like X or XIII,  although the bosses are tough and the Great Crystal is annoying. No missables really, so it's pretty chill. Completing the bestiary is easier once you go through trial mode as many monsters can be logged from there. I used Fuzzfingers video guide for the Great Crystal to get all the items and the paths to the bosses as it's too easy to get lost in there and save time. About jobs, there are so many recommendations online. I went with Shikari/Foebreaker for Fran, Shikari/Bushi for Vaan, bushi/knight for Basch, time mage/knight for penelo, White mage/machinist for balthier and Black Mage/Monk for Ashe. 

 

XIII: 137 hours on normal mode the first time I did it on my old account, 75 hours on this account on the JP edition due to easy mode being added in. 4/10 difficulty. Fairly long, horribly grindy on normal mode farming turtles but super easy on easy mode. Not sure if easy mode is available on the EU or US version though. You can bypass the farming by just getting one trapezohedron to upgrade one of Fang or Vanilles third tier weapons and dismantling all your Genji gloves, but you will end up not having any tier three weapons. Thats what I did the second time as I realised there is no use for Tier three weapons, since the Treasure hunter was my last trophy and this game has no NG+ or extra content. 

 

FFX: I couldn't get this plat but my brother did, taking 150 hours. The missable is the al bhed primers. Otherwise, lots of grinding for the sphere grid and also mini games and RNG with the chocobo trainer race. It's a long platinum and needs a lot of patients, but my brother said it wasn't too hard. I chose the expert sphere grid as I had picked that in the PS2 version (I had the PAL version), and got through the story very easily as I had Yuna learn all the black magics early one so she blasted Seymour away. It does have less nodes though, but it's quicker in terms of the platinum and great if you prefer to choose what jobs your characters do. I had Tidus on Auron's grid and Yuna on Lulu's, and made Lulu a healer initially instead. 

 

X-2: 80 hours and 7/10 difficulty, I had 11 runs on the ps2 one so I'm pretty much an expert on this game and got the plat and 100% in one playthrough. There is luck involved with the international section, but with the main story it's best just follow a 100% guide if you plan on playing this game. I can advise you on anything about X-2 if you like.

 

FFXIII-2, Lightning Returns and XV were all super easy. 50 hours each and all 3/10 difficulty in my opinion. XV was by far the easiest platinum for an rpg i have ever done. Nothing much for tips, but for LR True Achievements has a fantastic step by step walkthrough which gets you the plat in one playthrough which I highly recommend.

For XIII-2, be careful when developing the crystarium as it is different and you can end up ruining your characters stats if you go about it randomly. There is a detailed guide on game faqs that literally tells you exactly what to do step by step, but as a rough guide use the large nodes for magic for Serah and strength for Noel. Sab and Syn depend on whether it is an odd or even number node as to whether they increase strength or magic, and medic on only small nodes as it's only hp. I had to restart my playthrough because I did it randomly at first and only realised about 3 hours in, but it's better to focus one character on strength and the other on magic and optimise the crystarium otherwise the colosseum bosses become very very difficult. 

 

FF Type 0: I only played the PSP version and personally found this to be the hardest FF I have ever played so far. On normal mode it can be very challenging with on hit kills and 15 characters to level up, so the only advice I can give is to level up a few characters as opposed to focussing on only 2 or 3, and also the battle system is action so mastering the technique is another. I couldn't follow the story, it was more complicated than XIII so I just played the game for it's gameplay and also because it's an FF. It is a short platinum though, like 30 hours or so. 

 

As for other FFs, I know World of FF is easy but long and grindy, and XI is very difficult platinum-wise. I haven't played them but have researched them as I plan on getting them in the future. 

 

 

 

[Dr_Mayus]

Biggest thing I can say for FFX is use the D-Pad for the Chocobo mini-games. It makes it way easier than the analog stick.

[Uchiha_Snake__]

This is indeed an interesting trophy checklist, by my own experience let me tell you that in both FFXIII and FFX  there is a lot of grinding, the big difference is that in FFX you actually need to farm, to lvl up, to finish all those crappy mini games in order to get the strongest weapons etc so you can have a chance against the optional bosses, in FFXIII on the other hand you can beat all the enemies of the game without maxing out all characters, the grinding is pretty annoying because is only to collect all the weapons and accessories, so do yourself a favor and DON'T SELL ANYTHING  or at least sell only the stuff you can actually re-buy.

[Evil_Joker88]

Great challenge i wish you luck you'll get all wanted Platinum Trophies this year

 

As i've played only FFX i have a bit of advice:

 

Use the aeon Yojinbo with his Zanmatou Attack to kill the strongest bosses (dark aeons, Monster Farm Specials).

 

Write down a checklist of monsters caught as you need all regulars (not machinas or human/zombies included) 10 times each. Sadly huge luck based how often you see those you must catch

 

Be patient with the chocobo race. Best chance is when 4-5 balloons at the start are at your line.

 

Buy good Blitzball players like Brother or it'll be very hard to progress through that minigame

[g-bake_1986]

Best of luck and here's hoping the older bunch will be ported one day!

[linkdevivo]

@Lava_Yuki Hey! Thanks for all those tips. I'll be sure and read everything and take this into account! You rock

[AiManiaTrophyhuntres]

Hey cool I wish you the best luck and a lot of fun!

I am a FF fan since my first steps in ff7 1999, (still think ff8 is the best though, I hope we will get the remaster soon)

and I am on the same quest as you are. I want them all in my profile, open is ff14 (half of the work is done, and if you have played all other titles you totally enjoy that)

the fishing game of ff15 for VR, yeah it's not a main title but i loved to fish in ff15 and world of FF. I will definitely never play dissidia tbh.

 

This quest of yours is a lot of work but totally worth it!

You should absolutely play Type-0 AFTER you finished the story of 13, 13-2 and Lightning returns (my favorite of these three) and hang in there until the final chapter, bc the games was.... lets say Okay, but the end was absolutely worth the mixed feelings and there are connections to ff13 series.

 

I enoyed your resumes about the finished ones, so I think I will come back for more

 

and as a tip: be prepared for 10 and 10-2. 400 hours won't play themself away and in my personal opinion 10-2 is.... hard to like ^^"

 

Edited April 2, 2018 by Ai-ds_low

[ninja-star95]

Type 0 is a easy plat since there is a easy lvl up exploit 

[FLCLcrim2]

FF Type-0 HD is a very easy platinum, It has been a while since I played but i had no real issues with it at all. It was a fun time killer while waiting for 15 to come out. 

[linkdevivo]

1 hour ago, Lava_Yuki said:

XIII: 137 hours on normal mode the first time I did it on my old account, 75 hours on this account on the JP edition due to easy mode being added in. 4/10 difficulty. Fairly long, horribly grindy on normal mode farming turtles but super easy on easy mode. Not sure if easy mode is available on the EU or US version though. You can bypass the farming by just getting one trapezohedron to upgrade one of Fang or Vanilles third tier weapons and dismantling all your Genji gloves, but you will end up not having any tier three weapons. Thats what I did the second time as I realised there is no use for Tier three weapons, since the Treasure hunter was my last trophy and this game has no NG+ or extra content. 

 

Yeah I don't see an option to change to easy. But after the FF9 grind I feel like I can do just about anything haha.

[D-Square23]

Best of luck on your journey! Keep us updated!

[Angel]

Like everyone here, I'm wishing you the best of of luck in your journey and cheering you on!

Please keep us updated as this is inspiring me to do the same but there are so many other franchises out there that I love and enjoy; it's tough to catch up.

Also, love and quite jealous that you have the platinum for IX; this game is very special to me.

[mako-heart]

There's a 100% guide for 13 on Gamefaqs, it's pretty good.

[linkdevivo]

1 hour ago, Evil_Joker88 said:

Great challenge i wish you luck you'll get all wanted Platinum Trophies this year

Hey man, thank you so much for this!!

1 hour ago, Ai-ds_low said:

I am a FF fan since my first steps in ff7 1999, (still think ff8 is the best though, I hope we will get the remaster soon)

I've heard great things about VIII, hopefully they can bring it to PS4 and I can add it to my collection. I was giving the music a listen some days ago and Liberi Fatali caught my ear. Beautiful piece.

13 minutes ago, Gay_Angel said:

Like everyone here, I'm wishing you the best of of luck in your journey and cheering you on!

Please keep us updated as this is inspiring me to do the same but there are so many other franchises out there that I love and enjoy; it's tough to catch up.

Also, love and quite jealous that you have the platinum for IX; this game is very special to me.

 

Hey! thank you so much. This really means a lot. What a nice thing to say!

15 minutes ago, D-Square23 said:

Best of luck on your journey! Keep us updated!

Will do, good sir! thanks.

[AiManiaTrophyhuntres]

8 minutes ago, linkdevivo said:

 

I've heard great things about VIII, hopefully they can bring it to PS4 and I can add it to my collection. I was giving the music a listen some days ago and Liberi Fatali caught my ear. Beautiful piece.

It absolutely is!

I was lucky enough to get cards for "Distant worlds" in Germany and liberi fatali was played as well, it's one of the most awesome songs to enjoy live, together with somnus. but to listen to all the classics live in general was amazing.

Did you saw some the YT vids?

The quality isn't that good but you will get the idea

 

 

[linkdevivo]

5 minutes ago, Ai-ds_low said:

I was lucky enough to get cards for "Distant worlds" in Germany and liberi fatali was played as well, it's one of the most awesome songs to enjoy live, together with somnus. but to listen to all the classics live in general was amazing.

Yeah the distant worlds arrangement is now my favorite. Wish i could've seen that, but i really got into final fantasy as a hardcore fan like a month ago haha

[AiManiaTrophyhuntres]

18 minutes ago, linkdevivo said:

Yeah the distant worlds arrangement is now my favorite. Wish i could've seen that, but i really got into final fantasy as a hardcore fan like a month ago haha

better late than never

[AffectatiousDonk]

Goodluck to you, it sounds like you have a busy year ahead. I would recommend considering FFXIV if you are in a position where the subscription doesn't bother you. Great MMO and if all you want is the plat not that long. The expansions are very good too though. I look forward to watching your progress I am also working through the FF games on PS4 in reverse order for some reason only FFXV x2.5 times and FFXIV so far. Barring a stealth FF13 port in time next month or so 12 will be up next. 

 

For some of those grinds I think you should consider a Cronus max and a turbo controller, because life was never meant to be wasted grinding ?

[linkdevivo]

1 minute ago, cjshaitan said:

Goodluck to you, it sounds like you have a busy year ahead. I would recommend considering FFXIV if you are in a position where the subscription doesn't bother you. Great MMO and if all you want is the plat not that long. The expansions are very good too though. I look forward to watching your progress I am also working through the FF games on PS4 in reverse order for some reason only FFXV x2.5 times and FFXIV so far. Barring a stealth FF13 port in time next month or so 12 will be up next. 

 

For some of those grinds I think you should consider a Cronus max and a turbo controller, because life was never meant to be wasted grinding

 

haha in reverse? sounds awesome dude keep me updated. I was considering FFXIV but i read somewhere that it's a 400 hour platinum or something stupid crazy like that so no thank you! Plus i'm not that into mmo's. Thanks for the good wishes!

[ExHaseo]

6 minutes ago, linkdevivo said:

 

haha in reverse? sounds awesome dude keep me updated. I was considering FFXIV but i read somewhere that it's a 400 hour platinum or something stupid crazy like that so no thank you! Plus i'm not that into mmo's. Thanks for the good wishes!

...You know that FFXIV is not just a Final Fantasy game, but a main entry in the series right? If you want to get all of the Final Fantasy plats, you'll have to get that one too. It is long, but the story is one of the best in the series too. And it takes a least 6 months of real time to get the plat anyway, so you can easily work through it slowly while playing all the other games in the series. If you really want all of the plats, and not just most of the plats, by the end of the year, you'll have to get started pretty soon too.

[Xel]

You might wanna add FFXIV to that backlog

[linkdevivo]

1 minute ago, Xel said:

You might wanna add FFXIV to that backlog

haha no you can't make me!!!